diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c811615b9e..5ec1b2a58d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ benchmark/.env
 benchmark/ci/pr/dashboard-screenshots
 benchmark/ci/pr/table-report
 benchmark/ci/pr/image-report
+benchmark/ci/pr/meta-report
 /.env
diff --git a/benchmark/ci/pr/dangerfile.js b/benchmark/ci/pr/dangerfile.js
index 1eeefd8713..88067d62ba 100644
--- a/benchmark/ci/pr/dangerfile.js
+++ b/benchmark/ci/pr/dangerfile.js
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 
 
+const metaReport = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname,"./meta-report"));
 const tableReport = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname,"./table-report"));
 const imgReport = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname,"./image-report"));
 
 // the markdown calls seem to be LIFO
 // so it's easier to just use a single call
-markdown(`${tableReport} \n${imgReport}`);
+markdown(`${metaReport} \n${tableReport} \n${imgReport}`);
 
diff --git a/benchmark/ci/pr/run-benchmark.sh b/benchmark/ci/pr/run-benchmark.sh
index f8f370a333..2bf46c6076 100755
--- a/benchmark/ci/pr/run-benchmark.sh
+++ b/benchmark/ci/pr/run-benchmark.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,17 @@ PUSHGATEWAY_ADDRESS="http://pushgateway:9091"
 PROMETHEUS_ADDRESS="http://prometheus:9090"
 GRAFANA_ADDRESS="http://grafana:3000"
 
+# since we gonna report this values in the meta table
+# let's define them explicitly here
+PYROBENCH_RAND_SEED="${PYROBENCH_RAND_SEED:-2306912}"
+PYROBENCH_PROFILE_WIDTH="${PYROBENCH_PROFILE_WIDTH:-20}"
+PYROBENCH_PROFILE_DEPTH="${PYROBENCH_PROFILE_DEPTH:-20}"
+PYROBENCH_PROFILE_SYMBOL_LENGTH="${PYROBENCH_PROFILE_SYMBOL_LENGTH:-30}"
+PYROBENCH_APPS="${PYROBENCH_APPS:-20}"
+PYROBENCH_CLIENTS="${PYROBENCH_CLIENTS:-20}"
+PYROBENCH_REQUESTS="${PYROBENCH_REQUESTS:-10000}"
+
+
 # For more info, check the cli documentation
 PYROBENCH_UPLOAD_DEST="${PYROBENCH_UPLOAD_DEST:-/screenshots}"
 PYROBENCH_UPLOAD_BUCKET="${PYROBENCH_UPLOAD_BUCKET:-}"
@@ -58,12 +69,28 @@ function run() {
   docker-compose -p "$PREFIX" up -d --force-recreate --remove-orphans
 
   echo "Generating test load"
-  docker exec "${PREFIX}_client_1" ./pyrobench loadgen \
+  docker exec \
+    -e "PYROBENCH_RAND_SEED=$PYROBENCH_RAND_SEED" \
+    -e "PYROBENCH_PROFILE_WIDTH=$PYROBENCH_PROFILE_WIDTH"\
+    -e "PYROBENCH_PROFILE_DEPTH=$PYROBENCH_PROFILE_DEPTH" \
+    -e "PYROBENCH_PROFILE_SYMBOL_LENGTH=$PYROBENCH_PROFILE_SYMBOL_LENGTH" \
+    -e "PYROBENCH_APPS=$PYROBENCH_APPS" \
+    -e "PYROBENCH_CLIENTS=$PYROBENCH_CLIENTS" \
+    -e "PYROBENCH_REQUESTS=$PYROBENCH_REQUESTS" \
+    "${PREFIX}_client_1" ./pyrobench loadgen \
     --log-level=error \
     --server-address="$PYROSCOPE_ADDRESS" \
     --pushgateway-address="$PUSHGATEWAY_ADDRESS" \
     > /dev/null &
-  docker exec "${PREFIX}_client_1" ./pyrobench loadgen \
+  docker exec \
+    -e "PYROBENCH_RAND_SEED=$PYROBENCH_RAND_SEED" \
+    -e "PYROBENCH_PROFILE_WIDTH=$PYROBENCH_PROFILE_WIDTH"\
+    -e "PYROBENCH_PROFILE_DEPTH=$PYROBENCH_PROFILE_DEPTH" \
+    -e "PYROBENCH_PROFILE_SYMBOL_LENGTH=$PYROBENCH_PROFILE_SYMBOL_LENGTH" \
+    -e "PYROBENCH_APPS=$PYROBENCH_APPS" \
+    -e "PYROBENCH_CLIENTS=$PYROBENCH_CLIENTS" \
+    -e "PYROBENCH_REQUESTS=$PYROBENCH_REQUESTS" \
+    "${PREFIX}_client_1" ./pyrobench loadgen \
     --log-level=error \
     --server-address="$PYROSCOPE_MAIN_ADDRESS"  \
     --pushgateway-address="$PUSHGATEWAY_ADDRESS" \
@@ -77,6 +104,19 @@ function run() {
   end=$(date +%s%3N)
 
