tfdc

tfdc retrieves Terraform documentation from the public Terraform Registry and official HashiCorp docs.

Available commands

Command	Description
`provider search`	Search provider docs by service slug, returns `provider_doc_id` list
`provider get`	Fetch full provider doc content by `provider_doc_id`
`provider export`	Bulk export all docs for a provider version to local files
`module search`	Search the Terraform module registry
`module get`	Fetch module details by module ID
`policy search`	Search Terraform policy sets
`policy get`	Fetch policy details by policy ID
`guide style`	Fetch Terraform style guide
`guide module-dev`	Fetch module development guide

Workflow

Provider, module, and policy docs use a two-step search-then-get flow:

bash

# Step 1: Find doc IDs
tfdc provider search -name aws -service ec2 -type resources -format json

# Step 2: Fetch full content by ID
tfdc provider get -doc-id 10595066

Output formats

All search/get/guide commands support -format text|json|markdown (default: text).

Search JSON: { "items": [...], "total": N } Detail JSON: { "id": "...", "content": "...", "content_type": "text/markdown" }

Global flags

Flag	Default	Description
`-chdir`	none	Switch working directory; auto-detects `.terraform.lock.hcl`
`-timeout`	`10s`	HTTP timeout
`-retry`	`3`	Retry count
`-registry-url`	`https://registry.terraform.io`	Registry base URL
`-insecure`	off	Skip TLS verification
`-user-agent`	`tfdc/dev`	User-Agent header
`-debug`	off	Debug logs to stderr
`-cache-dir`	`~/.cache/tfdc`	Cache directory
`-cache-ttl`	`24h`	Cache TTL
`-no-cache`	off	Disable cache

Exit codes

Code	Meaning
`0`	Success
`1`	Invalid arguments or validation error
`2`	Not found
`3`	Remote API error
`4`	File write or serialization error

Individual skill details

For detailed usage of each command, see the individual skills: tfdc-provider-search, tfdc-provider-get, tfdc-provider-export, tfdc-module-search, tfdc-module-get, tfdc-policy-search, tfdc-policy-get, tfdc-guide-style, tfdc-guide-module-dev.