diff --git a/clusters/base/crafty.yaml b/clusters/base/crafty.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..728e6fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/base/crafty.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+---
+# Flux Kustomization: Crafty Controller — reconciles ./platform/crafty.
+#
+# POST-PLATFORM TIER (dependsOn platform-config). Crafty is a LEAF Minecraft-management UI that depends
+# on Keycloak (the oauth2-proxy sidecar authenticates against it) + the trusted wildcard TLS cert +
+# split-horizon DNS + the Gateway API CRDs + the Cilium L2 LoadBalancer pool (game-port VIP) — all
+# brought up by `platform` (controllers) and `platform-config` (Keycloak realm/CRs, the wildcard
+# Certificate, cilium L2 pool + announcement, Gateway). It therefore MUST NOT live inside the gating
+# `platform` tier: a UI whose pod can crashloop (image pull, DB init, sidecar OIDC discovery during a
+# cold start) would keep `platform` not-Ready, and while `platform` is not-Ready NOTHING downstream
+# reconciles — the exact incident behind the headlamp/oauth2-proxy/homepage moves (DECISIONS-LOG:
+# "Headlamp gating stall"). Same lesson, same fix: a leaf reconciles in its OWN post-platform tier.
+#
+# NON-GATING (wait:false): nothing in the graph dependsOn crafty, and its pod can be long-not-Ready
+# during a cold start (Longhorn attach + Crafty DB init) while it waits on Keycloak/DNS/TLS.
+# wait:false guarantees its health can NEVER gate anything, even if a future resource is (mistakenly)
+# pointed dependsOn it.
+apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
+kind: Kustomization
+metadata:
+  name: crafty
+  namespace: flux-system
+spec:
+  interval: 10m
+  retryInterval: 2m
+  timeout: 5m
+  prune: true
+  wait: false
+  dependsOn:
+    - name: platform-config   # Keycloak realm + wildcard TLS + split-horizon VIP + Gateway + L2 pool first
+  sourceRef:
+    kind: GitRepository
+    name: flux-system
+  path: ./platform/crafty
+  # cluster-vars retained for parity with the other tiers / future overlay knobs (crafty references no
+  # ${VARS} today).
+  postBuild:
+    substituteFrom:
+      - kind: ConfigMap
+        name: cluster-vars
+  # SOPS decryption for crafty-oauth2-proxy-credentials.sops.yaml is layered per-environment by the
+  # overlay (clusters/dev patches THIS Kustomization by name), identical to headlamp/oauth2-proxy.
diff --git a/clusters/base/kustomization.yaml b/clusters/base/kustomization.yaml
index e23664b..df4ee11 100644
--- a/clusters/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/clusters/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -30,4 +30,8 @@ resources:
   # A leaf UI at home.keithjackson.dev; same non-gating rationale as headlamp/oauth2-proxy (a UI must
   # never gate the platform chain). Carries no SOPS secret, so clusters/dev adds no decryption patch.
   - homepage.yaml        # Flux Kustomization -> ./platform/homepage (dependsOn platform-config)
+  # Crafty Controller — Minecraft management UI, web UI Keycloak-gated by a per-pod oauth2-proxy
+  # reverse-proxy sidecar (Option B). POST-platform tier (dependsOn platform-config, wait:false); same
+  # non-gating leaf-UI rationale as headlamp/homepage/oauth2-proxy (a UI must never gate the platform).
+  - crafty.yaml          # Flux Kustomization -> ./platform/crafty (dependsOn platform-config)
   - cluster-vars.yaml    # overlay knob surface (base defaults)
diff --git a/clusters/dev/kustomization.yaml b/clusters/dev/kustomization.yaml
index ec227fc..74a172c 100644
--- a/clusters/dev/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/clusters/dev/kustomization.yaml
@@ -91,6 +91,20 @@ patches:
           provider: sops
           secretRef:
             name: sops-age
+  # crafty has its own post-platform Flux Kustomization (clusters/base/crafty.yaml). It carries
+  # crafty-oauth2-proxy-credentials.sops.yaml, so it needs its own SOPS decryption stanza (same as
+  # headlamp/oauth2-proxy). The `sops-age` Secret is created out-of-band (name only).
+  - patch: |-
+      apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
+      kind: Kustomization
+      metadata:
+        name: crafty
+        namespace: flux-system
+      spec:
+        decryption:
+          provider: sops
+          secretRef:
+            name: sops-age
   - patch: |-
       apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
       kind: GitRepository
diff --git a/platform/crafty/README.md b/platform/crafty/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f01c9ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/crafty/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+# platform/crafty
+
+**Crafty Controller 4** — a web panel that creates and manages multiple Minecraft servers (Java +
+Bedrock) as **subprocesses inside its own container**. Its web UI is **Keycloak-gated** via a per-pod
+**oauth2-proxy reverse-proxy sidecar** (the decided **Option B**, see
+[`../oauth2-proxy/README.md`](../oauth2-proxy/README.md)). Game ports are exposed **un-gated** on a
+Cilium L2 LoadBalancer (game protocols authenticate players themselves).
+
+- **Owner:** WS-APP (auth wiring shared with WS-SEC)
+- **Flux tier:** own non-gating `clusters/base/crafty.yaml` (`dependsOn platform-config`, `wait:false`)
+- **Namespace:** `crafty` (PLATFORM namespace — `gateway-access=shared`, NOT `app-namespace=true`)
+
+## Deploy summary
+
+| Thing | Value |
+|---|---|
+| Image | `registry.gitlab.com/crafty-controller/crafty-4:4.10.8` (current stable; bare-semver tags, no `v`) |
+| Web UI | HTTPS **self-signed** on `:8443` (reached only via the sidecar / same-pod) |
+| Sidecar | `quay.io/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy:v7.8.1`, reverse-proxy on `:4180` |
+| Data | ONE Longhorn RWO PVC `crafty-data` (20Gi), mounted 5× by subPath |
+| PVC subPaths | `servers`→`/crafty/servers`, `backups`→`/crafty/backups`, `logs`→`/crafty/logs`, `import`→`/crafty/import`, `config`→`/crafty/app/config` |
+| Identity | `runAsUser:1000 runAsGroup:0 fsGroup:0 runAsNonRoot:true` (see below) |
+| Web host | `crafty.home.keithjackson.dev` → shared Gateway → `crafty` Service :80 → sidecar :4180 → Crafty :8443 |
+| Game VIP | **192.168.1.55** (Cilium L2 LoadBalancer; `.53`=Gateway, `.54`=unifi, `.55`=crafty) |
+| Game ports | starter set: **TCP 25565-25567** (Java), **UDP 19132-19134** (Bedrock) |
+
+### fsGroup / user decision (the seerr lesson, applied)
+
+Crafty's Dockerfile does `useradd -g root -M crafty` (UID **1000**, primary group **root/GID 0**),
+`chown -R crafty:root /crafty`, and makes `/crafty` group-writable — the OpenShift/K8s
+"arbitrary-UID, root-group-perms" pattern. A fresh Longhorn PVC is `root:root` and not group-writable,
+so the non-root crafty process could not create `/crafty/servers/*` etc. and would CrashLoop (exactly
+seerr's failure at UID 1000 on a `root:root` PVC). Fix: **`fsGroup: 0`** makes the kubelet group-own
+the mounted volume to GID 0, mark it group-writable+SGID, and add GID 0 as a supplemental group;
+**`runAsGroup: 0`** + **`runAsUser: 1000`** pin the image's own `crafty:root` identity. Longhorn's
+`CSIDriver fsGroupPolicy: ReadWriteOnceWithFSType` applies fsGroup to this RWO filesystem volume.
