CloudDrove Terraform Skill

Enforce one team standard across every AWS Terraform repo built on the CloudDrove wrapper-module pattern. Scaffold new wrappers, generate CI, review PRs against the pattern, and map coverage to SOC2/GDPR as a byproduct — not the headline.

Use this skill instead of `/tf` on any repo with an _modules/ directory. /tf recommends the terraform-aws-modules ecosystem, which conflicts with the CloudDrove wrapper pattern. Don't run both.

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Keywords

clouddrove, wrapper, _modules, terraform, tf, aws, scaffold, labels, name_prefix, label_order, github actions, ci, drift, eks, aurora, elasticache, alb, acm, waf, vpc, route53, kms, soc2, gdpr

Output Artifacts

Rule Catalog

Findings carry stable rule IDs. Two sources:

• Shared registry — generic Terraform and security checks reuse auditkit's

canonical IDs (TF-*, SEC-*, OBS-*, META-*), so a finding here matches what auditkit's terraform-auditor reports on the same repo (baselines/waivers/dedup carry across both).

• *`CDTF-` — skill-local** — the CloudDrove wrapper-module pattern (labels module,

name_prefix, label_order, upstream-module gotchas) is org-pattern-specific, not a general cloud finding. These IDs live with this skill, not in auditkit's registry (they'd never fire on a non-wrapper repo). Documented in _docs/auditkit-registry-additions.md as an optional future auditkit domain.

IDs are an API — never renumber a shipped rule; deprecate and add.

Output: every REVIEW finding carries its rule ID. Suppression: accept a known risk with # wrapper-tf:ignore <RULE-ID> -- <reason> on the line above; honor it (reason mandatory, else META-SUP-001). A suppression missing its reason doesn't suppress anything: report the underlying finding as well. Confidence gate: report only findings you are >80% sure are real; consolidate repeats; severity is the rule's, don't invent; quote the exact offending line — if you can't quote it, don't report it. Evals: evals/.

False-positive exclusions — don't report these unless a stated exception applies:

1. bootstrap/ (the state bucket + lock table module) not calling module "labels" — it bootstraps the label registry's own backend before _modules/labels can be consumed; CDTF-WRAP-002 targets _modules/<name>/, not bootstrap/.
2. enable_dns_validation = false without a comment — this is CDTF-MOD-006 at ADVISORY already, not a reason to also raise a separate BLOCKING finding.
3. Non-prod environments (dev/sandbox) for SEC-NET-001 (EKS public endpoint) — stays ADVISORY per the shared registry's environment convention (see /clouddrove:k8s dev relaxation); don't escalate to BLOCKING outside staging/prod.
4. SEC-IAM-003 on a policy attached to a service role (aws_iam_role assumed by an AWS service principal or CI/CD OIDC role) — MFA presence only applies to a human's interactive session, not a service credential. Nearly every wrapper module attaches policies to service roles (EKS node/IRSA roles, Lambda execution roles), so this exclusion applies by default here; SEC-IAM-003 only fires on an aws_iam_user/aws_iam_group policy, which is rare in this pattern.

Exception: if bootstrap/ also provisions long-lived application resources (not just state backend), the exclusion doesn't apply and it should follow the normal pattern. For SEC-IAM-003, if the policy is attached to an aws_iam_user or aws_iam_group, the exclusion doesn't apply — report it.

Reused from auditkit: TF-MOD-002, TF-VAR-003, TF-OUT-001/002, TF-STATE-001/002, SEC-ENC-001/002/003, SEC-IAM-001/003, SEC-NET-001/002, OBS-MON-001, META-SUP-001. *Skill-local (`CDTF-`):** the wrapper-pattern and CloudDrove-module-gotcha rules above.

Step 1 — Determine the action

Read the arguments:

• new <module-name> → NEW (most common — scaffold first, enforce pattern)
• ci → CI
• review → REVIEW
• controls → CONTROLS
• No arguments → glob for _modules/, environments/, .github/workflows/:
• Empty repo → default to NEW, ask which module
• Files found → ask: "new / ci / review / controls?"

