CoreEx.Template 4.0.0-preview-2

This is a prerelease version of CoreEx.Template.

.NET CLI

dotnet new install CoreEx.Template@4.0.0-preview-2

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

CoreEx.Template

Provides the dotnet new template pack for scaffolding CoreEx-based domain microservice solutions -- six composable templates, one dotnet new install.

Overview

CoreEx.Template is a PackageType=Template NuGet package that installs six dotnet new templates as a single unit. Together they cover AI workflow assets, the full project topology for a CoreEx domain-based microservice (shared solution core plus independently deployable host processes), and an optional domain layer.

Short name	Template	Emits
`coreex-ai`	CoreEx AI assets	`.github/` instructions, prompts, skills, and agents + `.claude/` commands — run at repo root; supports `--app-folder` for monorepos
`coreex`	CoreEx domain-based microservice application	Solution scaffold: `src/` libraries + `tools/` projects + `tests/` (Test.Common + Test.Unit)
`coreex-domain`	CoreEx Domain layer	`src/[name].Domain/` DDD project — add-on, run after `coreex` when domain complexity warrants it
`coreex-api`	CoreEx API host	`src/[name].Api/` host project + `tests/[solution].Test.Api/` integration test project
`coreex-relay`	CoreEx Outbox Relay host	`src/[name].Relay/` host project + `tests/[solution].Test.Relay/` integration test project
`coreex-subscribe`	CoreEx Subscriber host	`src/[name].Subscribe/` host project + `tests/[solution].Test.Subscribe/` integration test project

Parameters are consistent across templates -- the same --data-provider, --messaging-provider, and feature flags appear in every template that needs them, ensuring the generated code is coherent regardless of which templates you use.

Installation

dotnet new install CoreEx.Template

To verify:

dotnet new list --tag CoreEx

To update after a new release:

dotnet new update

To uninstall:

dotnet new uninstall CoreEx.Template

AI-Guided Scaffolding

coreex-ai is the primary way to install CoreEx AI workflow assets into any repository. It outputs only .github/ and .claude/ artefacts and is intentionally decoupled from the implementation scaffolding:

.github/instructions/coreex.instructions.md -- CoreEx coding context (replaces copilot-instructions.md)
.github/instructions/*.instructions.md -- scoped coding conventions per layer/file type
.github/prompts/coreex-scaffold.prompt.md -- /coreex-scaffold: interviews for project needs and recommends the smallest safe dotnet new coreex* command set
.github/agents/coreex-expert.agent.md -- /coreex-expert: architecture guidance
.claude/commands/coreex-expert.md -- /coreex-expert for Claude Code
.claude/commands/coreex-docs-sync.md -- /coreex-docs-sync: refresh the local CoreEx doc cache after a version bump

Recommended day-1 workflow:

# Step 1 (always from repo root): install AI workflow assets
dotnet new coreex-ai

# For monorepos where CoreEx lives under a subfolder:
dotnet new coreex-ai --app-folder backend

# Step 2 (from the solution directory): scaffold the implementation
dotnet new coreex -n Avanade.Erp.Sales --data-provider SqlServer ...

coreex and the host templates no longer emit any .github/ artefacts -- run coreex-ai separately to get AI context. The two are independent and can be combined in any order.

For a brand-new blank repository, run /coreex-bootstrap after dotnet new coreex-ai. The skill generates root guidance files (README.md, AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md) and immediately chains to /coreex-scaffold for solution shaping.

Typical greenfield flow:

# Step 1: install AI workflow assets (includes /coreex-bootstrap skill)
dotnet new coreex-ai

# Step 2: generate root guidance files and begin solution interview
# (run in Copilot Chat or Claude Code)
/coreex-bootstrap

Then answer the /coreex-scaffold questions. The workflow derives the required coreex, coreex-domain (optional), coreex-api, coreex-relay, and coreex-subscribe commands.

Naming Convention

The templates use dot-delimited names that encode the solution hierarchy. Understanding this is essential -- the name you supply drives all file names, namespace declarations, project cross-references, and configuration values automatically.

