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Write integration tests using .NET Aspire's testing facilities with xUnit.
Install Aspire Integration Testing
$ npx skills add DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb --skill aspire-integration-testing -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb aspire-integration-testing --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/aspire-integration-testing .claude/skills/aspire-integration-testing && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "aspire-integration-testing" agent skill from https://github.com/DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb/tree/main/.claude/skills/aspire-integration-testing into .claude/skills/aspire-integration-testing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "aspire-integration-testing", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb/tree/main/.claude/skills/aspire-integration-testingType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb --skill aspire-integration-testing -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb aspire-integration-testing --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/aspire-integration-testing .agents/skills/aspire-integration-testing && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "aspire-integration-testing" agent skill from https://github.com/DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb/tree/main/.claude/skills/aspire-integration-testing into .agents/skills/aspire-integration-testing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "aspire-integration-testing", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb --skill aspire-integration-testing -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb aspire-integration-testing --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/aspire-integration-testing .cursor/skills/aspire-integration-testing && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "aspire-integration-testing" agent skill from https://github.com/DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb/tree/main/.claude/skills/aspire-integration-testing into .cursor/skills/aspire-integration-testing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "aspire-integration-testing", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb.git --path .claude/skills/aspire-integration-testing--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb --skill aspire-integration-testing -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb aspire-integration-testing --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/aspire-integration-testing .gemini/skills/aspire-integration-testing && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "aspire-integration-testing" agent skill from https://github.com/DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb/tree/main/.claude/skills/aspire-integration-testing into .gemini/skills/aspire-integration-testing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "aspire-integration-testing", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb aspire-integration-testingInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb --skill aspire-integration-testing -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/aspire-integration-testing .github/skills/aspire-integration-testing && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "aspire-integration-testing" agent skill from https://github.com/DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb/tree/main/.claude/skills/aspire-integration-testing into .github/skills/aspire-integration-testing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "aspire-integration-testing", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb --skill aspire-integration-testing -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb aspire-integration-testing --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/aspire-integration-testing .opencode/skills/aspire-integration-testing && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "aspire-integration-testing" agent skill from https://github.com/DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb/tree/main/.claude/skills/aspire-integration-testing into .opencode/skills/aspire-integration-testing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "aspire-integration-testing", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
aspire-integration-testing- GitHub stars
- 157
- Used in
- 2 other repos
- Token cost
- ~2.3k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 576 words
- Files
- 3
- Skills in repo
- 3
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
Write integration tests using .NET Aspire's testing facilities with xUnit.
- Works in 6 steps: Real Dependencies - Use actual… → Dynamic Port Binding - Let Aspire assign… → Fixture Lifecycle - Use IAsyncLifetime… → …
- Tasks that involve Integration testing
- SKILL.md covers When to Use This Skill, Reference Files, Core Principles and High-Level Testing Architecture, plus 8 more sections
- Calls docker
What it does
Aspire Integration Testing is an agent skill from DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb. Write integration tests using .NET Aspire's testing facilities with xUnit. Covers test fixtures, distributed application setup, endpoint discovery, and patterns for testing ASP.NET Core apps with real dependencies.
Its SKILL.md is about 2.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `advanced-patterns.md` and `ci-and-tooling.md`).
It sits in Testing & QA, covering Integration testing, Unit testing and Test data and fixtures. It works with .NET, ASP.NET Core and Playwright. The repository describes itself as: A simple web application for devBetter.
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Integration testing
- Tasks that involve Unit testing
- Tasks that involve Test data and fixtures
Example prompts
- “/aspire-integration-testing”
Requirements
- Docker
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Real Dependencies - Use actual infrastructure (databases, caches) via Aspire, not mocks
- Dynamic Port Binding - Let Aspire assign ports dynamically (127.0.0.1:0) to avoid conflicts
- Fixture Lifecycle - Use IAsyncLifetime for proper test fixture setup and teardown
- Endpoint Discovery - Never hard-code URLs; discover endpoints from Aspire at runtime
- Parallel Isolation - Use xUnit collections to control test parallelization
- Health Checks - Always wait for services to be healthy before running tests
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 730e263. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
docker
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use docker, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Aspire Integration Testing loads about 2.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 60 tokens; SKILL.md has 576 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 576 words (~2,252 tokens).
- name
- aspire-integration-testing
- invocable
- false
Files
SKILL.md and 2 other files in .claude/skills/aspire-integration-testing of DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb.
- SKILL.md
- advanced-patterns.md
- ci-and-tooling.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 730e263
Used in 2 other repositories
We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
Compare with similar skills
Aspire Integration Testing next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspire Integration Testing this skillDevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb | 157 | 2 repos | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Akka.NET Testing PatternsAaronontheweb/dotnet-skills | 1.2k | 1 repos | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Dotnet Testingnovotnyllc/dotnet-artisan | 233 | — | ~972 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Dotnet Testingmacalbert/envilder | 138 | — | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Scaffolding Oracle To Postgres Migration Test Projectgithub/awesome-copilot | 40k | — | ~687 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Scaffolding Oracle To Postgres Migration Test Projectboshi-xixixi/TraeSkill | 274 | — | ~632 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Aspire Integration Testing
What does Aspire Integration Testing do?
Write integration tests using .NET Aspire's testing facilities with xUnit. Aspire Integration Testing is an agent skill from DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb.NET Aspire's testing facilities with xUnit.
When should I use Aspire Integration Testing?
Aspire Integration Testing fits situations like: tasks that involve Integration testing; tasks that involve Unit testing; tasks that involve Test data and fixtures.
How do I install Aspire Integration Testing in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb --skill aspire-integration-testing -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/aspire-integration-testing in DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb) into .claude/skills/aspire-integration-testing in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Aspire Integration Testing in Codex?
Run `npx skills add DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb --skill aspire-integration-testing -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/aspire-integration-testing in DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb) into .agents/skills/aspire-integration-testing in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Aspire Integration Testing in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb --skill aspire-integration-testing -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/aspire-integration-testing, .gemini/skills/aspire-integration-testing, .github/skills/aspire-integration-testing and .opencode/skills/aspire-integration-testing in your project.
What does Aspire Integration Testing need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Aspire Integration Testing needs the command-line tools its instructions call (docker). Our summary lists: Docker.
Does Aspire Integration Testing access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use docker, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Aspire Integration Testing safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Aspire Integration Testing use?
No licence was found for Aspire Integration Testing or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Aspire Integration Testing use?
About 2.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Aspire Integration Testing?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Aspire Integration Testing: Akka.NET Testing Patterns (Aaronontheweb/dotnet-skills, 1.2k stars), Dotnet Testing (novotnyllc/dotnet-artisan, 233 stars), Dotnet Testing (macalbert/envilder, 138 stars) and Scaffolding Oracle To Postgres Migration Test Project (github/awesome-copilot, 40k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Aspire Integration Testing?
DevBetterCom (a GitHub organization) maintains it in DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb, which has 157 GitHub stars. The repository holds 3 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 3, 2026.
Source: DevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.