diff --git a/k8s/argocd/apps/phase1-hookless-0.yaml b/k8s/argocd/apps/phase1-hookless-0.yaml
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+# Phase 1 — Hookless releases: strimzi-operator, kafka-cluster, kmsvc-redis, queue-crd, management-service
+
+---
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: strimzi-operator
+  namespace: argocd
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "0"
+spec:
+  project: homelab
+  source:
+    repoURL: https://strimzi.io/charts/
+    chart: strimzi-kafka-operator
+    targetRevision: 0.46.0
+    helm:
+      values: |
+        watchNamespaces: ["sqs"]
+  destination:
+    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
+    namespace: sqs
+  syncPolicy:
+    automated:
+      prune: true
+      selfHeal: true
+    syncOptions:
+      - CreateNamespace=true
+
+---
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: kmsvc-redis
+  namespace: argocd
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "0"
+spec:
+  project: homelab
+  source:
+    repoURL: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
+    chart: redis
+    targetRevision: 20.6.0
+    helm:
+      values: |
+        architecture: standalone
+        global:
+          security:
+            allowInsecureImages: true
+        image:
+          repository: bitnamilegacy/redis
+        auth:
+          enabled: false
+        master:
+          persistence:
+            enabled: true
+            storageClass: longhorn
+            size: 2Gi
+          resources:
+            limits:
+              memory: 1Gi
+            requests:
+              memory: 1Gi
+  destination:
+    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
+    namespace: sqs
+  syncPolicy:
+    automated:
+      prune: true
+      selfHeal: true
+    syncOptions:
+      - CreateNamespace=true
+
+---
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: kafka-cluster
+  namespace: argocd
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "1"
+spec:
+  project: homelab
+  source:
+    repoURL: https://forgejo.riotpiao.homelab.com/riotpiao.com/homelab.git
+    targetRevision: main
+    path: k8s/sqs/charts/kafka-cluster
+    helm:
+      values: |
+        namespace: sqs
+        nodePool:
+          replicas: 3
+          storage:
+            class: longhorn-kafka
+            sizeGi: 10
+          resources:
+            memory: 5Gi
+            cpu: "2"
+  destination:
+    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
+    namespace: sqs
+  syncPolicy:
+    automated:
+      prune: true
+      selfHeal: true
+    syncOptions:
+      - CreateNamespace=true
+
+---
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: queue-crd
+  namespace: argocd
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "1"
+spec:
+  project: homelab
+  source:
+    repoURL: https://forgejo.riotpiao.homelab.com/riotpiao.com/homelab.git
+    targetRevision: main
+    path: k8s/sqs/charts/queue-crd
+    helm:
+      values: |
+        namespace: sqs
+        kafkaBrokers: "kmsvc-kafka-bootstrap.sqs.svc.cluster.local:9092"
+        redisAddr: "kmsvc-redis-master.sqs.svc.cluster.local:6379"
+  destination:
+    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
+    namespace: sqs
+  syncPolicy:
+    automated:
+      prune: true
+      selfHeal: true
+    syncOptions:
+      - CreateNamespace=true
+
+---
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: management-service
+  namespace: argocd
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "1"
+spec:
+  project: homelab
+  source:
+    repoURL: https://forgejo.riotpiao.homelab.com/riotpiao.com/homelab.git
+    targetRevision: main
+    path: k8s/sqs/charts/management-service
+    helm:
+      values: |
+        namespace: sqs
+        env:
+          kafkaBrokers: "kmsvc-kafka-bootstrap.sqs.svc.cluster.local:9092"
+          redisAddr: "kmsvc-redis-master.sqs.svc.cluster.local:6379"
+          authentikIssuerURL: "https://authentik.riotpiao.homelab.com/application/o/kafaka/"
+          authentikAudience: "QI0gPtR99ar8VvhK8Tqox4SDkTKzbNU7lbgwBNSc"
+        ingress:
+          enabled: true
+          host: kmsvc.riotpiao.homelab.com
+          clusterIssuer: homelab-ca
+  destination:
+    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
+    namespace: sqs
+  syncPolicy:
+    automated:
+      prune: true
+      selfHeal: true
+    syncOptions:
+      - CreateNamespace=true
diff --git a/k8s/argocd/apps/phase1-hookless-1.yaml b/k8s/argocd/apps/phase1-hookless-1.yaml
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+# Phase 1 — Hookless releases continued: promtail, blackbox-exporter, portainer, claude-terminal
+
+---
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: promtail
+  namespace: argocd
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "1"
+spec:
+  project: homelab
+  source:
+    repoURL: https://grafana.github.io/helm-charts
+    chart: promtail
+    targetRevision: latest
+    helm:
+      valueFiles:
+        - k8s/logging/promtail-values.yaml
+  destination:
+    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
+    namespace: logging
+  syncPolicy:
+    automated:
+      prune: true
+      selfHeal: true
+    syncOptions:
+      - CreateNamespace=true
+
+---
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: blackbox-exporter
+  namespace: argocd
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "1"
+spec:
+  project: homelab
+  source:
+    repoURL: https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts
+    chart: prometheus-blackbox-exporter
+    targetRevision: "~11"
+    helm:
+      valueFiles:
+        - k8s/monitoring/blackbox-exporter-values.yaml
+  destination:
+    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
+    namespace: monitoring
+  syncPolicy:
+    automated:
+      prune: true
+      selfHeal: true
+    syncOptions:
+      - CreateNamespace=true
+
+---
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: portainer
+  namespace: argocd
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "3"
+spec:
+  project: homelab
+  source:
+    repoURL: https://portainer.github.io/k8s/
+    chart: portainer
+    targetRevision: latest
+    helm:
+      valueFiles:
+        - k8s/portainer/portainer-values.yaml
+  destination:
+    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
+    namespace: dashboard
+  syncPolicy:
+    automated:
+      prune: true
+      selfHeal: true
+    syncOptions:
+      - CreateNamespace=true
+
+---
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: claude-terminal
+  namespace: argocd
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "3"
+spec:
+  project: homelab
+  source:
+    repoURL: https://forgejo.riotpiao.homelab.com/riotpiao.com/homelab.git
+    targetRevision: main
+    path: k8s/dev-tools
+    helm:
+      valueFiles:
+        - values.yaml
+  destination:
+    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
+    namespace: dev-tools
+  syncPolicy:
+    automated:
+      prune: true
+      selfHeal: true
+    syncOptions:
+      - CreateNamespace=true