diff --git a/src/features/application-menu/main/menu-items/get-composite/find-composite/find-composite.test.ts b/src/features/application-menu/main/menu-items/get-composite/find-composite/find-composite.test.ts
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/application-menu/main/menu-items/get-composite/find-composite/find-composite.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+import type { Composite } from "../get-composite";
+import getComposite from "../get-composite";
+import { findComposite } from "./find-composite";
+
+describe("find-composite", () => {
+  let composite: Composite<{ id: string; parentId?: string; someProperty: string }>;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    composite = getComposite({
+      source: [
+        { id: "some-root-id", someProperty: "some-value" },
+        { id: "some-child-id", parentId: "some-root-id", someProperty: "some-value" },
+        { id: "some-irrelevant-grandchild-id", parentId: "some-child-id", someProperty: "some-value" },
+        { id: "some-grandchild-id", parentId: "some-child-id", someProperty: "some-value" },
+      ],
+
+      rootId: "some-root-id",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("when finding root using path, does so", () => {
+    const actual = findComposite("some-root-id")(composite);
+
+    expect(actual?.id).toBe("some-root-id");
+  });
+
+  it("when finding child using path, does so", () => {
+    const actual = findComposite("some-root-id.some-child-id")(composite);
+
+    expect(actual?.id).toBe("some-child-id");
+  });
+
+  it("when finding grandchild using path, does so", () => {
+    const actual = findComposite(
+      "some-root-id.some-child-id.some-grandchild-id",
+    )(composite);
+
+    expect(actual?.id).toBe("some-grandchild-id");
+  });
+
+  it("when finding with non existing path, returns undefined", () => {
+    const actual = findComposite("some-root-id.some-non-existing-path")(
+      composite,
+    );
+
+    expect(actual).toBe(undefined);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/features/application-menu/main/menu-items/get-composite/find-composite/find-composite.ts b/src/features/application-menu/main/menu-items/get-composite/find-composite/find-composite.ts
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/application-menu/main/menu-items/get-composite/find-composite/find-composite.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+import type { Composite } from "../get-composite";
+import { normalizeComposite } from "../normalize-composite/normalize-composite";
+
+export const findComposite =
+  (path: string) =>
+  <T>(composite: Composite<T>): Composite<T> | undefined =>
+      new Map(normalizeComposite(composite)).get(path);
diff --git a/src/features/application-menu/main/menu-items/get-composite/get-composite-paths/get-composite-paths.test.ts b/src/features/application-menu/main/menu-items/get-composite/get-composite-paths/get-composite-paths.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34e188639f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/application-menu/main/menu-items/get-composite/get-composite-paths/get-composite-paths.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+import getComposite from "../get-composite";
+import { getCompositePaths } from "./get-composite-paths";
+
+describe("get-composite-paths", () => {
+  it("given composite with ordered children, returns ordered paths", () => {
+    const someRootItem = {
+      id: "some-root-id",
+    };
+
+    const someItem1 = {
+      id: "some-id-1",
+      parentId: "some-root-id",
+      orderNumber: 1,
+    };
+
+    const someItem2 = {
+      id: "some-id-2",
+      parentId: "some-root-id",
+      orderNumber: 2,
+    };
+
+    const someChildItem1 = {
+      id: "some-child-id-1",
+      parentId: "some-id-1",
+      orderNumber: 1,
+    };
+
+    const someChildItem2 = {
+      id: "some-child-id-2",
+      parentId: "some-id-1",
+      orderNumber: 2,
+    };
+
+    const items = [
+      someRootItem,
+      // Note: not in order yet.
