but specific paths ansible.builtin.copy: src: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.first_found', params) }}" dest: /some/file vars: params: files: - foo - "{{ inventory_hostname }}" - bar paths: - /tmp/production - /tmp/staging - name: INTERFACES | Create Ansible header for /etc/network/interfaces ansible.builtin.template: src: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.first_found', findme)}}" dest: "/etc/foo.conf" vars: findme: - "{{ ansible_virtualization_type }}_foo.conf" - "default_foo.conf" - name: read vars from first file found, use 'vars/' relative subdir ansible.builtin.include_vars: "{{lookup('ansible.builtin.first_found', params)}}" vars: params: files: - '{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml' - '{{ ansible_os_family }}.yml' - default.yml paths: - 'vars' zW _raw: description: - path to file found type: list elements: path N)