# Terraform State Forensics Tool > Analyzes Terraform state files and plan outputs to detect drift, orphaned resources, and dependency cycles. Uses the Terraform CLI state commands, tfsec for security scanning, and Infracost API for cost impact analysis. - Skill: `tomevault-io/terraform-state-forensics-tool` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add tomevault-io/terraform-state-forensics-tool` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/tomevault-io/terraform-state-forensics-tool/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-forensics-tool --- # Terraform State Forensics Tool Analyzes Terraform state files and plan outputs to detect drift, orphaned resources, and dependency cycles. Uses the Terraform CLI state commands, tfsec for security scanning, and Infracost API for cost impact analysis. ## 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-forensics-tool/) --- > Source: [agentskillexchange/skills](https://github.com/agentskillexchange/skills) — distributed by [TomeVault](https://tomevault.io).