Ansible Skills for Claude Code

Ansible automation skills for Claude Code: playbook development, debugging, shell conversion, and interactive workflows.

Installation

From GitHub (recommended)

# Add the marketplace
/plugin marketplace add sigridjineth/hello-ansible-skills

# Install the plugin
/plugin install ansible-skills@hello-ansible-skills

Manual Installation

Clone the repository and symlink to your Claude plugins directory:

git clone https://github.com/sigridjineth/hello-ansible-skills.git
ln -s $(pwd)/hello-ansible-skills ~/.claude/plugins/ansible-skills

Verify Installation

Run /help in Claude Code. You should see skills like:

• ansible-skills:ansible-playbook
• ansible-skills:ansible-debug
• ansible-skills:ansible-convert
• ansible-skills:ansible-interactive

Skills Included

ansible-playbook

Core playbook development reference. Use when creating playbooks, roles, or inventory files.

Covers:

• Project structure and ansible.cfg configuration
• Module patterns with FQCN (Fully Qualified Collection Names)
• Variable precedence rules
• Handlers and error handling
• Common mistakes and fixes

ansible-debug

Troubleshooting guide for Ansible errors. Use when playbooks fail with connection, authentication, or module errors.

Covers:

• Error category diagnosis (connection, auth, module, syntax)
• Verbosity levels and debugging commands
• Common error patterns and solutions
• Performance debugging

ansible-convert

Shell script to Ansible conversion. Use when migrating bash automation to idempotent playbooks.

Covers:

• Command-to-module mapping table
• Control flow conversion (conditionals, loops)
• When to use shell module
• Variable extraction patterns

ansible-interactive

Step-by-step guided development. Use when starting a new Ansible project from scratch.

Covers:

• Environment analysis questions
• Project setup workflow
• Connectivity testing before playbooks
• Incremental development with validation

Usage Examples

Create a playbook:

Create a playbook that installs nginx and configures it as a reverse proxy

Convert a shell script:

Convert this deployment script to Ansible: [paste script]

Debug an error:

My playbook fails with "UNREACHABLE" - help me debug

Start from scratch:

Help me set up Ansible for my 5 Ubuntu servers step by step

Repository Structure

hello-ansible-skills/
├── .claude-plugin/
│   ├── plugin.json          # Plugin metadata
│   └── marketplace.json     # Marketplace configuration
├── skills/
│   ├── ansible-playbook/
│   │   └── SKILL.md
│   ├── ansible-debug/
│   │   └── SKILL.md
│   ├── ansible-convert/
│   │   └── SKILL.md
│   └── ansible-interactive/
│       └── SKILL.md
├── my-ansible/              # Example Ansible project
│   ├── ansible.cfg
│   ├── inventory
│   ├── roles/
│   └── docs/                # Ansible tutorial (12 sections)
├── README.md
└── LICENSE

Contributing

Contributions welcome. If you find patterns that work well in your Ansible projects, consider adding them to the skills. Open an issue or submit a PR.

License

MIT