this is a pain in the ass lmao

inventory/linode.linode.yml

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+---
+plugin: linode.cloud.inventory
+access_token: "{{ lookup('env', 'LINODE_API_TOKEN') }}"
+
+# Use Linode labels as hostnames
+strict: false
+
+# Create groups
+keyed_groups:
+  # Group by region: region_us_southeast
+  - key: region
+    prefix: region
+    separator: "_"
+  
+  # Group by instance type: type_g6_standard_6  
+  - key: type
+    prefix: type
+    separator: "_"
+  
+  # Group by status: status_running
+  - key: status 
+    prefix: status
+    separator: "_"
+  
+  # Group by tags: tag_k3s, tag_debian, etc.
+  - key: tags
+    prefix: tag
+    separator: "_"
+
+# Set host variables
+compose:
+  ansible_host: ipv4[0]
+  ansible_user: phlux
+  linode_id: id
+  linode_region: region
+  linode_type: type
+  linode_status: status
+  linode_tags: tags
+  
+  # Add convenience variables for your tags
+  is_k3s: "'k3s' in (tags | default([]))"
+  is_control_plane: "'control-plane' in (tags | default([]))"
+  is_worker_node: "'worker-node' in (tags | default([]))"
+  is_debian: "'Debian' in (tags | default([]))"
+  is_ubuntu: "'Ubuntu' in (tags | default([]))"
+
+# Optional: Only include running instances
+filters:
+  - status == "running"
+
+# Cache settings
+cache: true
+cache_plugin: memory
+cache_timeout: 300