diff --git a/docs/services/general-info/new-service-checklist.md b/docs/services/general-info/new-service-checklist.md
index 2640ca8c1..eb72f9ad4 100644
--- a/docs/services/general-info/new-service-checklist.md
+++ b/docs/services/general-info/new-service-checklist.md
@@ -24,13 +24,18 @@ Use this checklist with copy/paste in your PR - right from the beginning. It ren
     bad `<img src="https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/blob/master/services/graph/images/mermaid-graph.svg" width="500" />`
     good `<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/owncloud/ocis/master/services/graph/images/mermaid-graph.svg" width="500" />`
 - [ ] If new CLI commands are introduced, those commands must be described in the README.md.
+  - Commands are added to `ocis/pkg/command`
 - [ ] If new global envvars are introduced, the name must start with `OCIS_`.
 - [ ] Add the service to the makefile in the ocis repo root.
-- [ ] Make the service startable for binary and individual startup:
-  - For single binary add service to `ocis/pkg/runtime`
-  - For individual startup add service to `ocis/pkg/commands`
+- [ ] Service startup:
+  - add it to `ocis/pkg/command/services.go`
+  - Include for automatic startup:
+    - add it to `ocis/pkg/runtime/service/service.go`
+  - Exclude from automatic startup:
+    - add it to the `populate optional services` block in `ocis/pkg/runtime/service/service.go`
   - Add the service config to `ocis-pkg/config/defaultconfig.go`
 - [ ] If the service is using service accounts, add it to `ocis/pkg/init/init.go`
+- [ ] Check that the service properly responds to `ocis <service-name> health` and has `/healthz` and `/readyz` endpoints
 - [ ] Add the service to `.drone.star` to enable CI.
 - [ ] Inform doc team in an *early stage* to review the readme AND the environment variables created.
   - The description must reflect the behaviour AND usually has a positive code quality impact.
@@ -45,4 +50,5 @@ Use this checklist with copy/paste in your PR - right from the beginning. It ren
 - [ ] Add metrics to the code to enable monitoring. See the proxy service for implementation details.
   - Plus add documentation about monitoring in the README.md file
 - [ ] When the service requires translations that have to be covered by the service and are not sourced by web, see the [add translation]({{< ref "./add-translations.md" >}}) documentation for more details.
+- [ ] If the service requires a `cache` or `store`, check existing services for implementation and add a documentation in the README.md
 ```