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+# Quick overview
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+## Information gatherers
+These implement the `Reporter` interface
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+- `awsecs` Deals with talking to AWS ECS to get stats and info
+- `docker` Inspects the docker status
+- `endpoint` Gathers connection data 
+- `host` Gets data from the host os, including things like CPU and mem stats
+- `kubernetes` Gathers data from k8s
+- `overlay` Talks to Weave Net for network stats from the overlay network
+- `process` Is code that looks up running process and stats form the os
+
+## Utility and control
+- `appclient` Deals with generating and sending reports
+- `controls` Utility code for control messages and the like
+- `plugins` allows plugins to be added to the probe.
+