+      someItem2,
+      someItem1,
+      someChildItem2,
+      someChildItem1,
+    ];
+
+    const composite = getComposite({
+      source: items,
+    });
+
+    const actual = getCompositePaths(composite);
+
+    expect(actual).toEqual([
+      "some-root-id",
+      "some-root-id.some-id-1",
+      "some-root-id.some-id-1.some-child-id-1",
+      "some-root-id.some-id-1.some-child-id-2",
+      "some-root-id.some-id-2",
+    ]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/features/application-menu/main/menu-items/get-composite/get-composite-paths/get-composite-paths.ts b/src/features/application-menu/main/menu-items/get-composite/get-composite-paths/get-composite-paths.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f977cbcacd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/application-menu/main/menu-items/get-composite/get-composite-paths/get-composite-paths.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+import { pipeline } from "@ogre-tools/fp";
+import { flatMap } from "lodash/fp";
+import type { Composite } from "../get-composite";
+
+export const getCompositePaths = (
+  composite: Composite<any>,
+  previousPath: string[] = [],
+): string[] => {
+  const currentPath = [...previousPath, composite.id];
+
+  const currentPathString = currentPath.join(".");
+
+  return [
+    currentPathString,
+
+    ...pipeline(
+      composite.children,
+
+      flatMap((childComposite) =>
+        getCompositePaths(childComposite, currentPath),
+      ),
+    ),
+  ];
+};
diff --git a/src/features/application-menu/main/menu-items/get-composite/get-composite.test.ts b/src/features/application-menu/main/menu-items/get-composite/get-composite.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac11602a60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/application-menu/main/menu-items/get-composite/get-composite.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,380 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+
+import { sortBy } from "lodash/fp";
+import getComposite from "./get-composite";
+import { getCompositePaths } from "./get-composite-paths/get-composite-paths";
+
+describe("get-composite", () => {
+  it("given items and a specified root id, creates a composite", () => {
+    const someRootItem = {
+      someId: "some-root-id",
+      someParentId: undefined,
+      someProperty: "some-root-content",
+    };
+
+    const someItem = {
+      someId: "some-id",
+      someParentId: "some-root-id",
+      someProperty: "some-content",
+    };
+
+    const someNestedItem = {
+      someId: "some-nested-id",
+      someParentId: "some-id",
+      someProperty: "some-nested-content",
+    };
+
+    const items = [someRootItem, someItem, someNestedItem];
+
+    const composite = getComposite({
+      source: items,
+      rootId: "some-root-id",
+      getId: (x) => x.someId,
+      getParentId: (x) => x.someParentId,
+    });
+
+    expect(composite).toEqual({
+      id: "some-root-id",
+      value: someRootItem,
+
+      children: [
+        {
+          id: "some-id",
+          parentId: "some-root-id",
+          value: someItem,
+
+          children: [
+            {
+              id: "some-nested-id",
+              parentId: "some-id",
+              value: someNestedItem,
+              children: [],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("given items and an unspecified root id and single item without parent as root, creates a composite", () => {
+    const someRootItem = {
+      someId: "some-root-id",
+      someProperty: "some-root-content",
+      // Notice: no "someParentId" makes this the root.
+      someParentId: undefined,
+    };
+
+    const someItem = {
+      someId: "some-id",
+      someParentId: "some-root-id",
+      someProperty: "some-content",
+    };
+
+    const someNestedItem = {
+      someId: "some-nested-id",
+      someParentId: "some-id",
+      someProperty: "some-nested-content",
+    };
+
+    const items = [someRootItem, someItem, someNestedItem];
+
+    const composite = getComposite({
+      source: items,
+      // Notice: no root id
+      // rootId: "some-root-id",
+      getId: (x) => x.someId,
+      getParentId: (x) => x.someParentId,
+    });
+
+    expect(composite).toEqual({
+      id: "some-root-id",
+      value: someRootItem,
+
+      children: [
+        {
+          id: "some-id",
+          parentId: "some-root-id",
+          value: someItem,
+
+          children: [
+            {
+              id: "some-nested-id",
+              parentId: "some-id",
+              value: someNestedItem,
+              children: [],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("given items and an unspecified root id and multiple items without parent as root, throws", () => {
+    const someRootItem = {
+      someId: "some-root-id",
+      // Notice: no "someParentId" makes this a root.
