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16 added, 13 removed. Audit B to A.
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- title: "Ansible Playbook Dry-Run Validator"
- description: "Validates Ansible playbooks in check mode using ansible-playbook –check –diff and the Ansible Python API. Detects idempotency issues, undefined variables, and unreachable hosts before production runs."
+ name: "Ansible Playbook Dry-Run Validator"
+ slug: "ansible-playbook-dryrun-validator-agent"
+ description: "Validates Ansible playbooks in check mode using ansible-playbook --check --diff and the Ansible Python API. Detects idempotency issues, undefined variables, and unreachable hosts before production runs."
+ github_stars: 68364
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/ansible/ansible"
author: "ansible"
- category:
- - "Runbooks & Diagnostics"
- framework:
- - "Cursor"
+ category: "Runbooks & Diagnostics"
+ framework: "Cursor"
tool_ecosystem:
github_repo: "ansible/ansible"
github_stars: 68364
---
# Ansible Playbook Dry-Run Validator
- Validates Ansible playbooks in check mode using ansible-playbook –check –diff and the Ansible Python API. Detects idempotency issues, undefined variables, and unreachable hosts before production runs.
+ Validates Ansible playbooks in check mode using ansible-playbook --check --diff and the Ansible Python API. Detects idempotency issues, undefined variables, and unreachable hosts before production runs.
## Installation
- Choose whichever fits your setup:
+ Requirements and caveats from upstream:
+ - ad-hoc task execution, network automation, and multi-node orchestration. Ansible makes complex
+ - Allow module development in any dynamic language, not just Python.
- 1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
- 2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
- 3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
- 4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
- 5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.
+ Basic usage or getting-started notes:
+ - Power users and developers can run the devel branch, which has the latest
+ - in the Ansible community if you want to run the devel branch.
+
+ - Source: https://github.com/ansible/ansible
+ - Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/ansible/HEAD/README.md
## Documentation
- https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/index.html
## Source
- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/ansible-playbook-dryrun-validator-agent/)