Vendor a terraform resource as a module/component

[nitrocode]

Describe the Feature

It would be nice to vendor a terraform resource as a module/component so it can be easily used without needing to setup all of the scaffolding.

Expected Behavior

vendor yaml works for specific resources

Use Case

Use-cases:

• I want a module specific for route53 records. I want to use atmos vendor to create a wrapper module for the aws_route53_record resource
• I want to compose a simple component that uses 2 resources, aws_security_group and aws_security_group_rule, and use the composition as a base and then manually tie these resources together

Describe Ideal Solution

atmos either reads the golang code of a provider to read the arguments of a resource in OR atmos reads the html doc to scrape the arguments of a resource.

Once a resource and its arguments are read, atmos should populate the variables.tf and main.tf for every argument of the resource.

Alternatives Considered

Vendor in a module that already uses the resources that we're interested in and then delete everything except for the arguments related to those resources

Additional Context

N/A

[osterman]

This is similar, but not exactly what you want:

• https://atmos.tools/core-concepts/vendor/component-manifest/#vendoring-modules-as-components

That said, I think "vendor" might be the wrong term for this. "Vendoring" typically implies copying existing artifacts, whereas in this case the request is more about generating a new component from some resource.

I believe the right approach would be to use Gen AI (e.g., Cursor) to generate a lightweight component that you then wire up into Atmos as part of the framework.

Just a word of caution: one of our goals with Atmos is to avoid turning it into a reimplementation of HCL in YAML. We're trying to sidestep the pitfalls that come from blindly using HCL without a framework, while still respecting the fact that HCL already does many things very well. We want to build on those strengths without unnecessarily reinventing the wheel.