   # TODO(eh-am): use docker-compose exec
+  echo "generating meta report"
+  docker exec \
+    "${PREFIX}_client_1" ./pyrobench report meta \
+    --params "BENCH_RUN_FOR=$BENCH_RUN_FOR" \
+    --params "PYROBENCH_RAND_SEED=$PYROBENCH_RAND_SEED" \
+    --params "PYROBENCH_PROFILE_WIDTH=$PYROBENCH_PROFILE_WIDTH"\
+    --params "PYROBENCH_PROFILE_DEPTH=$PYROBENCH_PROFILE_DEPTH" \
+    --params "PYROBENCH_PROFILE_SYMBOL_LENGTH=$PYROBENCH_PROFILE_SYMBOL_LENGTH" \
+    --params "PYROBENCH_APPS=$PYROBENCH_APPS" \
+    --params "PYROBENCH_CLIENTS=$PYROBENCH_CLIENTS" \
+    --params "PYROBENCH_REQUESTS=$PYROBENCH_REQUESTS" > "$SCRIPT_DIR/meta-report"
+
+  echo "generating image report"
   docker exec \
     -e "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" \
     -e "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY" \
@@ -88,6 +128,7 @@ function run() {
     --to="$end" \
     --grafana-address "$GRAFANA_ADDRESS" > "$SCRIPT_DIR/image-report"
 
+  echo "generating table report"
   docker exec \
     -e "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" \
     -e "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY" \
diff --git a/benchmark/cmd/command/ci-report.go b/benchmark/cmd/command/ci-report.go
index 768d1a8d79..ea0db95ad0 100644
--- a/benchmark/cmd/command/ci-report.go
+++ b/benchmark/cmd/command/ci-report.go
@@ -52,10 +52,42 @@ func newReport(cfg *config.Report) *cobra.Command {
 		}),
 	}
 
+	metaReport := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "meta [flags]",
+		Short: "generates a markdown report to be used by ci",
+		RunE: cli.CreateCmdRunFn(&cfg.MetaReport, vpr, func(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			setLogLevel(cfg.MetaReport.LogLevel)
+
+			mr, err := cireport.NewMetaReport([]string{
+				"BENCH_RUN_FOR",
+				"PYROBENCH_RAND_SEED",
+				"PYROBENCH_PROFILE_WIDTH",
+				"PYROBENCH_PROFILE_DEPTH",
+				"PYROBENCH_PROFILE_SYMBOL_LENGTH",
+				"PYROBENCH_APPS",
+				"PYROBENCH_CLIENTS",
+				"PYROBENCH_REQUESTS",
+			})
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			report, err := mr.Report(cfg.MetaReport.Params)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			fmt.Println(report)
+			return nil
+		}),
+	}
+
 	report.AddCommand(tableReport)
 	report.AddCommand(imageReport)
+	report.AddCommand(metaReport)
 
