remove syntax check as ansible-lint already does this; see: https://ansible.readthedocs.io/projects/lint/rules/syntax-check/

.drone.yml

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ steps:
   - name: "Syntax check and Ansible Lint"
     image: gitea.thezengarden.net/podman/images/ansible-dev:latest
     commands:
-      - ansible-playbook --syntax-check $DRONE_WORKSPACE/hello.yml
       - ansible-lint --offline $DRONE_WORKSPACE
     when:
       branch:

hello.yml

@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@
   become: false
   gather_facts: false
 
+  bob:
+    - is great
+
   tasks:
     - name: Say Hello world
       ansible.builtin.debug:
         msg: Hello world!
-
-
-    - name: This should generate a syntax error but pass ansible-lint
-      ansible.builtin.debug:
-        mg: "this is incorrect, and should be `msg` instead!"