New Terraform Provider

Added March 11, 2026 Source: HashiCorp

Scaffold and develop new Terraform providers using the terraform-plugin-framework, with resource schemas, CRUD operations, and acceptance tests.

Installation

This skill has dependencies (scripts or reference files). Install using the method below to make sure everything is in place.

npx skills add hashicorp/agent-skills

Requires Node.js 18+. The skills CLI auto-detects your editor and installs to the right directory.

Or install manually from the source repository.

SKILL.md (reference - install via npx or source for all dependencies)

---
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:

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](assets/main.go).
1. Remove TODO comments from `main.go`
1. Run `go mod tidy`
1. Run `go build -o /dev/null`
1. Run `go test ./...`

Originally by HashiCorp, adapted here as an Agent Skills compatible SKILL.md.

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