+
+> **HUMAN runtime check:** confirm the pod writes its SQLite DB and can start a server. If the image's
+> `crafty` UID is ever not 1000, adjust `runAsUser` (the launcher's non-root path runs directly as the
+> current UID, so any non-root UID with GID 0 works, but 1000 matches `getpwuid` cleanly).
+
+## Auth = Option B (per-app oauth2-proxy reverse-proxy)
+
+Cilium 1.16.5 cannot inject `ext_authz` into the shared Gateway's machine-generated Envoy config, and
+native Gateway-API ExternalAuth ships in no released Cilium yet (see `../oauth2-proxy/README.md`). So
+Crafty's UI is gated by a **dedicated oauth2-proxy sidecar in the Crafty pod** (`--reverse-proxy`,
+`--upstream=https://127.0.0.1:8443`, `--ssl-upstream-insecure-skip-verify=true`,
+`--allowed-groups=platform-admins`, `--skip-provider-button`, cookie/redirect for
+`crafty.home.keithjackson.dev`). The `crafty` Service targets the sidecar, never Crafty's `:8443`, so
+the gate is **in the data path** (fail-closed: no valid `platform-admins` session ⇒ no upstream).
+
+> **Note:** Crafty ALSO has its own local admin login (it has no OIDC). After oauth2-proxy admits the
+> user, they still see Crafty's own login page — a second, defense-in-depth factor. The operator logs
+> in with Crafty's local admin credentials (set on first boot). This is expected, not a bug.
+
+### Keycloak client
+
+Confidential auth-code client **`crafty`** in the `homelab` realm — redirect
+`https://crafty.home.keithjackson.dev/oauth2/callback`, `webOrigins` the same host, a `groups`
+membership mapper (bare names). Provisioned **live via kcadm** at authoring time (2026-08-28) and
+captured as the durable GitOps source of truth in
+[`../keycloak/keycloak-realm-import.yaml`](../keycloak/keycloak-realm-import.yaml) (secret injected via
+the `CRAFTY_CLIENT_SECRET` placeholder).
+
+### Secret locations (SOPS/age)
+
+| Secret | File | Key |
+|---|---|---|
+| oauth2-proxy client id/secret + cookie secret | `crafty-oauth2-proxy-credentials.sops.yaml` (this dir) | `client-id`, `client-secret`, `cookie-secret` |
+| Keycloak client secret (mirror) | `../keycloak/keycloak-realm-clients.sops.yaml` | `crafty-client-secret` |
+
+`client-secret` here **must equal** `crafty-client-secret` there (cross-namespace mirror — a Secret
+can't span namespaces). Both are age-encrypted to the repo `sops-age` recipient and Flux-decryptable
+(verified: both decrypt and the two values match).
+
+## Game-port L4 exposure
+
+The Gateway is L7-HTTPS-only; raw TCP/UDP game ports can't ride it. `service-l4.yaml` exposes them as
+two `type=LoadBalancer` Services (TCP + UDP) sharing the pinned VIP **192.168.1.55**
+(`lbipam.cilium.io/sharing-key: crafty`), ARP-announced by the existing `default-l2` policy. This path
+is **NOT auth-gated** — Minecraft Java (Mojang/Microsoft) and Bedrock (Xbox Live) authenticate players
+themselves. `external-dns` publishes `crafty-mc.home.keithjackson.dev → 192.168.1.55`.
+
+### Adding more game ports (when the operator creates servers)
+
+The operator has **not created any servers yet**; the starter set covers 3 Java + 3 Bedrock slots. To
+add capacity:
+
+1. In the Crafty UI, create the server and bind it to a NEW port (Java TCP or Bedrock UDP).
+2. Add that port to the matching Service in `service-l4.yaml` (one
+   `{ name, port, targetPort, protocol }` line — K8s Services enumerate ports, no ranges).
+3. Add it to the game-port ingress rule in `networkpolicy.yaml` (`crafty-allow-ingress`).
+4. (Optional) add a `containerPort` in `deployment.yaml` for documentation.
+5. Commit → Flux reconciles.
+
+## Policies
+
+`namespace.yaml` sets only `gateway-access=shared` (platform namespace, like headlamp/homepage), so
+Kyverno does not auto-generate the app baseline. `networkpolicy.yaml` ships it explicitly (defense in
+depth): default-deny (DNS-only egress) + Cilium allows — Gateway→sidecar `:4180`, world/LAN→game
+ports, host→probe ports, and egress `world` (server-jar downloads + the OIDC path to Keycloak via the
+Gateway VIP). The sidecar→Crafty hop is pod-local (`127.0.0.1`) and not subject to network policy.
+
+## Verification
+
+- `make -C ci gate` — green (hand-authored platform manifests; render-golden unaffected).
+- `kustomize build` of `platform/crafty`, `clusters/base`, `clusters/dev` — clean.
+
+### Human tests (post-deploy)
+
+1. **Browser OIDC round-trip:** incognito → `https://crafty.home.keithjackson.dev` → expect a 302 to
+   `https://keycloak.home.keithjackson.dev/realms/homelab/...` (NOT the Crafty UI). Log in as a
+   **platform-admins** user (MFA/OTP enforced) → land on Crafty's own login → sign in with Crafty's
+   local admin. A **non-platform-admins** user → **403** (authenticated but not authorized).
