Provider Resources

Implement Terraform Provider resources and data sources using the Plugin Framework: CRUD operations, schema design, plan modifiers and validators, not-found handling, waiters for eventually consistent APIs, import support, resource design principles, and required acceptance test coverage. Use when adding or changing a resource or data source, deciding whether an API concept should be a resource, wiring a resource to the provider's configured client, handling drift or resource-not-found, or reviewing a resource implementation before submission.

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Install

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more)

npx skills add hashicorp/agent-skills --skill provider-resources

Manual install

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hashicorp/agent-skills.git /tmp/agent-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/agent-skills/plugins/terraform/skills/provider-resources ~/.claude/skills/provider-resources

Personal skills live in ~/.claude/skills. Use .claude/skills in a project folder to share a skill with your team.

From the SKILL.md

# Terraform Provider Resources Implementation Guide

## Overview

This guide covers developing Terraform Provider resources and data sources.
Resources represent infrastructure objects that Terraform manages through
Create, Read, Update, and Delete (CRUD) operations.

**Use the [Plugin Framework](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/plugin/framework)
for all net-new resources and data sources.** Plugin SDKv2 is for maintaining
resources that already exist on it; do not write new code against it. A
provider can serve both during migration by muxing
([terraform-plugin-mux](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/plugin/mux)),
so adopting the Framework never requires a big-bang rewrite. To tell which
mode an existing provider is in, check `go.mod`: `terraform-plugin-mux`
present means it serves both SDKv2 and Framework code; only
`terraform-plugin-sdk/v2` means SDKv2-only; only
`terraform-plugin-framework` means Framework-only. Be cautious about
*migrating* existing SDKv2 resources: the Framework distinguishes null from
zero values, so naive migrations change behavior for existing users (use the
`provider-framework-migration` skill, if available).

**References** (load when needed):
- `references/design-principles.md` — what should (and should not) become a
  resource; data source semantics; relationship and async-task modeling
- `references/retries-and-waiters.md` — eventual consistency, retry
  patterns, and status/wait function structure

## File Structure

Read the full skill on GitHub

Details

Skill name: provider-resources
Repository: hashicorp/agent-skills
Path: plugins/terraform/skills/provider-resources/SKILL.md
License: MPL-2.0
Repo updated: 28 October 2026
Listed in: BehiSecc/awesome-claude-skills, heilcheng/awesome-agent-skills

FAQ

What does the Provider Resources skill do?

How do I install the Provider Resources skill?

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more): npx skills add hashicorp/agent-skills --skill provider-resources. Skills go in ~/.claude/skills (personal) or .claude/skills (project), and Claude loads them automatically when a task matches the description.

Is Provider Resources popular?

It lives in hashicorp/agent-skills, which has 910 GitHub stars and 134 forks, and is included in 2 curated skill lists.

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