ansible-doc

Display information on modules installed in Ansible libraries. Display a terse listing of plugins and their short descriptions. More information: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/cli/ansible-doc.html.

• List available action plugins (modules):

ansible-doc --list

• List available plugins of a specific type:

ansible-doc --type become|cache|callback|cliconf|connection|… --list

• Show information about a specific action plugin (module):

ansible-doc plugin_name

• Show information about a plugin with a specific type:

ansible-doc --type become|cache|callback|cliconf|connection|… plugin_name

• Show the playbook snippet for action plugin (modules):

ansible-doc --snippet plugin_name

• Show information about an action plugin (module) as JSON:

ansible-doc --json plugin_name