Agent skill · hashicorp
new-terraform-provider
Use this when scaffolding a new Terraform provider with the Plugin Framework: workspace layout, go module setup, provider server main.go, and a provider.go with schema and Configure. Also use when a user wants to start building a provider for a new API or asks how to begin a terraform-provider-* project.
What it needs
About 1k tokens when loaded.
What this skill does
To scaffold a new Terraform provider with Plugin Framework: 1. If I am already in a Terraform provider workspace, then confirm that I want to create a new workspace. If I do not want to create a new workspace, then skip all remaining steps. 1. Create a new workspace root directory. The root directory name should be prefixed with "terraform-provider-". Perform all subsequent steps in this new workspace. 1. Initialize a new Go module. 1. Run go get -u github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework@latest. 1. Write a main.go file that follows the example. 1. Write an internal/provider/provider.go file that follows the example. Rename the demo provider, the DEMO environment variables, and the authentication attributes to match the target API. 1. Remove TODO comments from main.go and provider.go. 1. Run go mod tidy 1. Run go build -o /dev/null 1. Run go test ./... The scaffold resolves credentials as explicit config with environment variable fallback. To grow that into a full credential provider chain (shared credentials files, profiles, platform identity, configure-time validation), use the provider-configuration skill (if available). To add the first resource or data source, use the provider-resources skill (if available).
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills hashicorp/new-terraform-provider--12ba49