Agent Skill · Pulumi

pulumi-upgrade-provider

Automate Pulumi provider repo upgrades with the `upgrade-provider` tool. Use when upgrading a pulumi provider repository to a new upstream version, running `upgrade-provider`, and addressing its common failure modes like patch conflicts or missing module mappings.

Provider: Pulumi Path in repo: authoring/skills/pulumi-upgrade-provider/SKILL.md

Skill body

Pulumi Upgrade Provider

Overview

Run upgrade-provider, fix known failures, and rerun until success. Keep git operations read-only in the repo; the tool owns branch/commit/PR state.

Run Loop

  1. Create output directory:
mkdir -p .pulumi
  1. Run from repo root:
upgrade-provider $ORG/$REPO --repo-path . > .pulumi/upgrade-provider-stdout.txt 2> /dev/null
  1. Wait for completion (can take up to 10 minutes).
  2. Check for errors by scanning .pulumi/upgrade-provider-stdout.txt lines starting with error: .
  3. If failed, fix using this skill’s references/upgrade-provider-errors.md (from the skill folder, not the repo), then rerun. For upstream go get failures involving ignored replace directives or unknown revision v0.0.0, rerun with --target-version after applying the documented provider/go.mod replacements; preserve the original major/non-major intent and add --major only for actual major version upgrades.
  4. If a fix requires creating/amending/removing/rebasing patches, use the upstream-patches skill for the patch workflow.
  5. If you fixed a conflict, report exact edits (file paths + concrete changes or preserved intent).
  6. If the upgrade changed patches, run ./scripts/upstream.sh checkout and review applied upstream commits:
    • List commit SHAs/titles from upstream.
    • Summarize the intent of each commit in plain language.
    • Call out any behavioral changes or risks.
  7. On success, proceed to Post-run Tasks.

When to Stop and Report Failure

Stop iterating and report failure if any of these conditions are met:

  1. Command not found (exit code 127): The upgrade-provider tool is not in PATH.
  2. Same error 3 times: You’ve attempted to fix the same error 3 times without success.
  3. Unknown error pattern: The error is not covered in references/upgrade-provider-errors.md and you cannot determine a safe fix.
  4. Requires human judgment: The fix needs user input, such as:
    • Choosing between multiple valid approaches
    • Breaking changes that affect public API
    • Deprecation strategies
    • Architectural decisions about module organization

When stopping, report:

  1. The error(s) encountered.
  2. What fixes were attempted (with file paths and changes).
  3. Why human intervention is needed.
  4. Any partial progress.

Post-run Tasks

The tool creates a PR on successful upgrade.

  1. MUST fetch the PR URL for the current branch using read-only commands:
gh pr view --json url --jq .url || gh pr list --head "$(git branch --show-current)" --json url --jq '.[0].url'
  1. MUST append a “Fixes applied to unblock upgrade” section to the existing PR body if any fixes were applied (do not overwrite):
repo=$(gh repo view --json nameWithOwner --jq .nameWithOwner)
pr_number=$(gh pr view --json number --jq .number)
gh pr view --json body --jq .body > /tmp/pr_body.txt

cat <<'EOF' >> /tmp/pr_body.txt

---

### Fixes applied to unblock upgrade

- <list concrete unblocker edits here, with file paths and intent>
EOF

gh api -X PATCH "repos/$repo/pulls/$pr_number" --raw-field body="$(cat /tmp/pr_body.txt)"

Use REST (gh api) instead of gh pr edit to avoid GraphQL project-card errors. Keep existing body content; only append.

Notes

Guardrails

References