diff --git a/harmony/src/domain/topology/mod.rs b/harmony/src/domain/topology/mod.rs
index 3d773ff..0cbfee6 100644
--- a/harmony/src/domain/topology/mod.rs
+++ b/harmony/src/domain/topology/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+pub mod monitoring_alerting;
 mod ha_cluster;
 mod host_binding;
 mod http;
diff --git a/harmony/src/domain/topology/monitoring_alerting.rs b/harmony/src/domain/topology/monitoring_alerting.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4951333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/harmony/src/domain/topology/monitoring_alerting.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use log::warn;
+use tokio::sync::OnceCell;
+
+use k8s_openapi::api::core::v1::Pod;
+use kube::{
+    Client,
+    api::{Api, ListParams},
+};
+
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+
+use crate::{
+    interpret::{InterpretError, Outcome},
+    inventory::Inventory,
+    maestro::Maestro,
+    modules::monitoring::monitoring_alerting::MonitoringAlertingStackScore,
+    score::Score,
+};
+
+use super::{HelmCommand, K8sAnywhereTopology, Topology, k8s::K8sClient};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+struct MonitoringState {
+    message: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct MonitoringAlertingTopology {
+    monitoring_state: OnceCell<Option<MonitoringState>>,
+}
+
+impl MonitoringAlertingTopology {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            monitoring_state: OnceCell::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn get_monitoring_state(&self) -> Result<Option<MonitoringState>, InterpretError> {
+        let client = Client::try_default()
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| InterpretError::new(format!("Kubernetes client error: {}", e)))?;
+
+        for ns in &["monitoring", "openshift-monitoring"] {
+            let pods: Api<Pod> = Api::namespaced(client.clone(), ns);
+            //TODO hardcoding the label is a problem
+            //check all pods are ready
+            let lp = ListParams::default().labels("app.kubernetes.io/name=prometheus");
+
+            match pods.list(&lp).await {
+                Ok(pod_list) => {
+                    for p in pod_list.items {
+                        if let Some(status) = p.status {
+                            if let Some(conditions) = status.conditions {
+                                if conditions
+                                    .iter()
+                                    .any(|c| c.type_ == "Ready" && c.status == "True")
+                                {
+                                    return Ok(Some(MonitoringState {
+                                        message: format!(
+                                            "Prometheus is ready in namespace: {}",
+                                            ns
+                                        ),
+                                    }));
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                Err(e) => {
+                    warn!("Failed to query pods in ns {}: {}", ns, e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(None)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: Topology> Clone for Box<dyn Score<T>> {
+    fn clone(&self) -> Box<dyn Score<T>> {
+        self.clone_box()
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl Topology for MonitoringAlertingTopology {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "MonitoringAlertingTopology"
+    }
+
+    async fn ensure_ready(&self) -> Result<Outcome, InterpretError> {
+        if let Some(state) = self.get_monitoring_state().await? {
+            // Monitoring stack is already ready — stop app.
+            println!("{}", state.message);
+            std::process::exit(0);
+        }
+
+        // Monitoring not found — proceed with installation.
+        Ok(Outcome::success(
+            "Monitoring stack installation started.".to_string(),
+        ))
+    }
+}
+
+impl HelmCommand for MonitoringAlertingTopology {}
diff --git a/harmony/src/modules/mod.rs b/harmony/src/modules/mod.rs
index 6faeb00..f0530a7 100644
--- a/harmony/src/modules/mod.rs
+++ b/harmony/src/modules/mod.rs
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ pub mod load_balancer;
 pub mod okd;
 pub mod opnsense;
 pub mod tftp;
+pub mod monitoring;
diff --git a/harmony/src/modules/monitoring/kube_prometheus.rs b/harmony/src/modules/monitoring/kube_prometheus.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd4b3f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/harmony/src/modules/monitoring/kube_prometheus.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+use std::str::FromStr;
+
+use non_blank_string_rs::NonBlankString;
+
+use crate::modules::helm::chart::HelmChartScore;
+
+pub fn kube_prometheus_score(ns: &str) -> HelmChartScore {
+    //TODO this should be make into a rule with default formatting that can be easily passed as a vec
+    //to the overrides or something leaving the user to deal with formatting here seems bad
+    let values = r#"
+additionalPrometheusRulesMap:
+  pvc-alerts:
+    groups:
+      - name: pvc-alerts
+        rules:
+          - alert: 'PVC Fill Over 95 Percent In 2 Days'
+            expr: |
+              (
+                kubelet_volume_stats_used_bytes 
+                / 
+                kubelet_volume_stats_capacity_bytes
+              ) > 0.95
+              AND
+              predict_linear(kubelet_volume_stats_used_bytes[2d], 2 * 24 * 60 * 60)
+              / 
+              kubelet_volume_stats_capacity_bytes 
+              > 0.95
+            for: 1m
+            labels:
+              severity: warning
+            annotations:
+              description: The PVC {{ $labels.persistentvolumeclaim }} in namespace {{ $labels.namespace }} is predicted to fill over 95% in less than 2 days.
