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.

Use this when scaffolding a new Terraform provider.

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This is the exact playbook injected into your agent when the skill activates — shown here so you can audit it before installing. You don't need to read it to use the skill.

name: new-terraform-provider description: Use this when scaffolding a new Terraform provider. license: MPL-2.0 metadata: copyright: Copyright IBM Corp. 2026 version: "0.0.1"

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.
Remove TODO comments from main.go
Run go mod tidy
Run go build -o /dev/null
Run go test ./...