# pulumi-upgrade-provider

Drives upgrade-provider --no-submit through a Pulumi provider repo, fixes the usual failures and stops at a local result for review.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 693 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/package-maintenance/skills/pulumi-upgrade-provider/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-09
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/pulumi-upgrade-provider

## What it does

The skill walks an agent through upgrading a Pulumi provider repo to a new upstream version. It starts with a baseline: `git status --short --untracked-files=all` goes into a file in the temp directory, so you can later tell your own edits from generated ones. The run log stays outside the repo too, otherwise the tool stages it into a commit.

Then the run itself, from the repo root: `upgrade-provider $ORG/$REPO --repo-path . --no-submit`. Wait for it to finish, then scan the log for lines starting with `error:` using `rg` or `grep`. Keep `--no-submit` on every retry — the tool owns branch and generated-commit state but never pushes or touches GitHub. If the log contains `No actions needed`, there is nothing to upgrade and you are done.

Failures get resolved against `references/upgrade-provider-errors.md` from the skill folder. Patch conflicts route to the separate `upstream-patches` skill, and an interrupted patch workflow has to be checked in before rerunning. Stop when the command is missing (exit code 127), when the same error survives three attempts, or when the fix needs a human choice. Before publishing, audit `provider/replacements.json` for leftover `TODO` values — they render into generated docs.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/pulumi/agent-skills --path package-maintenance/skills/pulumi-upgrade-provider
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pulumi/agent-skills --skill pulumi-upgrade-provider -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/package-maintenance/skills/pulumi-upgrade-provider/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- upgrade a Pulumi provider repo to a new upstream version
- work through patch conflicts during an upgrade
- find error lines in the run log and decide what to fix
- audit `provider/replacements.json` for leftover `TODO` values
- separate your own local edits from generated commits

## Example prompts
- run pulumi-upgrade-provider on our provider and take it to a local result
- the log shows patch conflicts again — fix them and rerun with --no-submit
- check provider/replacements.json before proposing the PR

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

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````text
---
name: pulumi-upgrade-provider
description: Automate Pulumi provider repo upgrades with the `upgrade-provider` tool. Use when upgrading a pulumi provider repository to a new upstream version, running `upgrade-provider`, and addressing its common failure modes like patch conflicts or missing module mappings.
---

# Pulumi Upgrade Provider

## Overview

Run `upgrade-provider --no-submit`, fix known failures, and rerun until success. During the run loop, the tool owns branch and generated-commit state but does not push or mutate GitHub. After success, review and correct the local result before submitting it using the plan printed by the tool.

## Preflight

1. Record existing changes as the pre-upgrade baseline:

```bash
baseline_file="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/upgrade-provider-$(basename "$PWD")-baseline.txt"
git status --short --untracked-files=all | tee "$baseline_file"
```

Existing changes do not block the upgrade, but the tool stages broadly and may include them in generated commits. If practical, isolate clearly unrelated work in another branch or worktree, move local-only files, or add untracked local artifacts to `.git/info/exclude`. Otherwise proceed and carry this baseline into the final review. Do not add a repository `.gitignore` rule unless the path should be ignored for all contributors.

2. Keep the run log outside the repository so the tool cannot stage it.

## Run Loop

1. Run from repo root:

```bash
log_file="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/upgrade-provider-$(basename "$PWD").log"
upgrade-provider $ORG/$REPO --repo-path . --no-submit > "$log_file" 2> /dev/null
```

Preserve `--no-submit` on every retry.

2. Wait for completion (can take up to 10 minutes).
3. Check for errors by scanning the log for lines starting with `error: `:

```bash
if command -v rg >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  rg -n '^error: ' "$log_file" || true
else
  grep -n '^error: ' "$log_file" || true
fi
```

4. On a successful exit, first check whether the tool found that no upgrade was required:

```bash
if grep -Fq 'No actions needed' "$log_file"; then
  echo 'No actions needed'
fi
```

If present, report that the provider is already current or the requested target is not an upgrade, then stop successfully. There is no local upgrade to review or submit.
````
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