# addHelmChart

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting.Kubernetes](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.kubernetes.md)
- Version: `13.4.0-preview.1.26281.18`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire)

Adds an external Helm chart to be installed in the Kubernetes environment. The chart is installed via `helm upgrade --install` as a pipeline step after the main application Helm chart is deployed.

## Definition

```typescript
interface KubernetesEnvironmentResource {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addHelmChart(
    name: string,
    chartReference: string,
    chartVersion: string): KubernetesHelmChartResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `chartReference` (`string`)
- `chartVersion` (`string`)

## Returns

[KubernetesHelmChartResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.kubernetes/kuberneteshelmchartresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [KubernetesEnvironmentResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.kubernetes/kubernetesenvironmentresource.md)