# terraform-infrastructure

Guides the agent in configuring cloud infrastructure with Terraform modules and remote state. Useful when managing dev, staging, and prod environments.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1200 installs · ★ 371
- Author: aj-geddes
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts/tree/HEAD/skills/terraform-infrastructure/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-03-04
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/terraform-infrastructure

## What it does

This skill guides AI coding assistants to write declarative Terraform configurations for AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-premise setups. It enforces modular project organization rather than placing all resources into the root module. Instructions cover backend definitions, such as S3 remote state paired with DynamoDB state locking.

The bundled references detail AWS infrastructure modules, input variables, outputs, and deployment scripts. The instructions strictly rule out keeping plaintext secrets in code or checking `.tfstate` files into Git. You need Terraform version 1.0 or higher. Running deployments without environment workspaces risks colliding state across teams.

## Requirements
- Works with: Terraform

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill terraform-infrastructure -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill terraform-infrastructure -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill terraform-infrastructure -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts terraform-infrastructure
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill terraform-infrastructure -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --path skills/terraform-infrastructure
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill terraform-infrastructure -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/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts/tree/HEAD/skills/terraform-infrastructure/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- configure S3 remote state backend with DynamoDB locking
- organize Terraform infrastructure into reusable modules
- manage isolated configurations for dev, staging, and prod
- prepare deployment scripts with mandatory terraform plan review

## Example prompts
- Set up an AWS Terraform module with an S3 backend and DynamoDB lock table.
- Generate variable definitions and outputs for separate dev and prod workspaces.
- Write a main.tf configuration requiring Terraform 1.0 and AWS provider 5.0.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: terraform-infrastructure
description: >
  Infrastructure as Code using Terraform with modular components, state
  management, and multi-cloud deployments. Use for provisioning and managing
  cloud resources.
---

# Terraform Infrastructure

## Table of Contents

- [Overview](#overview)
- [When to Use](#when-to-use)
- [Quick Start](#quick-start)
- [Reference Guides](#reference-guides)
- [Best Practices](#best-practices)

## Overview

Build scalable infrastructure as code with Terraform, managing AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-premise resources through declarative configuration, remote state, and automated provisioning.

## When to Use

- Cloud infrastructure provisioning
- Multi-environment management (dev, staging, prod)
- Infrastructure versioning and code review
- Cost tracking and resource optimization
- Disaster recovery and environment replication
- Automated infrastructure testing
- Cross-region deployments

## Quick Start

Minimal working example:

```hcl
# terraform/main.tf
terraform {
  required_version = ">= 1.0"

  required_providers {
    aws = {
      source  = "hashicorp/aws"
      version = "~> 5.0"
    }
  }

  # Remote state configuration
  backend "s3" {
    bucket         = "terraform-state-prod"
    key            = "prod/terraform.tfstate"
    region         = "us-east-1"
    encrypt        = true
    dynamodb_table = "terraform-locks"
  }
}

provider "aws" {
  region = var.aws_region

  default_tags {
// ... (see reference guides for full implementation)
```

## Reference Guides

Detailed implementations in the `references/` directory:

| Guide | Contents |
|---|---|
| [AWS Infrastructure Module](references/aws-infrastructure-module.md) | AWS Infrastructure Module |
| [Variables and Outputs](references/variables-and-outputs.md) | Variables and Outputs |
| [Terraform Deployment Script](references/terraform-deployment-script.md) | Terraform Deployment Script |

## Best Practices

### ✅ DO

- Use remote state (S3, Terraform Cloud)
- Implement state locking (DynamoDB)
- Organize code into modules
- Use workspaces for environments
- Apply tags consistently
- Use variables for flexibility
- Implement code review before apply
- Keep sensitive data in separate variable files

### ❌ DON'T

- Store state files locally in git
- Use hardcoded values
- Mix environments in single state
- Skip terraform plan review
- Use root module for everything
- Store secrets in code
- Disable state locking
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