aspire-deployment
**WORKFLOW SKILL** — Deploy Aspire apps from AppHost models to Docker Compose, Kubernetes, Azure, or AWS. WHEN: \"deploy Aspire app\", \"publish Aspire artifacts\", \"deploy to Azure Container Apps\", \"generate Kubernetes artifacts\", \"tear down Aspire deployment\". INVOKES: aspire CLI, Aspire docs, target cloud/container CLIs. FOR SINGLE OPERATIONS: use generic Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, or AWS tools only when no Aspire AppHost exists.
Profile →npx skills add microsoft/aspire-skills --skill aspire-deployment --agent copilot
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for claude-code, codex, cursor.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# 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. 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 or AWS, deploy to Kubernetes, deploy to Docker Compose, 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 applicatio
- Routing precedence
- Guiding principles
- Use Aspire docs before changing deployment code
- Prefer Aspire-native deployment
- Ask where to deploy only when ambiguous
- Ask before creating cloud resources when intent is not explicit
- Keep Azure deployment Aspire-native
- Default workflow
- AppHost target detection
- Parameter and secret preflight
- Target references
- Agent execution
- Handoff Rules
- Project-Local Skill Override
aspire docs search "deploy with Aspire" aspire docs search "Docker Compose deployment" aspire docs search "Kubernetes deployment" aspire docs search "Azure Container Apps deployment" aspire docs search "Azure App Service deployment" aspire docs search "Azure Kubernetes Service deployment" aspire docs get "deploy-to-azure-kubernetes-service-aks" aspire docs get "<slug-from-search-results>" aspire docs api search "<deployment API or concept>" --language csharp aspire docs api search "<deployment API or concept>" --language typescript
What does the aspire-deployment skill do?
**WORKFLOW SKILL** — Deploy Aspire apps from AppHost models to Docker Compose, Kubernetes, Azure, or AWS. WHEN: \"deploy Aspire app\", \"publish Aspire artifacts\", \"deploy to Azure Container Apps\", \"generate Kubernetes artifacts\", \"tear down Aspire deployment\". INVOKES: aspire CLI, Aspire docs, target cloud/container CLIs. FOR SINGLE OPERATIONS: use generic Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, or AWS tools only when no Aspire AppHost exists.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add microsoft/aspire-skills --skill aspire-deployment --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From microsoft/aspire-skills, a repository with 76 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.