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Use when the user needs to make an urgent targeted infrastructure change, hotfix, incident response fix, or patch without a full reconcile
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| name | formae-patch |
| description | Use when the user needs to make an urgent targeted infrastructure change, hotfix, incident response fix, or patch without a full reconcile |
Use the apply_forma MCP tool in patch mode for urgent targeted changes.
Patch only applies the changes explicitly specified in the forma file. Other resources are untouched. Use this for:
apply_forma with mode: patch, simulate: trueapply_forma with mode: patch, simulate: falseget_command_status to monitor progress:
sleep 5). Do NOT poll in a tight loop.After a successful patch, always remind the user:
This patch will appear as drift until you reconcile your IaC code. When the incident is resolved, consider the
formae-fix-code-driftskill to incorporate this change into your codebase.
pkl eval to evaluate forma files — ALWAYS use formae eval --output-consumer machine. Forma files use formae-specific extensions that only the formae CLI can resolve, and --output-consumer machine ensures parseable output instead of human-formatted text.formae-apply skillUse when the user wants to add support for a new resource type to an existing formae plugin
Use when the user wants to check for infrastructure drift, see what changed out-of-band, or absorb/overwrite out-of-band changes into their IaC codebase
Use when the user wants to bring unmanaged/discovered resources under formae management, import resources into their IaC codebase, or absorb cloud resources into existing forma files
Use when the user wants to rename a managed resource, relabel a resource, change a resource's label, or give a discovery-named resource a readable name — a rename on its own never destroys or recreates the cloud object
Use when the user wants to deploy infrastructure, apply a forma file, reconcile a stack, update a stack, or make planned infrastructure changes
Use when the user wants to start authoring formae infrastructure or deploy something NEW with formae — e.g. 'I want to deploy X with formae', 'build a k8s app with formae', 'set up infrastructure for Y', 'create a new forma file for my service', 'write formae IaC for Z'. The front door that triages where the work happens, sets up plugin schema deps, and dispatches to focused authoring skills. NOT for applying an existing forma file (use formae-apply) or operating existing infra.