| name | olore-dotnet-orleans-latest |
| description | Local .NET Orleans documentation reference (latest). Use for virtual actor model, grains, silos, distributed systems, cluster management, persistence, streams, and timers in .NET. |
.NET Orleans Documentation
Microsoft Orleans documentation. Use for virtual actor model, grains, silos, distributed systems, cluster management, persistence, streams, and timers in .NET.
Quick Reference
| Task | Entry Point |
|---|
| New to Orleans | contents/overview.md |
| First app | contents/quickstarts/build-your-first-orleans-app.md |
| Grain fundamentals | contents/grains/index.md |
| Silo/client configuration | contents/host/configuration-guide/index.md |
| Grain persistence | contents/grains/grain-persistence/index.md |
| Streaming | contents/streaming/index.md |
| Deployment | contents/deployment/index.md |
| Testing | contents/implementation/testing.md |
| NuGet packages | contents/resources/nuget-packages.md |
| Version migration | contents/migration-guide.md |
When to use
Use this skill when the user asks about:
- Grains: defining, registering, calling, lifecycle, identity, placement, versioning
- Grain persistence and storage providers (Azure, Cosmos DB, DynamoDB, ADO.NET)
- Grain event sourcing with JournaledGrain
- Timers, reminders, and grain cancellation
- Transactions, interceptors, observers, and request context
- Silos: configuration, hosting, lifecycle, heterogeneous deployments
- Client configuration and connecting to Orleans clusters
- Serialization configuration and customization
- Orleans streaming APIs, stream providers, and broadcast channels
- Deployment to Azure (App Service, Container Apps), Kubernetes, Service Fabric
- Cluster management, load balancing, and grain directory internals
- Unit testing Orleans applications
- Migrating between Orleans major versions (7.0 → 10.0)
- .NET Aspire integration with Orleans
How to find information
- First, read
TOC.md for complete file listing organized by directory
- Identify relevant section based on user's question
- Read specific files for details
TOC.md contains all files organized by directory - always check it first.
