Stack Selection · ASP.NET Core · openai/skills · Skills Docs

Stack Selection · ASP.NET Core · openai/skills · Skills Docs

Model	Prefer when	Watch out for	Typical starting point
Blazor Web App	Build full-stack .NET UI with SSR plus optional interactivity	Interactive server needs a live connection; WebAssembly increases payload size	`dotnet new blazor`
Razor Pages	Build page-focused CRUD, forms, dashboards, and line-of-business apps	Authorization cannot be applied per page handler; use MVC if handler-level control matters	`dotnet new webapp`
MVC	Build large server-rendered apps with clear controller/view separation, filters, and action-based patterns	More ceremony than Razor Pages for simple page flows	`dotnet new mvc`
Minimal APIs	Build focused HTTP APIs, internal services, lightweight backends, and small surface areas	Route handlers can become hard to manage if business logic or metadata grows without structure	`dotnet new webapi` or `dotnet new web`
Controller-based Web API	Build APIs that benefit from `[ApiController]`, content negotiation, filters, formatters, and mature controller conventions	More ceremony than Minimal APIs for small endpoints	`dotnet new webapi`
SignalR	Add server push, live updates, chat, collaborative UI, or notifications	Requires connection lifecycle management and scale-out planning	Add to an existing ASP.NET Core app
gRPC	Build service-to-service or streaming RPC over HTTP/2	Browser support is different from ordinary JSON APIs; use gRPC-Web only when needed	`dotnet new grpc`