Overview
aspire is an open-source integrations skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by github. Its author describes it as: “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 a…”. The project has 38k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot ~/.claude/skills/aspire`.
What aspire does
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.
Best for
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for aspire is organised into these sections:
- References
- 1. Researching Aspire Documentation
- Aspire CLI 13.2+ (recommended — has built-in docs search)
- Aspire CLI 13.1 (integration tools only)
- Fallback: Context7
- Fallback: GitHub search (when Context7 is also unavailable)
- 2. Prerequisites & Install
- 3. Project Templates
- 4. AppHost Quick Start (Polyglot)
- 5. Core Concepts (Summary)
- 6. CLI Quick Reference
- 7. Common Patterns
Installation
Add aspire to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot ~/.claude/skills/aspireReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- GitHub Copilot — declared in the repository topics
License
aspire is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in github/awesome-copilot, an established project with 37,982 GitHub stars
- Works with GitHub Copilot
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does aspire do?
- 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.
- How do I install aspire?
- Run git clone https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot ~/.claude/skills/aspire in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot before installing.
- Is aspire free to use?
- Yes. aspire is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does aspire work with?
- aspire lists GitHub Copilot — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does aspire come from?
- aspire ships inside github/awesome-copilot, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 37,982 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.