docs(readme): add features

Author: NicholasGoh

README.md

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-# langgraph-fastapi-template
+# FastAPI MCP LangGraph Template
+
+<!--toc:start-->
+- [FastAPI MCP LangGraph Template](#fastapi-mcp-langgraph-template)
+  - [Core Features](#core-features)
+    - [Technology Stack and Features](#technology-stack-and-features)
+    - [Planned Features](#planned-features)
+<!--toc:end-->
+
+## Core Features
+
+[![MCP Client](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk?logo=modelcontextprotocol&label=MCP-Client)](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk) is an open protocol that standardizes how apps provide context to LLMs.
+  - Seamlessly integrates LLM with growing list of community integrations found here [![MCP Server](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/modelcontextprotocol/servers?logo=modelcontextprotocol&label=MCP-Servers)](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers)
+  - No LLM provider lock in
+
+[![LangGraph](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/langchain-ai/langgraph?logo=langgraph&label=LangGraph)](https://github.com/langchain-ai/langgraph) for Agentic Orchestration
+- Customizable workflows
+  - Built in persisted chat history
+
+### Technology Stack and Features
+
+- [![FastAPI](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/fastapi/fastapi?logo=fastapi&label=fastapi)](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi) for Python backend API
+- [![SQLModel](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/fastapi/sqlmodel?logo=sqlmodel&label=SQLModel)](https://github.com/fastapi/sqlmodel) for Python SQL database interactions (ORM + Validation).
+  - Wrapper of [![SQLAlchemy](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/sqlalchemy/sqlalchemy?logo=sqlalchemy&label=SQLAlchemy)](https://github.com/sqlalchemy/sqlalchemy)
+- [![Pydantic](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/pydantic/pydantic?logo=pydantic&label=Pydantic)](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic) for Data Validation and Settings Management.
+- [![Supabase](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/supabase/supabase?logo=supabase&label=Supabase)](https://github.com/supabase/supabase) for DB RBAC
+  - [![PostgreSQL](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/postgres/postgres?logo=postgresql&label=Postgres)](https://github.com/postgres/postgres) Relational DB
+  - [![PGVector](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/pgvector/pgvector?logo=postgresql&label=PGVector)](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector) Vector Store
+- [![Compose](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/docker/compose?logo=docker&label=Compose)](https://github.com/docker/compose) for development and production.
+
+### Planned Features
+
+- [![LangFuse](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/langfuse/langfuse?logo=langfuse&label=LangFuse)](https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse) for LLM Observability and LLM Metrics
+- [![Prometheus](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/prometheus/prometheus?logo=prometheus&label=Prometheus)](https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus) for scraping Metrics
+- [![Grafana](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/prometheus/prometheus?logo=grafana&label=Grafana)](https://github.com/grafana/grafana) for visualizing Metrics
+- [![Nginx](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/nginx/nginx?logo=nginx&label=Nginx)](https://github.com/nginx/nginx) Reverse Proxy
+- [![Auth0](https://img.shields.io/badge/Auth0-white?logo=auth0)](https://auth0.com/docs) SaaS for JWT authentication
+- CI/CD via Github Actions
+  - :dollar: Deploy live demo to [![Fargate](https://img.shields.io/badge/Fargate-white.svg?logo=awsfargate)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/AWS_Fargate.html)
+  - Provision with [![Terraform](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/hashicorp/terraform?logo=terraform&label=Terraform)](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform) IaC
+  - Push built images to ECR and Dockerhub