ansible-playbook
Run a playbook
How to use it
ansible-playbook is exposed by the MCP Ansible MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the ansible-playbook tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
Install MCP Ansible
pip install -r requirements.txtOther tools in MCP Ansible (24)
Fetch and analyze log files
Run setup and return facts
List hosts and groups from an inventory
Ping hosts via ad-hoc
Execute shell commands with enhanced parsing
Execute a role via a temporary playbook
Service management with logs
Run an ad‑hoc module
Run playbook twice and assert no changes second run
Create an Ansible playbook file from YAML string or object
Scaffold a role directory tree
Install roles/collections from requirements
Generate a lock file of installed roles/collections
Diff two inventories
Show a host’s groups and merged vars
Show inventory graph
Parse inventories (ansible.cfg aware, merges groupvars/hostvars)
Show registered projects
Bootstrap project (env info + galaxy install)
Discover playbooks under a project root
Run a playbook using project inventory/env
Register an Ansible project for reuse
Syntax check a playbook
Validate YAML files