Agent skill

Setting Up Terraform

by spencerpauly in spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills

Set up Terraform infrastructure-as-code for cloud resources, including provider configuration, modules, state management, and CI integration.

CC0-1.0Auto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Setting Up Terraform

skills CLI

$ npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill setting-up-terraform -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills setting-up-terraform --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/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/resources/setting-up-terraform .claude/skills/setting-up-terraform && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "setting-up-terraform" agent skill from https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills/tree/main/resources/setting-up-terraform into .claude/skills/setting-up-terraform/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "setting-up-terraform", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills/tree/main/resources/setting-up-terraform

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill setting-up-terraform -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills setting-up-terraform --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/resources/setting-up-terraform .agents/skills/setting-up-terraform && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "setting-up-terraform" agent skill from https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills/tree/main/resources/setting-up-terraform into .agents/skills/setting-up-terraform/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "setting-up-terraform", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill setting-up-terraform -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills setting-up-terraform --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/resources/setting-up-terraform .cursor/skills/setting-up-terraform && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "setting-up-terraform" agent skill from https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills/tree/main/resources/setting-up-terraform into .cursor/skills/setting-up-terraform/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "setting-up-terraform", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills.git --path resources/setting-up-terraform

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill setting-up-terraform -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills setting-up-terraform --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/resources/setting-up-terraform .gemini/skills/setting-up-terraform && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "setting-up-terraform" agent skill from https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills/tree/main/resources/setting-up-terraform into .gemini/skills/setting-up-terraform/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "setting-up-terraform", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills setting-up-terraform

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill setting-up-terraform -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/resources/setting-up-terraform .github/skills/setting-up-terraform && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "setting-up-terraform" agent skill from https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills/tree/main/resources/setting-up-terraform into .github/skills/setting-up-terraform/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "setting-up-terraform", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill setting-up-terraform -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills setting-up-terraform --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/resources/setting-up-terraform .opencode/skills/setting-up-terraform && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "setting-up-terraform" agent skill from https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills/tree/main/resources/setting-up-terraform into .opencode/skills/setting-up-terraform/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "setting-up-terraform", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: setting-up-terraform
GitHub stars: 844
Token cost: ~566 tokens
SKILL.md length: 165 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 60
Repo updated: Aug 2, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: CC0-1.0

At a glance

Set up Terraform infrastructure-as-code for cloud resources, including provider configuration, modules, state management, and CI integration.

Works in 7 steps: Initialize the project structure → Configure the provider — in providers.tf → Define variables — in variables.tf,… → …
Tasks that involve Infrastructure as code
SKILL.md covers Steps and Notes
Calls terraform

What it does

Setting Up Terraform is an agent skill from spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills. Set up Terraform infrastructure-as-code for cloud resources, including provider configuration, modules, state management, and CI integration.

Its SKILL.md is about 570 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: A curated list of awesome skills for Cursor. The licence is CC0-1.0.

When your agent uses it

Tasks that involve Infrastructure as code

Example prompts

“/setting-up-terraform”

Workflow steps

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

Initialize the project structure
Configure the provider — in providers.tf
Define variables — in variables.tf, define inputs with types, descriptions, and defaults
Create resources — in main.tf, define the infrastructure the user needs (VPC, RDS, ECS, S3, Lambda, etc.). Extract reusable patterns into…
Configure remote state — use an S3 bucket (AWS), GCS bucket (GCP), or Azure Storage for state. Enable state locking with DynamoDB (AWS).
Add to .gitignore
Add CI pipeline — create a GitHub Actions workflow that runs terraform fmt -check, terraform validate, and terraform plan on PRs, with…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 99cd265. 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
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- terraform
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

Setting Up Terraform loads about 566 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 41 tokens; SKILL.md has 165 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~41
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~566

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 spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills at commit 99cd265, republished under its CC0-1.0 licence (© spencerpauly). 165 words, ~566 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/setting-up-terraform/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: setting-up-terraform
description: Set up Terraform infrastructure-as-code for cloud resources, including provider configuration, modules, state management, and CI integration.