+              title: PVC {{ $labels.persistentvolumeclaim }} in namespace {{ $labels.namespace }} will fill over 95% in less than 2 days
+"#;
+    HelmChartScore {
+        namespace: Some(NonBlankString::from_str(ns).unwrap()),
+        release_name: NonBlankString::from_str("kube-prometheus").unwrap(),
+        chart_name: NonBlankString::from_str(
+            "oci://ghcr.io/prometheus-community/charts/kube-prometheus-stack", //use kube prometheus chart which includes grafana, prometheus, alert
+                                                                               //manager, etc
+        )
+        .unwrap(),
+        chart_version: None,
+        values_overrides: None,
+        values_yaml: Some(values.to_string()),
+        create_namespace: true,
+        install_only: true,
+    }
+}
diff --git a/harmony/src/modules/monitoring/mod.rs b/harmony/src/modules/monitoring/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd17cc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/harmony/src/modules/monitoring/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pub mod monitoring_alerting;
+mod kube_prometheus;
+
diff --git a/harmony/src/modules/monitoring/monitoring_alerting.rs b/harmony/src/modules/monitoring/monitoring_alerting.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acc5969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/harmony/src/modules/monitoring/monitoring_alerting.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+use log::info;
+use serde::Serialize;
+
+use crate::{
+    data::{Id, Version},
+    interpret::{Interpret, InterpretError, InterpretName, InterpretStatus, Outcome},
+    inventory::Inventory,
+    maestro::Maestro,
+    score::{CloneBoxScore, Score},
+    topology::{HelmCommand, Topology, monitoring_alerting::MonitoringAlertingTopology},
+};
+
+use super::kube_prometheus::kube_prometheus_score;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct MonitoringAlertingStackScore {
+    //TODO add documenation to explain why its here
+    //keeps it open for the end user to specify which stack they want 
+    //if it isnt default kube-prometheus
+    pub monitoring_stack: Vec<Box<dyn Score<MonitoringAlertingTopology>>>,
+    pub namespace: String,
+}
+
+impl MonitoringAlertingStackScore {
+    pub fn new(
+        monitoring_stack: Vec<Box<dyn Score<MonitoringAlertingTopology>>>,
+        namespace: String,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            monitoring_stack,
+            namespace,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for MonitoringAlertingStackScore {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        let ns = "monitoring";
+        Self {
+            monitoring_stack: vec![Box::new(kube_prometheus_score(ns))],
+            namespace: ns.to_string(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+impl Clone for MonitoringAlertingStackScore {
+    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            monitoring_stack: self
+                .monitoring_stack
+                .iter()
+                .map(|s| s.clone_box())
+                .collect(),
+            namespace: self.namespace.clone(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Serialize for MonitoringAlertingStackScore {
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: serde::Serializer,
+    {
+        use serde::ser::SerializeStruct;
+        let mut s = serializer.serialize_struct("MonitoringAlertingStackScore", 1)?;
+        let monitoring_values: Vec<_> = self
+            .monitoring_stack
+            .iter()
+            .map(|m| m.serialize())
+            .collect();
+        s.serialize_field("monitoring", &monitoring_values)?;
+        s.end()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T:Topology> Score<T> for MonitoringAlertingStackScore {
+    fn create_interpret(&self) -> Box<dyn Interpret<T>> {
+        Box::new(MonitoringAlertingStackInterpret {
+            score: MonitoringAlertingStackScore {
+                monitoring_stack: self
+                    .monitoring_stack
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|s| s.clone_box())
+                    .collect(),
+                namespace: self.namespace.clone(),
+            },
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn name(&self) -> String {
+        format!("MonitoringAlertingStackScore")
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct MonitoringAlertingStackInterpret {
+    pub score: MonitoringAlertingStackScore,
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl <T: Topology> Interpret<T> for MonitoringAlertingStackInterpret {
+    async fn execute(
+        &self,
+        _inventory: &Inventory,
+        _topology: &T,
+    ) -> Result<Outcome, InterpretError> {
+        let inventory = Inventory::autoload();
+        let topology = MonitoringAlertingTopology::new();
+        let maestro = match Maestro::initialize(inventory, topology).await {
+            Ok(m) => m,
+            Err(e) => {
+                println!("failed to initialize Maestro: {}", e);
+                std::process::exit(1);
+            }
+        };
+        
+        let scores_vec = self.score.monitoring_stack.clone();
+        for s in scores_vec{
+            info!("Running: {}", s.name());
+            maestro.interpret(s).await?;
+        }
+
+        Ok(Outcome::success(format!(
+            "monitoring stack installed in {} namespace",
+            self.score.namespace
+        )))
+    }
+
+    fn get_name(&self) -> InterpretName {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
+    fn get_version(&self) -> Version {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
+    fn get_status(&self) -> InterpretStatus {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
+    fn get_children(&self) -> Vec<Id> {
+        todo!()
+    }
+}