https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76316666/ansible-check-remote-hosts-and-include-results-in-email

session.txt

# Note: this is an exact copy/paste from the question
$ cat test.yml 
- hosts: all
  name: check patching
  gather_facts: 'no'
  tasks:
    - name: Get list
      win_shell: >-
        (New-Object -ComObject
        Microsoft.Update.Session).CreateupdateSearcher().Search(“IsHidden=0 and
        IsInstalled=0”).Updates | Select-Object Title
      register: List
- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - name: mail out
      host: 1.1.1.1
      port: 25
      from: [email protected]
      to: [email protected]
      subject: patches
      body: '(( hostvars[''????''][''List''].stdout_lines }}'



$ ansible-playbook test.yml
[WARNING]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available
ERROR! conflicting action statements: host, from

The error appears to be in '/tmp/test/test.yml': line 13, column 7, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:

  tasks:
    - name: mail out
      ^ here