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  "id": "tool:crossplane",
  "_kind": "Tool",
  "_file": "domain/tools/tools-iac-platform.yaml",
  "_cluster": "domain",
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    "displayName": "Crossplane",
    "homepageUrl": "https://www.crossplane.io",
    "kind": "iac",
    "description": "CNCF project that extends Kubernetes with Composite Resource Definitions and\nManaged Resources, enabling platform teams to build internal cloud APIs and\nprovision external infrastructure declaratively from the Kubernetes control plane.\n"
  },
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      "to": "language:go",
      "kind": "belongs_to_language"
    },
    {
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      "to": "skill-area:gitops",
      "kind": "tool_used_by",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "tool:crossplane",
      "to": "skill-area:platform-engineering",
      "kind": "used_for",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "tool:crossplane",
      "to": "skill-area:deployment-automation",
      "kind": "used_for",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "tool:crossplane",
      "to": "tool:terraform",
      "kind": "alternative_to",
      "attributes": {
        "comparison": "IaC — Crossplane uses Kubernetes CRDs; Terraform uses HCL files"
      }
    },
    {
      "from": "tool:crossplane",
      "to": "tool:pulumi",
      "kind": "alternative_to",
      "attributes": {
        "comparison": "IaC — Crossplane uses Kubernetes CRDs; Pulumi uses programming languages"
      }
    },
    {
      "from": "tool:crossplane",
      "to": "tool:opentofu",
      "kind": "alternative_to",
      "attributes": {
        "comparison": "IaC — Crossplane uses Kubernetes CRDs; OpenTofu uses HCL files"
      }
    }
  ],
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      "to": "tool:crossplane",
      "kind": "alternative_to",
      "attributes": {
        "comparison": "IaC — OpenTofu uses HCL files; Crossplane uses Kubernetes CRDs"
      }
    },
    {
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      "to": "tool:crossplane",
      "kind": "alternative_to",
      "attributes": {
        "comparison": "IaC — Pulumi uses programming languages; Crossplane uses Kubernetes CRDs"
      }
    },
    {
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      "kind": "alternative_to",
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      }
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}