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Packer Builders — DevOps skill for Claude Code

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Create machine images with HashiCorp Packer.

How to install Packer Builders

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open hashicorp/agent-skills and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What Packer Builders does

Create machine images with HashiCorp Packer.

One of 2 entries listed from hashicorp/agent-skills. The repository README describes the whole collection, not this skill — read it on GitHub.

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Repository README

This is the README for hashicorp/agent-skills, shared by 2 entries in this directory. It describes the repository, not this entry specifically.

HashiCorp Agent Skills

A collection of Agent skills and Claude Code plugins for HashiCorp products.

Product Use cases
Terraform Write HCL code, build modules, develop providers, and run tests
Packer Build machine images on AWS, Azure, and Windows; integrate with HCP Packer registry

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Installation

Individual Skills

Install Agent Skills in GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Opencode, Cursor, and more:

# List all skills
npx skills add hashicorp/agent-skills

# Install a specific skill
npx skills add hashicorp/agent-skills/terraform/code-generation/skills/terraform-style-guide

Claude Code Plugin

First, add the marketplace, then install plugins:

# Add the HashiCorp marketplace
claude plugin marketplace add hashicorp/agent-skills

# Install plugins
claude plugin install terraform-code-generation@hashicorp
claude plugin install terraform-module-generation@hashicorp
claude plugin install terraform-provider-development@hashicorp
claude plugin install packer-builders@hashicorp
claude plugin install packer-hcp@hashicorp

Or use the interactive interface:

/plugin

Structure

agent-skills/
├── .claude-plugin/
│   └── marketplace.json
├── terraform/              # Terraform skills
├── packer/                 # Packer skills
├── /              # Future products (Vault, Consul, etc.)
└── README.md

Each product folder contains plugins, and each plugin contains skills:

/
└── /
    ├── .claude-plugin/plugin.json
    └── skills/
        └── /

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