add-options-class

To create a typed options class for .NET, generate the C# configuration class, add a matching appsettings.json section, and register it via Dependency Injection to ensure type safety and structured binding.

The options pattern in C# dependency injection uses typed classes to bind configuration settings from appsettings.json, ensuring strongly typed access and reducing runtime errors caused by unstructured configuration management.

Validate appsettings.json configuration on startup in .NET by applying ValidateDataAnnotations and ValidateOnStart during Dependency Injection registration, ensuring invalid configuration values trigger immediate application startup failures.

Generating .NET configuration classes does not require manual boilerplate for DI registration, as the process automates creating the C# class, appsettings.json section, and Dependency Injection setup to reduce repetitive code.

Use typed configuration classes instead of raw configuration values in C# when adding features requiring external settings like API keys, ensuring type safety, structured validation, and eliminating manual configuration access boilerplate.