diff --git a/.claude/settings.json b/.claude/settings.json
index c8169bb7..6b27315f 100644
--- a/.claude/settings.json
+++ b/.claude/settings.json
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 {
   "permissions": {
     "allow": [
-      "Bash(cd:*)",
+      "Bash(make:*)",
       "Bash(holos:*)",
       "Bash(cue:*)",
+      "Bash(grep:*)",
+      "Bash(cd:*)",
+      "Bash(mkdir:*)",
+      "Bash(find:*)",
+      "Bash(echo:*)",
+      "Bash(head:*)",
       "Bash(git commit:*)",
-      "Bash(git add:*)",
-      "Bash(make:*)"
+      "Bash(git add:*)"
     ],
     "deny": []
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/.cspell.json b/.cspell.json
index 41fe0548..9d0aaf1c 100644
--- a/.cspell.json
+++ b/.cspell.json
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@
     "sysfs",
     "systemconnect",
     "tablewriter",
+    "taskset",
     "templatable",
     "testscript",
     "testutil",
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 70baf935..e2578a48 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -113,3 +113,4 @@ Component: #Helm & {
 - Test fixtures: `/internal/testutil/fixtures/`
 - Core schemas: `/api/core/` (Abstraction over low level data pipeline tasks)
 - Author schemas: `/api/author/` (User facing abstractions over core Schemas)
+- Task planning documents are located in the `/tasks/` directory
diff --git a/api/core/v1alpha6/types.go b/api/core/v1alpha6/types.go
index df29c597..28e06076 100644
--- a/api/core/v1alpha6/types.go
+++ b/api/core/v1alpha6/types.go
@@ -382,6 +382,10 @@ type Command struct {
 	IsStdoutOutput bool `json:"isStdoutOutput,omitempty" yaml:"isStdoutOutput,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// NameLabel indicates a field name matching the name of the value.  Usually the
+// name or metadata.name field of the struct value.
+type NameLabel string
+
 // InternalLabel is an arbitrary unique identifier internal to holos itself.
 // The holos cli is expected to never write a InternalLabel value to rendered
 // output files, therefore use a InternalLabel when the identifier must be
@@ -426,7 +430,7 @@ type Platform struct {
 // PlatformSpec represents the platform specification.
 type PlatformSpec struct {
 	// Components represents a collection of holos components to manage.
-	Components []Component `json:"components" yaml:"components"`
+	Components map[NameLabel]Component `json:"components" yaml:"components" cue:"{[NAME=string]: name: NAME}"`
 }
 
 // Component represents the complete context necessary to produce a [BuildPlan]
diff --git a/doc/md/api/core.md b/doc/md/api/core.md
index cc6f87bf..ff000fa9 100644
--- a/doc/md/api/core.md
+++ b/doc/md/api/core.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Package core contains schemas for a [Platform](<#Platform>) and [BuildPlan](<#Bu
 - [type Kustomization](<#Kustomization>)
 - [type Kustomize](<#Kustomize>)
 - [type Metadata](<#Metadata>)
+- [type NameLabel](<#NameLabel>)
 - [type Platform](<#Platform>)
 - [type PlatformSpec](<#PlatformSpec>)
 - [type Repository](<#Repository>)
@@ -478,6 +479,15 @@ type Metadata struct {
 }
 ```
 
+<a name="NameLabel"></a>
+## type NameLabel {#NameLabel}
+
+NameLabel indicates a field name matching the name of the value. Usually the name or metadata.name field of the struct value.
+
+```go
+type NameLabel string
+```
+
 <a name="Platform"></a>
 ## type Platform {#Platform}
 
@@ -511,7 +521,7 @@ PlatformSpec represents the platform specification.
 ```go
 type PlatformSpec struct {
     // Components represents a collection of holos components to manage.
