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+"""Rule definition for ansible syntax check."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import re
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+from ansiblelint.rules import AnsibleLintRule
+
+
+@dataclass
+class KnownError:
+    """Class that tracks result of linting."""
+
+    tag: str
+    regex: re.Pattern[str]
+
+
+OUTPUT_PATTERNS = (
+    KnownError(
+        tag="missing-file",
+        regex=re.compile(
+            # do not use <filename> capture group for this because we want to report original file, not the missing target one
+            r"(?P<title>Unable to retrieve file contents)\n(?P<details>Could not find or access '(?P<value>.*)'[^\n]*)",
+            re.MULTILINE | re.S | re.DOTALL,
+        ),
+    ),
+    KnownError(
+        tag="specific",
+        regex=re.compile(
+            r"^ERROR! (?P<title>[^\n]*)\n\nThe error appears to be in '(?P<filename>[\w\/\.\-]+)': line (?P<line>\d+), column (?P<column>\d+)",
+            re.MULTILINE | re.S | re.DOTALL,
+        ),
+    ),
+    KnownError(
+        tag="empty-playbook",
+        regex=re.compile(
+            "Empty playbook, nothing to do",
+            re.MULTILINE | re.S | re.DOTALL,
+        ),
+    ),
+    KnownError(
+        tag="malformed",
+        regex=re.compile(
+            "^ERROR! (?P<title>A malformed block was encountered while loading a block[^\n]*)",
+            re.MULTILINE | re.S | re.DOTALL,
+        ),
+    ),
+)
+
+
+class AnsibleSyntaxCheckRule(AnsibleLintRule):
+    """Ansible syntax check failed."""
+
+    id = "syntax-check"
+    severity = "VERY_HIGH"
+    tags = ["core", "unskippable"]
+    version_added = "v5.0.0"
+    _order = 0