+2. **Pod health / fsGroup:** `kubectl -n crafty get pod` Ready 2/2; Crafty writes its DB under
+   `/crafty/app/config` and `/crafty/servers` without EACCES.
+3. **Server-create + game reach:** in the Crafty UI create a Java server bound to `25565`; start it;
+   connect a Minecraft client to `crafty-mc.home.keithjackson.dev:25565` (or `192.168.1.55:25565`)
+   from the LAN and confirm the world loads. (Bedrock: a server on `19132/udp` reached at the VIP.)
diff --git a/platform/crafty/crafty-oauth2-proxy-credentials.sops.yaml b/platform/crafty/crafty-oauth2-proxy-credentials.sops.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6500b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/crafty/crafty-oauth2-proxy-credentials.sops.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+    name: crafty-oauth2-proxy
+    namespace: crafty
+type: Opaque
+stringData:
+    client-id: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:86ALvhXE,iv:S+guxBop+DkVX+SxxXObtzt5MYKVXo4NRksGPqwfUhA=,tag:Gllc0vKia1X1PFBF663apw==,type:str]
+    client-secret: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:0g/6FjJGHc8ndxkb9fJGvAmDWRVb7DhkC7hYubbQuncXjmo/9F33E/qMw4Zie/XOWL0hrb+OpdXETa4xH3XQeA==,iv:Wa2TPUfwBlxIntVz0cHbarGdK7SpL2KL24i1N1YYeWQ=,tag:AMEu0YI3O+4hWSJm4hsHaA==,type:str]
+    cookie-secret: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:FXHwQtpz1dGTV9gkzgx92Dh8yl3MbYZB/Q5Txfd9q7dbxDyKcmsOlxhAGuk=,iv:wVwcgbLEayUpDzMbTwMkT+jg3jVb/ztoqbXaKL41cVA=,tag:Q1Yl8PrkNBFg3x7OjYmCCQ==,type:str]
+sops:
+    kms: []
+    gcp_kms: []
+    azure_kv: []
+    hc_vault: []
+    age:
+        - recipient: age175l8mdpdfu7hq0aml3exs3gykarwjmuvr23sq56s3wjejnyk44wsp4mfzg
+          enc: |
+            -----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+            YWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBPa2I3ZU9zQUs3bnQ0dmJx
+            U3o0YXoyRWdaWmRrK2tBL0JRZjU1QTNCczA4CkI5RVZJRWFrWkJyL2ZJNU9EZWRP
+            ZjloR3VkUjFEeE93c2lsKzJSaTVTMFkKLS0tIGhyREVqWVZSanNnOHBLak9IdTQv
+            S0l3WFdPMFNzT1VoaVc2QnBIQXJDVGcKkjpqUkJa7TPYfSrjOxBB3lsffEHy5Thm
+            KuIMdXH5oiaCwORyjyPsFg/h3NOCSgzc0dolbQzoSynYb3vztlwmdQ==
+            -----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+    lastmodified: "2026-08-28T20:36:54Z"
+    mac: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:zfv1JaZrz2eyQF6SKrTi6YfmGXpKK8miRa5RHiTsq0FPFfFP6Xc7n47RH1tZj5CRgf86wKZB3H7m6jlxZ3mdpshqK3B41sONHC3TGLdJUJt8bw/a5GbyVg+xs41aLcldylq4zrDGXq/aj9c1/lfbtd1xxIpWaNiuvvSK6y21Tmc=,iv:hF5nskThNA/uY0tvYFMwtWrPhDSUqoVX8Y10TgdIDJA=,tag:IxoUv7kbrouxXLY23cElDg==,type:str]
+    pgp: []
+    encrypted_regex: ^(data|stringData)$
+    version: 3.9.4
diff --git a/platform/crafty/crafty-oauth2-proxy-credentials.sops.yaml.example b/platform/crafty/crafty-oauth2-proxy-credentials.sops.yaml.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ce59d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/crafty/crafty-oauth2-proxy-credentials.sops.yaml.example
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# =============================================================================
+# TEMPLATE — NOT APPLIED, NOT ENCRYPTED (.yaml.example is ignored by kustomize and never
+# auto-encrypted by SOPS). Reference scaffold + OPERATOR HAND-OFF.
+#
+# WHAT THIS IS: the OIDC client + cookie secrets for the per-app oauth2-proxy SIDECAR that gates the
+# Crafty web UI (deployment.yaml, container `oauth2-proxy`). The sidecar reads these three keys as
+# OAUTH2_PROXY_CLIENT_ID / OAUTH2_PROXY_CLIENT_SECRET / OAUTH2_PROXY_COOKIE_SECRET (env, by name only;
+# R-IDP-04). SOPS-encrypted; keys stay cleartext for reviewable diffs.
+#
+# The `client-secret` value MUST equal the `crafty-client-secret` placed in
+# platform/keycloak/keycloak-realm-clients.sops.yaml (which the realm import injects into the Keycloak
+# `crafty` client) — same cross-namespace mirror pattern as grafana/gitea/headlamp (a Secret cannot be
+# shared across namespaces, so the one value is stored in two encrypted files).
+#
+# HAND-OFF STEPS (operator):
+#  (a) client-id is fixed: `crafty` (matches the Keycloak client).
+#  (b) client-secret: use the SAME value generated for keycloak-realm-clients crafty-client-secret
+#         openssl rand -hex 32
+#  (c) cookie-secret: a fresh random 32-byte value, url-safe base64:
+#         openssl rand -base64 32 | tr -- '+/' '-_'
+#  (d) Copy to:      platform/crafty/crafty-oauth2-proxy-credentials.sops.yaml
+#  (e) Fill values; encrypt:
+#         sops -e -i platform/crafty/crafty-oauth2-proxy-credentials.sops.yaml
+#  (f) It is already listed under `resources:` in platform/crafty/kustomization.yaml.
+# =============================================================================
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: crafty-oauth2-proxy
+  namespace: crafty
+type: Opaque
+stringData:
+  client-id: crafty
+  # MUST match keycloak-realm-clients crafty-client-secret.
+  client-secret: REPLACE-ME
+  # Random 32-byte url-safe-base64 cookie signing secret (oauth2-proxy).
