Molecule

When to Activate

• Agent needs to execute syntax/lint/test checks for Ansible playbooks locally.
• Troubleshooting configuration logic inside devcontainers or codespaces.
• User needs to run or debug Ansible role testing frameworks using Molecule.

Commands

# Run Molecule tests
molecule test

# Syntax check
molecule syntax

Devcontainer Guidance

When running Molecule inside GitHub Codespaces or a repository's VS Code devcontainer:

• Treat the repository devcontainer as the default controller environment for local development and testing.
• Keep controller dependency installation in the devcontainer configuration so Molecule scenarios can assume those tools are already available.
• Do not install controller-side Python dependencies during Molecule runs when the agent is already operating inside Codespaces or the repo devcontainer.