Today I’m releasing ansible-doc-legalese! It’s a very silly Python tool that wraps up Ansible’s ansible-doc to parse a module, role, or similar into a legal document. You can install it today with pip install ansible-doc-legalese if you’d like to give it a whirl or check out the README for more info on development.
Quick sample of it running:
➜ ~ ansible-doc-legalese ansible.builtin.file
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF ANSIBLE
INFRASTRUCTURE DIVISION
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Case No. ANS-2026-386C08
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IN THE MATTER OF THE MODULE KNOWN AS
"ANSIBLE.BUILTIN.FILE"
OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION
AND BINDING SPECIFICATIONS
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Filed this January 21, 2026
BEFORE THE HONORABLE ANSIBLE ENGINE, PRESIDING
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ARTICLE I: STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
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COMES NOW the module "ansible.builtin.file", hereinafter referred to as "THE MODULE,"
and respectfully submits to this Court the following declaration of purpose:
"Manage files and file properties"
Enjoy.