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Pulumi Best Practices

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pulumi·vlatest·cloud·Apache-2.0

Automates Pulumi code reviews, ensuring adherence to best practices for infrastructure as code deployments.

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  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add pulumi/agent-skills --skill pulumi-best-practices --full-depth -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

pulumi

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Live repository

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  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No undeclared network calls: passed

    Makes no network calls.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

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    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned pulumi/agent-skills at 9b794aec9c.

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Commit
9b794aec9c
Manifest
pulumi/skills/pulumi-best-practices/SKILL.md
Scanned
3 files, 473 lines
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About this skill

What it does

The pulumi-best-practices skill provides guidance on effectively using Pulumi for infrastructure as code (IaC). It covers strategies for organizing projects, managing state, and ensuring secure and scalable deployments. This includes tips on structuring stacks, reusing components, and leveraging Pulumi’s features like cross-resource references.

When to use it

  • When setting up a new Pulumi project and looking for structure recommendations.
  • When optimizing existing infrastructure code for maintainability and performance.
  • When preparing for team collaboration and ensuring consistent practices across developers.
  • When aiming to improve security and compliance in your cloud deployments using Pulumi.

Key capabilities

  • Guidance on organizing Pulumi projects and stacks.
  • Best practices for managing state files and avoiding conflicts.
  • Recommendations for reusing infrastructure components.
  • Tips for secure deployment strategies and resource management.

Example prompts

  • "How should I structure my Pulumi project for multiple environments?"
  • "What are the best ways to manage Pulumi state in a team setting?"
  • "Can you suggest practices for securing my cloud resources with Pulumi?"

Tips & gotchas

  • Ensure all team members follow the same conventions when using this skill to maintain consistency.
  • Regularly update your infrastructure code based on evolving best practices and Pulumi version changes.