diff --git a/docs/guides/miden-dashboard/docker-compose.yml b/docs/guides/miden-dashboard/docker-compose.yml
index 5c347b68..f0697879 100644
--- a/docs/guides/miden-dashboard/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docs/guides/miden-dashboard/docker-compose.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "3000:3000"
       - "50051:50051"
+      - "127.0.0.1:9464:9464"
     depends_on:
       postgres:
         condition: service_healthy
@@ -40,6 +41,10 @@ services:
       - DATABASE_URL=postgres://guardian:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:?set POSTGRES_PASSWORD in .env}@postgres:5432/guardian
       - GUARDIAN_KEYSTORE_PATH=/var/guardian/keystore
       - GUARDIAN_OPERATOR_PUBLIC_KEYS_FILE=/etc/guardian/operators.json
+      - GUARDIAN_METRICS_ENABLED=true
+      - GUARDIAN_METRICS_ADDR=0.0.0.0:9464
+      - GUARDIAN_METRICS_BEARER_TOKEN=devtoken
+      - GUARDIAN_METRICS_REFRESH_INTERVAL_SECS=15
 
   postgres:
     image: postgres:16-alpine
diff --git a/docs/guides/observability/docker-compose.yml b/docs/guides/observability/docker-compose.yml
index 7863ef86..0601121b 100644
--- a/docs/guides/observability/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docs/guides/observability/docker-compose.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./prometheus/prometheus.yml:/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml:ro
       - prometheus-data:/prometheus
+    extra_hosts:
+      - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
     depends_on:
       - server
     healthcheck:
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ services:
     image: grafana/grafana:11.4.0
     ports:
       # 3001 avoids clashing with the server's HTTP port 3000.
-      - "127.0.0.1:3001:3000"
+      - "127.0.0.1:3002:3000"
     volumes:
       - ./grafana/provisioning:/etc/grafana/provisioning:ro
       - ./grafana/dashboards:/var/lib/grafana/dashboards:ro
diff --git a/docs/guides/observability/prometheus/prometheus.yml b/docs/guides/observability/prometheus/prometheus.yml
index c917d783..4028c09e 100644
--- a/docs/guides/observability/prometheus/prometheus.yml
+++ b/docs/guides/observability/prometheus/prometheus.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ scrape_configs:
       # guardian-server running on the host instead (e.g. `cargo run`), point
       # this at `host.docker.internal:9464` and add an `extra_hosts` mapping
       # for it on this service.
-      - targets: ["server:9464"]
+      - targets: ["host.docker.internal:9464"]
     # Matches GUARDIAN_METRICS_BEARER_TOKEN on the server. `devtoken` is a
     # throwaway for this local stack — in production use `credentials_file:`
     # pointing at a mounted secret instead of an inline value, and never
diff --git a/examples/operator-cli/.gitignore b/examples/operator-cli/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8190aa22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/operator-cli/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+node_modules/
+operator-key.bin
+package-lock.json
diff --git a/examples/operator-cli/list-accounts.ts b/examples/operator-cli/list-accounts.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d89dd481
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/operator-cli/list-accounts.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/**
+ * Guardian operator CLI demo — authenticate and list accounts.
+ *
+ * First run (no key file): generates a Falcon keypair, writes the secret key
+ * to ./operator-key.txt, prints the operators.json entry, and exits.
+ *
+ * Subsequent runs: reads the key from ./operator-key.txt and authenticates.
+ *
+ * Usage:
+ *   npx tsx list-accounts.ts
+ *
+ * Point at a different instance:
+ *   GUARDIAN_URL=https://guardian.example npx tsx list-accounts.ts
+ */
+
+import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, existsSync } from 'fs';
+import { GuardianOperatorHttpClient } from '@openzeppelin/guardian-operator-client';
+import { AuthSecretKey, Word, getNativeModule } from '@miden-sdk/miden-sdk';
+
+const GUARDIAN_URL = process.env.GUARDIAN_URL ?? 'http://127.0.0.1:3000';
+const KEY_FILE = './operator-key.bin';
+
+function bytesToHex(b: Uint8Array): string {
+  return Array.from(b, (x) => x.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')).join('');
+}
+
+// Session cookies are not persisted automatically by Node.js fetch — wire them up manually.
+function makeCookieFetch(): typeof fetch {
+  const jar: Record<string, string> = {};
+  return async (input, init) => {
+    const headers = new Headers(init?.headers);
+    const cookieHeader = Object.entries(jar)
+      .map(([k, v]) => `${k}=${v}`)
+      .join('; ');
+    if (cookieHeader) headers.set('cookie', cookieHeader);
+
+    const res = await fetch(input, { ...init, headers });
+
+    // getSetCookie() returns each Set-Cookie header as a separate string (Node 18+).
