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 # CM Dashboard
 
-CM Dashboard is a Rust-powered terminal UI for real-time monitoring of CMTEC infrastructure hosts. It aggregates SMART, service, and backup metrics from the existing CMTEC APIs and presents them in an efficient, keyboard-driven interface built with `ratatui`.
+CM Dashboard is a Rust-powered terminal UI for real-time monitoring of CMTEC infrastructure hosts. It subscribes to the CMTEC ZMQ gossip network where lightweight agents publish SMART, service, and backup metrics, and presents them in an efficient, keyboard-driven interface built with `ratatui`.
 
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 ## Requirements
 
 - Rust toolchain 1.75+ (install via [`rustup`](https://rustup.rs))
-- Access to CMTEC monitoring APIs on ports 6127, 6128, and 6129 from the machine running the dashboard
+- Network access to the CMTEC metrics gossip agents (default `tcp://<host>:6130`)
 - Configuration files under `config/` describing hosts and dashboard preferences
 
 ## Installation