Route Serilog sinks
by level, with zero code

using CSharpEssentials.LoggerHelper;

using Serilog.Events;



var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

builder.Services.AddRazorComponents().AddInteractiveServerComponents();



// LoggerHelper works with Blazor Server out of the box

builder.Services.AddLoggerHelper(b => b

    .WithApplicationName("MyBlazorApp")

    .AddRoute("Console", LogEventLevel.Information, LogEventLevel.Warning)

    .AddRoute("File", LogEventLevel.Error, LogEventLevel.Fatal)

);



var app = builder.Build();

app.UseLoggerHelper();

app.MapRazorComponents<App>().AddInteractiveServerRenderMode();

app.Run();



// In any component or service, just inject ILogger<T>

// @inject ILogger<MyComponent> Logger

// Logger.LogInformation("Component rendered");

using CSharpEssentials.LoggerHelper;

using Serilog.Events;



var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);



// Azure: use File sink for App Service logs + Seq/Elasticsearch for centralized

builder.Services.AddLoggerHelper(b => b

    .WithApplicationName("MyAzureApp")

    .AddRoute("Console", LogEventLevel.Information) // Azure log stream

    .AddRoute("File", LogEventLevel.Warning, LogEventLevel.Error, LogEventLevel.Fatal)

    .ConfigureFile(f => f.Path = "/home/LogFiles/app-.json") // Azure persistent storage

    .AddRoute("Email", LogEventLevel.Fatal) // Critical alerts only

    .ConfigureEmail(e => {

        e.SmtpServer = "smtp.sendgrid.net"; e.SmtpPort = 587;

        e.From = "alerts@myapp.com"; e.To = "ops@myapp.com";

    })

    .EnableRequestResponseLogging()

);



var app = builder.Build();

app.UseLoggerHelper();

// ... your routes ...

app.Run();

# docker-compose.yml — Seq for centralized log viewing

services:

  app:

    build: .

    depends_on: [seq]

  seq:

    image: datalust/seq:latest

    environment:

      - ACCEPT_EULA=Y

    ports: ["5341:5341", "8081:80"]



// Program.cs — route errors to Seq, info to console

builder.Services.AddLoggerHelper(b => b

    .WithApplicationName("MyDockerApp")

    .AddRoute("Console", LogEventLevel.Information, LogEventLevel.Warning)

    .AddRoute("Seq", LogEventLevel.Information, LogEventLevel.Warning, LogEventLevel.Error, LogEventLevel.Fatal)

    .ConfigureSeq(s => s.ServerUrl = "http://seq:5341")

);

using CSharpEssentials.LoggerHelper;

using CSharpEssentials.LoggerHelper.Sink.HangfireConsole;

using Serilog.Events;



var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);



// 1. Register the PerformContext accessor

builder.Services.AddHangfireConsoleSink();



// 2. Configure LoggerHelper with HangfireConsole route

builder.Services.AddLoggerHelper(b => b

    .WithApplicationName("MyHangfireApp")

    .AddRoute("Console", LogEventLevel.Information, LogEventLevel.Warning)

    .AddRoute("HangfireConsole", LogEventLevel.Information, LogEventLevel.Warning, LogEventLevel.Error)

);



// 3. In your Hangfire job class

public class ProcessOrderJob(

    ILogger<ProcessOrderJob> logger,

    IPerformContextAccessor contextAccessor)

{

    public void Execute(PerformContext context, int orderId)

    {

        contextAccessor.Set(context);        // Activate dashboard logging

        logger.LogInformation("Processing order {OrderId}", orderId);

        // ... your job logic — all logs appear on Hangfire Dashboard ...

        logger.LogInformation("Order {OrderId} completed", orderId);

        contextAccessor.Clear();              // Cleanup

    }

}

// 1. Install the MCP package

// dotnet add package CSharpEssentials.LoggerHelper.MCP



using CSharpEssentials.LoggerHelper.MCP;



var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);



// 2. Register LoggerHelper + MCP (just 2 extra lines)

builder.Services.AddLoggerHelper(b => b

    .WithApplicationName("MyApp")

    .AddRoute("Console", LogEventLevel.Information, LogEventLevel.Warning)

);

builder.Services.AddLoggerHelperMcp(); // ← line 1



var app = builder.Build();

app.UseLoggerHelper();

app.MapLoggerHelperMcp("/mcp");          // ← line 2: POST /mcp is now live

app.Run();



// 3. Connect Claude Desktop — add to claude_desktop_config.json:

// {

//   "mcpServers": {

//     "loggerhelper": {

//       "url": "http://localhost:5000/mcp",

//       "transport": "streamable-http"

//     }

//   }

// }



// 4. Now ask your AI assistant:

//   "Are there any sink errors?"        → loggerhelper_get_errors

//   "What sinks are active?"            → loggerhelper_get_sinks

//   "What's the health status?"         → loggerhelper_get_health

//   "Show me the current log config"    → loggerhelper_get_config