Terraform Best Practices Skill

Comprehensive community best practices for Terraform infrastructure as code, based on Anton Babenko's widely-adopted guide at terraform-best-practices.com.

When to Use This Skill

Activate this skill when:

• Designing project structure - Choosing how to organize Terraform code for small, medium, or large infrastructure
• Implementing IaC patterns - Following community best practices for modules, compositions, and state management
• Scaling infrastructure - Growing from simple setups to complex multi-environment deployments
• Evaluating tools - Deciding between vanilla Terraform vs Terragrunt orchestration
• Establishing standards - Creating team conventions for naming, styling, and code organization
• Troubleshooting common issues - Resolving frequent Terraform problems (dependency hell, state management, etc.)

Key Concepts

Infrastructure Sizes & Patterns