Setup Terraform

Use this skill when the user asks to set up Terraform, infrastructure as code, cloud provisioning, or IaC.

Steps

Initialize the project structure

infra/
├── main.tf
├── variables.tf
├── outputs.tf
├── terraform.tfvars      # (gitignored)
├── providers.tf
└── modules/

Configure the provider — in providers.tf:

hcl

terraform {
  required_version = ">= 1.5"
  required_providers {
    aws = {
      source  = "hashicorp/aws"
      version = "~> 5.0"
    }
  }
  backend "s3" {
    bucket = "my-terraform-state"
    key    = "prod/terraform.tfstate"
    region = "us-east-1"
  }
}

provider "aws" {
  region = var.aws_region
}

Adapt the provider for the user's cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure).

Define variables — in variables.tf, define inputs with types, descriptions, and defaults:

hcl

variable "aws_region" {
  type        = string
  default     = "us-east-1"
  description = "AWS region for resources"
}

variable "environment" {
  type        = string
  description = "Deployment environment (dev, staging, prod)"
}

Create resources — in main.tf, define the infrastructure the user needs (VPC, RDS, ECS, S3, Lambda, etc.). Extract reusable patterns into modules under modules/.
Configure remote state — use an S3 bucket (AWS), GCS bucket (GCP), or Azure Storage for state. Enable state locking with DynamoDB (AWS).

Add to .gitignore

*.tfstate
*.tfstate.*
.terraform/
terraform.tfvars
*.tfvars

Add CI pipeline — create a GitHub Actions workflow that runs terraform fmt -check, terraform validate, and terraform plan on PRs, with terraform apply on merge to main (with approval gate).

Notes

Never commit state files or .tfvars with secrets.
Use workspaces or separate state files for dev/staging/prod.
Pin provider versions to avoid breaking changes.
Run terraform fmt before committing.

Files

Just SKILL.md in resources/setting-up-terraform of spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 99cd265

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Questions about Setting Up Terraform

What does Setting Up Terraform do?

Set up Terraform infrastructure-as-code for cloud resources, including provider configuration, modules, state management, and CI integration. Setting Up Terraform is an agent skill from spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills. Set up Terraform infrastructure-as-code for cloud resources, including provider configuration, modules, state management, and CI integration.

When should I use Setting Up Terraform?

Setting Up Terraform fits situations like: tasks that involve Infrastructure as code.

How do I install Setting Up Terraform in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill setting-up-terraform -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (resources/setting-up-terraform in spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills) into .claude/skills/setting-up-terraform in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Setting Up Terraform in Codex?

Run `npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill setting-up-terraform -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (resources/setting-up-terraform in spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills) into .agents/skills/setting-up-terraform in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Setting Up Terraform 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 spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill setting-up-terraform -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/setting-up-terraform, .gemini/skills/setting-up-terraform, .github/skills/setting-up-terraform and .opencode/skills/setting-up-terraform in your project.

What does Setting Up Terraform need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Setting Up Terraform needs the command-line tools its instructions call (terraform).

Does Setting Up Terraform 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 Setting Up Terraform 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 Setting Up Terraform use?

Setting Up Terraform is published under the CC0-1.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Setting Up Terraform use?

About 566 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Setting Up Terraform?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Setting Up Terraform: Review Docs (hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws, 11k stars), Senior DevOps Toolkit (maslennikov-ig/claude-code-orchestrator-kit, 260 stars), Terravision Cloud Diagrams (patrickchugh/terravision, 1.6k stars) and Review Helpers (hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws, 11k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Setting Up Terraform?

spencerpauly (a GitHub user) maintains it in spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills, which has 844 GitHub stars. The repository holds 60 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 2, 2026.

Source: spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Setting Up Terraform

Install Setting Up Terraform

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Setup Terraform

Steps

Notes

Files

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Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Setup Terraform

Steps

Notes

Files

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