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 tools-generic
 =============
 
-Generic OpenStack Operations Tools
+A repo of curated generic OpenStack Operations Tools
 
+These have been verified that do what they say, pass our coding standards and have been found useful by the Operating Community.
+
+For contributing other tools, generally you should submit them to the `osops-tools-contrib repo <https://github.com/openstack/osops-tools-contrib>`_ first.
+
+Please see the wiki page at https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Osops#Overview_moving_code
+for more details about how code is promoted up to the generic repo.
 
 Other sources of tools
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