diff --git a/tests/kernels/helion/test_config_manager.py b/tests/kernels/helion/test_config_manager.py
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
+"""
+Unit tests for Helion ConfigManager and ConfigSet.
+
+Tests the simplified configuration management system for Helion custom kernels.
+"""
+
+import json
+import tempfile
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+from vllm.utils.import_utils import has_helion
+
+# Skip entire module if helion is not available
+if not has_helion():
+    pytest.skip(
+        "Helion is not installed. Install with: pip install vllm[helion]",
+        allow_module_level=True,
+    )
+
+import helion
+
+from vllm.kernels.helion.config_manager import (
+    ConfigManager,
+    ConfigSet,
+)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def reset_config_manager_singleton():
+    """Reset ConfigManager singleton before each test."""
+    ConfigManager.reset_instance()
+    yield
+    ConfigManager.reset_instance()
+
+
+class TestConfigSet:
+    """Test suite for ConfigSet class."""
+
+    def test_config_set_creation(self):
+        """Test creating an empty ConfigSet."""
+        config_set = ConfigSet("test_kernel")
+
+        assert config_set.kernel_name == "test_kernel"
+        assert config_set.get_platforms() == []
+
+    def test_config_set_from_dict(self):
+        """Test creating ConfigSet from dictionary data."""
+        # Use realistic config data that helion.Config can handle
+        config_data = {
+            "block_sizes": [32, 16],
+            "num_warps": 4,
+            "num_stages": 3,
+            "pid_type": "persistent_interleaved",
+        }
+        data = {"h100": {"batch_32_hidden_4096": config_data}}
+
+        config_set = ConfigSet.from_dict("test_kernel", data)
+
+        assert config_set.kernel_name == "test_kernel"
+        assert config_set.get_platforms() == ["h100"]
+
+        # Verify the config was created correctly
+        config = config_set.get_config("h100", "batch_32_hidden_4096")
+        assert isinstance(config, helion.Config)
+        assert config.block_sizes == [32, 16]
+        assert config.num_warps == 4
+        assert config.num_stages == 3
+        assert config.pid_type == "persistent_interleaved"
+
+    def test_config_set_get_config_keyerror(self):
+        """Test that accessing non-existent configs raises informative KeyErrors."""
+        config_set = ConfigSet("test_kernel")
+
+        with pytest.raises(KeyError, match="platform 'h100' not found"):
+            config_set.get_config("h100", "batch_32_hidden_4096")
+
+        # Use realistic config data
+        config_data = {"num_warps": 8, "num_stages": 4}
+        data = {"h100": {"batch_64_hidden_2048": config_data}}
+        config_set = ConfigSet.from_dict("test_kernel", data)
+
+        with pytest.raises(
+            KeyError, match="config_key 'batch_32_hidden_4096' not found"
+        ):
+            config_set.get_config("h100", "batch_32_hidden_4096")
+
+    def test_config_set_get_platforms(self):
+        """Test get_platforms method."""
+        # Use realistic config data
+        config1 = {"num_warps": 4, "num_stages": 3}
+        config2 = {"num_warps": 8, "num_stages": 5}
+
+        data = {
+            "h100": {"batch_32_hidden_4096": config1},
+            "a100": {"batch_16_hidden_2048": config2},
+        }
+        config_set = ConfigSet.from_dict("test_kernel", data)
+
+        platforms = config_set.get_platforms()
+        assert platforms == ["a100", "h100"]  # Should be sorted
+
+    def test_config_set_get_config_keys(self):
+        """Test get_config_keys method."""
+        # Use realistic config data
+        config1 = {"num_warps": 4, "num_stages": 3}
+        config2 = {"num_warps": 8, "num_stages": 5}
+
+        data = {
+            "h100": {
+                "batch_32_hidden_4096": config1,
+                "batch_64_hidden_2048": config2,
+            }
+        }
+        config_set = ConfigSet.from_dict("test_kernel", data)
+
+        config_keys = config_set.get_config_keys("h100")
+        assert config_keys == ["batch_32_hidden_4096", "batch_64_hidden_2048"]
+
+        assert config_set.get_config_keys("v100") == []
+
+    def test_config_set_to_dict(self):
+        """Test converting ConfigSet to dictionary."""
