Authoring Pulumi Components

A ComponentResource groups related infrastructure resources into a reusable, logical unit. Components make infrastructure easier to understand, reuse, and maintain. Components appear as a single node with children nested underneath in pulumi preview/pulumi up output and in the Pulumi Cloud console.

This skill covers the full component authoring lifecycle. For general Pulumi coding patterns (Output handling, secrets, aliases, preview workflows), use the pulumi-best-practices skill instead.

When to Use This Skill

Invoke this skill when:

• Creating a new ComponentResource class
• Designing the args interface for a component
• Making a component consumable from multiple Pulumi languages
• Publishing or distributing a component package
• Refactoring inline resources into a reusable component
• Debugging component behavior (missing outputs, stuck creating, children at wrong level)

Component Anatomy