diff --git a/inventory/linode.yaml b/inventory/linode.yaml
index 5c00c70..0ccad76 100644
--- a/inventory/linode.yaml
+++ b/inventory/linode.yaml
@@ -1,14 +1,52 @@
-plugin: linode.cloud.linode
-token: "{{ lookup('env', 'LINODE_TOKEN') }}"
-keyed_groups:
-  - prefix: tag
-    key: tags
-  - prefix: region
-    key: region
-  - prefix: type
-    key: type
-hostnames:
-  - label
-compose:
-  ansible_host: ipv4
+---
+plugin: community.general.linode
 
+# Your Linode API token (will be injected by AWX credential)
+api_token: "{{ linode_api_token | default(lookup('env', 'LINODE_API_TOKEN')) }}"
+
+# Use Linode labels as hostnames (exactly what you wanted!)
+strict: false
+
+# Create groups based on Linode attributes
+keyed_groups:
+  # Group by region: linode_region_us_southeast
+  - key: region
+    prefix: linode_region
+    separator: "_"
+  
+  # Group by instance type: linode_type_g6_standard_6  
+  - key: type
+    prefix: linode_type
+    separator: "_"
+  
+  # Group by status: linode_status_running
+  - key: status 
+    prefix: linode_status
+    separator: "_"
+  
+  # Group by tags: linode_tag_k3s, linode_tag_debian, etc.
+  - key: tags
+    prefix: linode_tag
+    separator: "_"
+
+# Set host variables
+compose:
+  # Use primary IPv4 as ansible_host
+  ansible_host: ipv4[0]
+  ansible_user: phlux
+  
+  # Add convenience variables for your tags
+  is_k3s: "'k3s' in (tags | default([]))"
+  is_control_plane: "'control-plane' in (tags | default([]))"
+  is_worker_node: "'worker-node' in (tags | default([]))"
+  is_debian: "'Debian' in (tags | default([]))"
+  is_ubuntu: "'Ubuntu' in (tags | default([]))"
+
+# Optional: Only include running instances
+filters:
+  - status == "running"
+
+# Cache settings (optional but recommended)
+cache: true
+cache_plugin: memory
+cache_timeout: 300
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 06f83b8..291795c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 requests>=2.25.0
 urllib3>=1.26.0
+linode_api4 >= 2.0.0
diff --git a/requirements.yaml b/requirements.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..552adfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+collections:
+  - community.general