# IDistributedApplicationBuilder.addDotnetTool

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.md)
- Defined on: [IDistributedApplicationBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/idistributedapplicationbuilder.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`

Adds a .NET tool resource to the application model.

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addDotnetTool(
      name: string,
      packageId: string): DotnetToolResource;
}
```

## Signature

```typescript
addDotnetTool(
    name: string,
    packageId: string): DotnetToolResource
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `packageId` (`string`)

## Returns

[DotnetToolResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/dotnettoolresource.md) `builder`

## Defined on

- [IDistributedApplicationBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/idistributedapplicationbuilder.md) -- `interface`