We have some work on the roadmap to improve this experience. It will allow you to execute pulumi like any other python program (an embed it). Programmatically interacting with stack outputs from a pulumi up should be possible in the new model. Please add any additional detail about your use case: https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/issues/3901

Is there already a timeline for this?

We're beginning to think through design, but nothing firm yet.

Ic. Anyway, good to know its in the works.

so... you are dropping starlark language? it's not starlark