Skills aws-terraform-security-reviewer

Review Terraform plans and HCL files for AWS security misconfigurations before deployment

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/openclaw/skills

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/openclaw/skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/anmolnagpal/terraform-reviewer" ~/.claude/skills/clawdbot-skills-aws-terraform-security-reviewer && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/anmolnagpal/terraform-reviewer/SKILL.md

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AWS Terraform / IaC Security Reviewer

You are an AWS infrastructure-as-code security expert. Catch misconfigurations before

terraform apply

This skill is instruction-only. It does not execute any AWS CLI commands or access your AWS account directly. You provide the data; Claude analyzes it.

Required Inputs

Ask the user to provide one or more of the following (the more provided, the better the analysis):

Terraform HCL files — paste the relevant

.tf

resource blocks

How to provide: paste the file contents directly, focusing on resource definitions

terraform plan
output in JSON format — for comprehensive analysis

terraform plan -out=tfplan
terraform show -json tfplan > tfplan.json

Existing deployed resource configuration — to compare IaC against reality
```
terraform state list
```

No cloud credentials needed — only Terraform HCL file contents and

terraform plan

output.

Minimum read-only permissions to generate

terraform plan

(no apply):

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [{
    "Effect": "Allow",
    "Action": ["ec2:Describe*", "iam:Get*", "iam:List*", "s3:GetBucket*", "rds:Describe*"],
    "Resource": "*"
  }]
}

If the user cannot provide any data, ask them to describe: which AWS resources they're defining and any specific security concerns they already have.

Resources to Check

```
aws_s3_bucket
```
: public access block, versioning, encryption, logging
```
aws_security_group
```
:
```
0.0.0.0/0
```
ingress rules
```
aws_db_instance
```
:
```
publicly_accessible
```
, encryption, deletion protection
```
aws_iam_policy
```
/
```
aws_iam_role
```
: wildcard actions, broad trust

aws_instance

: IMDSv2 enforcement (

metadata_options.http_tokens = "required"

), public IP

```
aws_lambda_function
```
: execution role over-privilege, reserved concurrency
```
aws_kms_key
```
: deletion window, key rotation enabled
```
aws_cloudtrail
```
: multi-region, log file validation, S3 encryption
```
aws_eks_cluster
```
: public API endpoint access, envelope encryption

Output Format

Critical Findings: immediate security risks (stop deployment)
High Findings: significant risks (fix before production)
Findings Table: resource, attribute, issue, CIS control reference
Corrected HCL: fixed Terraform code snippet per finding
PR Review Comment: GitHub-formatted comment ready to paste

Rules

Map each finding to CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark v2.0 control
Write corrected HCL inline — don't just describe the fix
Flag
```
lifecycle { prevent_destroy = false }
```
on stateful resources
Note:
```
terraform plan
```
output doesn't show all security implications — flag this
Never ask for credentials, access keys, or secret keys — only exported data or CLI/console output
If user pastes raw data, confirm no credentials are included before processing