You can't have two actions in one task

linux/compliance.yaml

@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@
     # Ansible user SSH pub key
     # This is a really stupid way to do it, but alas.
     # This uses an environment variable named ansiblesvc_key in Semaphore which has the ssh-rsa pubkey.
-    - name: Add deployment user's SSH key.
+    - name: Create deployment user .ssh directory.
       file:
         path: /home/ansible/.ssh
         state: directory
+    - name: Add deployment user's SSH key.
       shell:
         cmd: echo "{{ ansiblesvc_key }}" > /home/ansible/.ssh/authorized_keys
         creates: /home/ansible/.ssh/authorized_keys