Aspire Orchestration

Start, stop, wait for, and manage distributed application resources.

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SKILL.md

---
name: aspire-orchestration
description: >-
  **WORKFLOW SKILL** — Manage Aspire AppHost lifecycle and recover from file locks,
  port conflicts, and orphaned processes. WHEN: "start my Aspire app", "aspire start",
  "aspire stop", "aspire wait", "restart the API service", "file lock error",
  "MSB3491", "CS2012", "port already in use", "upgrade Aspire CLI", "aspire update --self",
  "proxies missing in aspire ps", "--include-hidden", "aspire integration list",
  "aspire integration search", "default watch", "hot reload". INVOKES: aspire CLI
  (start, stop, wait, ps, resource, integration, add, init, doctor, update, restore).
  FOR SINGLE OPERATIONS: Run the aspire CLI command directly.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Microsoft
  version: "0.0.1"
---

# Aspire Orchestration

> **MANDATORY COMPLIANCE** — This skill prevents agent self-harm in Aspire projects.
> Violating these rules causes file locks, orphaned processes, and user frustration ([#15801](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/issues/15801)).

## Prerequisites

| Requirement | Install |… install to load the full skill