+  cookie-secret: REPLACE-ME
diff --git a/platform/crafty/deployment.yaml b/platform/crafty/deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1566849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/crafty/deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+---
+# Crafty Controller pod = TWO containers:
+#   1. crafty        — the panel + every Minecraft server it creates (Java + Bedrock) run as
+#                      SUBPROCESSES inside THIS container. Serves its web UI over HTTPS (self-signed)
+#                      on :8443. Never exposed directly — only the sidecar and the game-port LB reach it.
+#   2. oauth2-proxy  — a per-pod REVERSE-PROXY (Option B, platform/oauth2-proxy/README.md). The shared
+#                      Gateway routes crafty.home.keithjackson.dev -> this sidecar (:4180); the sidecar
+#                      authenticates the browser against Keycloak (homelab realm, group platform-admins)
+#                      and only THEN proxies to the co-located Crafty UI at https://127.0.0.1:8443. This
+#                      is how Crafty's UI (which has NO native OIDC) is Keycloak-gated without ext_authz
+#                      on the shared Gateway (impossible on Cilium 1.16.5 — see the oauth2-proxy README).
+#
+# Rendered by its OWN non-gating post-platform Flux Kustomization (clusters/base/crafty.yaml,
+# dependsOn platform-config, wait:false) — a leaf UI must NEVER sit in the gating `platform` tier
+# (DECISIONS-LOG: "Headlamp gating stall").
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: crafty
+  namespace: crafty
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: crafty
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  # Crafty owns a single RWO Longhorn volume with live SQLite + running server subprocesses; a second
+  # replica would double-mount/corrupt it. Recreate (not RollingUpdate) so the old pod releases the RWO
+  # PVC before the new one attaches.
+  strategy:
+    type: Recreate
+  revisionHistoryLimit: 3
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app.kubernetes.io/name: crafty
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app.kubernetes.io/name: crafty
+    spec:
+      automountServiceAccountToken: false
+      # ── IDENTITY / STORAGE PERMISSIONS (the seerr fsGroup lesson, applied) ───────────────────────
+      # The Crafty image runs as the non-root user `crafty` (UID 1000) whose PRIMARY GROUP is root
+      # (GID 0): its Dockerfile does `useradd -g root -M crafty` + `chown -R crafty:root /crafty` and
+      # makes /crafty group-writable — the OpenShift/K8s "arbitrary-UID, root-group-perms" pattern the
+      # Crafty docs call out. A fresh Longhorn PVC is root:root and NOT group-writable, so the crafty
+      # process (GID 0) could not create /crafty/servers/* etc. -> CrashLoop (same failure seerr hit as
+      # UID 1000 on a root:root PVC). fsGroup=0 makes the kubelet group-own the mounted volume to GID 0,
+      # mark it group-writable + SGID, and add GID 0 as a supplemental group, so the crafty user can
+      # write — Longhorn's CSIDriver fsGroupPolicy: ReadWriteOnceWithFSType applies fsGroup to this RWO
+      # filesystem volume. runAsUser/runAsGroup pin the image's own crafty:root identity; runAsNonRoot
+      # asserts it. (HUMAN runtime check at bring-up: confirm the pod writes the DB and starts a server;
+      # if the image's crafty UID is not 1000, adjust runAsUser — see README.)
+      securityContext:
+        runAsNonRoot: true
+        runAsUser: 1000
+        runAsGroup: 0
+        fsGroup: 0
+        seccompProfile:
+          type: RuntimeDefault
+      containers:
+        # ─────────────────────────────── Crafty panel + MC servers ──────────────────────────────────
+        - name: crafty
+          # registry.gitlab.com/crafty-controller/crafty-4 — official image. Pinned to the current
+          # stable release (4.10.8, 2026-07-29; tags are bare semver, NO `v` prefix). Renovate maintains.
+          image: registry.gitlab.com/crafty-controller/crafty-4:4.10.8
+          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+          env:
+            - name: TZ
+              value: "America/Chicago"
+          ports:
+            - { name: https-ui, containerPort: 8443, protocol: TCP }
+            # Starter game ports the operator assigns to servers created in the panel. Declared here for
+            # documentation + to back the game-port LoadBalancer (service-l4.yaml). Add more as needed.
+            - { name: mc-java-0, containerPort: 25565, protocol: TCP }
+            - { name: mc-java-1, containerPort: 25566, protocol: TCP }
+            - { name: mc-java-2, containerPort: 25567, protocol: TCP }
+            - { name: mc-bedr-0, containerPort: 19132, protocol: UDP }
+            - { name: mc-bedr-1, containerPort: 19133, protocol: UDP }
+            - { name: mc-bedr-2, containerPort: 19134, protocol: UDP }
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: 250m
+              memory: 1Gi
+            # Minecraft JVMs are memory-hungry; cap generously for a starter set of small servers.
+            limits:
+              memory: 4Gi
+          securityContext:
+            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+            capabilities:
+              drop:
+                - ALL
+            # readOnlyRootFilesystem intentionally UNSET: Crafty's launcher writes runtime state under
+            # /crafty (app cache, per-server working dirs) beyond the mounted subPaths; hardening it
+            # needs writable emptyDirs and is a deferred, runtime-verified follow-up (as headlamp notes).
+          volumeMounts:
+            # ONE Longhorn PVC mounted five times by subPath — exactly the dirs Crafty's docker-compose
+            # maps. Everything else under /crafty is read-only image content.
+            - { name: crafty-data, mountPath: /crafty/servers, subPath: servers }
+            - { name: crafty-data, mountPath: /crafty/backups, subPath: backups }
+            - { name: crafty-data, mountPath: /crafty/logs, subPath: logs }
+            - { name: crafty-data, mountPath: /crafty/import, subPath: import }
+            - { name: crafty-data, mountPath: /crafty/app/config, subPath: config }
+          # Crafty inits its SQLite DB + Tornado server on first boot (can take ~30-60s). TCP-probe the
+          # HTTPS UI port (an HTTPS GET would fight the self-signed cert). Generous startup budget.
+          startupProbe:
+            tcpSocket:
+              port: https-ui
+            periodSeconds: 10
+            failureThreshold: 30
+          livenessProbe:
+            tcpSocket:
+              port: https-ui
+            periodSeconds: 20
+            failureThreshold: 6
+          readinessProbe:
+            tcpSocket:
+              port: https-ui
+            periodSeconds: 15
+        # ─────────────────────────── oauth2-proxy reverse-proxy sidecar ─────────────────────────────
+        - name: oauth2-proxy
+          # quay.io/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy — same authenticator family as platform/oauth2-proxy, but
+          # here in per-app REVERSE-PROXY mode (--upstream is the co-located Crafty UI, not static://202).
