ansible-convert

SKILL.md

Shell scripts execute commands imperatively; Ansible declares desired state. Conversion means rethinking operations as state declarations, not translating commands line-by-line. The goal is idempotency: running twice produces identical results.

Don't wrap shell commands in Ansible's shell module. Find the module that achieves the same end state declaratively.

| mkdir -p | ansible.builtin.file | state: directory | | cp | ansible.builtin.copy | Static files | | cp with variables | ansible.builtin.template | Use .j2 templates | | rm -rf | ansible.builtin.file | state: absent | | ln -s | ansible.builtin.file | state: link | | chmod, chown | Include in file/copy/template | mode, owner, group params |

Use when converting shell scripts to Ansible playbooks. Use when migrating bash automation, manual procedures, or Dockerfiles to idempotent Ansible tasks. Source: sigridjineth/hello-ansible-skills.

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