 	cli.PopulateFlagSet(&cfg.TableReport, tableReport.Flags(), vpr)
 	cli.PopulateFlagSet(&cfg.ImageReport, imageReport.Flags(), vpr)
+	cli.PopulateFlagSet(&cfg.MetaReport, metaReport.Flags(), vpr)
 	return report
 }
diff --git a/benchmark/internal/cireport/metareport.go b/benchmark/internal/cireport/metareport.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1fd8615303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/internal/cireport/metareport.go
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+package cireport
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"text/template"
+
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+type metaReport struct {
+	allowlist map[string]bool
+}
+
+// NewMetaReport creates a meta report
+// the allowlist parameter refers to which keys are valid
+func NewMetaReport(allowlist []string) (*metaReport, error) {
+	if len(allowlist) <= 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("at least one item should be allowed")
+	}
+
+	a := make(map[string]bool)
+	for _, v := range allowlist {
+		a[v] = true
+	}
+
+	return &metaReport{
+		allowlist: a,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+type meta struct {
+	Key string
+	Val string
+}
+
+// Report generates a markdown report
+func (mr *metaReport) Report(vars []string) (string, error) {
+	if len(vars) <= 0 {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("at least one item should be reported")
+	}
+
+	// transform 'A=B' into {key: A, val: B}
+	m := make([]meta, 0, len(vars))
+	for _, v := range vars {
+		key, val, err := mr.breakOnEqual(v)
+		logrus.Debugf("breaking string %s on '=' produces key %s value %s\n", v, key, val)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+
+		n := meta{key, val}
+		m = append(m, n)
+	}
+
+	// validate it's in the allowlist
+	logrus.Debug("validating there're no values not in the allowlist")
+	err := mr.validate(m)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	logrus.Debug("generating template")
+	report, err := mr.template(m)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return report, nil
+}
+
+func (mr *metaReport) breakOnEqual(s string) (string, string, error) {
+	split := strings.Split(s, "=")
+	if len(split) != 2 {
+		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("expect value in format A=B")
+	}
+
+	if split[0] == "" || split[1] == "" {
+		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("expect non empty key/value")
+	}
+
+	return split[0], split[1], nil
+}
+
+func (mr *metaReport) validate(m []meta) error {
+	for _, v := range m {
+		if _, ok := mr.allowlist[v.Key]; !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("key is not allowed: '%s'", v.Key)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (mr *metaReport) template(m []meta) (string, error) {
+	var tpl bytes.Buffer
+
+	data := struct {
+		Meta []meta
+	}{
+		Meta: m,
+	}
+	t, err := template.New("meta-report.gotpl").
+		ParseFS(resources, "resources/meta-report.gotpl")
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	if err := t.Execute(&tpl, data); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return tpl.String(), nil
+}
diff --git a/benchmark/internal/cireport/metareport_test.go b/benchmark/internal/cireport/metareport_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..032b352854
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/internal/cireport/metareport_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package cireport_test
+
+import (
+	"github.com/pyroscope-io/pyroscope/benchmark/internal/cireport"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	"github.com/tommy351/goldga"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("metareport", func() {
+	It("generates a markdown report correctly", func() {
+		mr, err := cireport.NewMetaReport([]string{"execution", "seed"})
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		report, err := mr.Report([]string{"execution=5m", "seed=4"})
+		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(report).To(goldga.Match())
+	})
+
+	Context("error conditions", func() {
+		It("should fail when there are no elements allowed", func() {
+			mr, err := cireport.NewMetaReport([]string{})
+
+			Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(mr).To(BeNil())
+		})
+
+		It("should fail when no element is asked to be reported", func() {
+			mr, err := cireport.NewMetaReport([]string{"allowed"})
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+			_, err = mr.Report([]string{})
+			Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
+		})
+
+		It("should fail when an element doesn't pass the allowlist", func() {
+			mr, err := cireport.NewMetaReport([]string{"allowed"})
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+			_, err = mr.Report([]string{"A=B"})
+			Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
+		})
+
+		It("only accepts variables in the format A=B", func() {
+			mr, err := cireport.NewMetaReport([]string{"A"})
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+			_, err = mr.Report([]string{"A"})
+			Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
+
+			_, err = mr.Report([]string{"A="})
+			Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
+
+			_, err = mr.Report([]string{"=B"})
+			Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
+
+			_, err = mr.Report([]string{"A=B"})
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+		})
+	})
+})
diff --git a/benchmark/internal/cireport/resources/image-report.gotpl b/benchmark/internal/cireport/resources/image-report.gotpl
index 308f1eb427..cfb28cb228 100644
--- a/benchmark/internal/cireport/resources/image-report.gotpl
+++ b/benchmark/internal/cireport/resources/image-report.gotpl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Benchmark Screenshots
+## Screenshots
 
