# aspire-deployment

A skill that routes Aspire app deployment from the AppHost model to Docker Compose, Kubernetes, Azure, AWS or Radius. Useful when you publish artifacts or tear down resources.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 616 installs · ★ 92
- Author: Microsoft
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/microsoft/aspire-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/aspire-deployment/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/aspire-deployment

## What it does

The skill owns Aspire deployment routing. It reads the AppHost and picks the path: `aspire publish`, `aspire deploy`, `aspire destroy`, `aspire do`, plus deployment environment resources in the AppHost. It will not fall back to a generic Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm or Bicep workflow until it has checked that the workspace is an Aspire app.

Target-specific references live inside, and only the ones matching the target you pick get loaded. Before editing the AppHost or adding packages, the skill searches Aspire docs with `aspire docs search` and `aspire docs api search` for C# and TypeScript. It does not invent package names or builder methods, because API shapes differ between the two AppHost languages.

If no target is chosen and the AppHost does not hold exactly one deployment environment, the skill asks one multiple-choice question: Docker Compose, Kubernetes, Azure Container Apps, Azure App Service, AKS or AWS. Radius is offered only on request. Cloud deploys can create billable resources, so when you ask for a plan or a preview, it stops after the artifacts and asks before running the command that provisions them.

## Requirements
- Works with: AWS, Azure, Docker

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add microsoft/aspire-skills --skill aspire-deployment -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/aspire-deployment/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/aspire-deployment/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add microsoft/aspire-skills --skill aspire-deployment -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/aspire-deployment/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add microsoft/aspire-skills --skill aspire-deployment -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/aspire-deployment/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install microsoft/aspire-skills aspire-deployment
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/aspire-deployment/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add microsoft/aspire-skills --skill aspire-deployment -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/microsoft/aspire-skills --path skills/aspire-deployment
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/aspire-deployment/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add microsoft/aspire-skills --skill aspire-deployment -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/microsoft/aspire-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/aspire-deployment/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- publish Aspire app artifacts for a chosen target
- generate a Helm chart or Compose file from the AppHost model
- deploy an app to Azure Container Apps or AKS
- tear down deployed resources in one command
- check Aspire docs before editing the AppHost

## Example prompts
- deploy my Aspire app to Kubernetes
- generate Docker Compose artifacts and list the steps
- destroy the deployed Aspire resources

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: aspire-deployment
description: "**WORKFLOW SKILL** — Deploy Aspire apps from AppHost models to Docker Compose, Kubernetes, Azure, AWS, or preview Radius. WHEN: \"deploy Aspire app\", \"publish Aspire artifacts\", \"deploy to Azure Container Apps\", \"generate Kubernetes artifacts\", \"deploy to Radius\", \"tear down Aspire deployment\". INVOKES: aspire CLI, Aspire docs, target cloud/container CLIs. FOR SINGLE OPERATIONS: use generic Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, or Radius tools only when no Aspire AppHost exists."
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Microsoft
  version: "0.0.4"
---

# Aspire Deployment

Use this skill when the task is to publish, preview, validate, deploy, or tear down an Aspire application deployment. This skill owns Aspire deployment routing. Do not start with a generic Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, or Bicep workflow until you have checked whether the workspace is an Aspire app.

Aspire deployment starts from the AppHost model. Treat `aspire deploy`, `aspire publish`, `aspire destroy`, `aspire do`, and the deployment environment resources in the AppHost as the primary path. Use stable SDK/hosting packages from the project's release family and matching preview builds for preview-only integrations such as Kubernetes and Radius.

Keep this as one skill with target-specific references. Load only the reference files that match the target you discover or the user requests.

## Routing precedence

This skill wins over generic cloud deployment skills when both conditions are true:

1. The user asks to deploy, publish, generate deployment artifacts, create Bicep/Helm/Compose/CDK output, host on Azure or AWS, deploy to Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker Compose, or Radius, tear down deployed resources, or validate a deployment.
2. The workspace has Aspire markers:
   - Aspire workspace configuration
   - C# or TypeScript AppHost files
   - an AppHost project
   - AppHost code using Aspire distributed application builder APIs

If Aspire markers are present but this skill was not automatically invoked, switch to this skill before continuing. Prefer Aspire CLI commands such as `aspire ls`, `aspire config list`, `aspire ps`, and `aspire describe` for workspace orientation.

## Guiding principles

### Use Aspire docs before changing deployment code

Before adding target packages, editing the AppHost, or using an unfamiliar deployment API, use Aspire docs:

```bash
aspire docs search "deploy with Aspire"
aspire docs search "Docker Compose deployment"
aspire docs search "Kubernetes deployment"
````
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