The Pattern (read first — every action enforces this)

CloudDrove wrapper repos share one layout:

_modules/
  labels/          # name_prefix + tags factory — every other module consumes it
  <name>/          # wrapper around clouddrove/<name>/aws
environments/
  dev/  staging/  prod/    # only call _modules/<name>, never CloudDrove directly
bootstrap/         # state bucket + lock table (one-time, separate state)

Three invariants:

1. *`environments//main.tf never calls source = "clouddrove//aws"` directly* — only source = "../../_modules/<name>".
2. Every `_modules/<name>/main.tf` starts with `module "labels"` — no module computes its own name_prefix.
3. All resource names derive from `module.labels.name_prefix` — pattern {client_name}-{environment}-{resource}.

labels usage (copy verbatim into every new wrapper)

module "labels" {
  source         = "../labels"
  client_name    = var.client_name
  environment    = var.environment
  repository_url = var.repository_url
  cost_center    = var.cost_center
}

locals {
  np = module.labels.name_prefix   # e.g. "acme-prod"
}

Standard variable set (every _modules/<name>/variables.tf)

variable "client_name"    { type = string; description = "Client slug — used as resource name prefix." }
variable "environment"    {
  type        = string
  description = "Deployment environment."
  validation {
    condition     = contains(["dev", "staging", "prod", "sandbox"], var.environment)
    error_message = "Must be dev, staging, prod, or sandbox."
  }
}
variable "repository_url" { type = string; description = "Source repository URL — applied as a tag." }
variable "cost_center"    { type = string; description = "Cost center code — applied as a tag." }

CloudDrove module call pattern

module "<name>" {
  source  = "clouddrove/<name>/aws"
  version = "<pinned-version>"

  name        = "${local.np}-<suffix>"
  environment = var.environment
  label_order = ["name"]

  tags = module.labels.tags
  # ... module-specific variables
}

label_order = ["name"] is mandatory — without it, upstream CloudDrove appends environment a second time, producing acme-prod-prod-eks.

NEW — Scaffold a Module

Identify module type

Extract from argument (e.g. new monitoring). If missing, ask: "Which module? (security / vpc / eks / aurora / elasticache / alb / dns / acm / waf / iam / monitoring / s3 / secrets / dashboard / labels)"

Standard main.tf header

terraform {
  required_version = ">= 1.6.0"
  required_providers {
    aws = {
      source  = "hashicorp/aws"
      version = "~> 5.0"
    }
  }
}

module "labels" {
  source         = "../labels"
  client_name    = var.client_name
  environment    = var.environment
  repository_url = var.repository_url
  cost_center    = var.cost_center
}

locals {
  np = module.labels.name_prefix
}

Generated files (three per module)

• `variables.tf` — standard four vars + module-specific vars, all with description and type
• `main.tf` — terraform {} + module "labels" + locals { np } + CloudDrove module call with name = "${local.np}-<suffix>", label_order = ["name"], tags = module.labels.tags
• `outputs.tf` — all IDs, ARNs, names with description; secrets with sensitive = true

CI — GitHub Actions Workflows

Generate two workflow files following team standards.

terraform.yml — PR + merge pipeline

1. Concurrency: cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }} — cancels stale PR runs, never cancels in-flight applies.
2. Minimal permissions at workflow level (contents: read); jobs declare only what they need (id-token: write, pull-requests: write).
3. Change detection job — outputs a matrix of affected environments from git diff between base SHA and HEAD. If _modules/ changed, all environments are affected.
4. PR gates (parallel, all block merge):

• fmt — terraform fmt -check -recursive
• tflint — matrix over env dirs, tflint-ruleset-aws v0.36+
• checkov — bridgecrewio/checkov-action@v12, skip CKV_AWS_144,CKV_AWS_117
• trivy — aquasecurity/trivy-action, scan-type: config, severity: HIGH,CRITICAL
• infracost — diff posted as PR comment with behavior: update
• plan — runs per changed env, posts hidden-tag PR comment (<!-- terraform-plan-{env} -->), uploads artifact, writes $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY

1. Apply jobs — three separate named jobs (apply-dev, apply-staging, apply-prod) chained with explicit needs:. Never use a matrix for apply — matrix can't guarantee sequential ordering.

