diff --git a/modules/l1/.gitkeep b/modules/l1/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/modules/l1/l1-eks-fargate/manifest.yaml b/modules/l1/l1-eks-fargate/manifest.yaml
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+name: l1-eks-fargate
+kind: l1
+description: Serverless container compute substrate
+inputs:
+  cluster_name:
+    description: Name of the EKS cluster to target
+    type: string
+  region:
+    description: AWS region the cluster runs in
+    type: string
+  cpu_arch:
+    description: CPU architecture for Fargate pods (x86_64 or arm64)
+    type: string
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diff --git a/modules/l1/l1-eks-fargate/mock_apply.sh b/modules/l1/l1-eks-fargate/mock_apply.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+echo "[L1: l1-eks-fargate] applying..."
+sleep 1
+echo "[L1: l1-eks-fargate] OK"
+exit 0
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