diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 36df5e9a..207d0d69 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,45 @@ NAME=$(shell basename `pwd`)
 TARGET_REPO=$(shell git remote show origin | grep Push | sed -e 's/.*URL://' -e 's%:%/%' -e 's%git@%https://%')
 TARGET_BRANCH=$(shell git branch --show-current)
 
+# This is to eliminate the need to install and worry about a separate shell script somewhere in the directory structure
+# There's a lot of GNU Make magic happening here:
+#  .ONESHELL passes the whole task into a single shell instance
+#  $$ is a Makefile idiom to preserve the single $ otherwise make consumes them
+#  tabs are necessary
+#  The patch to oc apply uses JSON because it's not as sensitive to indentation and doesn't need heredoc
+.ONESHELL:
+SHELL = bash
+argosecret:
+	target_ns=$(TARGET_NAMESPACE)
+	ns=0
+	gitops=0
+
+	# Check for Namespaces and Secrets to be ready (it takes the cluster a while to deploy them)
+	while [ 1 ]; do
+		if [ oc get namespace $$target_ns >/dev/null 2>/dev/null ]; then
+			ns=0
+		else
+			ns=1
+		fi
+
+		if [ oc -n openshift-gitops extract secrets/openshift-gitops-cluster --to=- 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null ]; then
+			gitops=0
+		else
+			gitops=1
+		fi
+
+		if [ "$$gitops" == 1 -a "$$ns" == 1 ]; then
+			break
+		fi
+	done
+
+	user=$$(echo admin | base64)
+	password=$$(oc -n openshift-gitops extract secrets/openshift-gitops-cluster --to=- 2>/dev/null | base64)
+
+	echo "{ \"apiVersion\": \"v1\", \"kind\": \"Secret\", \"metadata\": { \"name\": \"argocd-env\", \"namespace\": \"$$target_ns\" }, \"data\": { \"ARGOCD_PASSWORD\": \"$$password\", \"ARGOCD_USERNAME\": \"$$user\" }, \"type\": \"Opaque\" }" | oc apply -f-
+
+#  Makefiles in the individual patterns should call these targets explicitly
+#  e.g. from manufacturing-ai-ml-edge: make -f common/Makefile show
 show:
 	helm template install/ --name-template $(NAME) -f $(SECRETS) --set main.git.repoURL="$(TARGET_REPO)" --set main.git.revision=$(TARGET_BRANCH) --set main.options.bootstrap=$(BOOTSTRAP)
 
diff --git a/Makefile.toplevel b/Makefile.toplevel
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b82b5d77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile.toplevel
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# This is an example top-level makefile for a new pattern.  It delegates the tasks to the common makefile.
+BOOTSTRAP=1
+ARGO_TARGET_NAMESPACE=replaceme
+
+show:
+	make -f common/Makefile show
+
+init:
+	make -f common/Makefile init
+
+deploy:
+	make -f common/Makefile deploy
+ifeq ($(BOOTSTRAP),1)
+	make -f common/Makefile TARGET_NAMESPACE=$(ARGO_TARGET_NAMESPACE) argosecret
+endif
+
+upgrade:
+	make -f common/Makefile upgrade
+ifeq ($(BOOTSTRAP),1)
+	make -f common/Makefile TARGET_NAMESPACE=$(ARGO_TARGET_NAMESPACE) argosecret
+endif
+
+uninstall:
+	make -f common/Makefile uninstall
+
+.phony: install
diff --git a/site/templates/operatorgroup.yaml b/site/templates/operatorgroup.yaml
index 52b873c3..d22b6299 100644
--- a/site/templates/operatorgroup.yaml
+++ b/site/templates/operatorgroup.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 {{- range .Values.site.namespaces }}
+
+{{- if empty $.Values.site.operatorgroupExcludes }}
 apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
 kind: OperatorGroup
 metadata:
@@ -8,4 +10,16 @@ spec:
   targetNamespaces:
   - {{ . }}
 ---
+{{- else if not (has .  $.Values.site.operatorgroupExcludes) }}
+apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
+kind: OperatorGroup
+metadata:
+  name: {{ . }}-operator-group
+  namespace: {{ . }}
+spec:
+  targetNamespaces:
+  - {{ . }}
+---
+{{- end }}
+
 {{- end }}
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