Agent skill
new-terraform-provider
Use this when scaffolding a new Terraform provider.
Install this agent skill to your Project
npx add-skill https://github.com/hashicorp/agent-skills/tree/main/terraform/provider-development/skills/new-terraform-provider
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Additional technical details for this skill
- version
- 0.0.1
- copyright
- Copyright IBM Corp. 2026
SKILL.md
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 ./...
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