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Yes, it is necessary. In the k8s ProviderArgs, the KubeConfig property is string. With no explicit "ToString" call in the Apply function you'll end up with a kubeConfig type of Output<object> and a compiler error. ``````

I use the following output extensions:

public static class OutputExtensions
{
    public static Output<T> As<T>(this Output<object> output) => output.Apply(x => (T)x);

    public static Output<Resource> AsResource<T>(this Output<T> output) where T : Resource => output.Apply(x => (Resource)x);

    public static Output<T> WhenRun<T>(this Output<T> output, Func<T, Task> func) =>
        !Deployment.Instance.IsDryRun ? output.Apply(async value => { await func(value); return value; }) : output;
}

Then that line becomes:

var kubeConfig = cluster.RequireOutput("KubeConfig").As<string>();