• apply-staging needs apply-dev with always() && (apply-dev.result == 'success' || apply-dev.result == 'skipped')
• apply-prod needs apply-staging with the same pattern
• Each apply: terraform init → validate → plan -out=.tfplan → apply .tfplan
• timeout-minutes: 60, -lock-timeout=300s on all plan/apply steps

1. Plan exit codes: 0 = no changes (✅), 1 = error (❌), 2 = changes to apply (✅) — only exit 1 is a failure.

drift.yml — Nightly detection

1. schedule: cron: "0 6 * * *" + workflow_dispatch
2. concurrency: cancel-in-progress: false — never interrupt a running drift check
3. Matrix over all environments — fail-fast: false
4. terraform plan -detailed-exitcode with continue-on-error: true
5. Write drift summary to $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
6. On exit 1 or 2: ensure labels exist (drift, {env}), create a GitHub issue or comment on the existing open drift issue
7. Never auto-close drift issues — humans close after remediation

REVIEW — Pre-PR Check

Read all .tf files under _modules/ and environments/, check every item.

Wrapper-module pattern

• BLOCKING: environments/*/main.tf calls source = "clouddrove/*/aws" directly instead of ../../_modules/<name>
• BLOCKING: _modules/<name>/main.tf missing the module "labels" call
• BLOCKING: Any module computing its own name_prefix instead of consuming module.labels.name_prefix

Naming

All resources follow {client_name}-{environment}-{resource}. Verify:

• EKS cluster: ${local.np}-eks · WAF Web ACL: ${local.np}-waf · ALB: ${local.np}-alb
• Aurora: ${local.np}-aurora · ElastiCache RG: ${local.np}-redis
• CloudWatch dashboard: ${local.np}-ops
• KMS aliases: alias/${local.np}-{domain} (rds / eks / s3 / app)
• Secrets Manager: ${local.np}/{service}/master

• BLOCKING: Any resource name not derived from module.labels.name_prefix

Module completeness

• BLOCKING (`CDTF-MOD-007`): _modules/<name>/ is missing main.tf, variables.tf, or outputs.tf — every wrapper module needs all three, even if a file is nearly empty.
• ADVISORY (`CDTF-MOD-008`): A variable declared in _modules/<name>/variables.tf is never passed as an argument into the wrapped module "<name>" call (dead input), or the wrapped CloudDrove module accepts an input the wrapper never exposes as one of its own variables (unreachable configuration). Check both directions.

CloudDrove module gotchas

• BLOCKING: waf_scop (upstream typo — missing e); waf_scope silently has no effect
• BLOCKING: web_acl_association = true inside the WAF module — association belongs in the ALB module (circular dependency otherwise)
• BLOCKING: module "acm" with hardcoded zone_id instead of zone_id = module.dns.zone_id
• BLOCKING: subject_alternative_names passed to module "dns" — SANs belong on module "acm"
• ADVISORY: allow_default_action = true on WAF — only false after validating no legitimate traffic is blocked
• ADVISORY: enable_dns_validation = false is correct for the CloudDrove pattern (explicit record creation) but should be commented

Security baseline

• BLOCKING: KMS encryption missing on Aurora, ElastiCache, EKS etcd, S3, or Secrets Manager
• BLOCKING: publicly_accessible = true on Aurora
• BLOCKING: transit_encryption_enabled = false on ElastiCache
• BLOCKING: ALB listener missing TLS (443) or missing HTTP→HTTPS redirect
• BLOCKING: WAF not associated with ALB (waf_acl_arn not passed to alb module)
• ADVISORY: EKS public endpoint enabled in prod
• ADVISORY: Aurora performance_insights_enabled = false in prod

Module versioning

• BLOCKING: Any CloudDrove module call without a pinned version = constraint
• BLOCKING: Using a git ref / branch instead of a registry version

Known upstream bugs (AWS provider v5)

