diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md
index 9bf1cb9..a7459a5 100644
--- a/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/ROADMAP.md
@@ -264,17 +264,22 @@ these are the corners where drift would start if it starts anywhere.
       column (`TestPrunerGuards`), child guard independent of source. **Unblocks
       K2** (gitops mode needs reliable `source=git`).
 
-- [ ] **K4 — Generic Platform + deployment methods as providers.** The intent
+- [~] **K4 — Generic Platform + deployment methods as providers.** The intent
       for `Platform` is NOT a curated grab-bag of preferred charts but **generic
-      support**, Terraform-provider style: (a) make Platform components
-      data-declared (any chart via `{name, chart, namespace, values}`), with
-      traefik/cloudflared/nvidia/nfs/… as optional named **presets** or examples
-      — not baked-in opinion; (b) treat the deployment **method** itself as a
-      provider — Helm/Manifest/Argo are already kinds; add new methods
-      (Kustomize, Flux, …) as new kinds/providers rather than bespoke code.
-      openctl already has the provider bones (it's TF-like for infra); extend
-      the same shape to workload deployment so breadth comes from providers, not
-      special cases.
+      support**, Terraform-provider style.
+      - [x] **(a) Data-declared components — SHIPPED.** Platform now installs
+        ANY chart with no code change via a generic `components: {<name>:
+        {chart: {repo, name, version?}, namespace?, values?, wait?, enabled?}}`
+        map (`enabled` defaults true; a generic name overrides a same-named
+        preset). `traefik/cloudflared/argocd/nvidia/nfs/longhorn` are now
+        explicitly **presets** — default chart coords layered on the generic
+        path, not baked-in opinion. `enabledComponents` merges presets +
+        generic deterministically; `#Platform.components?` schema. Tests: generic
+        install, enabled:false + missing-chart skip, preset override, ordering.
+      - [ ] **(b) Deployment methods as providers.** Treat the deployment
+        **method** itself as a provider — Helm/Manifest/Argo are already kinds;
+        add new methods (Kustomize, Flux, …) as new kinds/providers rather than
+        bespoke code, so breadth comes from providers, not special cases.
 
 - [ ] **K5 — Re-baseline the scope wedge (`direction.md`).** The doc originally
       vetoed workloads/PaaS ("stop at cluster-Ready"); the deployment model +
diff --git a/plugins/k8s/internal/provider/platform.go b/plugins/k8s/internal/provider/platform.go
index 0f7d45f..7db03d0 100644
--- a/plugins/k8s/internal/provider/platform.go
+++ b/plugins/k8s/internal/provider/platform.go
@@ -36,9 +36,14 @@ type component struct {
 	defaultNS    string
 }
 
-// platformComponents is the curated, opinionated set. Traefik is the ingress
-// (ingress-nginx is in maintenance; no Cilium-CNI dependency); cloudflared wires
-// a Cloudflare Tunnel to in-cluster services.
+// platformComponents is a set of named PRESETS — convenience defaults for
+// common charts, NOT an exclusive list. A preset only fills in default chart
+// coordinates so you enable it with `<name>: {enabled: true}`; the generic
+// `components` map (see enabledComponents) installs ANY chart without a code
+// change, which is the primary, Terraform-provider-style path. Presets are
+// examples/shortcuts layered on top of that generic support, not baked-in
+// opinion. Traefik is the ingress (ingress-nginx is in maintenance; no
+// Cilium-CNI dependency); cloudflared wires a Cloudflare Tunnel to services.
 var platformComponents = []component{
 	{"traefik", "https://traefik.github.io/charts", "traefik", "traefik"},
 	{"cloudflared", "https://cloudflare.github.io/helm-charts", "cloudflare-tunnel-remote", "cloudflared"},
@@ -80,43 +85,105 @@ type componentRelease struct {
 	values map[string]any
 }
 
+// buildComponentRelease resolves one component from its raw spec block, layering
+// per-component overrides (namespace/chart/values/wait) over the supplied
+// defaults. For a named preset, def carries the default chart coords; for a
+// generic component, def is zero and the chart must be fully declared.
