Refine Argo CD documentation and configuration. Update README.md to clarify the relationship between noble-root and child applications, and enhance instructions for syncing workloads. Modify root-application.yaml to specify the use of kustomization.yaml for cluster workloads. Adjust values.yaml to enable Helm inflation for Kustomize charts. Update apps/README.md to streamline application management and clarify deployment processes.

clusters/noble/bootstrap/argocd/apps/README.md

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 # Argo CD — app-of-apps children
 
-Add **`Application`** manifests here (one file per workload or group). The **`noble-root`** Application in the parent directory syncs this folder.
+**`noble-root`** syncs this directory. Keep **one** child Application (**`noble-platform`**) so the UI does not list every Helm release separately.
 
-Example patterns:
+- **`noble-platform.yaml`** — syncs **`clusters/noble/apps`** via **`kustomization.yaml`** (namespaces, extra YAML, and **helmCharts** with the same **`values.yaml`** files as the manual install commands in each app README).
 
-- **Helm:** `spec.source` with `chart`, `repoURL` (Helm repo), and `helm.valueFiles` pointing at paths in the same git repo.
-- **Kustomize / plain manifests:** `spec.source.path` to a directory of YAML.
-
-The historical **`clusters/noble/apps/*`** tree is written for **manual `helm upgrade`**; migrating each app to an Argo CD `Application` is optional follow-up work.
+After changing **`clusters/noble/bootstrap/argocd/values.yaml`** (e.g. **`kustomize.buildOptions`**), roll the Argo CD Helm release so repo-server picks up the new ConfigMap.

clusters/noble/bootstrap/argocd/apps/noble-platform.yaml

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+# Noble cluster workloads — one Application so the Argo CD UI stays a single “platform” row
+# under **noble-root** (app-of-apps). Renders **clusters/noble/apps** (Kustomize + Helm).
+#
+# Adopting existing manual Helm releases: release names and namespaces must match
+# **clusters/noble/apps/kustomization.yaml** (same as the README install commands).
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: noble-platform
+  namespace: argocd
+  finalizers:
+    - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io/background
+spec:
+  project: default
+  source:
+    repoURL: https://gitea.pcenicni.ca/gsdavidp/home-server.git
+    targetRevision: main
+    path: clusters/noble/apps
+  destination:
+    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
+    namespace: default
+  syncPolicy:
+    automated:
+      prune: true
+      selfHeal: true
+    syncOptions:
+      - CreateNamespace=true