Cairn.Templates 0.11.0

.NET CLI

dotnet new install Cairn.Templates@0.11.0

This package contains a .NET Template Package you can call from the shell/command line.

Cairn.Templates

dotnet new templates for Cairn — opt-in HATEOAS for ASP.NET Core.

Install

dotnet new install Cairn.Templates

Create a project

dotnet new cairn-api -o Orders.Api
cd Orders.Api
dotnet run

This scaffolds an ASP.NET Core minimal API already wired for hypermedia: clean DTOs with their link rules declared separately in LinkConfig<T> classes, a state-conditional cancel affordance, compile-checked routes via the generated Routes.* catalog, an embedded collection, and a HAL-FORMS create form. Start at /, or — with the explorer enabled (the default) — browse the API interactively at /explorer.

Options

Option	Default	Description
`-f`, `--framework`	`net10.0`	Target framework: `net10.0`, `net9.0`, or `net8.0` (LTS).
`--explorer`	`true`	Include the browsable HAL Explorer at `/explorer` (Development only).
`--openapi`	`false`	Document the hypermedia in Swagger (`Cairn.Swashbuckle`) and serve Swagger UI in Development.

# An LTS project without the explorer, with Swagger docs:
dotnet new cairn-api -o Orders.Api -f net8.0 --explorer false --openapi true

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Version	Downloads	Last Updated
0.11.0	333	7/14/2026