# addKindCluster

- Module: [CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Kind](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.kind.md)
- Version: `13.5.1-beta.736`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Aspire/tree/3ebe72753ae604ec3c9e343865740e6f8512e1b6)

Adds a Kind cluster resource to the application model.

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addKindCluster(name: string): KindClusterResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)

## Returns

[KindClusterResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.kind/kindclusterresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [IDistributedApplicationBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.kind/idistributedapplicationbuilder.md)