+        # Use realistic config data
+        original_config = {
+            "block_sizes": [64, 32],
+            "num_warps": 16,
+            "num_stages": 4,
+            "pid_type": "persistent_blocked",
+        }
+        original_data = {"h100": {"batch_32_hidden_4096": original_config}}
+
+        config_set = ConfigSet.from_dict("test_kernel", original_data)
+        result_data = config_set.to_dict()
+
+        # The result should match the original (Config roundtrip should work)
+        assert result_data == original_data
+
+
+class TestConfigManager:
+    """Test suite for ConfigManager class."""
+
+    def test_config_manager_creation_default_base_dir(self):
+        """Test creating ConfigManager with default base directory."""
+        manager = ConfigManager()
+        assert manager._base_dir.name == "configs"
+
+    def test_config_manager_creation_custom_base_dir(self):
+        """Test creating ConfigManager with custom base directory."""
+        custom_dir = "/tmp/custom_configs"
+        manager = ConfigManager(base_dir=custom_dir)
+
+        # Paths are resolved, so compare with resolved path
+        assert manager._base_dir == Path(custom_dir).resolve()
+
+    def test_get_config_file_path(self):
+        """Test getting config file path for a kernel."""
+        manager = ConfigManager(base_dir="/tmp")
+
+        file_path = manager.get_config_file_path("silu_mul_fp8")
+
+        expected_path = Path("/tmp/silu_mul_fp8.json")
+        assert file_path == expected_path
+
+    def test_ensure_base_dir_exists(self):
+        """Test ensuring base directory exists."""
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temp_dir:
+            base_dir = Path(temp_dir) / "non_existent" / "configs"
+            manager = ConfigManager(base_dir=base_dir)
+            assert not base_dir.exists()
+
+            returned_path = manager.ensure_base_dir_exists()
+
+            assert base_dir.exists()
+            assert base_dir.is_dir()
+            assert returned_path == base_dir
+
+    def test_load_config_set_file_not_exists(self):
+        """Test loading config set when file doesn't exist."""
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temp_dir:
+            manager = ConfigManager(base_dir=temp_dir)
+            config_set = manager.load_config_set("non_existent_kernel")
+
+            assert isinstance(config_set, ConfigSet)
+            assert config_set.kernel_name == "non_existent_kernel"
+            assert config_set.get_platforms() == []
+
+    def test_load_config_set_valid_file(self):
+        """Test loading config set from valid file."""
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temp_dir:
+            # Use realistic config data
+            kernel_config = {
+                "block_sizes": [128, 64],
+                "num_warps": 8,
+                "num_stages": 6,
+                "pid_type": "persistent_interleaved",
+            }
+            config_data = {"h100": {"batch_32_hidden_4096": kernel_config}}
+            config_file = Path(temp_dir) / "test_kernel.json"
+            with open(config_file, "w") as f:
+                json.dump(config_data, f)
+
+            manager = ConfigManager(base_dir=temp_dir)
+            config_set = manager.load_config_set("test_kernel")
+
+            assert isinstance(config_set, ConfigSet)
+            assert config_set.kernel_name == "test_kernel"
+            assert config_set.get_platforms() == ["h100"]
+
+            # Verify the config was loaded correctly
+            config = config_set.get_config("h100", "batch_32_hidden_4096")
+            assert isinstance(config, helion.Config)
+            assert config.block_sizes == [128, 64]
+            assert config.num_warps == 8
+
+    def test_load_config_set_invalid_json(self):
+        """Test loading config set from file with invalid JSON."""
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temp_dir:
+            config_file = Path(temp_dir) / "test_kernel.json"
+            with open(config_file, "w") as f:
+                f.write("invalid json content {")
+
+            manager = ConfigManager(base_dir=temp_dir)
+            config_set = manager.load_config_set("test_kernel")
+
+            assert isinstance(config_set, ConfigSet)
+            assert config_set.kernel_name == "test_kernel"
+            assert config_set.get_platforms() == []
+
+    def test_save_config_set(self):
+        """Test saving ConfigSet to file."""
