diff --git a/components/hm/direnv.nix b/components/hm/direnv.nix
index 78fc543..873b54e 100644
--- a/components/hm/direnv.nix
+++ b/components/hm/direnv.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
           "~/.config"
         ];
       };
+      home.shellAliases = {
+        ndr = "nix-direnv-reload";
+      };
+      programs.zsh.shellAliases = {
+        ndr = "nix-direnv-reload";
+      };
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/components/hm/git.nix b/components/hm/git.nix
index df11fc9..dcea1e6 100644
--- a/components/hm/git.nix
+++ b/components/hm/git.nix
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@
 
       # local only files
       "*.local"
+
+      # AI tooling
+      ".aider*"
     ];
   };
 }