Auto-Generate WinGet Manifest?

[aweber]

Is there a way to ask AI to generate a properly formatted, yaml manifest file for submission to MS "Package Manager" when building an installer?

Thanks.

[Dan]

Hi,

You can certainly give it a try, though I haven’t tested this approach myself.

For creating a properly formatted YAML manifest, you can use the WinGetCreate tool, which is available in the Windows Package Manager repository. This tool simplifies the process of generating a manifest that can be used to submit a package to the repository. Check the following Creating the Winget Manifest article for details.

If you encounter any difficulties while implementing this, please don't hesitate to reach out—I’d be happy to assist.

Best regards,
Dan

[aweber]

Are you recommending some kind of custom, post-build script?

[Catalin]

Hello AJ,

This seems like the only viable solution here, yes.

After the creation of the MSI, we can use the tool suggested by my colleague to create the YAML manifest file.

Best regards,
Catalin

[aweber]

AFAIK, that is not a tool created by AI. It's a general tool created by MSFT.

If you had a tool, it would be able to look at the project's settings for URL and other values to automatically generate the necessary manifest (it would appear that all of the manifest required properties are in an AI project (or most of the projects).

[Catalin]

Hello Aj,

Indeed, the winget tool is proprietary to Microsoft (it is not ours).

I will discuss your request with our dev team to see whether we can implement something like this in the future.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention!

Best regards,
Catalin