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temp_dir:
+            # Use realistic config data
+            kernel_config = {
+                "block_sizes": [256, 128],
+                "num_warps": 16,
+                "num_stages": 8,
+                "pid_type": "persistent_blocked",
+            }
+            data = {"h100": {"batch_32_hidden_4096": kernel_config}}
+            config_set = ConfigSet.from_dict("test_kernel", data)
+
+            manager = ConfigManager(base_dir=temp_dir)
+            saved_path = manager.save_config_set(config_set)
+
+            expected_path = Path(temp_dir) / "test_kernel.json"
+            assert saved_path == expected_path
+            assert saved_path.exists()
+
+            with open(saved_path) as f:
+                loaded_data = json.load(f)
+            assert loaded_data == data
+
+    def test_save_config_set_creates_directory(self):
+        """Test that save_config_set creates parent directories if needed."""
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temp_dir:
+            nested_dir = Path(temp_dir) / "nested" / "configs"
+            config_set = ConfigSet("test_kernel")
+
+            manager = ConfigManager(base_dir=nested_dir)
+            saved_path = manager.save_config_set(config_set)
+
+            assert nested_dir.exists()
+            assert nested_dir.is_dir()
+            assert saved_path.exists()
+
+    def test_get_platform_configs(self):
+        """Test getting all configs for a specific platform."""
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temp_dir:
+            # Use realistic config data
+            config_1 = {"num_warps": 4, "num_stages": 3, "block_sizes": [64, 32]}
+            config_2 = {"num_warps": 8, "num_stages": 5, "block_sizes": [128, 64]}
+            default_config = {
+                "num_warps": 16,
+                "num_stages": 7,
+                "block_sizes": [256, 128],
+            }
+            config_3 = {"num_warps": 2, "num_stages": 2, "block_sizes": [32, 16]}
+
+            config_data = {
+                "h100": {
+                    "batch_32_hidden_4096": config_1,
+                    "batch_64_hidden_2048": config_2,
+                    "default": default_config,
+                },
+                "a100": {"batch_16_hidden_1024": config_3},
+            }
+            config_file = Path(temp_dir) / "test_kernel.json"
+            with open(config_file, "w") as f:
+                json.dump(config_data, f)
+
+            manager = ConfigManager(base_dir=temp_dir)
+
+            h100_configs = manager.get_platform_configs("test_kernel", "h100")
+            assert len(h100_configs) == 3
+            assert "batch_32_hidden_4096" in h100_configs
+            assert "batch_64_hidden_2048" in h100_configs
+            assert "default" in h100_configs
+            for config in h100_configs.values():
+                assert isinstance(config, helion.Config)
+
+            # Verify specific config details
+            assert h100_configs["batch_32_hidden_4096"].num_warps == 4
+            assert h100_configs["default"].num_stages == 7
+
+            a100_configs = manager.get_platform_configs("test_kernel", "a100")
+            assert len(a100_configs) == 1
+            assert "batch_16_hidden_1024" in a100_configs
+            assert isinstance(a100_configs["batch_16_hidden_1024"], helion.Config)
+            assert a100_configs["batch_16_hidden_1024"].num_warps == 2
+
+            nonexistent_configs = manager.get_platform_configs("test_kernel", "v100")
+            assert len(nonexistent_configs) == 0
+
+    def test_singleton_returns_same_instance(self):
+        """Test that ConfigManager returns the same instance on repeated calls."""
+        manager1 = ConfigManager(base_dir="/tmp/test_singleton")
+        manager2 = ConfigManager(base_dir="/tmp/test_singleton")
+
+        assert manager1 is manager2
+
+    def test_singleton_with_default_base_dir(self):
+        """Test singleton behavior with default base directory."""
+        manager1 = ConfigManager()
+        manager2 = ConfigManager()
+
+        assert manager1 is manager2
+        assert manager1._base_dir == manager2._base_dir
+
+    def test_singleton_error_on_different_base_dir(self):
+        """Test that ConfigManager raises error when created with different base_dir."""
+        ConfigManager(base_dir="/tmp/first_dir")
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="singleton already exists"):
+            ConfigManager(base_dir="/tmp/different_dir")
+
+    def test_reset_instance_allows_new_base_dir(self):
+        """Test that reset_instance allows creating with a new base_dir."""
