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ansible-playbook-generator skill

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This skill generates a complete Ansible playbook with inventory and roles, accelerating infrastructure automation and configuration management.

npx playbooks add skill ehtbanton/claudeskillsrepo --skill ansible-playbook-generator

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---
name: ansible-playbook-generator
description: Generate Ansible playbook files for infrastructure automation and configuration management. Triggers on "create ansible playbook", "generate ansible config", "ansible automation", "infrastructure playbook".
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# Ansible Playbook Generator

Generate Ansible playbook files for infrastructure automation.

## Output Requirements

**File Output:** `playbook.yml`, `inventory.yml`, `roles/*/tasks/main.yml`
**Format:** Valid Ansible YAML
**Standards:** Ansible 2.15+

## When Invoked

Immediately generate a complete Ansible playbook with roles and inventory.

## Example Invocations

**Prompt:** "Create Ansible playbook for web server setup"
**Output:** Complete playbook with nginx, node.js, and ssl configuration.

Overview

This skill generates complete Ansible playbooks, inventories, and role task files for infrastructure automation and configuration management. It outputs production-ready YAML files compatible with Ansible 2.15+ and organizes roles under roles/* with tasks/main.yml. Use it to quickly scaffold repeatable deployments and standardize automation across environments.

How this skill works

When triggered, the skill inspects the request intent and immediately emits a set of files: playbook.yml, inventory.yml, and roles/*/tasks/main.yml. The generated YAML follows Ansible syntax and best practices for roles and inventories, including hosts/groups, variables, handlers, and idempotent task definitions. You can prompt for target services, OS families, or extras (SSL, users, packages) and the skill will tailor tasks and handlers accordingly.

When to use it

Bootstrapping a new server fleet with standardized roles and inventory
Scaffolding playbooks for web, database, or CI/CD components
Converting manual setup steps into repeatable, idempotent tasks
Generating example playbooks for documentation or training
Rapid prototyping of automation before adding complex logic

Best practices

Specify target OS family and versions to generate correct package managers and service names
Keep tasks idempotent and include appropriate handlers for service restarts
Use group_vars and host_vars in inventory for environment-specific configuration
Limit scope of generated roles to single responsibilities (web, db, ssl)
Review and test generated playbooks in a staging environment before production

Example use cases

Create Ansible playbook for web server setup with nginx, node.js, and SSL
Generate inventory and roles for a multi-tier app: web, app, and database hosts
Produce a Playbook that creates users, installs packages, and configures services
Scaffold automation for deploying a Docker host and pulling container images
Generate sample role layout for onboarding new DevOps engineers

FAQ

What files will the skill produce?

It outputs playbook.yml, inventory.yml, and roles/*/tasks/main.yml files organized for immediate use.

Which Ansible versions are supported?

Generated playbooks follow patterns compatible with Ansible 2.15 and later; verify any module-specific changes for newer versions.