# pulumi-overview

Directs AI coding agents through cloud infrastructure tasks with Pulumi, ranging from single CLI commands to multi-resource stacks.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 573 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/pulumi/skills/pulumi-overview/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-09
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/pulumi-overview

## What it does

The skill guides agent interactions across cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, GCP, Cloudflare, Auth0, and Datadog. It splits infrastructure tasks into three distinct levels. A single bucket or DNS record runs via `pulumi do` with no state files or scaffolding. Stacks with loops, conditionals, or linked dependencies become full projects in TypeScript, Python, Go, C#, or Java. Pulumi Cloud covers scheduled drift tracking, ESC secrets, and compliance policies.

Tasks translating Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK, ARM, or Bicep route directly to dedicated migration workflows. The skill focuses strictly on provisioning. Runtime SDK calls inside application services are ignored.

Invocations rely on `npx pulumi <command>`, which requires Node.js, while CRUD verbs need CLI version 3.243.0 or later. Running commands without existing credentials generates an ephemeral agent account. You must grab the displayed claim URL immediately, or the provisioned cloud resources will remain stranded.

## Requirements
- Works with: AWS, Azure, Kubernetes

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pulumi/agent-skills --skill pulumi-overview -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/pulumi/skills/pulumi-overview/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- provision single resources quickly using `pulumi do` without project files
- scaffold multi-resource infrastructure projects in Python, TypeScript, or Go
- convert legacy Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK definitions to Pulumi
- configure scheduled drift detection and credentials using Pulumi Cloud

## Example prompts
- Create an S3 bucket for file backups using `pulumi do`
- Stand up a VPC with private subnets and a Kubernetes cluster
- Migrate our existing Terraform modules to TypeScript

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

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---
name: pulumi-overview
description: Use this skill for any task that creates, modifies, inspects, or destroys cloud infrastructure or SaaS configuration, from one-off CLI operations to full multi-resource projects, across providers in the Pulumi ecosystem. A typical project spans many providers (AWS or Azure or GCP, Kubernetes, Cloudflare, Auth0, Datadog, Vercel, and others), and Pulumi drives them through one CLI, one state model, and one credential layer. Trigger even when the user does not name Pulumi; phrasings like "deploy this app," "provision a database," "stand up a VPC," "configure Auth0," "set up Datadog monitoring," or "tear down staging" qualify. Also trigger for tasks that migrate, port, or convert existing infrastructure code (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK, Bicep, ARM) to Pulumi. Do not trigger for application runtime code that reads or writes data via cloud SDKs; that is application code, not infrastructure.
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# Pulumi

Pulumi is a tool for creating and managing cloud infrastructure: virtual machines, storage, Kubernetes clusters, databases, anything from any provider. You write code or run CLI commands, Pulumi previews what would change, then applies it. This skill walks three levels of working with Pulumi, from a single CLI command up to a project with policies and scheduled drift. Start at the smallest level that fits the task.

## The three levels

Level 1 is `pulumi do`, a CLI for direct CRUD against any provider, with no project files or programming language. Level 2 is a Pulumi project in Python, TypeScript, Go, C#, or Java, used once the work involves multiple related resources, loops or conditionals, reusable abstractions, or environment-specific variants. Level 3 layers Pulumi Cloud onto a project for ESC credentials and configuration, policy, hosted execution, drift detection, schedules, and audit.

| Level | Surface | When to use |
|-------|---------|-------------|
| 1 | `pulumi do` | Single resource or multi-vendor bootstrapping |
| 2 | Pulumi project (Python, TS, Go, C#, Java) | Multiple resources, abstractions, environments |
| 3 | ESC, policy, deployments, drift, schedules | Governance, secrets, scheduled and hosted runs |

When the directory has no existing Pulumi project, a user asking to create a single bucket is a Level 1 task; do not scaffold a new project for it. A request to provision a VPC with subnets and a Kubernetes cluster is Level 2 from the start. A request for nightly drift detection on an existing stack is Level 3.
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