Does this skill support specific cloud providers?

While the principles are universal for production environments, they are particularly optimized for Terraform, OpenTofu, and major cloud providers like AWS, GCP, and Azure.

When should I invoke this skill in Claude Code?

You should invoke this skill at the beginning of any conversation regarding cloud setup, Terraform development, network design, or CI/CD configuration.

How does this help with technical debt?

It enforces 'governance before infrastructure,' ensuring that naming conventions and account structures are established correctly on day one to avoid expensive migrations later.

What is the Cloud Foundation Principles skill?

It is a specialized hub for Claude Code that provides an index of 15 opinionated, research-backed principles for building and scaling production cloud infrastructure.

Cloud Foundation Principles Hub

Name: Cloud Foundation Principles Hub
Author: oborchers

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Cloud Infrastructure

Enforces battle-tested infrastructure-as-code principles to build production-grade cloud environments with governance from day one.

This skill serves as the central orchestration point for fifteen specialized cloud principles, ensuring that architecture decisions for Terraform, networking, and security are based on production-proven patterns. By acting as an index for the fractional-cto framework, it guides engineers through critical setup phases—from multi-account structures to zero-static credential management—preventing common architectural mistakes that lead to technical debt. It is designed to be invoked at the start of any cloud infrastructure task to ensure governance and best practices are integrated into the workflow before the first resource is provisioned.

Key Features

01Standardizes multi-account governance and environment isolation

02Automates naming conventions and resource tagging logic

03Implements zero-trust security and identity federation patterns

049 GitHub stars

05Central index for fifteen battle-tested cloud infrastructure principles

06Optimizes Terraform state strategy and repository organization

Use Cases

01Refactoring Terraform code for better state isolation and blast radius control

02Designing secure network topologies and automated CI/CD deployment pipelines

03Bootstrapping a new production-ready cloud landing zone

Key Features

01Standardizes multi-account governance and environment isolation

02Automates naming conventions and resource tagging logic

03Implements zero-trust security and identity federation patterns

049 GitHub stars

05Central index for fifteen battle-tested cloud infrastructure principles

06Optimizes Terraform state strategy and repository organization

Use Cases

01Refactoring Terraform code for better state isolation and blast radius control

02Designing secure network topologies and automated CI/CD deployment pipelines

03Bootstrapping a new production-ready cloud landing zone