+func buildComponentRelease(name string, raw map[string]any, def component) componentRelease {
+	ns := specString(raw, "namespace")
+	if ns == "" {
+		ns = def.defaultNS
+	}
+	if ns == "" {
+		ns = name // generic component with no namespace → its own name
+	}
+	chart := chartSpec{Repo: def.defaultRepo, Name: def.defaultChart}
+	if cr, ok := raw["chart"].(map[string]any); ok {
+		if v := specString(cr, "repo"); v != "" {
+			chart.Repo = v
+		}
+		if v := specString(cr, "name"); v != "" {
+			chart.Name = v
+		}
+		chart.Version = specString(cr, "version")
+	}
+	values, _ := raw["values"].(map[string]any)
+	return componentRelease{
+		comp:  component{name: name, defaultRepo: chart.Repo, defaultChart: chart.Name, defaultNS: ns},
+		chart: chart,
+		opts: releaseOpts{
+			releaseName:     name,
+			namespace:       ns,
+			createNamespace: true,
+			values:          values,
+			wait:            specBool(raw, "wait"),
+			timeout:         5 * time.Minute,
+		},
+		values: values,
+	}
+}
+
 // enabledComponents parses the Platform spec into the set of enabled component
-// releases, applying per-component overrides over the curated defaults.
+// releases. Two sources feed it, both opt-in:
+//
+//   - Named PRESETS (platformComponents): enable with `<name>: {enabled: true}`;
+//     the preset supplies default chart coordinates, which the block may still
+//     override (chart/namespace/values/wait).
+//   - The generic `components` map: `components: {<name>: {chart: {repo, name,
+//     version?}, namespace?, values?, wait?, enabled?}}` installs ANY chart with
+//     no code change (the Terraform-provider-style path). `enabled` defaults
+//     true for a listed generic component (set false to disable without
+//     removing). A generic entry sharing a preset's name overrides it.
+//
+// Order is deterministic: presets in declaration order, then generic components
+// sorted by name; a generic override keeps the earlier slot.
 func enabledComponents(spec map[string]any) []componentRelease {
-	var out []componentRelease
+	byName := map[string]componentRelease{}
+	var order []string
+	put := func(name string, cr componentRelease) {
+		if _, seen := byName[name]; !seen {
+			order = append(order, name)
+		}
+		byName[name] = cr
+	}
+
 	for _, c := range platformComponents {
 		raw, _ := spec[c.name].(map[string]any)
 		if raw == nil || !specBool(raw, "enabled") {
 			continue
 		}
-		ns := specString(raw, "namespace")
-		if ns == "" {
-			ns = c.defaultNS
+		put(c.name, buildComponentRelease(c.name, raw, c))
+	}
+
+	if generic, ok := spec["components"].(map[string]any); ok {
+		names := make([]string, 0, len(generic))
+		for name := range generic {
+			names = append(names, name)
 		}
-		chart := chartSpec{Repo: c.defaultRepo, Name: c.defaultChart}
-		if cr, ok := raw["chart"].(map[string]any); ok {
-			if v := specString(cr, "repo"); v != "" {
-				chart.Repo = v
+		sort.Strings(names)
+		for _, name := range names {
+			raw, _ := generic[name].(map[string]any)
+			if raw == nil {
+				continue
 			}
-			if v := specString(cr, "name"); v != "" {
-				chart.Name = v
+			// enabled defaults true for a listed generic component; only an
+			// explicit false disables it.
+			if v, ok := raw["enabled"].(bool); ok && !v {
+				continue
 			}
-			chart.Version = specString(cr, "version")
+			cr := buildComponentRelease(name, raw, component{})
+			// Can't install without chart coordinates; skip (the CUE schema
+			// requires chart.repo + chart.name, so this is defensive).
+			if cr.chart.Repo == "" || cr.chart.Name == "" {
+				continue
+			}
+			put(name, cr)
 		}
-		values, _ := raw["values"].(map[string]any)
-		out = append(out, componentRelease{
-			comp:  c,
-			chart: chart,
-			opts: releaseOpts{
-				releaseName:     c.name,
-				namespace:       ns,
-				createNamespace: true,
-				values:          values,
-				wait:            specBool(raw, "wait"),
-				timeout:         5 * time.Minute,
-			},
-			values: values,
-		})
+	}
+
+	out := make([]componentRelease, 0, len(order))
+	for _, n := range order {
+		out = append(out, byName[n])
 	}
 	return out
 }
diff --git a/plugins/k8s/internal/provider/platform_test.go b/plugins/k8s/internal/provider/platform_test.go
index c7622c1..f821d32 100644
--- a/plugins/k8s/internal/provider/platform_test.go
+++ b/plugins/k8s/internal/provider/platform_test.go
@@ -117,6 +117,90 @@ func TestEnabledComponents_NvidiaDevicePlugin(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestEnabledComponents_Generic covers the K4(a) generic path: an arbitrary
+// chart declared under `components` installs with no preset, defaults enabled
+// to true, defaults its namespace to its name, and threads chart+values.
