awesome-copilot/skills/aspire/references/integrations-catalog.md

Integrations Catalog

Aspire has 144+ integrations across 13 categories. Rather than maintaining a static list, use the MCP tools to get live, up-to-date integration data.

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Discovering integrations (MCP tools)

The Aspire MCP server provides two tools for integration discovery — these work on all CLI versions (13.1+) and do not require a running AppHost.

Tool	What it does	When to use
list_integrations	Returns all available Aspire hosting integrations with their NuGet package IDs	"What integrations are available for databases?" / "Show me all Redis-related integrations"
get_integration_docs	Retrieves detailed documentation for a specific integration package (setup, configuration, code samples)	"How do I configure PostgreSQL?" / "Show me the docs for Aspire.Hosting.Redis"

Workflow

1. Browse — Call list_integrations to see what's available. Filter results by category or keyword.
2. Deep dive — Call get_integration_docs with the package ID (e.g., Aspire.Hosting.Redis) and version (e.g., 9.0.0) to get full setup instructions.
3. Add — Run aspire add <integration> to install the hosting package into your AppHost.

Tip: These tools return the same data as the official integrations gallery. Prefer them over static docs — integrations are added frequently.

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Integration pattern

Every integration follows a two-package pattern:

• Hosting package (Aspire.Hosting.*) — adds the resource to the AppHost
• Client package (Aspire.*) — configures the client SDK in your service with health checks, telemetry, and retries
• Community Toolkit (CommunityToolkit.Aspire.*) — community-maintained integrations from Aspire Community Toolkit

// === AppHost (hosting side) ===
var redis = builder.AddRedis("cache");  // Aspire.Hosting.Redis
var api = builder.AddProject<Projects.Api>("api")
    .WithReference(redis);

// === Service (client side) — in API's Program.cs ===
builder.AddRedisClient("cache");        // Aspire.StackExchange.Redis
// Automatically configures: connection string, health checks, OpenTelemetry, retries

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Categories at a glance

Use list_integrations for the full live list. This summary covers the major categories:

Category	Key integrations	Example hosting package
AI	Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, GitHub Models, Ollama	Aspire.Hosting.Azure.CognitiveServices
Caching	Redis, Garnet, Valkey, Azure Cache for Redis	Aspire.Hosting.Redis
Cloud / Azure	Storage, Cosmos DB, Service Bus, Key Vault, Event Hubs, Functions, SQL, SignalR (25+)	Aspire.Hosting.Azure.Storage
Cloud / AWS	AWS SDK integration	Aspire.Hosting.AWS
Databases	PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, MySQL, Oracle, Elasticsearch, Milvus, Qdrant, SQLite	Aspire.Hosting.PostgreSQL
DevTools	Data API Builder, Dev Tunnels, Mailpit, k6, Flagd, Ngrok, Stripe	Aspire.Hosting.DevTunnels
Messaging	RabbitMQ, Kafka, NATS, ActiveMQ, LavinMQ	Aspire.Hosting.RabbitMQ
Observability	OpenTelemetry (built-in), Seq, OTel Collector	Aspire.Hosting.Seq
Compute	Docker Compose, Kubernetes	Aspire.Hosting.Docker
Reverse Proxies	YARP	Aspire.Hosting.Yarp
Security	Keycloak	Aspire.Hosting.Keycloak
Frameworks	JavaScript, Python, Go, Java, Rust, Bun, Deno, Orleans, MAUI, Dapr, PowerShell	Aspire.Hosting.Python

For polyglot framework method signatures, see Polyglot APIs.

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