+      someParentId: undefined,
+    };
+
+    const someOtherRootItem = {
+      someId: "some-other-root-id",
+      // Notice: no "someParentId" makes also this a root.
+      someParentId: undefined,
+    };
+
+    const items = [someRootItem, someOtherRootItem];
+
+    expect(() => {
+      getComposite({
+        source: items,
+        // Notice: no root id
+        // rootId: "some-root-id",
+        getId: (x) => x.someId,
+        getParentId: (x) => x.someParentId,
+      });
+    }).toThrow(
+      'Tried to get a composite, but multiple roots where encountered: "some-root-id", "some-other-root-id"',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("given non-unique ids, throws", () => {
+    const someItem = {
+      someId: "some-id",
+      someParentId: "irrelevant",
+    };
+
+    const someOtherItem = {
+      someId: "some-id",
+      someParentId: "irrelevant",
+    };
+
+    const items = [someItem, someOtherItem];
+
+    expect(() => {
+      getComposite({
+        source: items,
+        rootId: "irrelevant",
+        getId: (x) => x.someId,
+        getParentId: (x) => x.someParentId,
+      });
+    }).toThrow(
+      'Tried to get a composite but encountered non-unique ids: "some-id"',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("given missing parent ids, throws", () => {
+    const someItem = {
+      someId: "some-id",
+      someParentId: undefined,
+    };
+
+    const someItemWithMissingParentId = {
+      someId: "some-other-id",
+      someParentId: "some-missing-id",
+    };
+
+    const items = [someItem, someItemWithMissingParentId];
+
+    expect(() => {
+      getComposite({
+        source: items,
+        rootId: "irrelevant",
+        getId: (x) => x.someId,
+        getParentId: (x) => x.someParentId,
+      });
+    }).toThrow(
+      'Tried to get a composite but encountered missing parent ids: "some-missing-id"',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("given undefined ids, throws", () => {
+    const root = {
+      someParentId: undefined,
+      someId: "some-root",
+    };
+
+    const someItem = {
+      someParentId: "some-root",
+      someId: undefined,
+    };
+
+    const someOtherItem = {
+      someParentId: "some-root",
+      someId: undefined,
+    };
+
+    const items = [root, someItem, someOtherItem];
+
+    expect(() => {
+      getComposite({
+        source: items,
+        rootId: "some-root",
+        getId: (x) => x.someId as any,
+        getParentId: (x) => x.someParentId,
+      });
+    }).toThrow("Tried to get a composite but encountered 2 undefined ids");
+  });
+
+  it("given items with default properties for id and parentId, creates a composite", () => {
+    const someRootItem = {
+      id: "some-root-id",
+    };
+
+    const someItem = {
+      id: "some-id",
+      parentId: "some-root-id",
+    };
+
+    const someNestedItem = {
+      id: "some-nested-id",
+      parentId: "some-id",
+    };
+
+    const items = [someRootItem, someItem, someNestedItem];
+
+    const composite = getComposite({
+      source: items,
+      // Notice: no need for functions
+      // getId: (x) => x.id,
+      // getParentId: (x) => x.parentId,
+    });
+
+    expect(composite).toEqual({
+      id: "some-root-id",
+      value: someRootItem,
+
+      children: [
+        {
+          id: "some-id",
+          parentId: "some-root-id",
+          value: someItem,
+
+          children: [
+            {
+              id: "some-nested-id",
+              parentId: "some-id",
+              value: someNestedItem,
+              children: [],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("given explicitly ordered items, creates a composite with ordered children", () => {
+    const someRootItem = {
+      id: "some-root-id",
+      someOrderNumber: 1,
+    };
+
+    const someItem1 = {
+      id: "some-id-1",
+      parentId: "some-root-id",
+      someOrderNumber: 1,
+    };
+
+    const someItem2 = {
+      id: "some-id-2",
+      parentId: "some-root-id",
+      someOrderNumber: 2,
+    };
+
+    const someChildItem1 = {
+      id: "some-child-id-1",
+      parentId: "some-id-1",
+      someOrderNumber: 1,
+    };
+
+    const someChildItem2 = {
+      id: "some-child-id-2",
+      parentId: "some-id-1",
+      someOrderNumber: 2,
+    };
+
+    const items = [
+      someRootItem,
+      // Note: not in order yet.
