GEMINITerraform & OpenTofu IaC Gemini System Prompt
Generate Google AI Studio and Gemini SDK system instructions for Terraform & OpenTofu IaC. Google AI Studio and Gemini SDK system instructions steer Gemini models with explicit Terraform & OpenTofu IaC roles, input constraints, and output formats, maximizing reasoning reliability and code fidelity.
prompts/gemini-system-instructions.jsonWhat this file changes for Terraform & OpenTofu IaC
Google AI Studio and Gemini SDK system instructions steer Gemini models with explicit Terraform & OpenTofu IaC roles, input constraints, and output formats, maximizing reasoning reliability and code fidelity.
Terraform & OpenTofu IaC: code to avoid and code to write instead
# Dangerous: Hardcoded secret, no version lock, unmanaged state
resource "aws_db_instance" "bad_db" {
engine = "postgres"
password = "plaintextpassword123" # Leaked credentials in git!
}terraform {
required_version = ">= 1.7.0"
required_providers {
aws = {
source = "hashicorp/aws"
version = "~> 5.40"
}
}
backend "s3" {
bucket = "corp-tf-state-prod"
key = "vpc/terraform.tfstate"
region = "us-east-1"
dynamodb_table = "terraform-locks"
encrypt = true
}
}
resource "aws_db_instance" "primary" {
identifier = "app-db-prod"
allocated_storage = 50
engine = "postgres"
instance_class = "db.r6g.large"
password = var.db_password
skip_final_snapshot = false
lifecycle {
prevent_destroy = true
}
}How to Install Terraform & OpenTofu IaC Gemini System Instructions via Terminal
Step 1: Open Project Directory & Verify Target Placement
Open your terminal and navigate to your project root folder where the prompts/gemini-system-instructions.json file will reside. Ensure the file is placed at the exact path below relative to your project root so the AI engine automatically loads it:
Step 2: Fetch Rule File via Terminal Command
Run curl, PowerShell, or wget to stream the rule directly from the DevScratchpad raw API endpoint and write it to prompts/gemini-system-instructions.json:
Terminal One-Liner Install
Run directly in your project root to stream and write this rule file with one command.
mkdir -p "prompts" && curl -fsSL "https://www.devscratchpad.tech/api/raw/gemini-prompts/terraform-iac" -o "prompts/gemini-system-instructions.json"Step 3: Check that Gemini API and Google AI Studio uses it
Nothing loads this file automatically. Pass it as the system instruction in your Gemini API call, or paste it into Google AI Studio.
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Technical FAQ: Terraform & OpenTofu IaC AI Rulebooks
How do I use this prompt in Google AI Studio?
Paste the text parts into the System instructions field in Google AI Studio, or load the JSON in code and pass it as the system instruction (system_instruction in REST, config.systemInstruction in the Google Gen AI SDK).
Which Gemini models support these instructions?
Current Gemini models in the Gemini API and Google AI Studio accept a system instruction. Check Google's model list for the one you use.