Invoking multiple playbooks with include inside a block of Ansible

I am trying to have a block in Ansible which will invoke multiple playbooks using include if a specific flag is set. I am trying to achieve something similar to below:

- hosts: localhost tasks: - block: - include: script1.yml - include: script2.yml - include: script3.yml when: flag|bool

This snippet throws an error stating ERROR! unexpected parameter type in action: <type 'bool'>

Thanks in advance!

1 Answer

The plays can't be included in a block. Quoting from ansible.builtin.include Synopsis

Files with a list of plays can only be included at the top level.

As a result, only Play keywords can be applied. The condition when is not among them.