ansible
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Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 24, 2026
Risk Level: SAFEINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSCOMMAND_EXECUTION
Full Analysis
- [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill processes user-supplied Ansible playbooks, roles, and inventory data, which presents a surface for indirect prompt injection via malicious task definitions or variables.
- Ingestion points: The skill is intended to review and debug user-provided automation code (playbooks, roles) and dynamic inventory data as specified in
SKILL.md. - Boundary markers: Includes a dedicated "AI Self-Check" and "Production Checklist" in
SKILL.mdthat directs the agent to validate generated or reviewed content against a set of security and idiomatic rules. - Capability inventory: The reference files (e.g.,
references/playbook-patterns.md) document extensive capabilities including shell command execution (ansible.builtin.shell), network requests (ansible.builtin.uri), and file system manipulation. - Sanitization: The skill provides strong guidance on sanitizing sensitive output using
no_log: trueand protecting secrets withansible-vault(documented inreferences/vault-and-secrets.md). - [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill references several external resources and dependencies common to the Ansible ecosystem.
- Evidence: Recommends the use of
ansible.posix,community.general, andansible-lockdowncollections for compliance and hardening, and provides instructions for fetching images from official registries likedocker.ioandghcr.iofor testing. - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: Provides guidance and templates for executing shell commands when specialized Ansible modules are unavailable.
- Evidence:
references/playbook-patterns.mdincludes examples ofansible.builtin.commandandansible.builtin.shellwith explicit instructions on ensuring idempotency viacreates,removes, andchanged_whenattributes.
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