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Asc App Packaging by adminservicecloud

Name: Asc App Packaging
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: AdminServiceCloud

Asc App Packaging

Package an application for the ASC ecosystem - write asc.yaml (single app) or asc.stack.yaml (multi-app stack) manifests, validate them and publish to a registry. Use when the user wants to package, containerize or publish their app for AdminService.Cloud, create an asc.yaml/asc.stack.yaml, or add a package to an ASC registry.

File contents

ASC App Packaging

Create manifests that make an app installable via asc install <name>.

Root rule (important)

A repository may contain many asc.yaml files in subdirectories, but its root must contain exactly one manifest: either asc.yaml (single app) or asc.stack.yaml (stack connecting the nested apps). Nested manifests without a root one are not indexed.

Single app: asc.yaml

name: my-app                # kebab-case, unique in the registry
version: 1.2.0              # semver
type: docker                # docker | native | utility
category: web               # databases | ai | bots | game-servers | system-utilities | web
description: "Short English description"
runtime:
  image: nginx:1.27         # for docker; native/utility use install/start/stop commands
env:
  - name: PORT
    default: 8080
  - name: API_KEY
    secret: true
    required: true
ports: [8080]
volumes: [/data]
requirements: { ram: 256M, disk: 1G }
healthcheck: { http: /health }

Multi-app stack: asc.stack.yaml

name: my-stack
version: 1.0.0
description: "Web app with database"
apps:
  - name: web
    path: ./web             # directory containing its own asc.yaml
    depends_on: [db]
  - name: db
    path: ./db
env:                        # shared across all stack apps
  - name: TZ
    default: UTC

Install: asc install my-stack (whole stack) or asc install my-stack/web (one app).

Workflow

Ask what the app is (docker image? native binary? multiple components?) and pick asc.yaml vs asc.stack.yaml.
Write the manifest(s). Descriptions in English for public registries.
Validate against JSON schemas from the official registry repo: schema/asc.schema.json, schema/asc.stack.schema.json (https://github.com/AdminServiceCloud/registry).
Test locally: asc source add file:///path/to/repo && asc install <name> (see asc-server-management skill if asc is missing).
Publish: PR to the official registry (add an entry to the matching categories/<theme>.json, English description, type app or stack) or just share the GitHub repo URL — users can add it with asc source add.

Tips

Mark tokens/passwords with secret: true so the platform stores and masks them properly.
Examples live in https://github.com/AdminServiceCloud/asc-example-apps.

---name: asc-app-packagingdescription: Package an application for the ASC ecosystem - write asc.yaml (single app) or asc.stack.yaml (multi-app stack) manifests, validate them and publish to a registry. Use when the user wants to package, containerize or publish their app for AdminService.Cloud, create an asc.yaml/asc.stack.yaml, or add a package to an ASC registry.---# ASC App PackagingCreate manifests that make an app installable via `asc install <name>`.## Root rule (important)A repository may contain many `asc.yaml` files in subdirectories, but its **root must contain exactly one** manifest: either `asc.yaml` (single app) or `asc.stack.yaml` (stack connecting the nested apps). Nested manifests without a root one are not indexed.## Single app: asc.yaml```yamlname: my-app # kebab-case, unique in the registryversion: 1.2.0 # semvertype: docker # docker | native | utilitycategory: web # databases | ai | bots | game-servers | system-utilities | webdescription: "Short English description"runtime: image: nginx:1.27 # for docker; native/utility use install/start/stop commandsenv: - name: PORT default: 8080 - name: API_KEY secret: true required: trueports: [8080]volumes: [/data]requirements: { ram: 256M, disk: 1G }healthcheck: { http: /health }```## Multi-app stack: asc.stack.yaml```yamlname: my-stackversion: 1.0.0description: "Web app with database"apps: - name: web path: ./web # directory containing its own asc.yaml depends_on: [db] - name: db path: ./dbenv: # shared across all stack apps - name: TZ default: UTC```Install: `asc install my-stack` (whole stack) or `asc install my-stack/web` (one app).## Workflow1. Ask what the app is (docker image? native binary? multiple components?) and pick `asc.yaml` vs `asc.stack.yaml`.2. Write the manifest(s). Descriptions in English for public registries.3. Validate against JSON schemas from the official registry repo: `schema/asc.schema.json`, `schema/asc.stack.schema.json` (https://github.com/AdminServiceCloud/registry).4. Test locally: `asc source add file:///path/to/repo && asc install <name>` (see asc-server-management skill if `asc` is missing).5. Publish: PR to the official registry (add an entry to the matching `categories/<theme>.json`, English description, type `app` or `stack`) or just share the GitHub repo URL — users can add it with `asc source add`.## Tips- Mark tokens/passwords with `secret: true` so the platform stores and masks them properly.- Examples live in https://github.com/AdminServiceCloud/asc-example-apps.

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