Three CloudDrove modules use data.aws_region.*.region (removed in AWS provider v5 — should be data.aws_region.current.name). After terraform init, patch the downloaded source:

for dir in \
  .terraform/modules/vpc \
  .terraform/modules/waf \
  .terraform/modules/eks_addons/modules/karpenter; do
  [ -d "$dir" ] && \
    find "$dir" -name "*.tf" -exec \
      sed -i '' 's/data\.aws_region\.\*\.region/data.aws_region.current.name/g' {} \;
done

Issues filed: terraform-aws-vpc#105, terraform-aws-waf#113, terraform-aws-eks-addons#200

Variables, outputs, backend

• BLOCKING: Any variable or output block missing description
• BLOCKING: Passwords / tokens / keys in outputs without sensitive = true
• BLOCKING: No backend "s3" with dynamodb_table for state locking
• BLOCKING: Same backend key across environments — each env needs a unique key
• ADVISORY: Variables without type

Review output format

BLOCKING — Must fix before merge
---------------------------------
[_modules/waf/main.tf:45]  SEC-ENC-003 WAF not associated with ALB — pass waf_acl_arn to alb module
[_modules/aurora/main.tf:12]  SEC-ENC-001 Missing kms_key_id on Aurora cluster

ADVISORY — Should fix
----------------------
[environments/prod/main.tf:88]  SEC-NET-001 EKS public endpoint enabled in prod

Summary: 2 blocking, 1 advisory. Fix blocking before raising PR.

CONTROLS — SOC2 / GDPR Coverage (appendix)

Compliance is a byproduct of the pattern, not its purpose. Use this when an audit asks "where is control X implemented?" Read all _modules/ and environments/*/main.tf, produce:

SOC2 / GDPR Control Coverage
=============================

CC6.1 — Logical access & encryption
  ✅ KMS CMKs: security module (×4 — rds/eks/s3/app)
  ✅ Config rules: security module
  ✅ IAM password policy + Access Analyzer: iam module
  ✅ EBS default encryption + S3 account block: security module
  ❌ MISSING: MFA delete on Terraform state buckets (manual — root account required)

CC6.6 — Network perimeter
  ✅ WAF Web ACL: waf module
  ✅ WAF → ALB association: alb module

CC6.7 — Transmission encryption
  ✅ TLS 1.3 + HTTP→HTTPS redirect: alb module
  ✅ TLS-only bucket policy: s3 module
  ✅ In-transit encryption: elasticache module
  ✅ VPC endpoints (S3/ECR/Secrets Manager): vpc module

CC7.1 — Vulnerability management
  ✅ SecurityHub CIS v3 + FSBP: security module
  ✅ Inspector v2 (EC2/ECR/Lambda): security module

CC7.2 — Monitoring & threat detection
  ✅ GuardDuty: security module
  ✅ CloudTrail (multi-region): monitoring module
  ✅ CIS metric alarms → SNS: monitoring module
  ✅ VPC flow logs: vpc module

C1.1 — Encryption at rest
  ✅ Aurora / ElastiCache / EKS etcd / S3 / Secrets Manager (all CMK)

A1.2 — Availability & recovery
  ✅ Multi-AZ: vpc module
  ✅ Aurora 35-day PITR (prod): aurora module
  ✅ AWS Backup daily + cross-region: monitoring module

GDPR Art.25 — Privacy by design
  ✅ Aurora not publicly accessible · S3 public-access block · EKS private endpoint (prod) · VPC endpoints

GDPR Art.32 — Security of processing
  (All CMK encryption + TLS controls above)

GDPR Art.5 — Data retention
  ✅ CloudTrail 7-year retention · Aurora 35-day PITR · S3 lifecycle · AWS Backup 35-day prod

GDPR Art.33 — Breach notification (72h)
  ✅ GuardDuty → SNS → email · CIS alarms for root/IAM/console-no-MFA

Summary: <N> controls covered, <N> gaps.

Mark ❌ MISSING for any control where the responsible module is absent from environments/{env}/main.tf or the module exists but the relevant variable is disabled.

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