diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3cf56da..f1f6273 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ OPENAPI_SPEC_URL=https://petstore3.swagger.io/api/v3/openapi.json uv run xmcp
 
 Authentication examples: for a bearer token leave the defaults; for an API key
 header use `API_AUTH_HEADER=X-API-Key` with `API_AUTH_SCHEME` set to an empty
-string. With `LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG`, the list of generated MCP tools (name and
-description) is logged at startup.
+string. At startup the generated tool list (name, tags and description) is
+logged at INFO; set `LOG_LEVEL=WARNING` to suppress it.
 
 ### Per-client API keys (HTTP transport)
 
diff --git a/src/xmcp/server.py b/src/xmcp/server.py
index 9ccbd5f..4d58f1d 100644
--- a/src/xmcp/server.py
+++ b/src/xmcp/server.py
@@ -108,15 +108,16 @@ async def _prepare_tools(
             f": {', '.join(sorted(tool.name for tool in tools))}" if tools else "",
         )
 
-    if logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
+    if logger.isEnabledFor(logging.INFO):
         unique: dict[str, object] = {}
         for tool in tools:
             unique.setdefault(tool.name, tool)
-        logger.debug("Available MCP tools (%d):", len(unique))
+        logger.info("Available MCP tools (%d):", len(unique))
         for tool in unique.values():
+            tags = f" [{', '.join(sorted(tool.tags))}]" if tool.tags else ""
             description = (tool.description or "").strip().splitlines()
             suffix = f" — {description[0]}" if description else ""
-            logger.debug("  - %s%s", tool.name, suffix)
+            logger.info("  - %s%s%s", tool.name, tags, suffix)
 
 
 def main() -> None:
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ def main() -> None:
     if (
         config.tools_included is not None
         or config.tools_tags_included is not None
-        or logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG)
+        or logger.isEnabledFor(logging.INFO)
     ):
         asyncio.run(
             _prepare_tools(