description"Terraform infrastructure-as-code workflow patterns: state and environments, module design, safe plan/apply, drift control, and CI guardrails"
summary"Manage infrastructure safely with Terraform: remote state, reproducible plans, reviewable changes, and guardrails"
when_to_use"When provisioning cloud or platform resources, standardizing environments, or building safe IaC workflows"
quick_start"1. Pin versions 2. terraform init/fmt/validate 3. Plan in CI 4. Review + approve 5. Apply with locking"