-    Components []Component `json:"components" yaml:"components"`
+    Components map[NameLabel]Component `json:"components" yaml:"components" cue:"{[NAME=string]: name: NAME}"`
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/internal/cli/show_test.go b/internal/cli/show_test.go
index d6dda6d6..e164a98d 100644
--- a/internal/cli/show_test.go
+++ b/internal/cli/show_test.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func TestShowAlpha6(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("BuildPlans", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run("EmptyPlatform", func(t *testing.T) {
-			platformDir := filepath.Join(tempDir, "platform")
+			platformDir := filepath.Join(tempDir, "fixtures", "v1alpha6", "empty-platform")
 			h := newHarness()
 			err := h.Run(ctx, "buildplans", platformDir)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/internal/generate/platforms/cue.mod/gen/github.com/holos-run/holos/api/core/v1alpha6/types_go_gen.cue b/internal/generate/platforms/cue.mod/gen/github.com/holos-run/holos/api/core/v1alpha6/types_go_gen.cue
index 66d899eb..cb518613 100644
--- a/internal/generate/platforms/cue.mod/gen/github.com/holos-run/holos/api/core/v1alpha6/types_go_gen.cue
+++ b/internal/generate/platforms/cue.mod/gen/github.com/holos-run/holos/api/core/v1alpha6/types_go_gen.cue
@@ -400,6 +400,10 @@ package core
 	isStdoutOutput?: bool @go(IsStdoutOutput)
 }
 
+// NameLabel indicates a field name matching the name of the value.  Usually the
+// name or metadata.name field of the struct value.
+#NameLabel: string
+
 // InternalLabel is an arbitrary unique identifier internal to holos itself.
 // The holos cli is expected to never write a InternalLabel value to rendered
 // output files, therefore use a InternalLabel when the identifier must be
@@ -448,7 +452,7 @@ package core
 // PlatformSpec represents the platform specification.
 #PlatformSpec: {
 	// Components represents a collection of holos components to manage.
-	components: [...#Component] @go(Components,[]Component)
+	components: {[string]: #Component} & {[NAME=string]: name: NAME} @go(Components,map[NameLabel]Component)
 }
 
 // Component represents the complete context necessary to produce a [BuildPlan]
diff --git a/internal/generate/platforms/cue.mod/pkg/github.com/holos-run/holos/api/author/v1alpha6/definitions.cue b/internal/generate/platforms/cue.mod/pkg/github.com/holos-run/holos/api/author/v1alpha6/definitions.cue
index e876d83b..52cc5d08 100644
--- a/internal/generate/platforms/cue.mod/pkg/github.com/holos-run/holos/api/author/v1alpha6/definitions.cue
+++ b/internal/generate/platforms/cue.mod/pkg/github.com/holos-run/holos/api/author/v1alpha6/definitions.cue
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	components: _
 	resource: {
 		metadata: "name": name
-		spec: "components": [for x in components {x}]
+		spec: "components": components
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/.gitignore b/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9bff312
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.DS_Store
+.DS_Store?
+._*
+.Spotlight-V100
+.Trashes
+ehthumbs.db
+Thumbs.db
+vendor/
+node_modules/
+tmp/
diff --git a/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/components/taskset/component.cue b/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/components/taskset/component.cue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..770c8c3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/components/taskset/component.cue
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package holos
+
+// This component produces a TaskSet at the top level holos field
+// The TaskSet structure is to be defined
+holos: {
+	metadata: name: "taskset-example"
+	
+	// TaskSet structure placeholder - to be defined
+	// This will represent the new v1alpha6 TaskSet that replaces BuildPlan
+	taskSet: {
+		// Example structure for discussion
+		tasks: {
+			// Tasks as a struct instead of list for better composition
+			generateManifests: {
+				type: "generator"
+				// Additional fields to be defined
+			}
+			transformManifests: {
+				type: "transformer"
+				dependsOn: ["generateManifests"]
+				// Additional fields to be defined
+			}
+			validateManifests: {
+				type: "validator"
+				dependsOn: ["transformManifests"]
+				// Additional fields to be defined
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/components/taskset/typemeta.cue b/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/components/taskset/typemeta.cue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..629022e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/components/taskset/typemeta.cue
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+@extern(embed)
+package holos
+
+import "github.com/holos-run/holos/api/core/v1alpha6:core"
+
+holos: core.#Component @embed(file=typemeta.yaml)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/components/taskset/typemeta.yaml b/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/components/taskset/typemeta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f3b09110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/components/taskset/typemeta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+kind: Component
+apiVersion: v1alpha6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/platform/platform.gen.cue b/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/platform/platform.gen.cue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0ed09571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/platform/platform.gen.cue
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package holos
+
+platform: spec: components: {
+	TaskSet1: {
+		name: "TaskSet1"
+		path: "components/taskset"
+		// Parameters to pass into the component.
