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aspire
Aspire skill covering the Aspire CLI, AppHost orchestration, service discovery, integrations, MCP server, VS Code extension, Dev Containers, GitHub Codespaces, templates, dashboard, and deployment. Use when the user asks to create, run, debug, configure, deploy, or troubleshoot an Aspire distributed application.
Why this skill is useful
Adds executable CLI commands for managing distributed applications with Aspire, including deployment and troubleshooting workflows.
What it needs
Requires aspire installed locally. About 5k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 37,534 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Aspire — Polyglot Distributed-App Orchestration Aspire is a code-first, polyglot toolchain for building observable, production-ready distributed applications. It orchestrates containers, executables, and cloud resources from a single AppHost project — regardless of whether the workloads are C#, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, Java, Rust, Bun, Deno, or PowerShell. Mental model: The AppHost is a conductor — it doesn't play the instruments, it tells every service when to start, how to find each other, and watches for problems. Detailed reference material lives in the references/ folder — load on demand. --- References Reference When to load --- --- CLI Reference Command flags, options, or detailed usage MCP Server Setting up MCP for AI assistants, available tools Integrations Catalog Discovering integrations via MCP tools, wiring patterns Polyglot APIs Method signatures, chaining options, language-specific patterns Architecture DCP internals, resource model, service discovery, networking, telemetry Dashboard Dashboard features, standalone mode, GenAI Visualizer Deployment Docker, Kubernetes, Azure Container Apps, App Service Testing Integration tests against the AppHost Troubleshooting Diagnostic codes, common errors, and fixes --- 1. Researching Aspire Documentation The Aspire team ships an MCP server that provides documentation tools directly inside your AI assistant. See MCP Server for setup details. Aspire CLI 13.2+ (recommended — has built-in docs search) If running Aspire CLI 13.2 or later (aspire --version), the MCP server includes docs search tools: Tool Description --- --- listdocs Lists all available documentation from aspire.dev searchdocs Performs weighted lexical search across indexed documentation getdoc Retrieves a specific document by its slug These tools were added in PR #14028. To update: aspire update --self --channel daily. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
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