diff --git a/config/ansible/tasks/workstations/symlinks.yml b/config/ansible/tasks/workstations/symlinks.yml
index 385f161..e491dac 100644
--- a/config/ansible/tasks/workstations/symlinks.yml
+++ b/config/ansible/tasks/workstations/symlinks.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,20 @@
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
     user_home: "{{ ansible_env.HOME if ansible_user_id == 'root' else lookup('env', 'HOME') }}"
 
+- name: Define workstation symlinks
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    workstation_symlinks:
+      - { src: "$DOTFILES_PATH/vscode/settings.json", dest: "~/.config/Code/User/settings.json" }
+      - { src: "$DOTFILES_PATH/zed/settings.json", dest: "~/.config/zed/settings.json" }
+      - { src: "$DOTFILES_PATH/config/autostart", dest: "~/.config/autostart" }
+
+- name: Ensure parent directories for workstation symlinks exist
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ item.dest | replace('~', user_home) | dirname }}"
+    state: directory
+    mode: "0755"
+  loop: "{{ workstation_symlinks }}"
+
 - name: Create workstation symlinks
   ansible.builtin.file:
     src: "{{ item.src | replace('~', user_home) | replace('$DOTFILES_PATH', lookup('env', 'DOTFILES_PATH')) }}"
@@ -10,13 +24,4 @@
     state: link
     force: true
     follow: false
-  loop:
-    - {
-        src: "$DOTFILES_PATH/vscode/settings.json",
-        dest: "~/.config/Code/User/settings.json",
-      }
-    - {
-        src: "$DOTFILES_PATH/zed/settings.json",
-        dest: "~/.config/zed/settings.json",
-      }
-    - { src: "$DOTFILES_PATH/config/autostart", dest: "~/.config/autostart" }
+  loop: "{{ workstation_symlinks }}"