+		parameters: index: "1"
+		// In v1alpha5 "component" was ambiguous.  We disambiguate in v1alpha6 by
+		// naming the output of a platform component an "instance"
+		labels: "app.holos.run/component.instance": name
+		// The component the instance is derived from.
+		labels: "app.holos.run/component.path": path
+	}
+}
+
+holos: platform
diff --git a/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/platform/typemeta.cue b/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/platform/typemeta.cue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f0b117c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/platform/typemeta.cue
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+@extern(embed)
+package holos
+
+import "github.com/holos-run/holos/api/core/v1alpha6:core"
+
+holos: core.#Platform @embed(file=typemeta.yaml)
diff --git a/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/platform/typemeta.yaml b/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/platform/typemeta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e7d97c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/platform/typemeta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+kind: Platform
+apiVersion: v1alpha6
diff --git a/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/resources.cue b/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/resources.cue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2e78979b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/resources.cue
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package holos
+
+import (
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
+	rbacv1 "k8s.io/api/rbac/v1"
+	batchv1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1"
+
+	ci "cert-manager.io/clusterissuer/v1"
+	rgv1 "gateway.networking.k8s.io/referencegrant/v1beta1"
+	certv1 "cert-manager.io/certificate/v1"
+	hrv1 "gateway.networking.k8s.io/httproute/v1"
+	gwv1 "gateway.networking.k8s.io/gateway/v1"
+	ap "argoproj.io/appproject/v1alpha1"
+	es "external-secrets.io/externalsecret/v1beta1"
+	ss "external-secrets.io/secretstore/v1beta1"
+)
+
+#Resources: {
+	[Kind=string]: [InternalLabel=string]: {
+		kind: Kind
+		metadata: name: string | *InternalLabel
+	}
+
+	AppProject?: [_]:         ap.#AppProject
+	Certificate?: [_]:        certv1.#Certificate
+	ClusterIssuer?: [_]:      ci.#ClusterIssuer
+	ClusterRole?: [_]:        rbacv1.#ClusterRole
+	ClusterRoleBinding?: [_]: rbacv1.#ClusterRoleBinding
+	ConfigMap?: [_]:          corev1.#ConfigMap
+	CronJob?: [_]:            batchv1.#CronJob
+	Deployment?: [_]:         appsv1.#Deployment
+	ExternalSecret?: [_]:     es.#ExternalSecret
+	HTTPRoute?: [_]:          hrv1.#HTTPRoute
+	Job?: [_]:                batchv1.#Job
+	Namespace?: [_]:          corev1.#Namespace
+	ReferenceGrant?: [_]:     rgv1.#ReferenceGrant
+	Role?: [_]:               rbacv1.#Role
+	RoleBinding?: [_]:        rbacv1.#RoleBinding
+	Secret?: [_]:             corev1.#Secret
+	SecretStore?: [_]:        ss.#SecretStore
+	Service?: [_]:            corev1.#Service
+	ServiceAccount?: [_]:     corev1.#ServiceAccount
+	StatefulSet?: [_]:        appsv1.#StatefulSet
+
+	Gateway?: [_]: gwv1.#Gateway & {
+		spec: gatewayClassName: string | *"istio"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/schema.cue b/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/schema.cue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec95f222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/schema.cue
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package holos
+
+import "github.com/holos-run/holos/api/author/v1alpha6:author"
+
+#ComponentConfig: author.#ComponentConfig & {
+	Name:      _Tags.component.name
+	Path:      _Tags.component.path
+	Resources: #Resources
+
+	// labels is an optional field, guard references to it.