+          image: quay.io/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy:v7.8.1
+          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+          args:
+            - --http-address=0.0.0.0:4180
+            - --reverse-proxy=true
+            - --provider=oidc
+            - --oidc-issuer-url=https://keycloak.home.keithjackson.dev/realms/homelab
+            # Gate the co-located Crafty UI. Crafty serves HTTPS with a SELF-SIGNED cert, so skip verify
+            # on this in-pod (127.0.0.1) hop; the browser-facing TLS is the trusted wildcard at the Gateway.
+            - --upstream=https://127.0.0.1:8443
+            - --ssl-upstream-insecure-skip-verify=true
+            - --email-domain=*
+            - --scope=openid email profile
+            - --oidc-groups-claim=groups
+            # R-IDP-06: a valid Keycloak session is NOT enough — the user must ALSO be in platform-admins,
+            # else /oauth2 returns 403. (Matches the platform oauth2-proxy floor.)
+            - --allowed-groups=platform-admins
+            # Single provider => 302 straight to Keycloak, no oauth2-proxy interstitial button.
+            - --skip-provider-button=true
+            - --redirect-url=https://crafty.home.keithjackson.dev/oauth2/callback
+            - --cookie-domain=.home.keithjackson.dev
+            - --whitelist-domain=.home.keithjackson.dev
+            - --cookie-secure=true
+            - --pass-access-token=true
+            - --set-xauthrequest=true
+          env:
+            # client-id / client-secret MUST match the Keycloak `crafty` client
+            # (keycloak-realm-clients secret, crafty-client-secret). cookie-secret is a random 32-byte
+            # value. All three from the SOPS-encrypted crafty-oauth2-proxy Secret, by name only (R-IDP-04).
+            - name: OAUTH2_PROXY_CLIENT_ID
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef: { name: crafty-oauth2-proxy, key: client-id }
+            - name: OAUTH2_PROXY_CLIENT_SECRET
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef: { name: crafty-oauth2-proxy, key: client-secret }
+            - name: OAUTH2_PROXY_COOKIE_SECRET
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef: { name: crafty-oauth2-proxy, key: cookie-secret }
+          ports:
+            - { name: http, containerPort: 4180, protocol: TCP }
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: 25m
+              memory: 64Mi
+            limits:
+              memory: 128Mi
+          securityContext:
+            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+            readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+            capabilities:
+              drop:
+                - ALL
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /ping
+              port: http
+            initialDelaySeconds: 5
+            periodSeconds: 15
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /ping
+              port: http
+            initialDelaySeconds: 5
+            periodSeconds: 15
+      volumes:
+        - name: crafty-data
+          persistentVolumeClaim:
+            claimName: crafty-data
diff --git a/platform/crafty/httproute.yaml b/platform/crafty/httproute.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6324339
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/crafty/httproute.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+---
+# North-south ingress for the Crafty web UI at crafty.home.keithjackson.dev. Attaches to the shared
+# Gateway (docs/09); TLS terminated at the Gateway by the *.home.keithjackson.dev wildcard cert (this
+# host is covered). Same-namespace backend, so no ReferenceGrant; the parentRef is permitted because
+# the crafty namespace carries gateway-access=shared. CR of the Gateway API CRDs — the CRDs are
+# registered by `platform`, which is Ready before this tier's platform-config dependency completes.
+#
+# auth-mode annotation records that this route is gated by a per-app oauth2-proxy REVERSE-PROXY sidecar
+# (Option B), NOT by Gateway ext_authz forward-auth (impossible on Cilium 1.16.5) and NOT native OIDC
+# (Crafty has none). The backendRef is the `crafty` Service, which fronts the sidecar (:4180) — so the
+# gate is IN the data path; the route needs no ext_authz filter of its own.
+apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: HTTPRoute
+metadata:
+  name: crafty
+  namespace: crafty
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: crafty
+  annotations:
+    homelab.keithjackson.dev/auth-mode: oauth2-proxy
+    homelab.keithjackson.dev/auth-groups: platform-admins
+spec:
+  parentRefs:
+    - name: shared
+      namespace: gateway
+      sectionName: https
+  hostnames:
+    - crafty.home.keithjackson.dev
+  rules:
+    - matches:
+        - path:
+            type: PathPrefix
+            value: /
+      backendRefs:
+        - name: crafty
+          port: 80
diff --git a/platform/crafty/kustomization.yaml b/platform/crafty/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ca23ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/crafty/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+---
+# Crafty Controller — Minecraft management panel, web UI Keycloak-gated by a per-pod oauth2-proxy
+# reverse-proxy sidecar (Option B). Rendered by its OWN post-platform Flux Kustomization
+# (clusters/base/crafty.yaml, dependsOn platform-config, wait:false) — NOT by the gating `platform`
+# tier: a leaf UI whose pod can be legitimately unhealthy must never gate the platform chain
+# (DECISIONS-LOG: "Headlamp gating stall"). Same non-gating pattern as headlamp/homepage/oauth2-proxy.
+#
+# The Gateway API CRs (httproute) + LoadBalancer Services travel WITH the component here: the CRDs they
+# need (gateway.networking.k8s.io, cilium.io) are registered by `platform`, and `platform` is Ready
+# before this tier's platform-config dependency completes, so ordering holds.
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+resources:
+  - namespace.yaml
+  - pvc.yaml
+  - deployment.yaml
+  - service.yaml
+  # oauth2-proxy sidecar client + cookie secrets — SOPS-encrypted, decrypted per-env by the crafty
+  # Kustomization (clusters/dev patches it by name). Referenced by name only (R-IDP-04).
+  - crafty-oauth2-proxy-credentials.sops.yaml
+  # default-deny baseline + Cilium ingress(gateway/game)/egress(world) allows.
+  - networkpolicy.yaml
+  # web-UI ingress (crafty.home -> oauth2-proxy sidecar) + game-port L4 LoadBalancer (VIP .55).
+  - httproute.yaml
+  - service-l4.yaml
diff --git a/platform/crafty/namespace.yaml b/platform/crafty/namespace.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acd512f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/crafty/namespace.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+---
+# Crafty Controller — Minecraft server management panel (Java + Bedrock). Its web UI is served at
+# crafty.home.keithjackson.dev via the shared Gateway, GATED by a per-pod oauth2-proxy sidecar in
+# reverse-proxy mode (Keycloak `homelab` realm, group `platform-admins`) — the decided Option-B auth
+# pattern (platform/oauth2-proxy/README.md: Cilium 1.16.5 cannot do ext_authz on the shared Gateway).
