pulumi-automation-api

SKILL.md

Programmatic orchestration of Pulumi infrastructure operations across multiple stacks and applications.

Supports both local source (existing Pulumi projects) and inline source (embedded programs) architectures, enabling flexible deployment patterns from simple to complex multi-stack scenarios

Handles multi-stack orchestration with dependency sequencing, parallel independent deployments, and cross-stack output passing for coordinated infrastructure provisioning

Provides programmatic configuration management, real-time output streaming, and error handling as alternatives to CLI-based workflows

Language-independent orchestration allows the automation layer to use a different language than the Pulumi programs it manages, enabling platform and application team separation

Pulumi Automation API

When to Use This Skill

Invoke this skill when:

Orchestrating deployments across multiple Pulumi stacks

Embedding Pulumi operations in custom applications

Building self-service infrastructure platforms

Replacing fragile Bash/Makefile orchestration scripts

Creating custom CLIs for infrastructure management

Building web applications that provision infrastructure

What is Automation API

Automation API provides programmatic access to Pulumi operations. Instead of running pulumi up from the CLI, you call functions in your code that perform the same operations.

import * as automation from "@pulumi/pulumi/automation";