(if so there is a option you can provide to the workspace https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/pulumi/pulumi/sdk/v2/go/x/auto#PulumiHome) What happens if you specify plugin installation from within your program like so: https://github.com/pulumi/automation-api-examples/blob/main/go/inline_program/main.go#L102-L106

completely new to pulumi

i have only followed the docs on the webpage

creating a pulumi kubernetes project on the side seemed to solve the problem as the plugin all of a sudden was there