diff --git a/cmd/metrics_exporter/README.md b/cmd/metrics_exporter/README.md
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+# Metrics Exporter Sidecar
+
+This binary is meant to be run as a sidecar, to periodically query the contracts and export the economic metrics on a prometheus endpoint.
+
+## Usage
+
+```bash
+go run . --avs-name my-avs --quorum-names-dict '{"0":"eth","1":"mycoin"}' --operator-addr 0xf39Fd6e51aad88F6F4ce6aB8827279cffFb92266 --registry-coordinator-addr 0x9E545E3C0baAB3E08CdfD552C960A1050f373042 --metrics-listening-addr localhost:9095
+```
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diff --git a/cmd/metrics_exporter/main.go b/cmd/metrics_exporter/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
+
+	"github.com/Layr-Labs/eigensdk-go/chainio/constructor"
+	"github.com/Layr-Labs/eigensdk-go/logging"
+	"github.com/Layr-Labs/eigensdk-go/metrics/collectors/economic"
+)
+
+var (
+	AvsNameFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:     "avs-name",
+		Usage:    "AVS name",
+		Required: true,
+	}
+	QuorumNamesDictFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:     "quorum-names-dict",
+		Usage:    "quorum names dict (eg: '{0:eth,1:mycoin}')",
+		Required: true,
+	}
+	OperatorAddrFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:     "operator-addr",
+		Usage:    "operator address",
+		Required: true,
+	}
+	RegistryCoordinatorAddrFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:     "registry-coordinator-addr",
+		Usage:    "BLSRegistryCoordinatorWithIndices contract address",
+		Required: true,
+	}
+	MetricsListeningAddrFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:     "metrics-listening-addr",
+		Usage:    "prometheus metrics listening address (eg: localhost:9095)",
+		Required: true,
+	}
+	RpcUrlFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:        "rpc-url",
+		Usage:       "rpc url",
+		Value:       "http://localhost:8545",
+		DefaultText: "http://localhost:8545",
+	}
+	LogLevelFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:        "log-level",
+		Usage:       "logging level (production or development)",
+		Value:       "production",
+		DefaultText: "production",
+	}
+)
+
+func main() {
+	run(os.Args)
+}
+
+// We structure run in this way to make it testable.
+// see https://github.com/urfave/cli/issues/731
+func run(args []string) {
+	app := cli.NewApp()
+	app.Name = "metrics-exporter"
+	app.Usage = "Ran as a AVS node sidecar to export metrics that are fetched from onchain contracts."
+	app.Description = "Currently only exports economic metrics."
+	app.Action = startCollector
+	app.Flags = []cli.Flag{
+		AvsNameFlag,
+		QuorumNamesDictFlag,
+		OperatorAddrFlag,
+		RegistryCoordinatorAddrFlag,
+		MetricsListeningAddrFlag,
+		RpcUrlFlag,
+		LogLevelFlag,
+	}
+
+	if err := app.Run(args); err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error: ", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+}
+
+func startCollector(c *cli.Context) error {
+	logLevelStr := c.String(LogLevelFlag.Name)
+	var logLevel logging.LogLevel
+	if logLevelStr == "production" {
+		logLevel = logging.Production
+	} else if logLevelStr == "development" {
+		logLevel = logging.Development
+	} else {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid log level: %s", logLevelStr)
+	}
+	logger, err := logging.NewZapLogger(logLevel)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// TODO: we hardcode a bunch of things for now, waiting for chainio refactor PR to be merged
+	//      https://github.com/Layr-Labs/eigensdk-go/pull/73
+	ethHttpUrl := c.String(RpcUrlFlag.Name)
+	// we don't even need this but are forced to pass one because constructor builds the websocket clients
+	ethWsUrl := "ws" + ethHttpUrl[4:]
+	constructorConfig := constructor.Config{
+		// we don't need writers for this exporter, but still need to pass this fake privatekey..
+		EcdsaPrivateKeyString:         "ac0974bec39a17e36ba4a6b4d238ff944bacb478cbed5efcae784d7bf4f2ff80",
+		EthHttpUrl:                    ethHttpUrl,
+		EthWsUrl:                      ethWsUrl,
+		BlsRegistryCoordinatorAddr:    c.String(RegistryCoordinatorAddrFlag.Name),
+		BlsOperatorStateRetrieverAddr: "", // not used by this exporter
+		AvsName:                       c.String(AvsNameFlag.Name),
+		PromMetricsIpPortAddress:      c.String(MetricsListeningAddrFlag.Name),
+	}
+	clients, err := constructor.BuildClients(constructorConfig, logger)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	operatorAddr := common.HexToAddress(c.String(OperatorAddrFlag.Name))
+	var quorumNamesDict map[uint8]string
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(c.String(QuorumNamesDictFlag.Name)), &quorumNamesDict); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	economicCollector := economic.NewCollector(
+		clients.ElChainReader,
+		clients.AvsRegistryChainReader,
+		c.String(AvsNameFlag.Name),
+		logger,
+		operatorAddr,
+		quorumNamesDict,
+	)
+	reg := prometheus.NewRegistry()
+	reg.MustRegister(economicCollector)
+
+	metricsListeningAddr := c.String(MetricsListeningAddrFlag.Name)
+	logger.Infof("Starting metrics server at port %v", metricsListeningAddr)
+	http.Handle("/metrics", promhttp.HandlerFor(
+		reg,
+		promhttp.HandlerOpts{
+			Registry: reg,
+		},
+	))
+	err = http.ListenAndServe(metricsListeningAddr, nil)
+	return err
+}