+      someItem2,
+      someItem1,
+      someChildItem2,
+      someChildItem1,
+    ];
+
+    const composite = getComposite({
+      source: items,
+      // Note: this is the explicit function to order a composite's children.
+      getOrderedChildren: (things) =>
+        sortBy((thing) => thing.someOrderNumber, things),
+    });
+
+    const orderedPaths = getCompositePaths(composite);
+
+    expect(orderedPaths).toEqual([
+      "some-root-id",
+      "some-root-id.some-id-1",
+      "some-root-id.some-id-1.some-child-id-1",
+      "some-root-id.some-id-1.some-child-id-2",
+      "some-root-id.some-id-2",
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("given implicitly ordered items, creates a composite with ordered children", () => {
+    const someRootItem = {
+      id: "some-root-id",
+      orderNumber: 1,
+    };
+
+    const someItem1 = {
+      id: "some-id-1",
+      parentId: "some-root-id",
+      orderNumber: 1,
+    };
+
+    const someItem2 = {
+      id: "some-id-2",
+      parentId: "some-root-id",
+      orderNumber: 2,
+    };
+
+    const someChildItem1 = {
+      id: "some-child-id-1",
+      parentId: "some-id-1",
+      orderNumber: 1,
+    };
+
+    const someChildItem2 = {
+      id: "some-child-id-2",
+      parentId: "some-id-1",
+      orderNumber: 2,
+    };
+
+    const items = [
+      someRootItem,
+      // Note: not in order yet.
+      someItem2,
+      someItem1,
+      someChildItem2,
+      someChildItem1,
+    ];
+
+    const composite = getComposite({
+      source: items,
+      // Note: without explicit getOrderedChildren for ordering, implicit default value of "orderNumber" will be used, if it exists.
+      // getOrderedChildren: things => sortBy(thing => thing.orderNumber, things),
+    });
+
+    const orderedPaths = getCompositePaths(composite);
+
+    expect(orderedPaths).toEqual([
+      "some-root-id",
+      "some-root-id.some-id-1",
+      "some-root-id.some-id-1.some-child-id-1",
+      "some-root-id.some-id-1.some-child-id-2",
+      "some-root-id.some-id-2",
+    ]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/features/application-menu/main/menu-items/get-composite/get-composite.ts b/src/features/application-menu/main/menu-items/get-composite/get-composite.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c188e7951
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/application-menu/main/menu-items/get-composite/get-composite.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+
+import { pipeline } from "@ogre-tools/fp";
+import {
+  countBy,
+  filter,
+  toPairs,
+  nth,
+  map,
+  uniq,
+  without,
+  compact,
+  get,
+  sortBy,
+} from "lodash/fp";
+
+export interface Composite<T> {
+  id: string;
+  parentId: string | undefined;
+  value: T;
+  children: Composite<T>[];
+}
+
+export default <T>({
+  source,
+  rootId,
+  getId = get("id"),
+  getParentId = get("parentId"),
+  getOrderedChildren = (things: T[]) => sortBy("orderNumber", things),
+}: {
+  source: T[];
+  rootId?: string;
+  getId?: (thing: T) => string;
+  getParentId?: (thing: T) => string | undefined;
+  getOrderedChildren?: (things: T[]) => T[];
+}) => {
+  const undefinedIds = pipeline(
+    source,
+    filter((x) => getId(x) === undefined),
+  );
+
+  if(undefinedIds.length) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Tried to get a composite but encountered ${undefinedIds.length} undefined ids`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  const duplicateIds = pipeline(
+    source,
+    countBy(getId),
+    toPairs,
+    filter(([, count]) => count > 1),
+    map(nth(0)),
+  );
+
+  if (duplicateIds.length) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Tried to get a composite but encountered non-unique ids: "${duplicateIds
+        .map((x) => String(x))
+        .join('", "')}"`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  const allIds = pipeline(source, map(getId));