Recommended format: [Company].[Product].[Domain]

Segment	Example	Role
Company	`Avanade`	Organisation
Product	`Erp`	Product or system
Domain	`Sales`	The bounded context being scaffolded

For the solution template (coreex) the name is the three-part solution root, e.g. Avanade.Erp.Sales. For each host template (coreex-api, coreex-relay, coreex-subscribe) the name appends the host suffix, e.g. Avanade.Erp.Sales.Api.

Derived values (example: `Avanade.Erp.Sales.Api`)

Derived symbol	Value	Used for
`domain-name`	`Sales`	Class names, namespaces, DB identifiers (mixed case)
`domain-name-lower`	`sales`	Service Bus topic/subscription names, Postgres database name
`solution-name`	`Avanade.Erp.Sales`	Cross-project references in host `.csproj` files
`solution-parent-name`	`Avanade.Erp`	`CoreEx:Host:SolutionName` in `appsettings.json`

Template 1 -- `coreex-ai` (AI workflow assets)

Installs CoreEx AI workflow assets into any repository. Always run from the repo root — this is where .github/ must land for GitHub Copilot to read it.

This template emits nothing but .github/ and .claude/ artefacts: no AGENTS.md, no README.md, no implementation scaffolding. It is safe to run against an existing repository. Root guidance files for a brand-new, empty repository are generated by the /coreex-bootstrap skill instead (shipped as part of this template's .github/skills/ output) -- see the recommended day-1 workflow above.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`--app-folder`	string	(empty)	The subfolder where the CoreEx application lives, relative to the repo root (for monorepos, e.g. `backend` or `services/api`). Leave blank for single-repo projects.

Outputs

.github/
  instructions/
    coreex.instructions.md         # CoreEx coding context (applyTo: "**" or "<app-folder>/**")
    coreex-api-controllers.instructions.md
    coreex-application-services.instructions.md
    coreex-contracts.instructions.md
    coreex-conventions.instructions.md
    coreex-domain.instructions.md
    coreex-event-subscribers.instructions.md
    coreex-host-setup.instructions.md
    coreex-repositories.instructions.md
    coreex-tests.instructions.md
    coreex-tooling.instructions.md
    coreex-validators.instructions.md
  prompts/
    coreex-scaffold.prompt.md
  agents/
    coreex-expert.agent.md
.claude/
  commands/
    coreex-expert.md               # /coreex-expert architecture guidance command
    coreex-docs-sync.md            # /coreex-docs-sync doc cache refresh command

`--app-folder` behaviour

When --app-folder is absent (single-repo), each instruction file retains its original scoped applyTo glob (e.g. applyTo: "**/*.cs"). When --app-folder is provided, each instruction file's applyTo glob is prefixed with the subfolder path (e.g. applyTo: "backend/**/*Validator*.cs"), keeping per-file instruction targeting while scoping Copilot context to that subfolder.

Examples

# Single-repo (most common — no args needed):
dotnet new coreex-ai

# Monorepo — CoreEx under backend/:
dotnet new coreex-ai --app-folder backend

# Monorepo — CoreEx under a nested path:
dotnet new coreex-ai --app-folder services/shopping

Template 2 -- `coreex` (Solution scaffold)

Scaffolds the shared solution core: the .slnx solution file, solution-wide configuration files (.editorconfig, Directory.Build.props, Directory.Packages.props), the Contracts, Application, Infrastructure class-library projects, and the Database and CodeGen tooling projects. The optional Domain project is a separate add-on — see "Template 3 -- coreex-domain" below.

