diff --git a/tools/summary/diff.sh b/tools/summary/diff.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b76e45fa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/summary/diff.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+src=${1:-""}
+dst=${2:-""}
+if [[ -z $src ]] || [[ -z $dst ]]; then
+    echo "USAGE: `basename $0` <src dir> <dst dir>"
+    exit
+fi
+
+for f in `find $src -maxdepth 1 -name *summary.yaml`; do
+    diff -y $dst/$f $f| less
+done
diff --git a/tools/summary/issues-and-bugs.sh b/tools/summary/issues-and-bugs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3febd49d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/summary/issues-and-bugs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+path=${1:-hotsos-output}
+for f in `find $path -maxdepth 1 -name *summary.json`; do
+    clear
+    jq -r '"\nHostname: " + .system.hostname,
+           "Issues:", (.[]|to_entries[]|select(.key=="potential-issues")|.value|to_entries[]|.key, .value),
+           "Bugs:", (.[]|to_entries[]|select(.key=="known-bugs")|.value|to_entries[]|.key, .value)' $f
+    read -p "Next? [ENTER]"
+done
diff --git a/tools/summary/less-all.sh b/tools/summary/less-all.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..638dae317
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/summary/less-all.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+path=${1:-hotsos-output}
+for f in `find $path -maxdepth 1 -name *summary.yaml`; do
+    less $f
+done
diff --git a/tools/summary/view.py b/tools/summary/view.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..09b8d3ba6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/summary/view.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import glob
+import os
+import json
+import sys
+import subprocess
+
+PLUGIN_NAMES = ['juju', 'mysql', 'openstack', 'openvswitch', 'system',
+                'maas', 'kernel', 'kubernetes', 'rabbitmq', 'sosreport',
+                'storage', 'vault', 'pacemaker']
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+        path = os.path.join(sys.argv[1], '*.json')
+    else:
+        path = '*.json'
+
+    for f in glob.glob(path):
+        with open(f) as fd:
+            subprocess.call(['clear'])
+            s = json.loads(fd.read())
+            print("host: {} ".format(s['system']['hostname']))
+            print("date: {}".format(s['system']['date']))
+            _enabled = []
+            _services = {}
+            _has_bugs = {}
+            _has_potential_issues = {}
+            for plugin in PLUGIN_NAMES:
+                if plugin in s:
+                    _enabled.append(plugin)
+                    if 'services' in s[plugin]:
+                        enabled = s[plugin]['services']
+                        enabled = enabled.get('systemd', {})
+                        _services[plugin] = enabled.get('enabled')
+
+                    if 'known-bugs' in s[plugin]:
+                        _has_bugs.update(s[plugin]['known-bugs'])
+
+                    if 'potential-issues' in s[plugin]:
+                        _has_potential_issues.update(
+                            s[plugin]['potential-issues'])
+
+#            print("enabled: {}".format(', '.join(sorted(_enabled))))
+            print("services:")
+            for plugin, svcs in _services.items():
+                print("  {}: {}".format(plugin, ', '.join(svcs)))
+
+            if _has_bugs:
+                print("bugs:")
+                for btype, content in _has_bugs.items():
+                    print("  {}: {}\n".format(btype, '\n'.join(content)))
+
+            if _has_potential_issues:
+                print("issues:")
+                for btype, content in _has_potential_issues.items():
+                    print("  {}:".format(btype))
+                    for msg in content:
+                        print("    {}".format(msg))
+
+            input("\nNext? [ENTER]")
+
+        print("")
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index b4e8d7268..75da177f8 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
          TERM=linux
          HOTSOS_ROOT={toxinidir}/hotsos
          TESTS_DIR={[testenv]unit_tests}
-         PYFILES={toxinidir}/setup.py {toxinidir}/hotsos/ {[testenv]unit_tests}
+         PYFILES={toxinidir}/setup.py {toxinidir}/hotsos/ {[testenv]unit_tests} {toxinidir}/tools
          non-utc-tz: TZ=EST+5
 deps =
     -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt