[docs] Dashboard AI Agents dialog and DisableAgentHelp configuration option#888
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Documents the new AI Agents button added to the Aspire dashboard header in microsoft/aspire#16869, including: - New section in ai-coding-agents.mdx describing the header button and adaptive dialog content - New Dashboard:UI:DisableAgentHelp config entry in configuration.mdx Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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This PR aims to document recent Aspire Dashboard changes related to AI coding agents: a new AI Agents help entry point in the dashboard header and a new configuration option to hide it (Dashboard:UI:DisableAgentHelp).
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Dashboard:UI:DisableAgentHelpto the dashboard configuration documentation. - (Per PR description) Intended to add documentation for the dashboard header AI Agents button/dialog behavior, but that content does not appear to be present in the current changeset.
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| | `Dashboard:AI:Disabled`<br/>Default: `true` | Reserved for future use. The in-dashboard GitHub Copilot UI was removed in Aspire 13.3. AI coding agents can still access telemetry data via the [Aspire CLI and MCP server](/dashboard/ai-coding-agents/). | | ||
| | `Dashboard:UI:DisableResourceGraph`<br/>Default: `false` | Disables displaying the resource graph UI in the dashboard. | | ||
| | `Dashboard:UI:DisableImport`<br/>Default: `false` | Disables the telemetry import UI in the dashboard. | | ||
| | `Dashboard:UI:DisableAgentHelp`<br/>Default: `false` | Disables the **AI Agents** button in the dashboard header. When `false`, a button is shown in the header that opens a dialog with instructions for using AI coding agents with the dashboard. | |
| | `Dashboard:AI:Disabled`<br/>Default: `true` | Reserved for future use. The in-dashboard GitHub Copilot UI was removed in Aspire 13.3. AI coding agents can still access telemetry data via the [Aspire CLI and MCP server](/dashboard/ai-coding-agents/). | | ||
| | `Dashboard:UI:DisableResourceGraph`<br/>Default: `false` | Disables displaying the resource graph UI in the dashboard. | | ||
| | `Dashboard:UI:DisableImport`<br/>Default: `false` | Disables the telemetry import UI in the dashboard. | | ||
| | `Dashboard:UI:DisableAgentHelp`<br/>Default: `false` | Disables the **AI Agents** button in the dashboard header. When `false`, a button is shown in the header that opens a dialog with instructions for using AI coding agents with the dashboard. | |
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Documents changes from microsoft/aspire#16869 —
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mainbecauserelease/13.4does not yet exist onmicrosoft/aspire.dev.Why this PR is needed
microsoft/aspire#16869 added a new AI Agents button to the Aspire dashboard header. Clicking it opens a dialog with instructions for using AI coding agents with the current dashboard instance. A new configuration option
Dashboard:UI:DisableAgentHelpwas also introduced to hide the button.Neither the new UI element nor the new configuration setting were covered in the existing documentation.
Summary of changes
dashboard/ai-coding-agents.mdx— Added a new section "AI Agents button in the dashboard header" describing the header button, the adaptive dialog content (AppHost-connected vs. standalone mode), and a reference to theDisableAgentHelpsetting.dashboard/configuration.mdx— AddedDashboard:UI:DisableAgentHelprow to the general configuration table.Files modified
src/frontend/src/content/docs/dashboard/ai-coding-agents.mdx(updated)src/frontend/src/content/docs/dashboard/configuration.mdx(updated)