# datasources-provisioning

Generates ready-to-use Grafana data source provisioning files in YAML or Terraform based on official plugin schemas from the Grafana CDN.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3000 installs · ★ 290
- Author: grafana
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/grafana/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/grafana-datasources/datasources-provisioning/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/datasources-provisioning

## What it does

The skill turns a plugin name into a working Grafana provisioning definition. It queries the Grafana catalog API to resolve the canonical plugin ID and latest release version, avoiding broken CDN links. Then it pulls `schema/dsconfig.json` directly from the plugins CDN and extracts only the settings relevant to your authentication method.

Output formats include native YAML for `provisioning/datasources/` and Terraform configuration for the `grafana/grafana` provider. Sensitive values from `secureJsonData` are never inlined; the skill references them via `${ENV_VAR}` syntax in YAML or sensitive Terraform variables. If an older plugin lacks a CDN schema, field names fall back to generic structures, so manual verification will be needed.

## Requirements
- Works with: Grafana, GitHub, Terraform

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill datasources-provisioning -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/datasources-provisioning/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/datasources-provisioning/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill datasources-provisioning -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/datasources-provisioning/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill datasources-provisioning -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/datasources-provisioning/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install grafana/skills datasources-provisioning
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/datasources-provisioning/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill datasources-provisioning -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/grafana/skills --path skills/grafana-datasources/datasources-provisioning
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/datasources-provisioning/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill datasources-provisioning -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/grafana/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/grafana-datasources/datasources-provisioning/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- generate Grafana data source provisioning files in YAML
- create Terraform configurations for Grafana plugins
- inspect standardized plugin configuration schemas from CDN
- map secure credentials into environment variables safely

## Example prompts
- Provision the Infinity data source as YAML for Grafana
- Generate a Terraform configuration for the ClickHouse datasource
- Create a datasource provisioning file for yesoreyeram-infinity-datasource

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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````text
---
name: datasources-provisioning
license: Apache-2.0
description: Generate a copy-paste Grafana data source provisioning file (YAML or Terraform) for any plugin from its standardized settings schema on the plugins CDN. Use when the user wants to provision or configure a data source as code — e.g. "provision infinity", "datasource yaml for clickhouse", "terraform for the github datasource" — even when they only name the plugin and not the word "provisioning".
---

## Workflow

### 1. Ask the starting point: from scratch, or from an existing data source?

**Ask this before anything else** (skip only if the user already made it clear):

- **From scratch** — the user names a plugin type to provision → continue with step 2.
- **From an existing data source** in a running instance → jump to [Convert an existing data source](#convert-an-existing-data-source), then return to step 6.

### 2. Resolve the full plugin id

Provisioning needs the canonical plugin id (`<org>-<name>-datasource`), not the short name a user might say.

- Already canonical (contains `-datasource` or `-app`)? Use as-is: `yesoreyeram-infinity-datasource`.
- Short name only (e.g. `infinity`, `clickhouse`)? Search the catalog API with `filter=<keyword>`:
  ```bash
  curl -s "https://grafana.com/api/plugins?filter=infinity" \
    | jq -r '.items[] | "\(.slug)\t\(.name)"'
  # → yesoreyeram-infinity-datasource    Infinity
  ```
  Multiple matches → show the candidates and ask which one.

The snippets below use Infinity (`yesoreyeram-infinity-datasource`) as the worked example — substitute the id resolved here (and the version from step 3) in every command and output.

### 3. Resolve the latest version

```bash
curl -s "https://grafana.com/api/plugins/yesoreyeram-infinity-datasource" | jq -r '.version'
```

Never hardcode a version — the CDN path is version-pinned and a stale version 404s.

### 4. Fetch the settings schema (primary structured source)

```
https://plugins-cdn.grafana.net/<PLUGIN_ID>/<VERSION>/public/plugins/<PLUGIN_ID>/schema/dsconfig.json
```

```bash
ID=yesoreyeram-infinity-datasource
VER=$(curl -s "https://grafana.com/api/plugins/$ID" | jq -r '.version')
curl -sf "https://plugins-cdn.grafana.net/$ID/$VER/public/plugins/$ID/schema/dsconfig.json"
```

This file conforms to the **dsconfig** schema spec — the source of truth for how to interpret it. Don't re-derive field semantics from memory (`valueType` alone spans `string`, `number`, `boolean`, `array`, `object`, `map`, `any`); consult the spec when a field isn't a plain scalar:

- Prose spec: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grafana/dsconfig/refs/heads/main/dsconfig/schema.md
- Meta-schema (defines the format of every `dsconfig.json`): https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grafana/dsconfig/refs/heads/main/dsconfig/schema.json
````
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