+        manager1 = ConfigManager(base_dir="/tmp/first_dir")
+        assert manager1._base_dir == Path("/tmp/first_dir").resolve()
+
+        ConfigManager.reset_instance()
+
+        manager2 = ConfigManager(base_dir="/tmp/second_dir")
+        assert manager2._base_dir == Path("/tmp/second_dir").resolve()
+        assert manager1 is not manager2
+
+    def test_get_instance_returns_existing(self):
+        """Test that get_instance returns the existing singleton."""
+        manager1 = ConfigManager(base_dir="/tmp/test_get_instance")
+        manager2 = ConfigManager.get_instance()
+
+        assert manager1 is manager2
+
+    def test_get_instance_raises_if_not_initialized(self):
+        """Test that get_instance raises RuntimeError if no instance exists."""
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="has not been created"):
+            ConfigManager.get_instance()
diff --git a/vllm/kernels/__init__.py b/vllm/kernels/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d0c9805e
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+++ b/vllm/kernels/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
+"""Kernel implementations for vLLM."""
diff --git a/vllm/kernels/helion/__init__.py b/vllm/kernels/helion/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68385e5eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vllm/kernels/helion/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
+"""Helion integration for vLLM."""
+
+from vllm.kernels.helion.config_manager import (
+    ConfigManager,
+    ConfigSet,
+)
+
+__all__ = [
+    "ConfigManager",
+    "ConfigSet",
+]
diff --git a/vllm/kernels/helion/config_manager.py b/vllm/kernels/helion/config_manager.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59d5bf430
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+++ b/vllm/kernels/helion/config_manager.py
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
+"""
+Configuration management for Helion kernels.
+
+This module provides centralized configuration file management for Helion custom
+operations, including naming conventions, directory resolution, and file I/O.
+
+Config File Structure
+---------------------
+Each kernel has a single JSON config file: {kernel_name}.json
+
+The file uses a simplified 2-layer hierarchical structure:
+{
+    "h100": {                             # GPU platform
+        "default": { ... },               # Fallback configuration
+        "batch_32_hidden_4096": { ... },
+        "batch_64_hidden_8192": { ... }
+    },
+    "a100": {
+        "default": { ... },
+        "batch_16_hidden_2048": { ... }
+    }
+}
+
+Example file: silu_mul_fp8.json
+
+Config keys should be structured strings that encode the relevant
+parameters (e.g., "batch_32_hidden_4096", "seq_512_heads_16", "fp8_batch_64", etc.).
+
+Classes
+-------
+- ConfigSet: In-memory collection of configs for a kernel with lookup/query APIs.
+- ConfigManager: File-level operations for config persistence.
+"""
+
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+from vllm.logger import init_logger
+from vllm.utils.import_utils import has_helion
+
+if not has_helion():
+    raise ImportError(
+        "ConfigManager requires helion to be installed. "
+        "Install it with: pip install helion"
+    )
+
+import helion
+
+logger = init_logger(__name__)
+
+
+class ConfigSet:
+    """In-memory collection of Helion configs with lookup/query capabilities."""
+
+    # Type alias for nested config structure:
+    # platform -> config_key -> helion.Config
+    _ConfigDict = dict[str, dict[str, "helion.Config"]]
+
+    def __init__(self, kernel_name: str):
+        self._kernel_name = kernel_name
+        self._configs: ConfigSet._ConfigDict = {}
+
+    @property
+    def kernel_name(self) -> str:
+        return self._kernel_name
+
+    def get_config(self, platform: str, config_key: str) -> helion.Config:
+        platform_dict = self._configs.get(platform)
+        if platform_dict is None:
+            avail_platforms = self.get_platforms()
+            raise KeyError(
+                f"Config not found for kernel '{self._kernel_name}': "
+                f"platform '{platform}' not found. "
+                f"Available platforms: {avail_platforms or '(none)'}"
+            )
+
+        config = platform_dict.get(config_key)
+        if config is None:
+            avail_keys = self.get_config_keys(platform)
+            raise KeyError(
+                f"Config not found for kernel '{self._kernel_name}': "
+                f"config_key '{config_key}' not found for platform '{platform}'. "
+                f"Available config_keys: {avail_keys or '(none)'}"
+            )
+
+        return config
+
+    def get_platforms(self) -> list[str]:
+        return sorted(self._configs.keys())
+
+    def get_config_keys(self, platform: str) -> list[str]:
+        platform_dict = self._configs.get(platform.lower())
+        if platform_dict is None:
+            return []
+        return sorted(platform_dict.keys())
+
+    def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        result: dict[str, Any] = {}
+
+        for platform, config_keys_dict in self._configs.items():
+            result[platform] = {}
+
+            for config_key, config in config_keys_dict.items():
+                # Convert helion.Config to dict using to_json() + json.loads()
+                import json
+
+                result[platform][config_key] = json.loads(config.to_json())
+
+        return result
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_dict(cls, kernel_name: str, data: dict[str, Any]) -> "ConfigSet":
+        config_set = cls(kernel_name)
+        count = 0
+
+        for platform, platform_data in data.items():
+            if platform not in config_set._configs:
+                config_set._configs[platform] = {}
+
+            for config_key, config_data in platform_data.items():
+                config = helion.Config(**config_data)
+                config_set._configs[platform][config_key] = config
+                count += 1
+
+        if count > 0:
+            logger.debug(
+                "Loaded %d configs for kernel '%s'",
+                count,
+                kernel_name,
+            )
+
+        return config_set
+
+
+class ConfigManager:
+    """File-level configuration management for Helion kernels (global singleton)."""
