- hosts: localhost
  connection: local

  tasks:
    - name: create a directory
      action: file state=directory path=/tmp/this_is_a_dir

    - name: create a link to a directory
      action: file state=link src=/tmp/this_is_a_dir dest=/tmp/this_is_a_link

[will@fedora ansible]$ ansible-playbook broken-links.yml -v

PLAY [localhost] ************************************************************** 

GATHERING FACTS *************************************************************** 
ok: [localhost]

TASK: [create a directory] **************************************************** 
ok: [localhost] => {"changed": false, "gid": 1000, "group": "will", "mode": "0775", "owner": "will", "path": "/tmp/this_is_a_dir", "secontext": "unconfined_u:object_r:user_tmp_t:s0", "size": 40, "state": "directory", "uid": 1000}

TASK: [create a link to a directory] ****************************************** 
failed: [localhost] => {"failed": true, "gid": 1000, "group": "will", "mode": "0777", "owner": "will", "path": "/tmp/this_is_a_link", "secontext": "unconfined_u:object_r:user_tmp_t:s0", "size": 18, "src": "/tmp/this_is_a_dir", "state": "link", "uid": 1000}
msg: src file does not exist, use "force=yes" if you really want to create the link: /tmp/this_is_a_link/this_is_a_dir

FATAL: all hosts have already failed -- aborting

PLAY RECAP ******************************************************************** 
           to retry, use: --limit @/home/will/broken-links.retry

localhost                  : ok=2    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1