new-terraform-provider

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Use this when scaffolding a new Terraform provider.

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🧩 One of 7 skills in the hashicorp/agent-skills package — works on its own, and pairs well with its siblings.

This is the playbook your agent receives when the skill activates — you don't need to read it to use the skill, but it's here to audit before installing.

To scaffold a new Terraform provider with Plugin Framework:

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.
Create a new workspace root directory. The root directory name should be prefixed with "terraform-provider-". Perform all subsequent steps in this new workspace.
Initialize a new Go module.
Run go get -u github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework@latest.
Write a main.go file that follows the example.
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.
Remove TODO comments from main.go and provider.go.
Run go mod tidy
Run go build -o /dev/null
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).