Run this once per domain from the solution root directory.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`-n` / `--name`	string	(required)	Solution base name, e.g. `Avanade.Erp.Sales`. Drives all file names and namespaces. Format: `[Company].[Product].[Domain]`.
`--refdata-enabled`	bool	`true`	Includes the reference-data pattern: `IReferenceDataRepository` (Application), `ReferenceDataService` (Application), `ReferenceDataRepository` (Infrastructure), and the `CodeGen` tool project.
`--rop-enabled`	bool	`false`	Enables Railway-Oriented Programming -- `Result`/`Result<T>` return types throughout the solution.
`--data-provider`	`SqlServer` \| `Postgres` \| `None`	`SqlServer`	The data persistence technology. `None` is for facade scenarios (e.g. over Dynamics 365) where there is no local database -- the `Database` tool project, EF Core packages, DbContext, and EfDb are all omitted.
`--outbox-enabled`	bool	`true`	Includes transactional-outbox wiring in the Infrastructure project. Has no effect when `--data-provider None`.
`--messaging-provider`	`ServiceBus` \| `None`	`ServiceBus`	The messaging technology. `None` omits all messaging configuration.

Output

[name].slnx
.editorconfig
.gitignore
.filenesting.json
Directory.Build.props
Directory.Packages.props
src/
  [name].Contracts/
    [name].Contracts.csproj
    GlobalUsing.cs
  [name].Application/
    [name].Application.csproj
    GlobalUsing.cs
    ReferenceDataService.cs              (refdata-enabled only)
    Repositories/
      IReferenceDataRepository.cs        (refdata-enabled only)
  [name].Infrastructure/
    [name].Infrastructure.csproj
    GlobalUsing.cs
    Repositories/
      [Domain]DbContext.cs               (data-provider != None)
      [Domain]EfDb.cs                    (data-provider != None)
      ReferenceDataRepository.cs         (refdata-enabled && data-provider != None)
tools/
  [name].Database/                       (data-provider != None)
    [name].Database.csproj
    Program.cs
  [name].CodeGen/                        (refdata-enabled && data-provider != None)
    [name].CodeGen.csproj
    Program.cs
    ref-data.yaml
tests/
  [name].Test.Common/
    [name].Test.Common.csproj
    TestData.cs
    Data/                                (data-provider != None -- embedded seed data for DbEx)
  [name].Test.Unit/
    [name].Test.Unit.csproj

Examples

Default (PostgreSQL, refdata, Service Bus outbox):

dotnet new coreex -n Avanade.Erp.Sales

PostgreSQL with no refdata:

dotnet new coreex -n Avanade.Erp.Sales --data-provider Postgres --refdata-enabled false

Facade over an external system (no local database or messaging):

dotnet new coreex -n Avanade.Erp.Sales --data-provider None --messaging-provider None

Domain-driven design with ROP, Postgres, no outbox:

dotnet new coreex -n Avanade.Erp.Sales --rop-enabled true --data-provider Postgres --outbox-enabled false
dotnet new coreex-domain -n Avanade.Erp.Sales
dotnet sln Avanade.Erp.Sales.slnx add src/Avanade.Erp.Sales.Domain
dotnet add src/Avanade.Erp.Sales.Application/Avanade.Erp.Sales.Application.csproj reference src/Avanade.Erp.Sales.Domain/Avanade.Erp.Sales.Domain.csproj

Template 3 -- `coreex-domain` (Domain layer add-on)

Scaffolds an optional *.Domain class-library project for solutions where domain complexity warrants domain-driven design: aggregate roots, child entities, value objects, and PersistenceState-driven mutation methods via CoreEx.DomainDriven. Most solutions do not need this -- add it only when the Application layer's CRUD-style orchestration is no longer enough.

Run this after coreex, from the solution root. Unlike coreex-api/coreex-relay/coreex-subscribe, this template does not add itself to the .slnx -- wire it in yourself with dotnet sln add. You must also add a project reference from Application to the new Domain project (dotnet add ... reference ...) -- Application is the only layer with a direct dependency on Domain (Infrastructure only reaches it transitively through Application), and nothing else wires that reference for you.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`-n` / `--name`	string	(required)	Solution base name, matching the `coreex` invocation, e.g. `Avanade.Erp.Sales`.

