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Ansible Validator

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akin-ozer·vlatest·devops·Apache-2.0

Validates Ansible playbooks against best practices and schema to catch errors early and improve playbook quality.

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  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add akin-ozer/cc-devops-skills --skill ansible-validator -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

akin-ozer

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Install target

Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

scanned

This skill failed 2 of 6 checks. A failure is not proof of bad intent; it means something in the code needs a human to look at it before you run it.

  • No undeclared network calls: failed

    Contacts 1 host that is neither well-known infrastructure nor declared in the skill's frontmatter: www.checkov.io.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

    Hosts contacted

    www.checkov.ioundeclared

    What it found

    • devops-skills-plugin/skills/ansible-validator/scripts/validate_playbook_security.sh:155contacts www.checkov.io
      echo "  https://www.checkov.io/5.Policy%20Index/ansible.html"
    • devops-skills-plugin/skills/ansible-validator/scripts/validate_role_security.sh:150contacts www.checkov.io
      echo "  https://www.checkov.io/5.Policy%20Index/ansible.html"

  • No credential access: failed

    Touches credential material in 8 places.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

    What it found (3 of 8)

    • devops-skills-plugin/skills/ansible-validator/references/common_errors.md:242SSH private keys or config
      ansible-playbook -i inventory playbook.yml --private-key=~/.ssh/id_rsa
    • devops-skills-plugin/skills/ansible-validator/references/common_errors.md:246SSH private keys or config
      server1 ansible_user=ubuntu ansible_ssh_private_key_file=~/.ssh/id_rsa
    • devops-skills-plugin/skills/ansible-validator/references/common_errors.md:262SSH private keys or config
      server1 ansible_ssh_private_key_file=~/.ssh/custom_key

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned akin-ozer/cc-devops-skills at 276af751e6.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
276af751e6
Manifest
devops-skills-plugin/skills/ansible-validator/SKILL.md
Scanned
55 files, 7,898 lines
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About this skill

What it does

The ansible-validator skill validates Ansible playbooks, roles, and collections against best practices and syntax. It identifies potential errors and style issues before deployment, improving playbook reliability and maintainability. This ensures your infrastructure code adheres to defined standards and reduces the risk of unexpected behavior in production environments.

When to use it

  • Pre-deployment checks: Run validation as part of a CI/CD pipeline to catch errors early.
  • Role development: Ensure newly created or modified Ansible roles meet quality standards.
  • Collection creation: Validate custom collections for correctness and adherence to community guidelines.
  • Code reviews: Quickly identify potential issues during code review processes.

Key capabilities

  • Validates Ansible playbooks, roles, and collections.
  • Checks syntax and best practices.
  • Identifies potential errors before deployment.

Example prompts

  • "Validate this playbook: /path/to/my/playbook.yml"
  • "Run ansible-validator on the 'my_role' role."
  • "Check my collection for any validation issues."

Tips & gotchas

  • Requires Ansible to be installed in the environment where it is used.
  • The skill’s output may require interpretation based on your team’s specific standards and error tolerance.