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Local .NET Orleans documentation reference (latest). Use for virtual actor model, grains, silos, distributed systems, cluster management, persistence, streams, and timers in .NET.

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# .NET Orleans Documentation

Microsoft Orleans documentation. Use for virtual actor model, grains, silos, distributed systems, cluster management, persistence, streams, and timers in .NET.

## Quick Reference

| Task | Entry Point |
|------|-------------|
| New to Orleans | `contents/overview.md` |
| First app | `contents/quickstarts/build-your-first-orleans-app.md` |
| Grain fundamentals | `contents/grains/index.md` |
| Silo/client configuration | `contents/host/configuration-guide/index.md` |
| Grain persistence | `contents/grains/grain-persistence/index.md` |
| Streaming | `contents/streaming/index.md` |
| Deployment | `contents/deployment/index.md` |
| Testing | `contents/implementation/testing.md` |
| NuGet packages | `contents/resources/nuget-packages.md` |
| Version migration | `contents/migration-guide.md` |

## When to use

Use this skill when the user asks about:
- Grains: defining, registering, calling, lifecycle, identity, placement, versioning
- Grain persistence and storage providers (Azure, Cosmos DB, DynamoDB, ADO.NET)
- Grain event sourcing with JournaledGrain
- Timers, reminders, and grain cancellation
- Transactions, interceptors, observers, and request context
- Silos: configuration, hosting, lifecycle, heterogeneous deployments
- Client configuration and connecting to Orleans clusters
- Serialization configuration and customization
- Orleans streaming APIs, stream providers, and broadcast channels
- Deployment to Azure (App Service, Container Apps), Kubernetes, Service Fabric
- Cluster management, load balancing, and grain directory internals
- Unit testing Orleans applications
- Migrating between Orleans major versions (7.0 → 10.0)
- .NET Aspire integration with Orleans

## How to find information

1. **First**, read `TOC.md` for complete file listing organized by directory
2. Identify relevant section based on user's question
3. Read specific files for details

**TOC.md contains all files organized by directory - always check it first.**