Output

src/
  [name].Domain/
    [name].Domain.csproj
    GlobalUsing.cs

Example

dotnet new coreex -n Avanade.Erp.Sales --rop-enabled true --data-provider Postgres --outbox-enabled false
dotnet new coreex-domain -n Avanade.Erp.Sales
dotnet sln Avanade.Erp.Sales.slnx add src/Avanade.Erp.Sales.Domain
dotnet add src/Avanade.Erp.Sales.Application/Avanade.Erp.Sales.Application.csproj reference src/Avanade.Erp.Sales.Domain/Avanade.Erp.Sales.Domain.csproj

Template 4 -- `coreex-api` (API host)

Scaffolds an ASP.NET Core Web API host project. Wires up CoreEx execution context, optional reference-data orchestration, FusionCache L1/L2 caching with Redis backplane, the selected database provider and EF Core, outbox publishing, NSwag OpenAPI, and OpenTelemetry.

Run this from the solution root (the directory created by coreex). The template emits into both src/ and tests/ so it must be run at the root level.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`-n` / `--name`	string	(required)	Full project name, e.g. `Avanade.Erp.Sales.Api`. Must match the solution name with `.Api` appended.
`--refdata-enabled`	bool	`true`	Wires up `ReferenceDataOrchestrator` and dynamic service registration for reference-data caching. Match the value used with `coreex`.
`--data-provider`	`SqlServer` \| `Postgres` \| `None`	`SqlServer`	Database technology. Selects the Aspire connection, CoreEx database, unit-of-work, and outbox publisher registration.
`--outbox-enabled`	bool	`true`	Registers the outbox publisher (`SqlServerOutboxPublisher` or `PostgresOutboxPublisher`) as the `IEventPublisher`. Has no effect when `--data-provider None`.

Output

src/
  [name].Api/
    [name].Api.csproj
    Program.cs
    GlobalUsing.cs
    appsettings.json
    appsettings.Development.json
    AGENTS.md
tests/
  [solution-name].Test.Api/
    [solution-name].Test.Api.csproj

appsettings.json (illustrative -- values are replaced at generation time):

{
  "CoreEx": {
    "Host": {
      "SolutionName": "Avanade.Erp",    // Company.Product (solution-parent-name)
      "DomainName": "Sales"              // Domain (domain-name)
    },
    "Events": {
      "Destination": "sales"             // Topic/queue name (domain-name-lower)
    }
  },
  "Logging": { ... }
}

appsettings.Development.json (connection strings vary by --data-provider):

{
  "Aspire": {
    // SQL Server (implement-sqlserver):
    "Microsoft": { "Data": { "SqlClient": { "ConnectionString": "Data Source=127.0.0.1,1433;Initial Catalog=Sales;..." } } },
    // OR PostgreSQL (implement-postgres):
    "Npgsql": { "ConnectionString": "Server=127.0.0.1;Database=sales;..." },
    "StackExchange": { "Redis": { "ConnectionString": "localhost:6379" } }
  }
}

Examples

Default (PostgreSQL, refdata, outbox):

dotnet new coreex-api -n Avanade.Erp.Sales.Api

PostgreSQL, no refdata:

dotnet new coreex-api -n Avanade.Erp.Sales.Api --data-provider Postgres --refdata-enabled false

Facade (no database):

dotnet new coreex-api -n Avanade.Erp.Sales.Api --data-provider None

Template 5 -- `coreex-relay` (Outbox Relay host)

Scaffolds an ASP.NET Core background-service host that reads committed events from the transactional outbox table and forwards them to the messaging provider. Does not reference the solution's shared projects -- it is a standalone host that requires only a database connection and a messaging connection.

Run this from the solution root (the directory created by coreex). The template emits into both src/ and tests/ so it must be run at the root level.

Note: When --data-provider None is selected the outbox relay has nothing to relay. Scaffold this host only when your solution uses the outbox pattern (i.e. --data-provider is SqlServer or Postgres and --outbox-enabled true).

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`-n` / `--name`	string	(required)	Full project name, e.g. `Avanade.Erp.Sales.Relay`.
`--data-provider`	`SqlServer` \| `Postgres` \| `None`	`SqlServer`	Database technology used for reading the outbox.
`--messaging-provider`	`ServiceBus` \| `None`	`ServiceBus`	Messaging provider to publish forwarded events to.

Output

src/
  [name].Relay/
    [name].Relay.csproj
    Program.cs
    appsettings.json
    appsettings.Development.json
    AGENTS.md
tests/
  [solution-name].Test.Relay/
    [solution-name].Test.Relay.csproj

appsettings.json (illustrative):

{
  "CoreEx": {
    "Host": {
      "SolutionName": "Avanade.Erp",
      "DomainName": "Sales",
      "Services": {
        "Interval": "00:00:00.500",
        "OutboxRelay": {
          "BatchSize": 10,
          "PerWorkerPartitionCount": 2,
          "LeaseDuration": "00:00:05",
          "BackoffDuration": "00:00:05",
          "ServicesCount": 4
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

appsettings.Development.json (connection strings vary by provider):

{
  "Aspire": {
    // SQL Server or PostgreSQL connection (same pattern as coreex-api)
    "Azure": {
      // implement-servicebus only:
      "Messaging": { "ServiceBus": { "ConnectionString": "Endpoint=sb://localhost;..." } }
    }
  }
}

Examples

SQL Server outbox → Azure Service Bus:

dotnet new coreex-relay -n Avanade.Erp.Sales.Relay

PostgreSQL outbox → Azure Service Bus:

dotnet new coreex-relay -n Avanade.Erp.Sales.Relay --data-provider Postgres

Template 6 -- `coreex-subscribe` (Subscriber host)

Scaffolds an ASP.NET Core background-service host that receives events from a messaging provider, dispatches them through the CoreEx SubscribedManager, and processes them via subscriber implementations. Optionally includes reference-data caching and a database connection for subscriber logic that needs persistence.

Run this from the solution root (the directory created by coreex). The template emits into both src/ and tests/ so it must be run at the root level.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`-n` / `--name`	string	(required)	Full project name, e.g. `Avanade.Erp.Sales.Subscribe`.
`--refdata-enabled`	bool	`true`	Wires up `ReferenceDataOrchestrator` and dynamic service registration for reference-data caching. Match the value used with `coreex`.
`--data-provider`	`SqlServer` \| `Postgres` \| `None`	`SqlServer`	Database technology. When not `None`, EF Core and outbox publisher are wired so subscriber logic can persist state and emit its own events.
`--messaging-provider`	`ServiceBus` \| `None`	`ServiceBus`	Messaging provider to receive events from. When `None`, no receiver is configured.

Output

src/
  [name].Subscribe/
    [name].Subscribe.csproj
    Program.cs
    GlobalUsing.cs
    appsettings.json
    appsettings.Development.json
    AGENTS.md
tests/
  [solution-name].Test.Subscribe/
    [solution-name].Test.Subscribe.csproj

appsettings.json (illustrative):

{
  "CoreEx": {
    "Host": {
      "SolutionName": "Avanade.Erp",
      "DomainName": "Sales",
      "Services": { "Interval": "00:00:00.500" }
    },
    "Events": {
      "Destination": "sales"             // Outbound event topic/queue (domain-name-lower)
    }
  }
}

appsettings.Development.json (connection strings vary by provider):

{
  "Aspire": {
    // SQL Server or PostgreSQL connection (same pattern as coreex-api)
    "Azure": {
      // implement-servicebus only:
      "Messaging": {
        "ServiceBus": {
          "ConnectionString": "Endpoint=sb://localhost;...",
          "QueueOrTopicName": "avanade.erp",   // solution-name-lower
          "SubscriptionName": "sales"           // domain-name-lower
        }
      }
    },
    "StackExchange": { "Redis": { "ConnectionString": "localhost:6379" } }
  }
}

Examples

Default (PostgreSQL, refdata, Service Bus):

dotnet new coreex-subscribe -n Avanade.Erp.Sales.Subscribe

PostgreSQL, no refdata:

dotnet new coreex-subscribe -n Avanade.Erp.Sales.Subscribe --data-provider Postgres --refdata-enabled false

Messaging only (no local database):

dotnet new coreex-subscribe -n Avanade.Erp.Sales.Subscribe --data-provider None

Typical Workflow

These templates are independent -- use only the ones your solution needs (an optional coreex-domain add-on can be scaffolded after Step 1 when DDD complexity warrants it; see the coreex-domain template above). The following shows a full event-driven microservice topology:

Step 1 -- Create the solution root

mkdir Avanade.Erp.Sales
cd Avanade.Erp.Sales
dotnet new coreex -n Avanade.Erp.Sales

Produces the .slnx, solution configuration files, src/ class libraries, tools/ projects, and tests/ (Test.Common + Test.Unit). The current directory becomes the solution root.

