/create-playbook

Create a state-based Ansible playbook named $1.

Load the ansible-playbook-design and ansible-fundamentals skills first.

If no playbook name provided, ask for one.

Playbook location: ansible/playbooks/$1.yml (add .yml if missing)

Target hosts: Use $2 if provided with --hosts, otherwise default to all

Create state-based playbook supporting present/absent:

---
# Usage:
#   Create: uv run ansible-playbook playbooks/$1.yml
#   Remove: uv run ansible-playbook playbooks/$1.yml -e "resource_state=absent"

- name: [Descriptive play name]
  hosts: [target]
  become: true
  gather_facts: true

  vars:
    resource_state: present

  tasks:
    - name: Validate state variable
      ansible.builtin.assert:
        that:
          - resource_state in ['present', 'absent']
        fail_msg: "resource_state must be 'present' or 'absent'"

    # Main tasks here

After scaffolding, initialize the pipeline:

1. Create the .claude/ directory if it doesn't exist:

   mkdir -p "$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/.claude"
   

2. Ensure .gitignore contains ansible-workflows patterns (append if missing):

# Ansible Workflows plugin state (auto-added)
.claude/ansible-workflows.local.md
.claude/ansible-workflows.*.bundle.md

3. Write state file $CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/.claude/ansible-workflows.local.md:

---
active: true
pipeline_phase: generating
target_path: ansible/playbooks/$1.yml
current_agent: ansible-generator
started_at: "[ISO timestamp]"
validation_attempts: 0
last_validation_passed: true
---

# Ansible Workflows Pipeline

Target: ansible/playbooks/$1.yml
Type: playbook

4. Write scaffolding bundle $CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/.claude/ansible-workflows.scaffolding.bundle.md:

---
source_agent: create-playbook
target_agent: ansible-generator
timestamp: "[ISO timestamp]"
target_path: ansible/playbooks/$1.yml
target_type: playbook
---

# Scaffolding Bundle

## Target Path
ansible/playbooks/$1.yml

## User Requirements
[Capture any user-specified requirements, hosts, or context]

## Files Created
- ansible/playbooks/$1.yml (scaffolded)

## Next Steps
Implement the playbook tasks based on user requirements.

5. Hand off to ansible-generator agent with the playbook path

Report: playbook path, state pattern implemented, pipeline initialized.