# Terraform State Drift Detector > Detects infrastructure drift by running terraform plan -detailed-exitcode and parsing the JSON output via terraform show -json. Categorizes drift by resource type and generates targeted terraform apply plans for reconciliation. Use when this capability is needed. - Skill: `tomevault-io/terraform-state-drift-detector` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add tomevault-io/terraform-state-drift-detector` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/tomevault-io/terraform-state-drift-detector/raw - Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS) - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: DevOps & Infra - Author: tomevault-io (https://skillmd.com/u/tomevault-io) - Updated: 2026-09-17 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/tomevault-io/terraform-state-drift-detector --- # Terraform State Drift Detector Detects infrastructure drift by running terraform plan -detailed-exitcode and parsing the JSON output via terraform show -json. Categorizes drift by resource type and generates targeted terraform apply plans for reconciliation. ## Installation Basic usage or getting-started notes: - Documentation is available on the [Terraform website](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform): - [Introduction](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/intro) - [Documentation](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/docs) - Source: https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform - Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hashicorp/terraform/HEAD/README.md ## Source - [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/terraform-state-drift-detector/) --- > Source: [agentskillexchange/skills](https://github.com/agentskillexchange/skills) — distributed by [TomeVault](https://tomevault.io).