Run and manage Molecule tests for Ansible roles and playbooks.
npx skills add https://github.com/Cogni-AI-OU/cogni-ai-agent-skills --skill molecule
Please help me install this Agent Skill. Skill: molecule Source: https://github.com/Cogni-AI-OU/cogni-ai-agent-skills/tree/main/molecule Command: npx skills add https://github.com/Cogni-AI-OU/cogni-ai-agent-skills --skill molecule
Molecule is used to validate Ansible roles and playbooks, but running it reliably across devcontainers and Codespaces can be confusing and may cause hangs or missing-dependency issues.
Use the molecule skill to run Molecule syntax checks for your Ansible role locally in the controller environment.
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To run Molecule tests without causing hangs, split the create, converge, and destroy steps into separate subcommands and apply execution timeouts. This prevents indefinite execution during the Ansible validation cycle.
Molecule hangs or misses dependencies in Codespaces and devcontainers when controller packages are installed during each run. You must configure all required controller dependencies directly in the devcontainer configuration.
The best way to troubleshoot interpreter or module mismatches in Molecule is to run isolated molecule subcommands safely and apply the optional ANSIBLE_ALLOW_BROKEN_CONDITIONALS setting to bypass broken conditionals.
You do not need a separate virtualenv to run Molecule tests locally. You should avoid per-run controller installs and extra virtualenvs, relying instead on the existing controller environment for validation.
You can execute Ansible playbook syntax checks using specific molecule subcommands. This allows you to validate syntax, run converge cycles, and test roles locally before publishing changes.
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