Add debugging to figure out why this isn't working

playbooks/inventory/linode.yaml

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
   
   vars:
     # Override these variables as needed
-    linode_api_token: "{{ lookup('env', 'LINODE_API_TOKEN') }}"
     linode_inventory_output_dir: "/tmp/linode_inventory"
     inventory_format: "json"  # or "ini"
     awx_integration: true
@@ -18,12 +17,10 @@
     specific_tags: []     # e.g., ['production', 'web']
   
   pre_tasks:
-    - name: Check for Linode API token
+    - name: Check for Linode API token (will be injected by AWX credential)
       ansible.builtin.fail:
-        msg: "LINODE_API_TOKEN environment variable or linode_api_token variable must be set"
-      when: 
-        - linode_api_token is undefined or linode_api_token == ""
-        - lookup('env', 'LINODE_API_TOKEN') == ""
+        msg: "Linode API Token credential must be attached to this job template in AWX"
+      when: linode_api_token is undefined or linode_api_token == ""
 
     - name: Display configuration
       ansible.builtin.debug:
@@ -58,26 +55,59 @@
           {% endif %}
 
 # Optional: Run against discovered Linode hosts
-- name: Example task against discovered Linode hosts
+- name: Debug and use discovered Linode hosts
   hosts: localhost
   gather_facts: false
   tasks:
-    - name: Load dynamic inventory
-      ansible.builtin.include_vars:
-        file: "{{ linode_inventory_output_dir | default('/tmp/linode_inventory') }}/{{ linode_inventory_output_file | default('linode_inventory.json') }}"
-        name: dynamic_inventory
+    - name: Check if inventory file exists
+      ansible.builtin.stat:
+        path: "{{ linode_inventory_output_dir | default('/tmp/linode_inventory') }}/{{ linode_inventory_output_file | default('linode_inventory.json') }}"
+      register: inventory_file_stat
+
+    - name: Display inventory file status
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: |
+          Inventory file path: {{ linode_inventory_output_dir | default('/tmp/linode_inventory') }}/{{ linode_inventory_output_file | default('linode_inventory.json') }}
+          File exists: {{ inventory_file_stat.stat.exists }}
+          File size: {{ inventory_file_stat.stat.size | default(0) }} bytes
+
+    - name: Load and display inventory contents
+      ansible.builtin.slurp:
+        src: "{{ linode_inventory_output_dir | default('/tmp/linode_inventory') }}/{{ linode_inventory_output_file | default('linode_inventory.json') }}"
+      register: inventory_content
+      when: inventory_file_stat.stat.exists
+
+    - name: Parse inventory JSON
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        dynamic_inventory: "{{ inventory_content.content | b64decode | from_json }}"
+      when: inventory_file_stat.stat.exists
+
+    - name: Display parsed inventory summary
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: |
+          Inventory loaded successfully!
+          Total hostvars: {{ dynamic_inventory._meta.hostvars | length }}
+          Groups: {{ dynamic_inventory.keys() | reject('equalto', '_meta') | list }}
+          Hosts in hostvars: {{ dynamic_inventory._meta.hostvars.keys() | list }}
+      when: dynamic_inventory is defined
 
     - name: Add discovered hosts to in-memory inventory
       ansible.builtin.add_host:
         name: "{{ item.key }}"
-        groups: "{{ group_names | default(['discovered_linodes']) }}"
+        groups: discovered_linodes
         ansible_host: "{{ item.value.ansible_host }}"
         linode_id: "{{ item.value.linode_id }}"
         linode_region: "{{ item.value.linode_region }}"
         linode_type: "{{ item.value.linode_type }}"
         linode_status: "{{ item.value.linode_status }}"
       loop: "{{ dynamic_inventory._meta.hostvars | dict2items }}"
-      when: item.value.linode_status == "running"
+      when: 
+        - dynamic_inventory is defined
+        - item.value.linode_status == "running"
+
+    - name: Display added hosts
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: "Added {{ groups['discovered_linodes'] | default([]) | length }} running Linode hosts to inventory"
 
 - name: Test connection to discovered Linode hosts
   hosts: discovered_linodes