Fleet automation — teaches agents to write, deploy, test, and troubleshoot Ansible automation. Covers ansible-core 2.16–2.17 and Ansible community package 9.x–10.x. From first playbook to fleet-scale operations.
Install:
pipx install agentic-stacks # if you haven't already
agentic-stacks pull agentic-stacks/ansibleSkills
concepts
How Ansible works — control node, push model, idempotency, facts
installation
Installing ansible-core and community package via pip, OS packages, venvs
configuration
ansible.cfg precedence, directory layout, callback plugins
inventory
Static and dynamic inventory — groups, patterns, plugins, auto-discovery
playbooks
Writing playbooks — variables, handlers, conditionals, templates, Jinja2
roles
Role structure, defaults, dependencies, Galaxy, creation best practices
collections
Namespaces, installing, requirements.yml, building and publishing
modules
Core modules reference, custom module patterns, return values
vault
Encrypt/decrypt secrets, vault IDs, multi-password, CI/CD integration
testing
Molecule, ansible-lint, ansible-test — full testing pipeline
performance
Forks, pipelining, strategy plugins, fact caching, SSH multiplexing
upgrades
Version migration, deprecation handling, changelog review
troubleshooting
Symptom-based decision trees — connection, execution, performance issues
known-issues
Version-specific bugs and workarounds for ansible-core 2.16–2.17
decision-guides
AWX vs CLI, strategy selection guides
compatibility
Python version matrix, collection compat, OS support