diff --git a/client-runtime/pom.xml b/client-runtime/pom.xml
index 5c5aaf4f88..0bc18a2ab8 100644
--- a/client-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/client-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,23 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.3.0</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+                <excludeGroupIds>org.terracotta</excludeGroupIds>
+                <excludeScope>provided</excludeScope>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/client-runtime/src/main/java/com/tc/cmdline/Probe.java b/client-runtime/src/main/java/com/tc/cmdline/Probe.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9139d0d55e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client-runtime/src/main/java/com/tc/cmdline/Probe.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Click nbfs://nbhost/SystemFileSystem/Templates/Licenses/license-default.txt to change this license
+ * Click nbfs://nbhost/SystemFileSystem/Templates/Classes/Main.java to edit this template
+ */
+package com.tc.cmdline;
+
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import org.terracotta.connection.ConnectionException;
+import org.terracotta.connection.DiagnosticsFactory;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author mscott2
+ */
+public class Probe {
+
+  /**
+   * @param args the command line arguments
+   */
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+      String[] hp = args[0].split("[:]");
+      InetSocketAddress inet = InetSocketAddress.createUnresolved(hp[0], Integer.parseInt(hp[1]));
+      try (com.terracotta.diagnostic.Diagnostics d = (com.terracotta.diagnostic.Diagnostics)DiagnosticsFactory.connect(inet, new Properties())) {
+        System.out.println(d.getThreadDump());
+        System.out.println(d.getClusterState());
+      } catch (ConnectionException e) {
+        e.printStackTrace();
+      }
+  }
+  
+}
diff --git a/client-runtime/src/main/resources/example.sh b/client-runtime/src/main/resources/example.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71d36b8e64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client-runtime/src/main/resources/example.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+java -cp target/client-runtime-5.8.5.jar:target/dependency/* com.tc.cmdline.Probe $1