diff --git a/hiera.yaml b/hiera.yaml
index 545fff3..94be085 100644
--- a/hiera.yaml
+++ b/hiera.yaml
@@ -19,3 +19,8 @@ hierarchy:
       - "os/%{facts.os.family}.yaml"
   - name: 'common'
     path: 'common.yaml'
+
+# Define plan lookup hierarchy
+# This prevents "Interpolations are not supported in lookups outside of an apply
+# block" error when plan with lookup is executed
+plan_hierarchy: []
diff --git a/plans/cluster/delete.pp b/plans/cluster/delete.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58f29f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plans/cluster/delete.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# @summary Delete the cluster of Lima VMs
+# @param name
+#   Cluster name
+# @param clusters
+#   Hash of all defined clusters. Populated from Hiera usually.
+# @param target
+#   The host to run the limactl on
+plan lima::cluster::delete (
+  String[1] $name,
+  Optional[Hash] $clusters = undef,
+  TargetSpec $target = 'localhost',
+) {
+  $cluster = run_plan('lima::clusters', 'clusters' => $clusters, 'name' => $name)
+
+  $defined_nodes = $cluster['nodes'].map |$node| {
+    $node ? {
+      Hash => $node['name'],
+      String => $node,
+      default => undef,
+    }
+  }
+  out::verbose("Nodes to delete: ${defined_nodes}")
+
+  $stop_res = parallelize ($defined_nodes) |$node| {
+    run_task(
+      'lima::delete',
+      $target,
+      'name' => $node,
+    )
+  }
+
+  return $stop_res
+}
diff --git a/plans/cluster/start.pp b/plans/cluster/start.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c835db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plans/cluster/start.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+# @summary Create/start the cluster of Lima VMs
+# @param name
+#   Cluster name
+# @param clusters
+#   Hash of all defined clusters. Populated from Hiera usually.
+# @param target
+#   The host to run the limactl on
+plan lima::cluster::start (
+  String[1] $name,
+  Optional[Hash] $clusters = undef,
+  TargetSpec $target = 'localhost',
+) {
+  $cluster = run_plan('lima::clusters', 'clusters' => $clusters, 'name' => $name)
+  $tgt = get_target($target)
+
+  $cluster_config = $cluster['nodes'].map |$node| {
+    $n = $node ? {
+      Hash => $node,
+      String => { 'name' => $node },
+      default => {},
+    }
+
+    # Use per-node configs first. Use cluster-wide configs otherwise.
+    # Look for explicit config hash first then template then url.
+    $cfg = [
+      [$n['config'], 'config'],
+      [$n['template'], 'template'],
+      [$n['url'], 'url'],
+      [$cluster['config'], 'config'],
+      [$cluster['template'], 'template'],
+      [$cluster['url'], 'url'],
+    ].filter |$x| { $x[0] } # Delete undefined options
+
+    unless $cfg.count >= 1 {
+      fail("Node ${n['name']} has no config/template/url defined in the cluster configuration")
+    }
+
+    # Use first defined option ($cfg[0])
+    ({ 'name' => $n['name'], $cfg[0][1] => $cfg[0][0] })
+  }
+
+  $defined_nodes = $cluster_config.map |$node| { $node['name'] }
+  out::verbose("Defined nodes: ${defined_nodes}")
+
+  # Collect and set the target's facts
+  if empty(facts($tgt)) {
+    without_default_logging() || {
+      run_plan('facts', $tgt, '_catch_errors' => true)
+    }
+  }
+  $cpus = facts($tgt).get('processors.count')
+  $start_threads = if $cpus < 4 { 1 } else { $cpus / 2 } # Assume every VM can consume up to 200% of a CPU core on start
+
+  # Get existing VMs
+  $list_res = without_default_logging() || {
+    run_task(
+      'lima::list',
+      $tgt,
+      { names => $defined_nodes },
+    )
+  }
+  $lima_config = $list_res.find($target).value['list']
+
+  # Create missing nodes
+  $missing_nodes = $defined_nodes - $lima_config.map |$x| { $x['name'] }
+  out::verbose("Nodes to create: ${missing_nodes}")
+
+  # `limactl start` cannot create multiple images in parallel
+  # See https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/issues/1354
+  # So creating VMs sequentially..
+  $create_res = $missing_nodes.map |$node| {
+    run_task(
+      'lima::start',
+      $tgt,
+      "Create VM ${node}",
+      'name' => $node,
+      'template' => $cluster['template'],
+      'config' => $cluster['config'],
+      'url' => $cluster['url'],
+    )
+  }
+
+  # Start existing but non-running nodes
+  $stopped_nodes = $lima_config
+  .filter |$x| { $x['status'] == 'Stopped' }
+  .map |$x| { $x['name'] }
+  out::verbose("Nodes to start (${start_threads} nodes per batch): ${stopped_nodes}")
+
+  # Run in batches of $start_threads VMs in parallel
+  $start_res = $stopped_nodes.slice($start_threads).map |$batch| {
+    $batch.parallelize |$node| {
+      run_task(
+        'lima::start',
+        $tgt,
+        "Start VM ${node}",
+        'name' => $node,
+      )
+    }
+  }
+
+  return flatten($create_res + $start_res)
+}
diff --git a/plans/cluster/stop.pp b/plans/cluster/stop.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7acf1a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plans/cluster/stop.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# @summary Stop the cluster of Lima VMs
+# @param name
+#   Cluster name
+# @param clusters
+#   Hash of all defined clusters. Populated from Hiera usually.
+# @param target
+#   The host to run the limactl on
+plan lima::cluster::stop (
+  String[1] $name,
+  Optional[Hash] $clusters = undef,
+  TargetSpec $target = 'localhost',
+) {
+  $cluster = run_plan('lima::clusters', 'clusters' => $clusters, 'name' => $name)
+
+  $defined_nodes = $cluster['nodes'].map |$node| {
+    $node ? {
+      Hash => $node['name'],
+      String => $node,
+      default => undef,
+    }
+  }
+  out::verbose("Defined nodes: ${defined_nodes}")
+
+  $list_res = without_default_logging() || {
+    run_task(
+      'lima::list',
+      $target,
+      'names' => $defined_nodes,
+    )
+  }
+  $running_nodes = $list_res.find($target).value['list']
+  .filter |$x| { $x['status'] == 'Running' }
+  .map |$x| { $x['name'] }
+  out::verbose("Nodes to stop: ${running_nodes}")
+
+  # Stop running nodes
+  $stop_res = parallelize ($running_nodes) |$node| {
+    run_task(
+      'lima::stop',
+      $target,
+      'name' => $node,
+    )
+  }
+
+  return $stop_res
+}
diff --git a/plans/clusters.pp b/plans/clusters.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7cffe38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plans/clusters.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# @summary Return the cluster definition
+# @param name
+#   Cluster name
+# @param clusters
+#   Hash of all defined clusters. Populated from Hiera usually.
+# @return [Hash] Return the named cluster definition
+plan lima::clusters (
+  String[1] $name,
+  Hash $clusters = lookup('lima::clusters', 'default_value' => {}),
+) {
+  return $clusters[$name].lest || {
+    fail_plan("Cluster '${name}' is not defined", 'lima/undefined-cluster')
+  }
+}