+
+    _instance: "ConfigManager | None" = None
+    _instance_base_dir: Path | None = None
+
+    def __new__(cls, base_dir: str | Path | None = None) -> "ConfigManager":
+        resolved_base_dir = cls._resolve_base_dir(base_dir)
+
+        if cls._instance is not None:
+            # Instance already exists - check for base_dir mismatch
+            if cls._instance_base_dir != resolved_base_dir:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"ConfigManager singleton already exists with base_dir "
+                    f"'{cls._instance_base_dir}', cannot create with different "
+                    f"base_dir '{resolved_base_dir}'"
+                )
+            return cls._instance
+
+        # Create new instance
+        instance = super().__new__(cls)
+        cls._instance = instance
+        cls._instance_base_dir = resolved_base_dir
+        return instance
+
+    def __init__(self, base_dir: str | Path | None = None):
+        # Only initialize if not already initialized
+        if hasattr(self, "_base_dir"):
+            return
+
+        self._base_dir = self._resolve_base_dir(base_dir)
+        logger.debug("ConfigManager initialized with base_dir: %s", self._base_dir)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _resolve_base_dir(base_dir: str | Path | None) -> Path:
+        if base_dir is not None:
+            return Path(base_dir).resolve()
+        return (Path(__file__).parent / "configs").resolve()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_instance(cls) -> "ConfigManager":
+        if cls._instance is None:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                "ConfigManager instance has not been created. "
+                "Call ConfigManager(base_dir=...) first to initialize."
+            )
+        return cls._instance
+
+    @classmethod
+    def reset_instance(cls) -> None:
+        """For testing purposes only."""
+        cls._instance = None
+        cls._instance_base_dir = None
+
+    def get_config_file_path(self, kernel_name: str) -> Path:
+        return self._base_dir / f"{kernel_name}.json"
+
+    def ensure_base_dir_exists(self) -> Path:
+        self._base_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        return self._base_dir
+
+    def load_config_set(self, kernel_name: str) -> ConfigSet:
+        config_path = self.get_config_file_path(kernel_name)
+        if not config_path.exists():
+            return ConfigSet.from_dict(kernel_name, {})
+
+        try:
+            with open(config_path) as f:
+                data = json.load(f)
+            return ConfigSet.from_dict(kernel_name, data)
+        except (json.JSONDecodeError, OSError) as e:
+            logger.error("Failed to load config file %s: %s", config_path, e)
+            return ConfigSet.from_dict(kernel_name, {})
+
+    def get_platform_configs(
+        self, kernel_name: str, platform: str
+    ) -> dict[str, helion.Config]:
+        config_set = self.load_config_set(kernel_name)
+        config_keys = config_set.get_config_keys(platform)
+
+        return {
+            config_key: config_set.get_config(platform, config_key)
+            for config_key in config_keys
+        }
+
+    def save_config_set(self, config_set: ConfigSet) -> Path:
+        config_path = self.get_config_file_path(config_set.kernel_name)
+        config_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+        with open(config_path, "w") as f:
+            json.dump(config_set.to_dict(), f, indent=2)
+
+        logger.info("Saved config to: %s", config_path)
+        return config_path