+#
+# gateway-access=shared opts this namespace in to attach HTTPRoutes to the shared Gateway (the
+# *.home.keithjackson.dev wildcard cert already covers crafty.home). The Gateway routes to the
+# oauth2-proxy sidecar (:4180), never directly to Crafty's UI.
+#
+# NOTE: intentionally NOT homelab.keithjackson.dev/app-namespace=true. Crafty is a PLATFORM admin tool
+# (like Headlamp in `headlamp` / Homepage in `homepage`), so Kyverno does NOT generate the app
+# default-deny baseline here and the app-scoped auth-mode / egress-class / host-namespace policies do
+# not apply (all Kyverno policies match namespaceSelector app-namespace=true). We still ship an
+# explicit default-deny NetworkPolicy + CiliumNetworkPolicies (networkpolicy.yaml) as defense in depth.
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: crafty
+  labels:
+    gateway-access: "shared"
diff --git a/platform/crafty/networkpolicy.yaml b/platform/crafty/networkpolicy.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5389889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/crafty/networkpolicy.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+---
+# Default-deny baseline (R-NET-01): deny all ingress + egress, allow only DNS. `crafty` is a PLATFORM
+# namespace so Kyverno does NOT auto-generate this (its policies match app-namespace=true) — we ship it
+# explicitly (defense in depth), same shape as the Kyverno-generated app baseline and as
+# headlamp/homepage. Cilium enforces the UNION of this NetworkPolicy and the CiliumNetworkPolicies
+# below (allow if ANY policy allows), so those add the Gateway/game/world paths on top of deny-all.
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: default-deny
+  namespace: crafty
+  labels:
+    homelab.keithjackson.dev/baseline: default-deny
+spec:
+  podSelector: {}
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+    - Egress
+  ingress: []
+  egress:
+    - to:
+        - namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              kubernetes.io/metadata.name: kube-system
+      ports:
+        - protocol: UDP
+          port: 53
+        - protocol: TCP
+          port: 53
+---
+# INGRESS allows. The crafty pod runs BOTH containers (oauth2-proxy sidecar :4180 + Crafty :8443 + the
+# MC game-port subprocesses), all selected by app.kubernetes.io/name=crafty.
+#   - Gateway (Cilium `ingress` entity) -> oauth2-proxy sidecar :4180 ONLY. The Gateway can reach the
+#     GATE, never Crafty's :8443 directly (there is no Service for :8443 either).
+#   - LAN players + admins (`world` = off-cluster to Cilium) -> the raw game ports. NOT auth-gated:
+#     Minecraft protocols authenticate the player. `host`/`cluster` cover node-local health probes and
+#     any in-cluster caller.
+#   - `host` (the kubelet) -> :8443 and :4180 for the liveness/readiness probes.
+apiVersion: cilium.io/v2
+kind: CiliumNetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: crafty-allow-ingress
+  namespace: crafty
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: crafty
+spec:
+  endpointSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app.kubernetes.io/name: crafty
+  ingress:
+    # Gateway -> the oauth2-proxy gate. Kubelet (host) probes the gate too.
+    - fromEntities:
+        - ingress
+        - host
+      toPorts:
+        - ports:
+            - { port: "4180", protocol: TCP }
+    # LAN/world players -> raw game ports (starter set). Add ports here when new servers are created.
+    - fromEntities:
+        - world
+        - cluster
+        - host
+      toPorts:
+        - ports:
+            - { port: "25565", protocol: TCP }   # Java slot 0
+            - { port: "25566", protocol: TCP }   # Java slot 1
+            - { port: "25567", protocol: TCP }   # Java slot 2
+            - { port: "19132", protocol: UDP }   # Bedrock slot 0
+            - { port: "19133", protocol: UDP }   # Bedrock slot 1
+            - { port: "19134", protocol: UDP }   # Bedrock slot 2
+    # Kubelet (host) -> Crafty's HTTPS UI port for its TCP health probe.
+    - fromEntities:
+        - host
+      toPorts:
+        - ports:
+            - { port: "8443", protocol: TCP }
+---
+# EGRESS allows (DNS already permitted by the default-deny baseline above).
+#   - Crafty must reach the INTERNET to download Minecraft server jars (Mojang/PaperMC/Purpur/Fabric,
+#     Bedrock binaries) when the operator creates/updates a server.
+#   - The oauth2-proxy sidecar must reach Keycloak at keycloak.home.keithjackson.dev, which coredns
+#     split-horizon resolves to the Gateway VIP (an L2-announced LoadBalancer IP Cilium classifies as
+#     `world`) — so `world` egress covers both the jar downloads AND the OIDC path (same as headlamp).
+#   - The sidecar -> Crafty hop is pod-local (127.0.0.1:8443) and is NOT subject to network policy.
+apiVersion: cilium.io/v2
+kind: CiliumNetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: crafty-allow-egress
+  namespace: crafty
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: crafty
+spec:
+  endpointSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app.kubernetes.io/name: crafty
+  egress:
+    - toEntities:
+        - world
diff --git a/platform/crafty/pvc.yaml b/platform/crafty/pvc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b7cdb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/crafty/pvc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+---
+# Crafty data PVC (R-STATE-01/02) — the SINGLE stateful volume behind Crafty Controller. Crafty runs
+# every Minecraft server it creates as a SUBPROCESS inside its own container, so all server worlds,
+# backups, imports, logs and Crafty's own SQLite config/DB live under /crafty and must persist across
+# pod restarts. This one Longhorn RWO volume is mounted five times by subPath (deployment.yaml) to the
+# exact directories Crafty's docker-compose maps (/crafty/servers, /crafty/backups, /crafty/logs,
+# /crafty/import, /crafty/app/config).
+#
+# Sized 20Gi for a starter set of small worlds + rolling backups; expand via the Longhorn
+# allowVolumeExpansion storage class when real worlds grow. Replicated on the Longhorn 3-replica tier
+# (docs/04). fsGroup/root-group ownership so the non-root `crafty` user can write — see deployment.yaml.
