diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ed5f3f6..7f47eb8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,6 +30,32 @@ go get git.happydns.org/checker-sdk-go/checker
 See [checker-dummy](https://git.happydns.org/checker-dummy) for a
 fully working, documented template.
 
+## Extending the server
+
+`checker.Server` exposes the standard SDK routes (`/health`, `/collect`,
+and, depending on the provider's optional interfaces, `/definition`,
+`/evaluate`, `/report`). Plugins that need to serve auxiliary endpoints
+(debug pages, webhooks, custom UI assets, …) can register them on the
+same mux:
+
+```go
+srv := checker.NewServer(provider)
+
+srv.HandleFunc("GET /debug/state", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+    // …
+})
+
+// Opt a custom route into the in-flight / load-average signal
+// reported on /health:
+srv.Handle("POST /webhook", srv.TrackWork(myWebhookHandler))
+
+log.Fatal(srv.ListenAndServe(":8080"))
+```
+
+Patterns that collide with built-in routes panic at registration —
+pick non-overlapping paths. Custom handlers are not wrapped by the
+load-tracking middleware unless you opt in via `TrackWork`.
+
 ## License
 
 Apache License 2.0. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) and [NOTICE](NOTICE).
diff --git a/checker/server.go b/checker/server.go
index 444c118..6163497 100644
--- a/checker/server.go
+++ b/checker/server.go
@@ -111,19 +111,21 @@ func NewServer(provider ObservationProvider) *Server {
 	}
 	s.mux = http.NewServeMux()
 	s.mux.HandleFunc("GET /health", s.handleHealth)
-	s.mux.Handle("POST /collect", s.trackWork(http.HandlerFunc(s.handleCollect)))
+	s.mux.Handle("POST /collect", s.TrackWork(http.HandlerFunc(s.handleCollect)))
 
 	if dp, ok := provider.(CheckerDefinitionProvider); ok {
-		s.definition = dp.Definition()
-		s.definition.BuildRulesInfo()
-		s.mux.HandleFunc("GET /definition", s.handleDefinition)
-		s.mux.Handle("POST /evaluate", s.trackWork(http.HandlerFunc(s.handleEvaluate)))
+		if def := dp.Definition(); def != nil {
+			s.definition = def
+			s.definition.BuildRulesInfo()
+			s.mux.HandleFunc("GET /definition", s.handleDefinition)
+			s.mux.Handle("POST /evaluate", s.TrackWork(http.HandlerFunc(s.handleEvaluate)))
+		}
 	}
 
 	if _, ok := provider.(CheckerHTMLReporter); ok {
-		s.mux.Handle("POST /report", s.trackWork(http.HandlerFunc(s.handleReport)))
+		s.mux.Handle("POST /report", s.TrackWork(http.HandlerFunc(s.handleReport)))
 	} else if _, ok := provider.(CheckerMetricsReporter); ok {
-		s.mux.Handle("POST /report", s.trackWork(http.HandlerFunc(s.handleReport)))
+		s.mux.Handle("POST /report", s.TrackWork(http.HandlerFunc(s.handleReport)))
 	}
 
 	go s.runSampler(ctx)
@@ -137,6 +139,18 @@ func (s *Server) Handler() http.Handler {
 	return requestLogger(s.mux)
 }
 
+// Handle registers an auxiliary handler on the server's mux. Must be called
+// before ListenAndServe or Handler(). Custom handlers are not tracked by
+// TrackWork; wrap them explicitly if you want them counted in /health load.
+func (s *Server) Handle(pattern string, handler http.Handler) {
+	s.mux.Handle(pattern, handler)
+}
+
+// HandleFunc is the http.HandlerFunc-flavoured counterpart of Handle.
+func (s *Server) HandleFunc(pattern string, handler func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request)) {
+	s.mux.HandleFunc(pattern, handler)
+}
+
 // ListenAndServe starts the HTTP server on the given address.
 //
 // ListenAndServe does not stop the background load-average sampler on return;
@@ -158,10 +172,9 @@ func (s *Server) Close() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// trackWork wraps a handler with in-flight and total-request accounting.
-// It is applied only to "work" endpoints (/collect, /evaluate, /report) so
-// that /health polling traffic does not pollute the load signal.
-func (s *Server) trackWork(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+// TrackWork wraps a handler with in-flight and total-request accounting,
+// opting custom routes into the load signal reported on /health.
+func (s *Server) TrackWork(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		s.inFlight.Add(1)
 		s.totalRequests.Add(1)