# pulumi-cdk-to-pulumi

Converts an AWS CDK app to Pulumi: inventories CloudFormation resources, runs the code conversion and writes a migration report.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 897 installs · ★ 78
- Author: pulumi
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/pulumi/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/migration/skills/pulumi-cdk-to-pulumi/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-09
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/pulumi-cdk-to-pulumi

## What it does

The skill loads when you ask to migrate, convert or port an AWS CDK application to Pulumi — stacks, constructs or synthesized CloudFormation templates. Plain CDK questions and CDK-versus-Pulumi comparisons without a migration request do not trigger it.

The workflow is fixed. It synthesizes with `npx cdk synth --quiet`, reads `cdk.out/manifest.json`, then builds a resource inventory with `aws cloudformation list-stack-resources`. Conversion runs through the `cdk2pulumi` tool, and whatever the tool skips you fill in by hand. Custom resources get individual treatment: some map to native Pulumi resources, the rest stay on `CustomResourceEmulator`. The output is a report with a resource mapping table, provider decisions and the manual steps left over.

AWS credentials have to come from a Pulumi ESC environment, and the skill will ask which one to use. Confirm the region too — run `cdk synth` against the wrong region and the template comes out wrong. Both `aws:region` and `aws-native:region` are set on the stack.

## Requirements
- Works with: AWS

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pulumi/agent-skills --skill pulumi-cdk-to-pulumi -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pulumi/agent-skills --skill pulumi-cdk-to-pulumi -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pulumi/agent-skills --skill pulumi-cdk-to-pulumi -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install pulumi/agent-skills pulumi-cdk-to-pulumi
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/pulumi-cdk-to-pulumi/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pulumi/agent-skills --skill pulumi-cdk-to-pulumi -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/pulumi/agent-skills --path migration/skills/pulumi-cdk-to-pulumi
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pulumi/agent-skills --skill pulumi-cdk-to-pulumi -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/pulumi/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/migration/skills/pulumi-cdk-to-pulumi/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- port AWS CDK stacks to Pulumi without rewriting them by hand
- read `cdk.out` and list every synthesized CloudFormation resource
- swap CDK Lambda-backed custom resources for native Pulumi resources
- decide between the `aws-native` and `aws` providers per resource
- produce a migration report ready for a pull request

## Example prompts
- Convert my CDK app to Pulumi, start with `cdk synth`
- Migrate the stacks in `cdk.out` to Pulumi and show me the migration report
- Replace CDK with Pulumi and walk through the custom resources one by one

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

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---
name: pulumi-cdk-to-pulumi
description: Load this skill when a user wants to migrate, convert, port, translate, or move an AWS CDK application (including CDK stacks, constructs, or CloudFormation-synthesized templates) to Pulumi. Phrases such as "convert CDK to Pulumi", "migrate CDK app", "port CDK stacks", "replace CDK with Pulumi", "stop using CDK". Do NOT load for general CDK questions, CDK-only help, or CDK vs Pulumi comparisons where no migration is requested.
---

# CRITICAL SUCCESS REQUIREMENTS

The migration output MUST meet all of the following:

1. **Complete Resource Coverage**
   - Every CloudFormation resource synthesized by CDK MUST:
     - Be represented in the Pulumi program **OR**
     - Be explicitly justified in the final report.

2. **Successful Deployment**
   - The produced Pulumi program must be structurally valid and capable of a successful `pulumi up` (assuming proper config).

3. **Final Migration Report**
   - Always output a formal migration report suitable for a Pull Request.
   - Include:
     - CDK → Pulumi resource mapping
     - Provider decisions (aws-native vs aws)
     - Behavioral differences
     - Missing or manually required steps
     - Validation instructions

## WHEN INFORMATION IS MISSING

If a user-provided CDK project is incomplete, ambiguous, or missing artifacts (such as `cdk.out`), ask **targeted questions** before generating Pulumi code.

## MIGRATION WORKFLOW

Follow this workflow **exactly** and in this order:

### 1. INFORMATION GATHERING

#### 1.1 Verify AWS Credentials (ESC)

Running AWS commands (e.g., `aws cloudformation list-stack-resources`) and CDK commands (e.g. `cdk synth`) requires credentials loaded via Pulumi ESC.

- If the user has already provided an ESC environment, use it.
- If no ESC environment is specified, **ask the user which ESC environment to use** before proceeding with AWS commands.

You MUST confirm the AWS region with the user. The `cdk synth` results may be incorrect if ran with the wrong AWS Region.

#### 1.2 Synthesize CDK

Run/inspect:

```bash
npx cdk synth --quiet
```

- ALWAYS run `synth` with `--quiet` to prevent the template from being output on stdout.

If failing, inspect `cdk.json` or `package.json` for custom synth behavior.

#### 1.3 Identify CDK Stacks & Environments

Read `cdk.out/manifest.json`:

```bash
jq '.artifacts | to_entries | map(select(.value.type == "aws:cloudformation:stack") | {displayName: .key, environment: .value.environment}) | .[]' cdk.out/manifest.json
```

Example output:
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