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@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ _opam
 *.gz
 *.db
 .merlin
-
+*.install
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -5,11 +5,40 @@ This project provides an API for instrumenting server software
 using [opentelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io/docs), as well as
 connectors to talk to opentelemetry software such as [jaeger](https://www.jaegertracing.io/).
 
+## Features
+
+- [x] basic traces
+- [x] basic metrics
+- [ ] basic logs
+- [ ] nice API
+- [x] interface with `lwt`
+- [x] sync collector relying on ocurl
+  * [ ] batching, perf, etc.
+- [ ] async collector relying on ocurl-multi
+- [ ] interface with `logs` (carry context around)
+
 ## Use
 
-- [ ] TODO: basic traces
-- [ ] TODO: interface with `logs` (carry context around)
-- [ ] TODO: interface with `lwt`
+For now, instrument manually:
+
+```ocaml
+module T = Opentelemetry
+let (let@) f x = f x
+
+let foo x =
+  let@ (tr,sp) = T.Trace.with_ 
+      ~service_name:"myservice" "foo" ~attrs:["hello", `String "world"] in
+  (* … *)
+
+  let gc = Gc.stat() in
+  T.Metrics.(
+    emit [
+      gauge ~name:"foo.gc.major_heap_words" [int gc.Gc.heap_words];
+      sum ~name:"foo.gc.minor_allocated" [float gc.Gc.minor_words];
+    ]);
+
+  (* … *)
+``` 
 
 ## License