Step 2 -- Scaffold host projects

Run from the solution root. Each template emits into both src/ and tests/:

dotnet new coreex-api        -n Avanade.Erp.Sales.Api
dotnet new coreex-relay      -n Avanade.Erp.Sales.Relay
dotnet new coreex-subscribe -n Avanade.Erp.Sales.Subscribe

Step 3 -- Add hosts and their test projects to the solution

dotnet sln Avanade.Erp.Sales.slnx add src/Avanade.Erp.Sales.Api
dotnet sln Avanade.Erp.Sales.slnx add tests/Avanade.Erp.Sales.Test.Api

dotnet sln Avanade.Erp.Sales.slnx add src/Avanade.Erp.Sales.Relay
dotnet sln Avanade.Erp.Sales.slnx add tests/Avanade.Erp.Sales.Test.Relay

dotnet sln Avanade.Erp.Sales.slnx add src/Avanade.Erp.Sales.Subscribe
dotnet sln Avanade.Erp.Sales.slnx add tests/Avanade.Erp.Sales.Test.Subscribe

Resulting directory structure

Avanade.Erp.Sales/
  Avanade.Erp.Sales.slnx
  .editorconfig  |  .gitignore  |  Directory.Build.props  |  Directory.Packages.props
  src/
    Avanade.Erp.Sales.Contracts/
    Avanade.Erp.Sales.Application/
    Avanade.Erp.Sales.Infrastructure/
    Avanade.Erp.Sales.Api/
    Avanade.Erp.Sales.Relay/
    Avanade.Erp.Sales.Subscribe/
  tools/
    Avanade.Erp.Sales.Database/
    Avanade.Erp.Sales.CodeGen/
  tests/
    Avanade.Erp.Sales.Test.Common/
    Avanade.Erp.Sales.Test.Unit/
    Avanade.Erp.Sales.Test.Api/
    Avanade.Erp.Sales.Test.Relay/
    Avanade.Erp.Sales.Test.Subscribe/

Scenario Examples

Full event-driven (SQL Server, Service Bus, refdata)

All defaults -- no flags required:

dotnet new coreex            -n Avanade.Erp.Sales
dotnet new coreex-api        -n Avanade.Erp.Sales.Api
dotnet new coreex-relay      -n Avanade.Erp.Sales.Relay
dotnet new coreex-subscribe -n Avanade.Erp.Sales.Subscribe

PostgreSQL variant

dotnet new coreex            -n Avanade.Erp.Sales --data-provider Postgres
dotnet new coreex-api        -n Avanade.Erp.Sales.Api        --data-provider Postgres
dotnet new coreex-relay      -n Avanade.Erp.Sales.Relay      --data-provider Postgres
dotnet new coreex-subscribe -n Avanade.Erp.Sales.Subscribe --data-provider Postgres

Facade over an external system (e.g. Dynamics 365)

No local database, no outbox, no messaging infrastructure -- the API is a pure HTTP facade:

dotnet new coreex     -n Avanade.Erp.Sales --data-provider None --messaging-provider None
dotnet new coreex-api -n Avanade.Erp.Sales.Api --data-provider None

No relay or subscriber needed -- omit those templates entirely.

