Let's use linode.cloud.instance to populate..

inventory/linode.yaml

@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 ---
-plugin: linode.cloud.inventory
-access_token: "{{ lookup('env', 'LINODE_API_TOKEN') }}"
-
-# Basic settings
-strict: false
+plugin: linode.cloud.instance
+api_token: "{{ lookup('env', 'LINODE_API_TOKEN') }}"
 
 # Create groups by Linode attributes
 keyed_groups:
@@ -27,6 +24,14 @@ keyed_groups:
     prefix: tag
     separator: "_"
 
+# Create logical groups based on tags
+groups:
+  k3s_cluster: "'k3s' in (tags|list)"
+  control_plane: "'control-plane' in (tags|list)"
+  worker_nodes: "'worker-node' in (tags|list)"
+  debian_hosts: "'Debian' in (tags|list)"
+  ubuntu_hosts: "'Ubuntu' in (tags|list)"
+
 # Set host variables
 compose:
   ansible_host: ipv4[0]
@@ -34,12 +39,8 @@ compose:
   ansible_ssh_common_args: '-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no'
   
   # Add convenience booleans
-  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([]))"
-
-# Only include running instances
-filters:
-  - status == "running"
+  is_k3s: "'k3s' in (tags|list)"
+  is_control_plane: "'control-plane' in (tags|list)"
+  is_worker_node: "'worker-node' in (tags|list)"
+  is_debian: "'Debian' in (tags|list)"
+  is_ubuntu: "'Ubuntu' in (tags|list)"