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[docs] Document mixed-quality staging package discovery in aspire add #1505

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<Include relativePath="reference/cli/includes/project-search-logic-description.md" />

:::note[Integration discovery on prerelease CLI builds]
When you're running a `staging` or `dev` quality CLI (see [`-Quality|--quality`](/reference/cli/install-script/#options)), `aspire add` discovers both stable and prerelease integration packages, because some integrations — such as `Aspire.Hosting.Azure.Kubernetes` — intentionally ship as prerelease even during a stable-shaped staging build. A `release` quality CLI continues to search stable packages only, but can still add a specific prerelease integration version with the `--version` option.
:::

## Arguments

The following arguments are available:
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```bash title="Aspire CLI"
aspire add redis --apphost './apphost.mts'
```

- Add the **azure-kubernetes** integration from a stable-shaped `staging` quality CLI, where the integration remains prerelease even though most other packages are stable:

```bash title="Aspire CLI"
aspire add azure-kubernetes
```
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