diff --git a/charts/vela-core/templates/defwithtemplate/apply-application.yaml b/charts/vela-core/templates/defwithtemplate/apply-application.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62409ab29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/vela-core/templates/defwithtemplate/apply-application.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Code generated by KubeVela templates. DO NOT EDIT. Please edit the original cue file.
+# Definition source cue file: vela-templates/definitions/internal/apply-application.cue
+apiVersion: core.oam.dev/v1beta1
+kind: WorkflowStepDefinition
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    definition.oam.dev/description: Apply application for your workflow steps
+  name: apply-application
+  namespace: {{.Values.systemDefinitionNamespace}}
+spec:
+  schematic:
+    cue:
+      template: |
+        import (
+        	"vela/op"
+        )
+
+        // apply application
+        output: op.#ApplyApplication & {}
+
diff --git a/pkg/stdlib/op.cue b/pkg/stdlib/op.cue
index 363b1d12b..0642297ab 100644
--- a/pkg/stdlib/op.cue
+++ b/pkg/stdlib/op.cue
@@ -15,6 +15,23 @@ import (
 
 #Apply: kube.#Apply
 
+#ApplyApplication: #Steps & {
+	load: ws.#Load @step(1)
+	components: #Steps & {
+		for name, c in load.value {
+			"\(name)": #Steps & {
+				workload: kube.#Apply & {value: c.workload}
+				if c.auxiliaries != _|_ {
+					_key:  "trait.oam.dev/resource"
+					for index, o in c.auxiliaries {
+						"\(o.metadata.labels[_key])": kube.#Apply & {value: o}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	} @step(2)
+}
+
 #ApplyComponent: #Steps & {
 
 	 component:      string
diff --git a/vela-templates/definitions/internal/apply-application.cue b/vela-templates/definitions/internal/apply-application.cue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9b871ef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vela-templates/definitions/internal/apply-application.cue
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import (
+	"vela/op"
+)
+
+"apply-application": {
+	type: "workflow-step"
+	annotations: {}
+	labels: {}
+	description: "Apply application for your workflow steps"
+}
+template: {
+	// apply application
+	output: op.#ApplyApplication & {}
+}