Official agent skill

Review Helpers

by hashicorp in hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws

Review Terraform AWS Provider helper code: finders, status functions, waiters, sweepers, data sources, and list resources.

OfficialMPL-2.0Auto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Review Helpers

skills CLI
$ npx skills add hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws --skill review-helpers -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws review-helpers --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/review-helpers .claude/skills/review-helpers && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
review-helpers
GitHub stars
11k
Token cost
~978 tokens
SKILL.md length
382 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
17
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MPL-2.0

At a glance

Review Terraform AWS Provider helper code: finders, status functions, waiters, sweepers, data sources, and list resources.

  • Works in 6 steps: Get the client. → Fetch the config (only when the list… → Stream results from a paginated AWS List… → …
  • Reviewing a PR that changes non-test internal/service//.go code for resource lookup
  • SKILL.md covers Finders, status, waiters, Sweepers, Data sources and List resources
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Review Helpers is an agent skill from hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Review Terraform AWS Provider helper code: finders, status functions, waiters, sweepers, data sources, and list resources. Use when reviewing a PR that changes non-test internal/service//.go code for resource lookup, retry.StateChangeConf waiters, NewSweepResource sweepers, DataSourceWithModel data sources, or Framework/SDKv2 list resources.

Its SKILL.md is about 980 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Infrastructure as code. It works with Terraform and Amazon Web Services. The repository describes itself as: The AWS Provider enables Terraform to manage AWS resources. The licence is MPL-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Reviewing a PR that changes non-test internal/service//.go code for resource lookup
  • Retry.StateChangeConf waiters
  • NewSweepResource sweepers
  • DataSourceWithModel data sources

Example prompts

  • “/review-helpers”

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Get the client.
  2. Fetch the config (only when the list takes query attributes such as a parent ID).
  3. Stream results from a paginated AWS List API.
  4. Set logging fields per item (typically the ARN) via tflog.SetField(ctx, logging.ResourceAttributeKey(...), ...).
  5. Set identifying attributes for each result.
  6. Set result.DisplayName to a human-readable identifier (typically the resource name).

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f4a1d21. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are go).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Review Helpers loads about 978 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 90 tokens; SKILL.md has 382 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~90
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~978

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws at commit f4a1d21, republished under its MPL-2.0 licence (© hashicorp). 382 words, ~978 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/review-helpers/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
review-helpers
description
Review Terraform AWS Provider helper code: finders, status functions, waiters, sweepers, data sources, and list resources. Use when reviewing a PR that changes non-test internal/service/**/*.go code for resource lookup, retry.StateChangeConf waiters, NewSweepResource sweepers, DataSourceWithModel data sources, or Framework/SDKv2 list resources.
<!-- Copyright IBM Corp. 2014, 2026 -->
<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0 -->

Review: Helpers, Sweepers, Data Sources, List Resources

Assume the @maintainer persona. Scope: finders, status, waiters, sweepers, data sources, list resources. Loaded from review-pr.

Finders, status, waiters

  • Finder signature: find<Resource>ByID(ctx context.Context, conn *<svc>.Client, id string) (*awstypes.<Type>, error). Variants by ARN/Name use the same shape.
  • On *awstypes.ResourceNotFoundException, return smarterr.NewError(&retry.NotFoundError{LastError: err}).
  • Status function reuses the finder and returns retry.StateRefreshFunc. Design status so one function powers create, update, and delete waiters.
  • Waiters use retry.StateChangeConf. Created/updated waiters typically set NotFoundChecks: 20 and ContinuousTargetOccurence: 2. Deleted waiters use empty Target with Pending covering deletion-in-progress states.
  • Prefer SDK-provided status constants (e.g. awstypes.StatusInProgress) over package-level string consts.
  • Finders and ResName<Name> constants referenced in tests must be re-exported via exports_test.go.

Flag finders that return raw errors (must wrap with smarterr.NewError), status that duplicates finder logic, or hand-rolled polling loops in place of retry.StateChangeConf.

Sweepers

Each new resource needs a sweeper. Iterate the SDK paginator, build via framework.NewSweepResource(new<Resource>Resource, client, framework.NewAttribute(names.AttrID, aws.ToString(v.<Thing>Id))) (where framework is internal/sweep/framework), and register in the package's sweep.go with awsv2.Register("aws_<svc>_<thing>", sweep<Resource>s, ...optionalDeps). Pass multiple framework.NewAttribute(...) arguments for composite identity.

Flag new resources without a sweeper, sweepers that don't propagate paginator errors via smarterr.NewError, and sweepers using import aliases other than framework for internal/sweep/framework.

Data sources

Data sources have only a Read method.

  • Use framework.DataSourceWithModel[T].
  • Schema attributes are Required or Optional for search criteria; everything else is Computed.
  • Attributes that are Required on the corresponding resource are typically Computed on the data source unless they form lookup criteria.
  • No configurable timeouts.
  • Tagged data sources expose a single computed tags attribute (no tags_all).
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List resources

Framework path embeds the corresponding underlying resource. SDKv2 path uses framework.ListResourceWithSDKv2Resource.

The List method:

  1. Get the client.
  2. Fetch the config (only when the list takes query attributes such as a parent ID).
  3. Stream results from a paginated AWS List API.
  4. Set logging fields per item (typically the ARN) via tflog.SetField(ctx, logging.ResourceAttributeKey(...), ...).
  5. Set identifying attributes for each result.
  6. Set result.DisplayName to a human-readable identifier (typically the resource name).

The listing helper uses an iterator over the SDK paginator:

go
func list<Thing>s(ctx context.Context, conn *<svc>.Client, input *<svc>.List<Thing>sInput) iter.Seq2[awstypes.<Thing>, error]

The flatten function shared by Read and List lives in the resource file (r.flatten for Framework, resource<Name>Flatten for SDKv2).

Flag list resources that don't set DisplayName, that re-implement flatten logic instead of sharing with Read, or that omit the tflog.SetField per-item logging hook.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/review-helpers of hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit f4a1d21

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Questions about Review Helpers

What does Review Helpers do?

Review Terraform AWS Provider helper code: finders, status functions, waiters, sweepers, data sources, and list resources. Review Helpers is an agent skill from hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Review Terraform AWS Provider helper code: finders, status functions, waiters, sweepers, data sources, and list resources.

When should I use Review Helpers?

Review Helpers fits situations like: reviewing a PR that changes non-test internal/service//.go code for resource lookup; retry.StateChangeConf waiters; newSweepResource sweepers; dataSourceWithModel data sources.

How do I install Review Helpers in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws --skill review-helpers -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/review-helpers in hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws) into .claude/skills/review-helpers in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Review Helpers in Codex?

Run `npx skills add hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws --skill review-helpers -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/review-helpers in hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws) into .agents/skills/review-helpers in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Review Helpers in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws --skill review-helpers -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/review-helpers, .gemini/skills/review-helpers, .github/skills/review-helpers and .opencode/skills/review-helpers in your project.

What does Review Helpers need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Review Helpers is instructions for the agent only.

Does Review Helpers access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Review Helpers safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Review Helpers use?

Review Helpers is published under the MPL-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Review Helpers use?

About 978 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Review Helpers?

hashicorp (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws, which has 11,113 GitHub stars. The repository holds 17 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

Source: hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.