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Create API documentation with Scalar
April 07, 2025 by Anuraj
dotnet webapi
n this blog post, we’ll explore how to document your ASP.NET Core Web API using Scalar. In March 2024, the ASP.NET Core team announced the removal of the Swashbuckle.AspNetCore dependency from web templates starting with .NET 9 – GitHub Issue. As a replacement, Microsoft introduced a new package, Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi, which provides built-in OpenAPI document generation similar to Swagger. However, it currently lacks a bundled UI. While you can still use Swagger UI, it’s no longer included in the templates by default. In this post, we’ll use Scalar as an alternative UI. Scalar offers a modern, visually appealing interface that makes it easy for developers to navigate and test APIs efficiently.
Building MCP Servers for your APIs with .NET and C#
April 01, 2025 by Anuraj
dotnet AI MCP
In this blog post, we’ll learn how to implement MCP servers for your APIs with .NET and C#. In my last blog post, I briefly mentioned about MCP - MCP is like a special rule book that helps AI programs understand information better. Imagine it like a USB-C port on your tablet or laptop. Just like USB-C lets you plug in chargers, headphones, or other devices easily, MCP helps AI connect to different sources of information in a simple and organized way. Learn more about MCP here. With partnership with Anthropic Team, Microsoft is building a C# SDK for MCP - Official blog post available here. We will be using this SDK to build the MCP server.
Integrating Model Context Protocol Tools with Semantic Kernel
March 31, 2025 by Anuraj
dotnet AI SemanticKernel MCP
In this blog post, we’ll learn about Model Context Protocol (MCP) and how we can integrate Model Context Protocol Tools with Semantic Kernel. MCP is like a special rule book that helps AI programs understand information better. Imagine it like a USB-C port on your tablet or laptop. Just like USB-C lets you plug in chargers, headphones, or other devices easily, MCP helps AI connect to different sources of information in a simple and organized way. Learn more about MCP here. MCP will help our agents with external systems like GitHub or any other MCP servers available. We can get the list of MCP servers from here. In this demo I will be using Everything MCP server. It is an example MCP server for demo purposes.
Enhancing AI Agents with Open API Integrations
March 30, 2025 by Anuraj
dotnet AI SemanticKernel
In this blog post, we’ll learn how to empower the AI agents with Tools. We will learn how to use Open API specification as a tool. For the demo, I created a Web API project - Story publishing API. Here is the Web API code.
Empowering AI Agents with Tools
March 30, 2025 by Anuraj
dotnet AI SemanticKernel
In this blog post, we’ll learn how to empower the AI agents with Tools. The tools or plugins with help the agent to interact with external systems.
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