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aspire

Build, run, and deploy distributed apps with code-first tooling

Defines distributed applications in code, wiring services, containers, databases, and frontends together. Runs the whole app locally with one CLI command and a built-in observability dashboard. Eliminates manual environment setup, connection string plumbing, and scattered deployment scripts. Includes agent skills for PR testing, code review, flaky test fixes, and integration authoring.
npx skills add dotnet/aspire --all -g -y
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Gives AI coding agents the repository's architecture overview, coding conventions, code review rules, and formatting standards so they can safely modify and review Aspire code.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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How to install Aspire?โ–ผ

Run `npx skills add dotnet/aspire --all -g -y` in your terminal to install all skills in this suite globally.

What is Aspire used for?โ–ผ

Aspire is a code-first toolchain for building, running, and deploying distributed applications. You describe services, containers, and databases in code, and the CLI runs everything locally with built-in observability.

Can AI agents review Aspire pull requests?โ–ผ

Yes. The included code-review and api-review skills let an agent check PRs for bugs, security issues, API design violations, and missing test coverage.

How do agents test Aspire PR changes?โ–ผ

The pr-testing skill installs the PR's CLI build, creates sample projects, and runs targeted scenarios covering both happy paths and failure cases.

Does Aspire work with languages other than C#?โ–ผ

Yes. App definitions can be written in C# or TypeScript, and Aspire orchestrates Node, Python, Go, and container-based workloads.

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