+
+  const allParentIds = pipeline(source, map(getParentId), uniq, compact);
+
+  const unknownParentIds = without(allIds, allParentIds);
+
+  if (unknownParentIds.length) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Tried to get a composite but encountered missing parent ids: "${unknownParentIds
+        .map((x) => String(x))
+        .join('", "')}"`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  const toComposite = (thing: T): Composite<T> => {
+    const thingId = getId(thing);
+
+    return {
+      id: thingId,
+      parentId: getParentId(thing),
+      value: thing,
+
+      children: pipeline(
+        source,
+
+        filter((childThing) => {
+          const parentId = getParentId(childThing);
+
+          return parentId !== undefined && parentId === thingId;
+        }),
+
+        getOrderedChildren,
+
+        map(toComposite),
+      ),
+    };
+  };
+
+  const isRootId = rootId
+    ? (thing: T) => getId(thing) === rootId
+    : (thing: T) => getParentId(thing) === undefined;
+
+  const roots = source.filter(isRootId);
+
+  if (roots.length > 1) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Tried to get a composite, but multiple roots where encountered: "${roots
+        .map(getId)
+        .join('", "')}"`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  return toComposite(roots[0]);
+};
diff --git a/src/features/application-menu/main/menu-items/get-composite/normalize-composite/normalize-composite.test.ts b/src/features/application-menu/main/menu-items/get-composite/normalize-composite/normalize-composite.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3b137b262
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/application-menu/main/menu-items/get-composite/normalize-composite/normalize-composite.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+import { normalizeComposite } from "./normalize-composite";
+import getComposite from "../get-composite";
+
+describe("normalize-composite", () => {
+  it("given a composite, flattens it to path and composite", () => {
+    const someRootItem = {
+      id: "some-root-id",
+      parentId: undefined,
+    };
+
+    const someItem = {
+      id: "some-id",
+      parentId: "some-root-id",
+    };
+
+    const someNestedItem = {
+      id: "some-child-id",
+      parentId: "some-id",
+    };
+
+    const items = [someRootItem, someItem, someNestedItem];
+
+    const composite = getComposite({
+      source: items,
+    });
+
+    const actual = normalizeComposite(composite);
+
+    expect(actual).toEqual([
+      ["some-root-id", expect.objectContaining({ value: someRootItem })],
+
+      ["some-root-id.some-id", expect.objectContaining({ value: someItem })],
+
+      [
+        "some-root-id.some-id.some-child-id",
+        expect.objectContaining({ value: someNestedItem }),
+      ],
+    ]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/features/application-menu/main/menu-items/get-composite/normalize-composite/normalize-composite.ts b/src/features/application-menu/main/menu-items/get-composite/normalize-composite/normalize-composite.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f785a18a19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/application-menu/main/menu-items/get-composite/normalize-composite/normalize-composite.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+import type { Composite } from "../get-composite";
+
+export const normalizeComposite = <T>(
+  composite: Composite<T>,
+  previousPath: string[] = [],
+): (readonly [path: string, composite: Composite<T>])[] => {
+  const currentPath = [...previousPath, composite.id];
+
+  const pathAndCompositeTuple = [currentPath.join("."), composite] as const;
+
+  return [
+    pathAndCompositeTuple,
+
+    ...composite.children.flatMap((x) => normalizeComposite(x, currentPath)),
+  ];
+};