# Environment Overlays Overlays contain environment-specific differences. Required shape: ```text overlays// ├── kustomization.yaml ├── app/ ├── managing/ └── plugins/ ``` Rules: - Overlay packages reuse base packages. - Overlay packages contain patches, generated config, or environment-specific resources only. - Do not duplicate base package composition in overlays. - A workload override belongs at `overlays//app/units/////`.