packer

v1.0.0

Packer skills for image building and HCP Packer registry workflows.

CodexClaude Code4 Skills

By HashiCorpLicense: MPL-2.0873 GitHub starsUpdated 16 hours ago

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Runtimes: Codex and Claude Code
Parsed components: 4 skill or MCP entries
Source updated: Sep 24, 2026
Manifest status: Canonical path parsed

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Install packer for Codex and Claude Code

Installs for the current user

codex plugin marketplace add hashicorp/agent-skills
codex plugin marketplace upgrade hashicorp
codex plugin add packer@hashicorp

Paste and run these commands in a terminal with Codex. They add and refresh the hashicorp catalog, then install this plugin.

Compatibility: the page URL and API slug “packer” remain stable.

Codex: packer@agent-plugin-marketplace → packer@hashicorp

The installer fetches third-party code from the source repository shown on this page. This directory validates manifest structure and source location, but does not perform a security audit; review the manifest, components, and source before installing.

Get the source manually

$ git clone https://github.com/hashicorp/agent-skills

Clone the source repository, then follow its setup instructions to add the plugin to a compatible client. The plugin root is plugins/packer/.

Plugin files

plugins/packer/

├── .codex-plugin/plugin.json
├── .claude-plugin/plugin.json
├── skills/aws-ami-builder/SKILL.md
├── skills/azure-image-builder/SKILL.md
├── skills/push-to-registry/SKILL.md
└── skills/windows-builder/SKILL.md

Included Skills4

aws-ami-builderskills/aws-ami-builder/SKILL.md

Build Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) with Packer using the amazon-ebs builder. Use when creating custom AMIs for EC2 instances.

azure-image-builderskills/azure-image-builder/SKILL.md

Build Azure managed images and Azure Compute Gallery images with Packer. Use when creating custom images for Azure VMs.

push-to-registryskills/push-to-registry/SKILL.md

Push Packer build metadata to HCP Packer registry for tracking and managing image lifecycle. Use when integrating Packer builds with HCP Packer for version control and governance.

windows-builderskills/windows-builder/SKILL.md

Build Windows images with Packer using WinRM communicator and PowerShell provisioners. Use when creating Windows AMIs, Azure images, or VMware templates.

Plugin manifests2

plugins/packer/.codex-plugin/plugin.json

{
  "name": "packer",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "Packer skills for image building and HCP Packer registry workflows.",
  "author": {
    "name": "HashiCorp",
    "url": "https://github.com/hashicorp"
  },
  "homepage": "https://developer.hashicorp.com/packer",
  "repository": "https://github.com/hashicorp/agent-skills",
  "license": "MPL-2.0",
  "keywords": [
    "packer",
    "images",
    "aws",
    "azure",
    "hcp-packer"
  ],
  "skills": "./skills/",
  "interface": {
    "displayName": "Packer",
    "shortDescription": "Build and publish machine images.",
    "longDescription": "HashiCorp Packer skills for AWS, Azure, and Windows image building plus HCP Packer registry workflows.",
    "developerName": "HashiCorp",
    "category": "Developer Tools",
    "capabilities": [
      "Read",
      "Write"
    ],
    "defaultPrompt": "Help me complete this Packer task using the relevant HashiCorp skill."
  }
}

plugins/packer/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

{
  "name": "packer",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "Packer skills for image building and HCP Packer registry workflows.",
  "author": {
    "name": "HashiCorp",
    "url": "https://github.com/hashicorp"
  },
  "homepage": "https://developer.hashicorp.com/packer",
  "repository": "https://github.com/hashicorp/agent-skills",
  "license": "MPL-2.0",
  "keywords": [
    "packer",
    "images",
    "aws",
    "azure",
    "hcp-packer"
  ],
  "skills": "./skills/"
}