Terraform provider development skills including resources, data sources, actions, and acceptance testing.
Terraform code generation skills including HCL generation, style guides, and testing.
Azure Verified Modules (AVM) requirements and best practices for developing certified Azure Terraform modules. Use when creating or reviewing Azure modules that need AVM certification.
Generate Terraform HCL code following HashiCorp's official style conventions and best practices. Use when writing, reviewing, or generating Terraform configurations.
Comprehensive guide for writing and running Terraform tests. Use when creating test files (.tftest.hcl), writing test scenarios with run blocks, validating infrastructure behavior with assertions, mocking providers and data sources, testing module outputs and resource configurations, or troubleshooting Terraform test syntax and execution.
Packer builder skills for AWS, Azure, and Windows image creation.
Build Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) with Packer using the amazon-ebs builder. Use when creating custom AMIs for EC2 instances.
Build Azure managed images and Azure Compute Gallery images with Packer. Use when creating custom images for Azure VMs.
Build Windows images with Packer using WinRM communicator and PowerShell provisioners. Use when creating Windows AMIs, Azure images, or VMware templates.
Terraform module generation and refactoring skills including module design and Terraform Stacks.
Transform monolithic Terraform configurations into reusable, maintainable modules following HashiCorp's module design principles and community best practices.
Comprehensive guide for working with HashiCorp Terraform Stacks. Use when creating, modifying, or validating Terraform Stack configurations (.tfcomponent.hcl, .tfdeploy.hcl files), working with stack components and deployments from local modules, public registry, or private registry sources, managing multi-region or multi-environment infrastructure, or troubleshooting Terraform Stacks syntax and structure.
HCP Packer registry integration for tracking and managing image metadata.