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Not from within your Pulumi program which sets up the infrastructure. But the Automation API, as a way to programmaticaly create stacks can also set config values:
<https://www.pulumi.com/docs/guides/automation-api/getting-started-automation-api/#configure-your-provider-plugins>

Ah, nice - that's exactly what I was looking for (automating stack building). Thanks a lot!