diff --git a/src/ocrd_network/cli/client.py b/src/ocrd_network/cli/client.py
index 00a185ee1a..ee6c29fc3b 100644
--- a/src/ocrd_network/cli/client.py
+++ b/src/ocrd_network/cli/client.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import click
-from json import dumps, loads
+from json import dumps
 from typing import Optional
 from ocrd.decorators.parameter_option import parameter_option, parameter_override_option
 from ocrd_utils import DEFAULT_METS_BASENAME
@@ -23,6 +23,34 @@ def discovery_cli():
     pass
 
 
+@discovery_cli.command('processors')
+@click.option('--address',
+              help='The address of the Processing Server. If not provided, '
+                   'the "OCRD_NETWORK_SERVER_ADDR_PROCESSING" env variable is used by default')
+def check_deployed_processors(address: Optional[str]):
+    """
+    Get a list of deployed processing workers/processor servers.
+    Each processor is shown only once regardless of the amount of deployed instances.
+    """
+    client = Client(server_addr_processing=address)
+    processors_list = client.check_deployed_processors()
+    print(dumps(processors_list, indent=4))
+
+
+@discovery_cli.command('processor')
+@click.option('--address',
+              help='The address of the Processing Server. If not provided, '
+                   'the "OCRD_NETWORK_SERVER_ADDR_PROCESSING" env variable is used by default')
+@click.argument('processor_name', required=True, type=click.STRING)
+def check_processor_ocrd_tool(address: Optional[str], processor_name: str):
+    """
+    Get the json tool of a deployed processor specified with `processor_name`
+    """
+    client = Client(server_addr_processing=address)
+    ocrd_tool = client.check_deployed_processor_ocrd_tool(processor_name=processor_name)
+    print(dumps(ocrd_tool, indent=4))
+
+
 @client_cli.group('processing')
 def processing_cli():
     """
@@ -32,8 +60,9 @@ def processing_cli():
 
 
 @processing_cli.command('check-status')
-@click.option('--address', help='The address of the Processing Server. If not provided, '
-                                'the "OCRD_NETWORK_SERVER_ADDR_PROCESSING" env variable is used by default')
+@click.option('--address',
+              help='The address of the Processing Server. If not provided, '
+                   'the "OCRD_NETWORK_SERVER_ADDR_PROCESSING" env variable is used by default')
 @click.option('-j', '--processing-job-id', required=True)
 def check_processing_job_status(address: Optional[str], processing_job_id: str):
     """
@@ -47,8 +76,9 @@ def check_processing_job_status(address: Optional[str], processing_job_id: str):
 
 @processing_cli.command('processor')
 @click.argument('processor_name', required=True, type=click.STRING)
-@click.option('--address', help='The address of the Processing Server. If not provided, '
-                                'the "OCRD_NETWORK_SERVER_ADDR_PROCESSING" env variable is used by default')
+@click.option('--address',
+              help='The address of the Processing Server. If not provided, '
+                   'the "OCRD_NETWORK_SERVER_ADDR_PROCESSING" env variable is used by default')
 @click.option('-m', '--mets', required=True, default=DEFAULT_METS_BASENAME)
 @click.option('-I', '--input-file-grp', default='OCR-D-INPUT')
 @click.option('-O', '--output-file-grp', default='OCR-D-OUTPUT')
diff --git a/src/ocrd_network/client.py b/src/ocrd_network/client.py
index 2744cd5f0f..b3872f1aaf 100644
--- a/src/ocrd_network/client.py
+++ b/src/ocrd_network/client.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from ocrd_utils import config, getLogger, LOG_FORMAT
 from .client_utils import (
+    get_ps_deployed_processors,
+    get_ps_deployed_processor_ocrd_tool,
     get_ps_processing_job_status,
     get_ps_workflow_job_status,
     poll_job_status_till_timeout_fail_or_success,
@@ -26,6 +28,13 @@ def __init__(
         self.polling_wait = wait
         self.polling_tries = int(timeout/wait)
 
+    def check_deployed_processors(self):
+        return get_ps_deployed_processors(ps_server_host=self.server_addr_processing)
+
+    def check_deployed_processor_ocrd_tool(self, processor_name: str):
+        return get_ps_deployed_processor_ocrd_tool(
+            ps_server_host=self.server_addr_processing, processor_name=processor_name)
+
     def check_job_status(self, job_id: str):
         return get_ps_processing_job_status(self.server_addr_processing, processing_job_id=job_id)
 
diff --git a/src/ocrd_network/client_utils.py b/src/ocrd_network/client_utils.py
index 30b4a2bd96..2dc2805aa0 100644
--- a/src/ocrd_network/client_utils.py
+++ b/src/ocrd_network/client_utils.py
@@ -27,6 +27,20 @@ def poll_wf_status_till_timeout_fail_or_success(ps_server_host: str, job_id: str
     return _poll_endpoint_status(ps_server_host, job_id, "workflow", tries, wait)
 
 
+def get_ps_deployed_processors(ps_server_host: str):
+    request_url = f"{ps_server_host}/processor"
+    response = request_get(url=request_url, headers={"accept": "application/json; charset=utf-8"})
+    assert response.status_code == 200, f"Processing server: {request_url}, {response.status_code}"
+    return response.json()
+
+
+def get_ps_deployed_processor_ocrd_tool(ps_server_host: str, processor_name: str):
+    request_url = f"{ps_server_host}/processor/info/{processor_name}"
+    response = request_get(url=request_url, headers={"accept": "application/json; charset=utf-8"})
+    assert response.status_code == 200, f"Processing server: {request_url}, {response.status_code}"
+    return response.json()
+
+
 def get_ps_processing_job_status(ps_server_host: str, processing_job_id: str) -> str:
     request_url = f"{ps_server_host}/processor/job/{processing_job_id}"
     response = request_get(url=request_url, headers={"accept": "application/json; charset=utf-8"})
diff --git a/src/ocrd_network/processing_server.py b/src/ocrd_network/processing_server.py
index e142802268..34c22e5cf6 100644
--- a/src/ocrd_network/processing_server.py
+++ b/src/ocrd_network/processing_server.py
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ async def list_processors(self) -> List[str]:
         # There is no caching on the Processing Server side
         processor_names_list = self.deployer.find_matching_network_agents(
             docker_only=False, native_only=False, worker_only=False, server_only=False,
-            str_names_only=True, unique_only=True
+            str_names_only=True, unique_only=True, sort=True
         )
         return processor_names_list