 {{ $root := . }}
 {{ range .Panels }}
diff --git a/benchmark/internal/cireport/resources/meta-report.gotpl b/benchmark/internal/cireport/resources/meta-report.gotpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17dfe8da93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/internal/cireport/resources/meta-report.gotpl
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+## Parameters
+
+<details>
+  <summary>Details</summary>
+
+
+|  Name       | Value      |
+|-------------|------------|
+{{ range .Meta -}}
+| `{{ .Key }}` | `{{ .Val }}` |
+{{ end -}}
+
+
+</details>
diff --git a/benchmark/internal/cireport/resources/pr.gotpl b/benchmark/internal/cireport/resources/pr.gotpl
index f3413d69ad..5d28600633 100644
--- a/benchmark/internal/cireport/resources/pr.gotpl
+++ b/benchmark/internal/cireport/resources/pr.gotpl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Benchmark Result
+## Result
 |             | {{ .QC.BaseName }}           | {{ .QC.TargetName }} | diff                | threshold |
 |-------------|------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------|
 {{ range .QC.Queries -}}
diff --git a/benchmark/internal/cireport/testdata/metareport.golden b/benchmark/internal/cireport/testdata/metareport.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8fb1eb68d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/internal/cireport/testdata/metareport.golden
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Generated by goldga. DO NOT EDIT.
+[snapshots]
+"metareport generates a markdown report correctly" = '''
+(string) (len=165) "## Parameters\n\n<details>\n  <summary>Details</summary>\n\n\n|  Name       | Value      |\n|-------------|------------|\n| `execution` | `5m` |\n| `seed` | `4` |\n</details>\n"
+'''
diff --git a/benchmark/internal/cireport/testdata/tablereport.golden b/benchmark/internal/cireport/testdata/tablereport.golden
index 6d52280830..f882a7f6fb 100644
--- a/benchmark/internal/cireport/testdata/tablereport.golden
+++ b/benchmark/internal/cireport/testdata/tablereport.golden
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Generated by goldga. DO NOT EDIT.
 [snapshots]
 "tablereport diff bigger than threshold should generate a report correctly" = '''
-(string) (len=547) "# Benchmark Result\n|             | base name           | target name | diff                | threshold |\n|-------------|------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------|\n| my name |  0.00 | 2.00  |  :green_square: 2.00 (200.00%) | 5% |\n\n\n\n<details>\n  <summary>Details</summary>\n\n\n| Name     | Description | Query for base name   | Query for target name |\n|----------|-------------|----------------------|----------------------|\n| my name | my description | `query_base` | `query_target`  |\n\n\n</details>\n"
+(string) (len=538) "## Result\n|             | base name           | target name | diff                | threshold |\n|-------------|------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------|\n| my name |  0.00 | 2.00  |  :green_square: 2.00 (200.00%) | 5% |\n\n\n\n<details>\n  <summary>Details</summary>\n\n\n| Name     | Description | Query for base name   | Query for target name |\n|----------|-------------|----------------------|----------------------|\n| my name | my description | `query_base` | `query_target`  |\n\n\n</details>\n"
 '''
 "tablereport diff smaller than threshold should generate a report correctly" = '''
-(string) (len=547) "# Benchmark Result\n|             | base name           | target name | diff                | threshold |\n|-------------|------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------|\n| my name |  2.00 | 0.00  |  :red_square: -2.00 (-200.00%) | 5% |\n\n\n\n<details>\n  <summary>Details</summary>\n\n\n| Name     | Description | Query for base name   | Query for target name |\n|----------|-------------|----------------------|----------------------|\n| my name | my description | `query_base` | `query_target`  |\n\n\n</details>\n"
+(string) (len=538) "## Result\n|             | base name           | target name | diff                | threshold |\n|-------------|------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------|\n| my name |  2.00 | 0.00  |  :red_square: -2.00 (-200.00%) | 5% |\n\n\n\n<details>\n  <summary>Details</summary>\n\n\n| Name     | Description | Query for base name   | Query for target name |\n|----------|-------------|----------------------|----------------------|\n| my name | my description | `query_base` | `query_target`  |\n\n\n</details>\n"
 '''
 "tablereport diff within threshold should generate a report correctly" = '''
-(string) (len=530) "# Benchmark Result\n|             | base name           | target name | diff                | threshold |\n|-------------|------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------|\n| my name |  1.00 | 1.00  |  0.00 (0.00%) | 5% |\n\n\n\n<details>\n  <summary>Details</summary>\n\n\n| Name     | Description | Query for base name   | Query for target name |\n|----------|-------------|----------------------|----------------------|\n| my name | my description | `query_base` | `query_target`  |\n\n\n</details>\n"
+(string) (len=521) "## Result\n|             | base name           | target name | diff                | threshold |\n|-------------|------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------|\n| my name |  1.00 | 1.00  |  0.00 (0.00%) | 5% |\n\n\n\n<details>\n  <summary>Details</summary>\n\n\n| Name     | Description | Query for base name   | Query for target name |\n|----------|-------------|----------------------|----------------------|\n| my name | my description | `query_base` | `query_target`  |\n\n\n</details>\n"
 '''
diff --git a/benchmark/internal/config/config.go b/benchmark/internal/config/config.go
index defa0e32bf..2dd4b4ed9d 100644
--- a/benchmark/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/benchmark/internal/config/config.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ type PromQuery struct {
 type Report struct {
 	TableReport
 	ImageReport
+	MetaReport
 }
 
 type TableReport struct {
@@ -51,6 +52,11 @@ type ImageReport struct {
 	To             int    `def:"0" desc:"timestamp"`
 }
 
+type MetaReport struct {
+	LogLevel string   `def:"info" desc:"log level: debug|info|warn|error" mapstructure:"log-level"`
+	Params   []string `def:"" desc:"the parameters in format A=B. value must be in the allowlist"`
+}
+
 type DashboardScreenshot struct {
 	LogLevel       string `def:"info" desc:"log level: debug|info|warn|error" mapstructure:"log-level"`
 	TimeoutSeconds int    `def:"300" desc:"timeout in seconds of each call"`
diff --git a/pkg/cli/flags.go b/pkg/cli/flags.go
index 52a974b2db..ddee0bc9eb 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/flags.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/flags.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func (i *arrayFlags) String() string {
 	if len(*i) == 0 {
 		return "[]"
 	}
-	return strings.Join(*i, ", ")
+	return strings.Join(*i, ",")
 }
 
 func (i *arrayFlags) Set(value string) error {