ansifuzz 1.1.0

Fuzzy-search CLI wrappers for ansible-playbook and ansible ad-hoc

ansifuzz

Fuzzy-search CLI wrappers for ansible-playbook (ap) and ansible ad-hoc (aa).

Every flag opens an fzf picker. Passing a value pre-fills the search query — you still confirm with Enter. This means ap -i dev -l web -p nginx -t config -r opens four sequential pickers, each already filtered, so a few keystrokes get you to a reviewed playbook run.

Requirements

• Python 3.9+
• fzf on your PATH
• pyyaml (installed automatically)

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt install fzf

# macOS
brew install fzf

# Fedora/RHEL
sudo dnf install fzf

Installation

From PyPI (recommended)

pip install ansifuzz

From source

git clone https://github.com/chrisvanmeer/ansifuzz
cd ansifuzz
bash install.sh

Make sure ~/.local/bin is on your PATH (not needed inside a virtualenv):

echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Configuration

~/.config/ansifuzz/config.yaml is created automatically on first install.

# Default inventory used by both ap and aa.
# Relative paths are resolved from the current working directory.
# When set, the inventory picker is skipped — unless you pass -i explicitly.
default_inventory: production.ini

# Directory to search for playbooks (default: playbooks/)
# playbook_dir: playbooks

Inventory files can be either INI or YAML format — both are detected and parsed automatically.

---

ap — ansible-playbook

ap [-i [query]] [-l [query]] [-p [query]] [-t [query]] [-r]

Flag	Description
-i	Inventory picker, optionally pre-filled. Overrides default_inventory.
-l	Limit picker over hosts/groups from the inventory, optionally pre-filled.
-p	Playbook picker over playbooks/*.yml, optionally pre-filled.
-t	Tags picker — tags are parsed from the chosen playbook, optionally pre-filled.
-r	Review mode: adds --check --diff to the ansible-playbook call.

Examples

# Fully interactive — all pickers in sequence
ap

# Inventory from config, pick playbook interactively
ap

# Pre-fill playbook picker with "nginx"
ap -p nginx

# Pre-fill limit picker with "0007" → finds server0007.example.com
ap -l 0007

# All four pickers pre-filled
ap -i dev -l web -p nginx -t config

# Review run with pre-filled pickers
ap -i dev -l 0007 -p infra -r

# Explicit values only, no pickers
ap -i production.ini -l webservers -p playbooks/deploy.yml

fzf keybindings

Key	Action
Enter	Confirm selection
Esc	Cancel / skip optional step
Tab	Multi-select (limit and tags pickers)

Multi-selected limits are joined with : (web01:web02). Multi-selected tags are joined with , (deploy,config).

---

aa — ansible ad-hoc

aa [-i [query]] [-l [query]] [-m module] [-a 'args'] [-r]

Flag	Description
-i	Inventory picker, optionally pre-filled. Overrides default_inventory.
-l	Target picker over hosts/groups, optionally pre-filled. Defaults to all.
-m	Module name — skips picker when given directly.
-a	Module arguments (free-form string).
-r	Review mode: adds --check to the ansible call.

Examples

# Ping all hosts in default inventory
aa -m ansible.builtin.ping

# Uptime of a pre-filtered group
aa -l web -m ansible.builtin.command -a "cmd=uptime"

# Pick everything interactively
aa

# Restart a service — review first
aa -l db01 -m ansible.builtin.service -a "name=postgresql state=restarted" -r

# Switch to staging inventory, pick target interactively
aa -i staging

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Flag behaviour at a glance

Invocation	Behaviour
-i omitted	Use default_inventory from config, or picker if not set
-i (no value)	Picker opens, no pre-fill
-i dev	Picker opens, pre-filled with dev
-l omitted	No limit applied
-l (no value)	Picker opens, no pre-fill
-l 0007	Picker opens, pre-filled — fzf finds server0007.example.com
-p, -t	Same pattern as -l

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License

MIT — see LICENSE.