From 3a5e78da527c0402a7e266a82e5bde4fe43ccd94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maximilian Kaske <56969857+mxkaske@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 21:19:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chore: readme tooling section (#2447)

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 README.md | 9 +++++++++
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@@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ Monitor your servers, websites and APIs from 28 regions across multiple cloud pr
 <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37740870"><img alt="Featured on Hacker News" src="https://hackerbadge.now.sh/api?id=37740870" style="width: 250px; height: 55px;" width="250" height="55" /></a>
 <a href="https://www.producthunt.com/posts/openstatus-2?utm_source=badge-top-post-badge&utm_medium=badge" target="_blank"><img alt="openstatus - #2 Product of the Day on Product Hunt" src="https://api.producthunt.com/widgets/embed-image/v1/top-post-badge.svg?post_id=openstatus-2&theme=light&period=daily" style="width: 250px; height: 55px;" width="250" height="55" /></a>
 
+## Tooling
+
+Everything the dashboard does is reachable from your terminal, your infrastructure code, and your AI assistant — all sharing a single API key.
+
+- **[API](https://www.openstatus.dev/tooling/api)** — typed JSON-over-HTTP (ConnectRPC) with a [Node SDK](https://github.com/openstatusHQ/sdk-node)
+- **[CLI](https://www.openstatus.dev/tooling/cli)** — interactive for humans, `--json` for agents, YAML monitoring as code
+- **[Terraform](https://www.openstatus.dev/tooling/terraform)** — monitors, notifications, and status pages as HCL
+- **[MCP server](https://www.openstatus.dev/tooling/mcp-server)** — connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any MCP client to your workspace
+
 ## Getting Started
 
 ### With Docker (Recommended)
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