Terraform Drift Detection Runbook

---
name: "Terraform Drift Detection Runbook"
slug: "terraform-drift-detection-runbook"
description: "Detects infrastructure drift using terraform plan -detailed-exitcode and the Terraform Cloud API. Compares state files against live resources across AWS, GCP, and Azure providers."
github_stars: 48146
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform"
category: "Runbooks & Diagnostics"
framework: "MCP"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "hashicorp/terraform"
  github_stars: 48146
---

# Terraform Drift Detection Runbook

Detects infrastructure drift using terraform plan -detailed-exitcode and the Terraform Cloud API. Compares state files against live resources across AWS, GCP, and Azure providers.

## 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-drift-detection-runbook/)