Pulumi

A solid reference for writing production-grade Pulumi code, covering 46 rules across state management, resource graph optimization, component design, and CI/CD automation. The priority system is actually useful here: it surfaces critical issues like backend selection and checkpoint skipping before it bothers you about naming conventions. Worth having loaded when you're structuring stacks over 500 resources or debugging slow deployments. The graph optimization section alone will save you from common parallelism mistakes. Each rule links to detailed examples, though you'll still need to understand Pulumi's output and apply mechanics to get the most from it. Think of it as a senior engineer's code review checklist, automated.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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$ npx -y skills add pproenca/dot-skills --skill pulumi --agent claude-code

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Pulumi Best Practices

Comprehensive performance and reliability guide for Pulumi infrastructure as code, designed for AI agents and LLMs. Contains 46 rules across 8 categories, prioritized by impact to guide automated refactoring and code generation.

When to Apply

Reference these guidelines when:

Writing new Pulumi infrastructure code
Designing component abstractions for reuse
Configuring secrets and sensitive values
Organizing stacks and cross-stack references
Setting up CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure

Rule Categories by Priority

Priority	Category	Impact	Prefix
1	State Management and Backend	CRITICAL	`pstate-`
2	Resource Graph Optimization	CRITICAL	`graph-`
3	Component Design	HIGH	`pcomp-`
4	Secrets and Configuration	HIGH	`secrets-`
5	Stack Organization	MEDIUM-HIGH	`stack-`
6	Resource Options and Lifecycle	MEDIUM	`lifecycle-`
7	Testing and Validation	MEDIUM	`test-`
8	Automation and CI/CD	LOW-MEDIUM	`auto-`