arrange the badges to the top, below the logo; update the readme (#576)

* arrange the badges to the top, below the logo; update the readme

Signed-off-by: Peter Jausovec <peter.jausovec@solo.io>

* Update README.md

Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Update README.md

Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Update README.md

Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Signed-off-by: Eitan Yarmush <eitan.yarmush@solo.io>

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Signed-off-by: Peter Jausovec <peter.jausovec@solo.io>
Signed-off-by: Eitan Yarmush <eitan.yarmush@solo.io>
Co-authored-by: Eitan Yarmush <eitan.yarmush@solo.io>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: 3 people

README.md

@@ -5,36 +5,39 @@
     <img alt="kagent" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kagent-dev/kagent/main/img/icon-light.svg">
   </picture>
   <div>
+    <a href="https://github.com/kagent-dev/kagent/releases">
+      <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/kagent-dev/kagent?style=flat&label=Latest%20version" alt="Release">
+    </a>
+    <a href="https://github.com/kagent-dev/kagent/actions/workflows/ci.yaml">
+      <img src="https://github.com/kagent-dev/kagent/actions/workflows/ci.yaml/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" height="20">
+    </a>
+      <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0">
+      <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache2.0-brightgreen.svg?style=flat" alt="License: Apache 2.0">
+    </a>
+    <a href="https://github.com/kagent-dev/kagent">
+      <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kagent-dev/kagent.svg?style=flat&logo=github&label=Stars" alt="Stars">
+    </a>
      <a href="https://discord.gg/Fu3k65f2k3">
       <img src="https://img.shields.io/discord/1346225185166065826?style=flat&label=Join%20Discord&color=6D28D9" alt="Discord">
     </a>
+    <a href='https://codespaces.new/kagent-dev/kagent'>
+      <img src='https://github.com/codespaces/badge.svg' alt='Open in Github Codespaces' style='max-width: 100%;' height="20">
+    </a>
   </div>
 </div>
 
 ---
 
-**kagent** is a Kubernetes native framework for building AI agents. Kubernetes is the most popular orchestration platform for running workloads, and **kagent** makes it easy to build, deploy and manage AI agents in kubernetes. The **kagent** framework is designed to be easy to understand and use, and to provide a flexible and powerful way to build and manage AI agents.
+**kagent** is a Kubernetes native framework for building AI agents. Kubernetes is the most popular orchestration platform for running workloads, and **kagent** makes it easy to build, deploy and manage AI agents in Kubernetes. The **kagent** framework is designed to be easy to understand and use, and to provide a flexible and powerful way to build and manage AI agents.
 
 <div align="center">
   <img src="img/hero.png" alt="Autogen Framework" width="500">
 </div>
 
-  <!--latest build-->
-  <a href="https://github.com/kagent-dev/kagent/actions/workflows/ci.yaml">
-    <img src="https://github.com/kagent-dev/kagent/actions/workflows/ci.yaml/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" height="25">
-  </a>
-
 ---
 
 ## Get started
 
-<div align="center">
-  <!--codespaces-->
-  <a href='https://codespaces.new/kagent-dev/kagent'>
-    <img src='https://github.com/codespaces/badge.svg' alt='Open in Github Codespaces' style='max-width: 100%;' height="26">
-  </a>
-</div>
-
 - [Quick Start](https://kagent.dev/docs/getting-started/quickstart)
 - [Installation guide](https://kagent.dev/docs/introduction/installation)
 
@@ -45,10 +48,11 @@ The kagent documentation is available at [kagent.dev/docs](https://kagent.dev/do
 
 ## Core Concepts
 
-- **Agents**: Agents are the main building block of kagent. They are a system prompt, a set of tools, and a model configuration.
-- **Tools**: Tools are any external tool that can be used by an agent. They are defined as Kubernetes custom resources and can be used by multiple agents.
-
-All of the above are defined as Kubernetes custom resources, which makes them easy to manage and modify.
+- **Agents**: Agents are the main building block of kagent. They are a system prompt, a set of tools and agents, and an LLM configuration represented with a Kubernetes custom resource called "Agent". 
+- **LLM Providers**: Kagent supports multiple LLM providers, including [OpenAI](https://kagent.dev/docs/supported-providers/openai), [Azure OpenAI](https://kagent.dev/docs/supported-providers/azure-openai), [Anthropic](https://kagent.dev/docs/supported-providers/anthropic), [Google Vertex AI](https://kagent.dev/docs/supported-providers/google-vertexai), [Ollama](https://kagent.dev/docs/supported-providers/ollama) and any other [custom providers and models](https://kagent.dev/docs/supported-providers/custom-models) accessible via AI gateways. Providers are represented by the ModelConfig resource.
+- **MCP Tools**: Agents can connect to any MCP server that provides tools. Kagent comes with an MCP server with tools for Kubernetes, Istio, Helm, Argo, Prometheus, Grafana,  Cilium and others. All tools are as Kubernetes custom resources (ToolServers) and can be used by multiple agents.
+- **Memory**: Using the [memory](https://kagent.dev/docs/concepts/memory) your agents can always have access to the latest and most up to date information.
+- **Observability**: Kagent supports [OpenTelemetry tracing](https://kagent.dev/docs/getting-started/tracing) which allows you to monitor what's happening with your agents and tools.
 
 ## Core Principles
 
@@ -74,27 +78,9 @@ Kagent has 4 core components:
 - **Engine**: The engine is a Python application that runs the agents and tools. The engine is built using [Autogen](https://github.com/microsoft/autogen).
 - **CLI**: The CLI is a command line tool that allows you to manage the agents and tools.
 
-
 ## Roadmap
 
-`kagent` is currently in active development. The following is a list of features that are planned for the next few releases.
-
-- [ ] [Observability improvements:](https://github.com/kagent-dev/kagent/issues/130)
-  - [ ] More powerful Tracing capabilities
-  - [ ] Tighter oTEL integration
-  - [ ] Metrics
-- [ ] [Feedback/Testing:](https://github.com/kagent-dev/kagent/issues/131)
-  - [ ] Eval framework/integrations
-  - [ ] Debugging/Time travel
-  - [ ] Guided Learning
-- [ ] [Runtime/Engine improvements:](https://github.com/kagent-dev/kagent/issues/132)
-  - [ ] Multi-Agent support
-  - [ ] True Graph Execution
-  - [ ] Workflows
-  - [x] Multiple LLM Provider support
-- [ ] [Tools:](https://github.com/kagent-dev/kagent/issues/133)
-  - [x] Tool Discovery
-  - [x] Expose built-in tools as MCP server
+`kagent` is currently in active development. You can check out the full roadmap in the project Kanban board [here](https://github.com/orgs/kagent-dev/projects/3).
 
 ## Local development
 
@@ -103,3 +89,11 @@ For instructions on how to run everything locally, see the [DEVELOPMENT.md](DEVE
 ## Contributing
 
 For instructions on how to contribute to the kagent project, see the [CONTRIBUTION.md](CONTRIBUTION.md) file.
+
+## Contributors
+
+Thanks to all contributors who are helping to make kagent better.
+
+<a href="https://github.com/kagent-dev/kagent/graphs/contributors">
+  <img src="https://contrib.rocks/image?repo=kagent-dev/kagent" />
+</a>