ansible-proxy-chain/openspec/changes/archive/2026-04-22-inventory-template/proposal.md

Why

inventory/hosts.yml contains real server IPs and usernames — it should not be tracked in git. The repository should ship a .example template that users copy and fill in.

What Changes

• Rename inventory/hosts.yml to inventory/hosts.yml.example (tracked in git)
• Add inventory/hosts.yml to .gitignore
• Update README to document the copy step

Capabilities

New Capabilities

(none)

Modified Capabilities

• server-base: Inventory file becomes a user-created instance from a template

Impact

• inventory/hosts.yml gitignored (users create their own)
• inventory/hosts.yml.example committed as template
• README updated