This demo aims to showcase how the Semantic Kernel Process Framework can be used with .NET Aspire. The Process Framework allows developers to create business processes based on events. Each step of the process can be an agent or native code.
In this demo, I have defined the agents as external services, and each step will call these agents using HTTP requests. This setup allows .NET Aspire to add value by tracing the process using OpenTelemetry. Additionally, since each agent is a service, they can be restarted as needed using the .NET Aspire developer dashboard.
The business logic of this sample is pretty simple: we want to define a process that will translate some text in English and will then summarize it.
To run thi sample with .NET Aspire, simply clone the repository and run the following command:
cd scr/ProcessFramework.Aspire/ProcessFramework.Aspire.AppHost
dotnet runWe will see in the browser a dashboard that looks like this:
By invoking the ProcessOrchestrator service, we can start the process. I've provided a http file with a predefined request to start the process.
This will generate a trace in the Aspire dashboard that looks like this:
And we can also monitor the metrics of each agents in the Metrics tab:
