Scaffold a new Ansible role following all Red Hat CoP good practices. Use when the user wants to create, generate, or bootstrap a new Ansible role. Use when user says "create a role", "new role", "scaffold role", or "generate role skeleton". Leverages ansible-creator when available. Do NOT use for reviewing existing roles (use ansible-cop-review instead).
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Create a new Ansible role that fully complies with every rule in CLAUDE.md.
If $ARGUMENTS is provided, use it as the role name. Otherwise ask the user.
Ask the user for:
$ARGUMENTS)./roles/<role_name>)galaxy.yml exists in the project root or a parent directory, assume yes.<role_name>_packages list variable, install tasks<role_name>_service_name, <role_name>_service_state,
<role_name>_service_enabled variables, service tasks, restart/reload
handlers<role_name>_config_* variables, template tasks with backup: true
and notify: handler, config file templates with
{{ ansible_managed | comment }}<role_name>_users list variable, user/group tasks<role_name>_firewall_ports list variable, firewall tasksdefaults/main.yml, meta/argument_specs.yml, tasks/, handlers/,
and templates/ with realistic, role-specific content instead of empty
placeholders.Use ansible-creator add resource role <role_name> <collection_path> to
generate the skeleton, then modify the generated files to comply with all
rules below.
If ansible-creator is not installed, fall back to creating the directory
structure manually (same as standalone below) and inform the user they can
install it with pip install ansible-creator or use the
ansible-dev-tools devcontainer for future use.
Create the role directory structure manually with all required files.
After scaffolding (or instead of it for standalone), ensure every file meets these requirements:
defaults/main.yml<role_name>_variable_name<role_name>_provider variablevars/main.yml__<role_name>_RedHat.yml, Debian.yml,
etc.)tasks/main.yml{{ role_path }}/vars/ and {{ role_path }}/tasks/ absolute pathsloop: not with_*If the role manages multiple concerns (e.g., packages + config + service),
split tasks into separate component files under tasks/:
tasks/main.yml — includes component files using
ansible.builtin.include_tasks with {{ role_path }}/tasks/ pathstasks/install.yml — package installation taskstasks/configure.yml — configuration/template taskstasks/service.yml — service management tasksName tasks in component files with a prefix matching the file name:
install | Install required packages, configure | Deploy configuration file, service | Ensure service is running.
Only create component files that are relevant to what the role manages —
do not generate empty component files. If the role is simple enough for a
single task file, keep everything in tasks/main.yml.
meta/argument_specs.ymldefaults/main.ymlmeta/main.ymlhandlers/main.ymlGenerate actual handlers based on what the role manages, not just placeholders. Common patterns:
Restart <role_name> and
Reload <role_name> handlers using ansible.builtin.systemd_service
or ansible.builtin.serviceValidate <role_name> configuration followed by
Restart <role_name>)handlers/main.yml with a
comment explaining no handlers are requiredAll handler names MUST be prefixed with the role name. Wire up notify:
in the corresponding tasks (e.g., template tasks notify restart handler).
templates/{{ ansible_managed | comment }}
header and use backup: true in the corresponding taskREADME.mdAfter creating all files, verify:
__ prefixargument_specs.yml matches defaults/main.ymltrue/false booleansansible_facts['...'] bracket notation is used everywhereIf the rules are not available locally (no CLAUDE.md with Ansible rules or
redhat-cop-automation-good-practices-*.md), fetch them from
https://github.com/redhat-cop/automation-good-practices as a fallback.