+    const setCookies =
+      typeof res.headers.getSetCookie === 'function'
+        ? res.headers.getSetCookie()
+        : [res.headers.get('set-cookie') ?? ''].filter(Boolean);
+
+    for (const raw of setCookies) {
+      const [pair] = raw.split(';');
+      const eq = pair?.indexOf('=') ?? -1;
+      if (eq > 0) jar[pair.slice(0, eq).trim()] = pair.slice(eq + 1).trim();
+    }
+
+    return res;
+  };
+}
+
+
+async function main() {
+  if (!existsSync(KEY_FILE)) {
+    // First run: generate a keypair, save the secret key to a file, exit.
+    const secretKey = AuthSecretKey.rpoFalconWithRNG(undefined);
+    writeFileSync(KEY_FILE, secretKey.serialize());
+    // toHex() already includes the 0x prefix
+    const commitment = secretKey.publicKey().toCommitment().toHex();
+    const pubKeyHex = '0x' + bytesToHex(secretKey.publicKey().serialize().slice(1));
+
+    const entry = JSON.stringify({ public_key: pubKeyHex, permissions: ['dashboard:read', 'accounts:pause'] }, null, 2);
+
+    console.log(`\nNo key file found — generated a new Falcon keypair → ${KEY_FILE}\n`);
+    console.log('1. Add this entry to docs/guides/miden-dashboard/operators.json:\n');
+    console.log(entry.split('\n').map((l) => `   ${l}`).join('\n'));
+    console.log(`\n   Commitment (for reference): ${commitment}\n`);
+    console.log('2. Re-run (key loads automatically from operator-key.bin):\n');
+    console.log('   npx tsx list-accounts.ts\n');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // The napi compat layer wrongly converts Buffer→Array for deserialize, so bypass it.
+  const secretKey = getNativeModule().AuthSecretKey.deserialize(readFileSync(KEY_FILE)) as AuthSecretKey;
+  // toHex() already includes the 0x prefix
+  const commitment = secretKey.publicKey().toCommitment().toHex();
+
+  const client = new GuardianOperatorHttpClient({
+    baseUrl: GUARDIAN_URL,
+    fetch: makeCookieFetch(),
+  });
+
+  // Step 1: request challenge
+  process.stdout.write(`Authenticating  ${commitment.slice(0, 20)}…  `);
+  const { challenge } = await client.challenge(commitment);
+
+  // Step 2: sign the challenge digest with the Falcon key
+  const sig = secretKey.sign(Word.fromHex(challenge.signingDigest));
+  const sigHex = bytesToHex(sig.serialize().slice(1)); // drop leading scheme byte
+
+  // Step 3: verify → server sets session cookie
+  const { operatorId } = await client.verify({
+    commitment,
+    signature: sigHex,
+  });
+  console.log(`ok  (operator: ${operatorId})\n`);
+
+  // List accounts
+  const { items, nextCursor } = await client.listAccounts({ limit: 50 });
+  const totalLabel = `${items.length}${nextCursor ? '+' : ''}`;
+
+  console.log(`Accounts on ${GUARDIAN_URL}  (${totalLabel} total)`);
+  console.log('─'.repeat(80));
+
+  if (items.length === 0) {
+    console.log('  No accounts registered yet.');
+  } else {
+    for (const a of items) {
+      const status = a.pausedAt ? 'PAUSED' : 'active';
+      console.log(
+        `  [${status.padEnd(6)}]  ${a.accountId}` +
+          `  scheme=${a.authScheme}` +
+          `  signers=${a.authorizedSignerCount}`,
+      );
+      if (a.pausedReason) console.log(`             reason: ${a.pausedReason}`);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+main().catch((e) => {
+  console.error('\n' + (e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e)));
+  process.exit(1);
+});
diff --git a/examples/operator-cli/package.json b/examples/operator-cli/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81ed075c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/operator-cli/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "name": "guardian-operator-cli",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "type": "module",
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "tsx list-accounts.ts",
+    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@miden-sdk/miden-sdk": "0.15.7",
+    "@openzeppelin/guardian-operator-client": "file:../../packages/guardian-operator-client"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/node": "^22.10.1",
+    "tsx": "^4.19.2",
+    "typescript": "^5.4.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/operator-cli/tsconfig.json b/examples/operator-cli/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8485291
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/operator-cli/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2022",
+    "lib": ["ES2022"],
+    "allowJs": false,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+    "module": "ESNext",
+    "moduleResolution": "Bundler",
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    "isolatedModules": true,
+    "noEmit": true
+  },
+  "include": ["*.ts"]
+}