Terraform Provider Pin Lint

Runs the same checker as our npm package on a Node.js runtime that pip installs for you (nodejs-wheel-binaries) - no system Node.js needed. Your files are checked locally.

Finds the .tf lines a clean terraform init is still free to move

Install

terraform-provider-pin-lint file

Node 18+. The same 14 rules as the VS Code extension, from a terminal or CI.

Free

• Lints the .tf file you have open and names every provider, backend and module line that a clean terraform init can still resolve differently than last time, with the pinned form to paste in its place.
• --rules lists every rule

With a licence ($29 once)

• Scans every .tf file in the workspace in one pass and writes a dated Markdown report you keep - for the CI gate, the change ticket and the audit trail.

terraform-provider-pin-lint --dir ./templates --report html --out report.html

One hour of contract platform-engineering review of the same root module — contract platform/DevOps engineers list $75-150/hour on public freelance marketplaces

Use from an AI agent (MCP)

Claude Code · Cursor · Windsurf · any MCP client - add to your MCP config:

{ "mcpServers": { "terraform-provider-pin-lint": { "command": "terraform-provider-pin-lint", "args": ["--mcp"] } } }

Tools: check_text and check_file (free) · check_dir (licence). The agent gets every finding with the line number.

Use in CI

- name: Terraform Provider Pin Lint
  run: pip install rulestamp-terraform-provider-pin-lint && terraform-provider-pin-lint --dir . --ci

The folder sweep, reports and CI mode need one licence — one payment, no subscription. Set READYSTACK_LICENSE=<key> or run --license <key> once.

Get a licence

Install (PyPI)

pip install rulestamp-terraform-provider-pin-lint
terraform-provider-pin-lint --help