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-## What is this repository?
+[![CI status](https://github.com/eschanet/QMonit/workflows/tests/badge.svg)](https://github.com/eschanet/QMonit/actions?query=workflow%3Atests)
+[![Python 2.7](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-2.7-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-270/)
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-This repository gathers the various scripts and tools that are necessary for QMonit.
 
-### Monitoring
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+# Low-latency PanDA queue monitoring
+
+This repository gathers the various scripts and tools that are necessary for QMonit — a lightweight monitoring tool for PanDA queues with a latency of only 10 minutes.
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+# Monitoring
 
 The data in the InfluxDB instance is being visualised in [MONIT Grafana](https://monit-grafana.cern.ch/d/000000301/home?orgId=17).