+	if _Tags.component.labels != _|_ {
+		Labels: _Tags.component.labels
+	}
+
+	// annotations is an optional field, guard references to it.
+	if _Tags.component.annotations != _|_ {
+		Annotations: _Tags.component.annotations
+	}
+}
+
+// https://holos.run/docs/api/author/v1alpha6/#Kubernetes
+#Kubernetes: close({
+	#ComponentConfig
+	author.#Kubernetes
+})
+
+// https://holos.run/docs/api/author/v1alpha6/#Kustomize
+#Kustomize: close({
+	#ComponentConfig
+	author.#Kustomize
+})
+
+// https://holos.run/docs/api/author/v1alpha6/#Helm
+#Helm: close({
+	#ComponentConfig
+	author.#Helm
+})
diff --git a/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/tags.cue b/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/tags.cue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4023a481
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/generate/platforms/v1alpha6-examples/tags.cue
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package holos
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+
+	"github.com/holos-run/holos/api/core/v1alpha6:core"
+)
+
+// Note: tags should have a reasonable default value for cue export.
+_Tags: {
+	// Standardized parameters
+	component: core.#Component & {
+		name: string | *"no-name" @tag(holos_component_name, type=string)
+		path: string | *"no-path" @tag(holos_component_path, type=string)
+
+		_labels_json: string | *"" @tag(holos_component_labels, type=string)
+		_labels: {}
+		if _labels_json != "" {
+			_labels: json.Unmarshal(_labels_json)
+		}
+		for k, v in _labels {
+			labels: (k): v
+		}
+
+		_annotations_json: string | *"" @tag(holos_component_annotations, type=string)
+		_annotations: {}
+		if _annotations_json != "" {
+			_annotations: json.Unmarshal(_annotations_json)
+		}
+		for k, v in _annotations {
+			annotations: (k): v
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/testutil/fixtures/v1alpha6/empty-platform/platform.cue b/internal/testutil/fixtures/v1alpha6/empty-platform/platform.cue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..379186fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/testutil/fixtures/v1alpha6/empty-platform/platform.cue
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package holos
+
+import "github.com/holos-run/holos/api/author/v1alpha6:author"
+
+// holos represents the field holos render platform evaluates, the resource
+// field of the author.#Platform definition constructed from a components
+// struct.
+holos: platform.resource
+
+platform: author.#Platform & {
+	components: {
+		// Empty platform with no components
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/testutil/fixtures/v1alpha6/empty-platform/typemeta.cue b/internal/testutil/fixtures/v1alpha6/empty-platform/typemeta.cue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a034d60b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/testutil/fixtures/v1alpha6/empty-platform/typemeta.cue
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+@extern(embed)
+package holos
+
+import "github.com/holos-run/holos/api/core/v1alpha6:core"
+
+holos: core.#Platform @embed(file=typemeta.yaml)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/testutil/fixtures/v1alpha6/empty-platform/typemeta.yaml b/internal/testutil/fixtures/v1alpha6/empty-platform/typemeta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b48f5ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/testutil/fixtures/v1alpha6/empty-platform/typemeta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+kind: Platform
+apiVersion: v1alpha6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/testutil/fixtures/v1alpha6/platform1/platform.cue b/internal/testutil/fixtures/v1alpha6/platform1/platform.cue
index 6ca1768d..c1e54347 100644
--- a/internal/testutil/fixtures/v1alpha6/platform1/platform.cue
+++ b/internal/testutil/fixtures/v1alpha6/platform1/platform.cue
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ holos: {
 		"name": "default"
 	}
 	"spec": {
-		"components": [
-			{
+		"components": {
+			"slice": {
 				"annotations": {
 					"app.holos.run/description": "slice command transformer"
 				}
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ holos: {
 					"outputBaseDir": "outputBaseDir"
 				}
 				"path": "fixtures/v1alpha6/components/slice"
-			},
-		]
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }