Terraform State Secret Leak 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.

Names the attributes, outputs and backends that copy a cleartext secret into terraform.tfstate

Install

tfstate-secret-leak-lint file

Node 18+. The same 10 rules as the VS Code extension, from a terminal or CI.

Free

• Scan the Terraform file you have open and name every attribute, output and backend setting that writes a cleartext secret into terraform.tfstate. 10 rules. On the 47-line sample file it returns 8 findings: 6 errors and 2 warnings. The fixed version of the same file returns 0.
• --rules lists every rule

With a licence ($29 once)

• Scan every .tf file in the workspace in one pass and export the finding list as a dated Markdown or JSON evidence file you keep for the audit. $29 once, one licence key per person or CI seat.

tfstate-secret-leak-lint --dir ./templates --report html --out report.html

Hand review runs about $150/hour.

Use from an AI agent (MCP)

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

{ "mcpServers": { "tfstate-secret-leak-lint": { "command": "tfstate-secret-leak-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 State Secret Leak Lint
  run: pip install rulestamp-tfstate-secret-leak-lint && tfstate-secret-leak-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-tfstate-secret-leak-lint
tfstate-secret-leak-lint --help