API + Subscriber only (no outbox relay)

When using an at-least-once messaging pattern without transactional outbox:

dotnet new coreex            -n Avanade.Erp.Sales --outbox-enabled false
dotnet new coreex-api        -n Avanade.Erp.Sales.Api        --outbox-enabled false
dotnet new coreex-subscribe -n Avanade.Erp.Sales.Subscribe

Package Design Notes

Single install, five project-scaffolding templates. All five ship inside the same NuGet package as coreex-ai (PackageType=Template). A single dotnet new install CoreEx.Template makes all short names available: coreex, coreex-domain, coreex-api, coreex-relay, and coreex-subscribe.

Version stamping. Each template.json carries COREEX_VERSION as a placeholder. During dotnet pack, an inline MSBuild ReplaceTextInFile task stamps the actual $(Version) into generated copies of the five template.json files (CoreEx.Ai, CoreEx.Core, CoreEx.Api, CoreEx.Relay, CoreEx.Subscribe) before they are packed. The source copies in content/ retain the placeholder and remain editable. CoreEx.Domain's template.json has no COREEX_VERSION token and is packed directly, unstamped.

Central Package Management. All PackageReference entries in generated projects carry no Version attribute -- versions are resolved from the Directory.Packages.props emitted by the coreex solution template. The host templates therefore require that the coreex solution template has been applied first (since Directory.Packages.props lives at the solution root).

Conditional file exclusion. The template engine's sources.modifiers with glob patterns handle all conditional file output -- no empty placeholder files are emitted. The .slnx solution file uses specialCustomOperations to enable `` XML-style conditionals (the template engine does not recognise .slnx as XML by default).

preferNameDirectory. All five project-scaffolding templates set preferNameDirectory: false so they generate into the current directory rather than creating an extra named subdirectory. The solution template generates its content directly into the current directory. Host templates (and the coreex-domain add-on) generate their content into src/[ProjectName]/ (and tests/[solution-name].Test.X/ for hosts) subdirectories, which are created by the template itself as part of the source layout -- not by the preferNameDirectory mechanism.

solution-name file renaming. The solution-name derived symbol (everything before the last dot-segment of the -n value) carries fileRename: "solution-name" in all host templates. This causes directory names like solution-name.Test.Api to be substituted at generation time, producing correctly-named test project folders (e.g. Avanade.Erp.Sales.Test.Api) that match the CoreEx sample naming convention.

Additional Resources

CoreEx -- The framework these templates scaffold for.
CoreEx.CodeGen -- The reference-data code-generation tool project scaffolded by the coreex template when --refdata-enabled true.
dotnet templating wiki -- Full reference for template.json configuration.

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CoreEx.Template 4.0.0-preview-2

CoreEx.Template

Overview

Installation

AI-Guided Scaffolding

Naming Convention

Derived values (example: Avanade.Erp.Sales.Api)

Template 1 -- coreex-ai (AI workflow assets)

Parameters

Outputs

--app-folder behaviour

Examples

Template 2 -- coreex (Solution scaffold)

Parameters

Output

Examples

Template 3 -- coreex-domain (Domain layer add-on)

Parameters

Output

Example

Template 4 -- coreex-api (API host)

Parameters

Output

Examples

Template 5 -- coreex-relay (Outbox Relay host)

Parameters

Output

Examples

Template 6 -- coreex-subscribe (Subscriber host)

Parameters

Output

Examples

Typical Workflow

Step 1 -- Create the solution root

Step 2 -- Scaffold host projects

Step 3 -- Add hosts and their test projects to the solution

Resulting directory structure

Scenario Examples

Full event-driven (SQL Server, Service Bus, refdata)

PostgreSQL variant

Facade over an external system (e.g. Dynamics 365)

API + Subscriber only (no outbox relay)

Package Design Notes

Additional Resources

net10.0

NuGet packages

GitHub repositories

Derived values (example: `Avanade.Erp.Sales.Api`)

Template 1 -- `coreex-ai` (AI workflow assets)

`--app-folder` behaviour

Template 2 -- `coreex` (Solution scaffold)

Template 3 -- `coreex-domain` (Domain layer add-on)

Template 4 -- `coreex-api` (API host)

Template 5 -- `coreex-relay` (Outbox Relay host)

Template 6 -- `coreex-subscribe` (Subscriber host)