diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb21817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+.DEFAULT_GOAL := help
+
+INVENTORY ?= ansible/hosts.ini
+
+##@ Kubernetes
+
+k3s-install: ## Install k3s and Helm on all inventory hosts
+	ansible-playbook -i $(INVENTORY) ansible/bootstrap.yml
+
+smoke: ## Run Kubernetes smoke tests
+	bash tests/smoke_kube.sh
+
+##@ Help
+
+help: ## Show this help
+	@awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*##"; printf "\nUsage:\n  make \033[36m<target>\033[0m\n"} \
+	  /^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?##/ { printf "  \033[36m%-20s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2 } \
+	  /^##@/ { printf "\n\033[1m%s\033[0m\n", substr($$0, 5) }' $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
+
+.PHONY: k3s-install smoke help
diff --git a/docs/kubeconfig.md b/docs/kubeconfig.md
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+++ b/docs/kubeconfig.md
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+# Kubeconfig — HostEurope cluster
+
+## Where it lives
+
+After running `make k3s-install`, the bootstrap playbook fetches the kubeconfig
+from the HostEurope node to:
+
+```
+~/.kube/config-hosteurope
+```
+
+This file is gitignored (contains the cluster CA and client certificate) and
+must never be committed.
+
+## Using it directly
+
+```bash
+export KUBECONFIG=~/.kube/config-hosteurope
+kubectl get nodes
+```
+
+## Merging into ~/.kube/config
+
+```bash
+KUBECONFIG=~/.kube/config:~/.kube/config-hosteurope \
+  kubectl config view --flatten > /tmp/merged-config
+mv /tmp/merged-config ~/.kube/config
+chmod 600 ~/.kube/config
+```
+
+## Switching context
+
+```bash
+kubectl config get-contexts
+kubectl config use-context default   # or the context name shown above
+```
+
+## Security note
+
+The kubeconfig grants full cluster-admin access. Keep it on the control node
+only. Do not share or commit it. The server address inside the file is
+`127.0.0.1` (k3s default) — if you need to reach the cluster remotely you
+will need to either replace the address with the node's actual IP, or use an
+SSH tunnel.
diff --git a/tests/smoke_kube.sh b/tests/smoke_kube.sh
index 8ccd99c..7143946 100644
--- a/tests/smoke_kube.sh
+++ b/tests/smoke_kube.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,41 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
-kubectl get nodes
-kubectl get ns
-echo "[OK] basic k8s API reachable"
+
+PASS=0
+FAIL=0
+
+ok()   { echo "[OK]   $*"; ((PASS++)) || true; }
+fail() { echo "[FAIL] $*"; ((FAIL++)) || true; }
+
+# ── Node Ready ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+if kubectl get nodes 2>/dev/null | grep -q " Ready"; then
+  ok "Node(s) in Ready state"
+else
+  fail "No nodes in Ready state"
+fi
+
+# ── Helm ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+if helm version --short &>/dev/null; then
+  ok "helm version: $(helm version --short)"
+else
+  fail "helm not available or erroring"
+fi
+
+# ── CoreDNS ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+if kubectl get pods -n kube-system -l k8s-app=kube-dns 2>/dev/null | grep -q "Running"; then
+  ok "CoreDNS pod running in kube-system"
+else
+  fail "CoreDNS pod not running in kube-system"
+fi
+
+# ── Traefik ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+if kubectl get pods -n kube-system -l app.kubernetes.io/name=traefik 2>/dev/null | grep -q "Running"; then
+  ok "Traefik ingress controller running in kube-system"
+else
+  fail "Traefik ingress controller not running in kube-system"
+fi
+
+# ── Summary ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+echo ""
+echo "Results: ${PASS} passed, ${FAIL} failed"
+[[ "$FAIL" -eq 0 ]]