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: crafty-data
+  namespace: crafty
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: crafty
+spec:
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  storageClassName: longhorn
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: 20Gi
diff --git a/platform/crafty/service-l4.yaml b/platform/crafty/service-l4.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3159fc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/crafty/service-l4.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+---
+# ============================================================================================
+# GAME-PORT L4 EXPOSURE — why the shared HTTPS Gateway is NOT enough (same shape as apps/vms/unifi).
+# ============================================================================================
+# The Minecraft servers Crafty creates listen on RAW TCP (Java) and UDP (Bedrock) game ports inside
+# the crafty pod's network namespace. The Gateway API `shared` Gateway is an L7 HTTPS terminator and
+# CANNOT express raw TCP on arbitrary ports or UDP at all. So the game ports are exposed as
+# type=LoadBalancer Services whose VIP is pulled from the CiliumLoadBalancerIPPool `default-pool`
+# (192.168.1.53-.60) and ARP-announced on the flat LAN by the existing CiliumL2AnnouncementPolicy
+# `default-l2` (platform-config/cilium/*) — the SAME machinery the Gateway VIP and unifi already use.
+# No new Cilium config is needed; these Services just consume the pool.
+#
+# THIS PATH IS NOT AUTH-GATED — and that is correct: Minecraft's Java (Mojang/Microsoft auth) and
+# Bedrock (Xbox Live) protocols authenticate the PLAYER themselves. Only the Crafty WEB UI (admin
+# control plane) is Keycloak-gated (via the oauth2-proxy sidecar); the game ports carry player traffic
+# and must reach the server subprocesses directly.
+#
+# VIP: 192.168.1.55 — the next free address in default-pool (.53 = shared Gateway, .54 = unifi;
+# verified free live 2026-08-28). PINNED via lbipam.cilium.io/ips so players have a stable target.
+# ONE VIP, TWO SERVICES: a LoadBalancer Service is single-protocol-friendly, so TCP and UDP split into
+# two Services sharing the IP via lbipam.cilium.io/sharing-key (same pattern as unifi).
+#
+# STARTER PORT SET (the operator has not created any servers yet): TCP 25565-25567 (three Java slots)
+# + UDP 19132-19134 (three Bedrock slots). To add capacity: create the server in Crafty bound to a NEW
+# port, then add that port to the matching Service below (and a containerPort in deployment.yaml for
+# documentation) and to the game-port ingress CiliumNetworkPolicy (networkpolicy.yaml). K8s Services
+# enumerate ports individually (no ranges), so add one `{ name, port, targetPort, protocol }` line each.
+#
+# externalTrafficPolicy: Local preserves the LAN client source IP and pins the VIP to the node running
+# the crafty pod (also what L2 announcement does). external-dns (source: service) publishes the A
+# record from the -tcp Service.
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: crafty-l4-tcp
+  namespace: crafty
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: crafty
+  annotations:
+    lbipam.cilium.io/sharing-key: "crafty"
+    lbipam.cilium.io/ips: "192.168.1.55"
+    # external-dns publishes A crafty-mc.home.keithjackson.dev -> 192.168.1.55 (the Java server target).
+    external-dns.alpha.kubernetes.io/hostname: "crafty-mc.home.keithjackson.dev"
+spec:
+  type: LoadBalancer
+  externalTrafficPolicy: Local
+  selector:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: crafty
+  ports:
+    - { name: mc-java-0, port: 25565, targetPort: 25565, protocol: TCP }
+    - { name: mc-java-1, port: 25566, targetPort: 25566, protocol: TCP }
+    - { name: mc-java-2, port: 25567, targetPort: 25567, protocol: TCP }
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: crafty-l4-udp
+  namespace: crafty
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: crafty
+  annotations:
+    lbipam.cilium.io/sharing-key: "crafty"    # same key + same IP => shares the VIP with -tcp
+    lbipam.cilium.io/ips: "192.168.1.55"
+spec:
+  type: LoadBalancer
+  externalTrafficPolicy: Local
+  selector:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: crafty
+  ports:
+    - { name: mc-bedr-0, port: 19132, targetPort: 19132, protocol: UDP }
+    - { name: mc-bedr-1, port: 19133, targetPort: 19133, protocol: UDP }
+    - { name: mc-bedr-2, port: 19134, targetPort: 19134, protocol: UDP }
diff --git a/platform/crafty/service.yaml b/platform/crafty/service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1672920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/crafty/service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+---
+# ClusterIP fronting the oauth2-proxy SIDECAR (NOT Crafty directly). The shared Gateway routes
+# crafty.home.keithjackson.dev to this Service (httproute.yaml); Service :80 -> sidecar :4180, which
+# authenticates against Keycloak and only then proxies to the co-located Crafty UI (127.0.0.1:8443).
+# There is deliberately NO Service targeting Crafty's :8443 — the UI is reachable ONLY through the
+# gate. (Game traffic reaches the MC server subprocesses via the separate L4 LoadBalancer, which is
+# NOT auth-gated because game protocols authenticate themselves — service-l4.yaml.)
