new-terraform-provider

name: new-terraform-provider description: Use this when scaffolding a new Terraform provider. license: MPL-2.0 metadata: copyright: Copyright IBM Corp. 2026 version: "0.0.1"

To scaffold a new Terraform provider with Plugin Framework:

1. If I am already in a Terraform provider workspace, then confirm that I want to create a new workspace. If I do not want to create a new workspace, then skip all remaining steps.
2. Create a new workspace root directory. The root directory name should be prefixed with "terraform-provider-". Perform all subsequent steps in this new workspace.
3. Initialize a new Go module..
4. Run go get -u github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework@latest.
5. Write a main.go file that follows the example.
6. Remove TODO comments from main.go
7. Run go mod tidy
8. Run go build -o /dev/null
9. Run go test ./...