agentic-stacks /

ansible

v2026.0402.1

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/ansible

Skills

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