+func TestEnabledComponents_Generic(t *testing.T) {
+	comps := enabledComponents(map[string]any{
+		"components": map[string]any{
+			"prometheus": map[string]any{
+				"chart":  map[string]any{"repo": "https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts", "name": "kube-prometheus-stack", "version": "65.0.0"},
+				"values": map[string]any{"grafana": map[string]any{"enabled": false}},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+	if len(comps) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("enabled = %d, want 1 (generic prometheus)", len(comps))
+	}
+	c := comps[0]
+	if c.comp.name != "prometheus" || c.opts.releaseName != "prometheus" {
+		t.Errorf("name/release = %s/%s", c.comp.name, c.opts.releaseName)
+	}
+	if c.chart.Repo != "https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts" || c.chart.Name != "kube-prometheus-stack" || c.chart.Version != "65.0.0" {
+		t.Errorf("chart wrong: %+v", c.chart)
+	}
+	if c.opts.namespace != "prometheus" { // defaults to the release name
+		t.Errorf("namespace = %q, want prometheus (defaulted to name)", c.opts.namespace)
+	}
+	g, _ := c.values["grafana"].(map[string]any)
+	if g["enabled"] != false {
+		t.Errorf("values not threaded: %+v", c.values)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestEnabledComponents_GenericDisabledAndInvalid: an explicit enabled:false
+// generic component is skipped, and one without chart coordinates is skipped
+// (defensive — the schema requires chart.repo+name).
+func TestEnabledComponents_GenericDisabledAndInvalid(t *testing.T) {
+	comps := enabledComponents(map[string]any{
+		"components": map[string]any{
+			"off":       map[string]any{"enabled": false, "chart": map[string]any{"repo": "r", "name": "n"}},
+			"nochart":   map[string]any{"namespace": "x"},
+			"malformed": map[string]any{"chart": map[string]any{"repo": "r"}}, // no name
+		},
+	})
+	if len(comps) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("enabled = %d, want 0 (all skipped)", len(comps))
+	}
+}
+
+// TestEnabledComponents_GenericOverridesPreset: a generic component sharing a
+// preset's name overrides that preset's chart, keeping a single release.
+func TestEnabledComponents_GenericOverridesPreset(t *testing.T) {
+	comps := enabledComponents(map[string]any{
+		"traefik": map[string]any{"enabled": true},
+		"components": map[string]any{
+			"traefik": map[string]any{"chart": map[string]any{"repo": "https://example.test/charts", "name": "my-traefik"}},
+		},
+	})
+	if len(comps) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("enabled = %d, want 1 (deduped)", len(comps))
+	}
+	if comps[0].chart.Name != "my-traefik" || comps[0].chart.Repo != "https://example.test/charts" {
+		t.Errorf("generic should override preset chart, got %+v", comps[0].chart)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestEnabledComponents_PresetAndGenericOrder: presets come first in
+// declaration order, then generic components sorted by name.
+func TestEnabledComponents_PresetAndGenericOrder(t *testing.T) {
+	comps := enabledComponents(map[string]any{
+		"traefik": map[string]any{"enabled": true},
+		"components": map[string]any{
+			"zzz": map[string]any{"chart": map[string]any{"repo": "r", "name": "z"}},
+			"aaa": map[string]any{"chart": map[string]any{"repo": "r", "name": "a"}},
+		},
+	})
+	got := []string{}
+	for _, c := range comps {
+		got = append(got, c.comp.name)
+	}
+	want := []string{"traefik", "aaa", "zzz"}
+	if len(got) != 3 || got[0] != want[0] || got[1] != want[1] || got[2] != want[2] {
+		t.Errorf("order = %v, want %v", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestPlanPlatform(t *testing.T) {
 	p := New()
 	m := platformResource(map[string]any{
diff --git a/plugins/k8s/internal/provider/schema.go b/plugins/k8s/internal/provider/schema.go
index f31739b..b80d1a1 100644
--- a/plugins/k8s/internal/provider/schema.go
+++ b/plugins/k8s/internal/provider/schema.go
@@ -117,6 +117,23 @@ const platformSchema = `
 		// a k3s worker pool's nodePrep.packages, or Longhorn's iscsi-installer
 		// DaemonSet as a fallback.
 		longhorn?: {...}
+		// components installs ANY Helm chart, no code change required — the
+		// generic, Terraform-provider-style path (the named fields above are
+		// just presets layered on this). Key is the release name. enabled
+		// defaults true (listing a component opts in); set false to disable it
+		// without removing the block. A generic component sharing a preset's
+		// name overrides that preset.
+		components?: {[string]: {
+			enabled?: bool | *true
+			chart: {
+				repo:     string
+				name:     string
+				version?: string
+			}
+			namespace?: string
+			wait?:      bool
+			values?: {...}
+		}}
 	}
 	...
 }