YAML is more human-readable than JSON. It is commonly used for configuration files in projects, CI/CD pipelines, and Kubernetes manifests.
Yes. Valid JSON is also valid YAML. YAML just adds a more readable syntax with indentation instead of braces and brackets.
No. JSON has no comments, so none can be carried over. You can add comments manually to the YAML output.
The output is a YAML data structure. Ansible playbooks have a specific structure, so you would need to adapt the output to the required Ansible schema.
Yes. The YAML output preserves the key order from the original JSON.
GitHub Actions workflows have a specific YAML structure. The output is a data structure that you would need to adapt to the workflow schema.
The output follows YAML 1.2 syntax, which is the current standard and is compatible with all major YAML parsers.