# IDistributedApplicationBuilder.addExecutable

- 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 an executable resource to the application model.

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addExecutable(
      name: string,
      command: string,
      workingDirectory: string,
      args: string[]): ExecutableResource;
}
```

## Signature

```typescript
addExecutable(
    name: string,
    command: string,
    workingDirectory: string,
    args: string[]): ExecutableResource
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `command` (`string`)
- `workingDirectory` (`string`)
- `args` (`string[]`)

## Returns

[ExecutableResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/executableresource.md) `builder`

## Defined on

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