An AI agent can assist with application work or power an AI application. In an Aspire workflow, a coding agent inspects a .NET solution, proposes an AppHost model and implementation plan, and helps make changes incrementally. Semantic Kernel is identified as a framework for building .NET agents that interact with large language models. section 10.4.2 section 5.4
Ask for a plan before changing the solution
A useful prompt is: “Inspect this solution and propose an Aspire AppHost model (projects+dependencies) and the order to implement it.” Review the proposal, then make changes in small iterations and verify them before shipping. section 10.4.2
Listing 10.7 Claude output describing the solution structure
Claude: I'll scan the repo structure, solution/projects, and configuration files (appsettings, launchSettings, docker-compose) to infer runtime dependencies and propose an Aspire AppHost model + an incremental implementation plan. 🔎 Searching for .sln files... - Found: OnlineShop.slnx 🔎 Parsing solution projects... - OnlineShop.ApiService/OnlineShop.ApiService.csproj - OnlineShop.Web/OnlineShop.Web.csproj 🔎 Checking configuration and local orchestration files... - Found: OnlineShop.ApiService/appsettings.json - Found: OnlineShop.Web/appsettings.json - Found: OnlineShop.ApiService/appsettings.Development.json - Found: OnlineShop.Web/appsettings.Development.json - Found: OnlineShop.ApiService/Properties/launchSettings.json - Found: OnlineShop.Web/Properties/launchSettings.json 🔎 Inferring dependencies from config... - Database: SQL Server (ConnectionStrings:DefaultConnection -> Server=(localdb)\\mssqllocaldb;Database=OnlineShopDb;...) 🔎 Inferring service-to-service calls... - OnlineShop.Web calls OnlineShop.ApiService: - Found HttpClient named "ProductsApiClient" base URL: https://localhost:7465 (appsettings.Development) ✅ Proposed Aspire AppHost model Projects: 1) web -> OnlineShop.Web (external http endpoint) 2) api -> OnlineShop.ApiService (internal http endpoint)
See an example of a coding agent inspecting an online-shop solution’s projects and configuration to infer dependencies. section 10.4.2
