diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4f6c963b4..a3c1f43a4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ dependencies = {file = ["requirements.txt"]}
 
 [project.scripts]
 hotsos = "hotsos.cli:main"
+hotsos-view = "hotsos.tools.summary.view:main"
diff --git a/tools/__init__.py b/tools/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tools/summary/__init__.py b/tools/summary/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tools/summary/diff b/tools/summary/diff
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b60e71778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/summary/diff
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Description: diff two hotsos summary outputs.
+#
+src=${1:-""}
+dst=${2:-""}
+format={3:-yaml}
+if [[ -z $src ]] || [[ -z $dst ]]; then
+    echo "USAGE: `basename $0` <src dir> <dst dir>"
+    exit
+fi
+
+for f in `find $src -maxdepth 1 -name *summary.${format}`; do
+    diff -y $dst/$f $f| less
+done
diff --git a/tools/summary/issues-and-bugs b/tools/summary/issues-and-bugs
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b90f93d98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/summary/issues-and-bugs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Description: display only bugs and issues from summary outputs.
+#
+path=${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)' $f
+    read -p "Next? [ENTER]"
+done
diff --git a/tools/summary/less b/tools/summary/less
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c7e6c82c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/summary/less
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Description: less each hotsos summary in path
+#
+path=${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..dfe08b23a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/summary/view.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Create a structured summary of key information from hotsos summary outputs.
+"""
+import glob
+import os
+import json
+import sys
+import subprocess
+
+from hotsos.core import plugintools
+
+
+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 plugintools.PLUGINS:
+                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..ae45a27ee 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ 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
@@ -50,7 +52,11 @@ commands = pylint -v --rcfile={toxinidir}/pylintrc {posargs:{env:PYFILES}}
 
 [testenv:bashate]
 allowlist_externals = bashate
-commands = bashate --verbose {toxinidir}/build.sh {toxinidir}/tools/test/functest.sh
+commands = bashate --verbose {toxinidir}/build.sh \
+                             {toxinidir}/tools/test/functest.sh \
+                             {toxinidir}/tools/summary/diff \
+                             {toxinidir}/tools/summary/less \
+                             {toxinidir}/tools/summary/issues-and-bugs
 
 [testenv:functional]
 allowlist_externals = bash