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+- name: Auto-provision new service pipeline
+  hosts: localhost
+  gather_facts: false
+  
+  #TODO: docs?
+  # For the git clone and git push commands to work smoothly inside this playbook,
+  # ensure your shell environment is passing your SSH key. Run ssh-add -l on your 
+  # terminal before firing up ansible-playbook.
+
+  # TODO
+  # If the machine executing this playbook doesn't have a global Git user configured, 
+  # the git commit task will fail. You can explicitly bypass this by adding environment 
+  # variables directly to the commit task if needed:
+  # environment:
+  #     GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: "Ansible Provisioner"
+  #     GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: "your-email@psi.ch"
+  #     GIT_AUTHOR_NAME: "Ansible Provisioner"
+  #     GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL: "your-email@psi.ch"
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: "Step 0: "
+      ansible.builtin.import_tasks: tasks/00-create-service.yml
+      # These variables are only visible inside this task
+      vars:
+        service_name: "OPTICSFF-X09L"
+        sls_bd_repo_url: "git@gitea.psi.ch:autodeploy_bin/sls_bd.git"
+        target_branch: "feature/add-{{ service_name | lower }}" # e.g., feature/add-tunefbx
+        workspace_dir: "/tmp/sls_bd_workspace"
+      tags:
+        - step_00
diff --git a/ansible/tasks/00-create-service.yml b/ansible/tasks/00-create-service.yml
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