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: crafty
+  namespace: crafty
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: crafty
+spec:
+  type: ClusterIP
+  selector:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: crafty
+  ports:
+    - name: http
+      port: 80
+      targetPort: http   # oauth2-proxy sidecar :4180
+      protocol: TCP
diff --git a/platform/keycloak/keycloak-realm-clients.sops.yaml b/platform/keycloak/keycloak-realm-clients.sops.yaml
index 5bd23f9..6342c1d 100644
--- a/platform/keycloak/keycloak-realm-clients.sops.yaml
+++ b/platform/keycloak/keycloak-realm-clients.sops.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ stringData:
     nextcloud-client-secret: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:Uh3+EqIr88CNNt3KfDYP8lbNIhcB9iQrxJvbaxek40hD+JYAJmUP31WQypyDY3BiSvkjE6urr9PJmYoDgz7tkw==,iv:Tg4WAgyydIUBB1mqdOZPt0HsCkWSGNPvbI4WtFKj9V8=,tag:1LgZYdDPVEM+9UROanBllw==,type:str]
     semaphore-client-secret: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:BX5lXhFNX6vQh67G2+XM2vt9wymhL8Psx+NqQJneFup7gdZRjhk8paEU5dOfugZNwooieara7UFyAFm5+1BJFg==,iv:kmmz0ZiCZgsSowns3hjDTQzoD2lPCr9Oz1iS5WgbhEE=,tag:BbesQX6lxAhaGiqPqMQ9vA==,type:str]
     headlamp-client-secret: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:hlQ5m6FeqwOqX9HTT8jC6NZmhQH0kMgUveMZ2Cfen1zLLxWfYXXC1QMBWSqrchY2EpyIr7vNPbFjbqffwiSDHQ==,iv:WS1F3gkWn18STl4c38AlCe7TU6jvZpl/eULf2TnjIZ4=,tag:n2BnQYrm4gZbLeemDBykjA==,type:str]
+    crafty-client-secret: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:j9HAqIVlr+y8xZ6RvOvtQrVBv/mTLK89KYu1oQMkeSMsjyZdwZlLwW+Q7oiO1hqpyEG7ht5z3x6dJegN4LaxQQ==,iv:mnG5boz0M2A6hDdLKBaneUPH75Ih1RhM2R2d77VG7Vs=,tag:TGQKb7+4lnmhS3DZm6Wz1A==,type:str]
 sops:
     kms: []
     gcp_kms: []
@@ -26,8 +27,8 @@ sops:
             YXJGUUJiTnFndFhDZDU1bmxXTENCbmsKuhb3RQ3LZmuTPAXEck8b6iuZ5vxLb9fV
             +fQELmU4kOTbZrPSxy+kpttLG5Cy5d6X2ieZXBf6opzpLTUhlBOkHA==
             -----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
-    lastmodified: "2026-08-28T16:39:25Z"
-    mac: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:HRQ1SISIr9DrfCz96vEDGd/vP0o6pkVy5iMAUS+310oWAWhTxeXFvROJAhfdL1Pq8GzgFnA8s/Z6mSwr2E/D3Sjp679dYrZJeuKqt7A/TFiIsTt2yka+xpH9uCtoX8XpQDXFgq2bpAeOYoUVIahHCm9/P6mRT+D0tOkUNCcgOPE=,iv:WNR1+aVE/Ru3UmNiTRwDVN3KshIJvCdlvo3TIJJQiLA=,tag:J9r9x2yeRhiTFCraW0XH9g==,type:str]
+    lastmodified: "2026-08-28T20:36:54Z"
+    mac: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:hXqmcUYihXpprhm0Sn9CxbxuJR12WZtMKRPi+320KjU3ZEOa2Bz0wqzMQFhM2fLa4GttBG49YbdDHhqk1z/hqtHgxJoeiIi9qQOrpKgRC5oI42x6CTS7uhyIeh0y8h1UlQWaBbJ6Z+ig4OQ/1W9PCFkxL9klt6tbnQlWGiIbSB4=,iv:rY+1gerz/mXgvXPH4HpRRd0Nus0kHV8xC6G4WZDEXyA=,tag:gofnyk3rx+RFmpRxoiF8GA==,type:str]
     pgp: []
     encrypted_regex: ^(data|stringData)$
     version: 3.9.4
diff --git a/platform/keycloak/keycloak-realm-clients.sops.yaml.example b/platform/keycloak/keycloak-realm-clients.sops.yaml.example
index b0f40a9..5bdd6d3 100644
--- a/platform/keycloak/keycloak-realm-clients.sops.yaml.example
+++ b/platform/keycloak/keycloak-realm-clients.sops.yaml.example
@@ -38,3 +38,5 @@ stringData:
   grafana-client-secret: REPLACE-ME
   oauth2-proxy-client-secret: REPLACE-ME
   headlamp-client-secret: REPLACE-ME
+  # Mirror into platform/crafty/crafty-oauth2-proxy-credentials.sops.yaml (key: client-secret).
+  crafty-client-secret: REPLACE-ME
diff --git a/platform/keycloak/keycloak-realm-import.yaml b/platform/keycloak/keycloak-realm-import.yaml
index 5c5bad4..2080a70 100644
--- a/platform/keycloak/keycloak-realm-import.yaml
+++ b/platform/keycloak/keycloak-realm-import.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ spec:
       secret:
         name: keycloak-realm-clients
         key: headlamp-client-secret
+    CRAFTY_CLIENT_SECRET:
+      secret:
+        name: keycloak-realm-clients
+        key: crafty-client-secret
   realm:
     realm: homelab
     enabled: true
@@ -321,6 +325,41 @@ spec:
               "included.client.audience": kubernetes
               "id.token.claim": "true"
               "access.token.claim": "true"
+      # crafty — the Minecraft management panel (platform/crafty). Crafty's web UI has NO native OIDC,
+      # so it is gated by a PER-APP oauth2-proxy REVERSE-PROXY sidecar (Option B; platform/crafty +
+      # platform/oauth2-proxy/README.md) — this is that sidecar's confidential auth-code client, modeled
+      # on the grafana/oauth2-proxy clients. Redirect URI is the oauth2-proxy callback on Crafty's host.
+      # The `groups` claim (bare names) lets the sidecar enforce --allowed-groups=platform-admins
+      # (R-IDP-06). Secret injected from the SOPS keycloak-realm-clients Secret via CRAFTY_CLIENT_SECRET
+      # (R-IDP-04); the SAME value is mirrored in platform/crafty/crafty-oauth2-proxy-credentials.sops.yaml
+      # (cross-namespace mirror, like grafana/gitea/headlamp). Provisioned live via kcadm at authoring
+      # time (2026-08-28) and captured here as the durable GitOps source of truth.
+      - clientId: crafty
+        name: Crafty Controller (oauth2-proxy)
+        protocol: openid-connect
+        enabled: true
+        publicClient: false
+        standardFlowEnabled: true
+        directAccessGrantsEnabled: false
+        secret: "$(env:CRAFTY_CLIENT_SECRET)"
+        redirectUris:
+          - https://crafty.home.keithjackson.dev/oauth2/callback
+        webOrigins:
+          - https://crafty.home.keithjackson.dev
+        defaultClientScopes:
+          - email
+          - profile
+          - roles
+        protocolMappers:
+          - name: groups
+            protocol: openid-connect
+            protocolMapper: oidc-group-membership-mapper
+            config:
+              "full.path": "false"
+              "id.token.claim": "true"
+              "access.token.claim": "true"
+              "userinfo.token.claim": "true"
+              "claim.name": groups
     # --- MFA for platform-admins (R-IDP-04): a browser flow whose OTP step is CONDITIONAL on the
     #     platform-admin role. Non-admins log in without OTP; platform-admins must enroll/present TOTP.
     #     Set as the realm browserFlow below. VERIFY at bring-up (see runbook): a malformed flow fails