automation

simpleinfra: Automate Infrastructure

Name: simpleinfra: Automate Infrastructure
Author: rust-lang

Automate infrastructure tasks with simpleinfra, a Rust-based tool. Streamline ops with simpleinfra.

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178 stars107 forksHCLGuide quality 8/10 · reviewed Jun 1Updated 9/17/2026100% free · open source

What it is

Automate infrastructure tasks with simpleinfra, a tool for building and streamlining ops processes.

Real use case example

"A founder, struggling to onboard new employees, sets up simpleinfra to create new AWS users automatically. They follow 3 steps: create a new role, attach necessary permissions, and add the new employee's credentials. Now new hires get full access to AWS without manual intervention."

Best insideClaude DesktopCursorCodex CLI

When to use it

•When you need to provision and manage cloud resources consistently
•When you want to automate repetitive infrastructure deployment tasks
•When you need to ensure consistency across different environments, such as dev, staging, and production

Ready-to-paste prompt

simpleinfra apply -var 'aws_region=us-west-2' -var 'instance_type=t2.micro'

Saves to your device

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/simpleinfra && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/simpleinfra/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/simpleinfra/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How simpleinfra: Automate Infrastructure works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

Simpleinfra: Automate Infrastructure is a large HCL project (~18k lines across 436 code files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, MIT license, no tests found.

Size

Large codebase

~18k lines · 436 code files · ~3 h to skim

Setup

Developer setup

A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.

Runs on

Rust

No API keys detected

HCL 78%Python 8%Rust 8%Shell 4%JavaScript 2%

Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it
2
Cargo.toml
Dependencies and the commands it exposes

What's in each folder

terragrunt/Folder404 files

terraform/Deployment / infrastructure234 files

ansible/Folder222 files

github-actions/Folder5 files

setup-deploy-keys/Folder3 files

release-scripts/Folder2 files

.github/CI / automation (GitHub Actions)2 files

READMENo tests foundDocumentedCI checksMIT licenseUpdated this month

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/simpleinfra && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/simpleinfra/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/simpleinfra/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

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Details

Creator

rust-lang

Language

HCL