diff --git a/.changeset/collect-assistant-text.md b/.changeset/collect-assistant-text.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea03665
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/collect-assistant-text.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pungrumpy/cursor-action": patch
+---
+
+Collect the agent's answer from `assistant` stream events instead of `thinking` events. A cancelled or errored run's `summary` now holds the model's partial answer rather than its reasoning.
diff --git a/__tests__/runner.test.ts b/__tests__/runner.test.ts
index 0189f66..286e1a4 100644
--- a/__tests__/runner.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/runner.test.ts
@@ -33,32 +33,49 @@ const baseInputs: ActionInputs = {
   workingDirectory: ".",
 };
 
+const assistantEvent = (text: string) => ({
+  agent_id: "agent-test",
+  message: {
+    content: [{ text, type: "text" as const }],
+    role: "assistant" as const,
+  },
+  run_id: "run-test",
+  type: "assistant" as const,
+});
+
+const thinkingEvent = (text: string) => ({
+  agent_id: "agent-test",
+  run_id: "run-test",
+  text,
+  type: "thinking" as const,
+});
+
 const mockStreamSuccess = async function* mockStreamSuccess() {
-  yield { text: "Hello from stream chunk 1. " };
-  yield { text: "And chunk 2." };
+  yield assistantEvent("Hello from stream chunk 1. ");
+  yield assistantEvent("And chunk 2.");
 };
 
 const mockStreamError = async function* mockStreamError() {
-  yield { text: "Starting..." };
+  yield assistantEvent("Starting...");
   throw new Error("Stream aborted");
 };
 
 /**
  * Yields only after 1.1s so a 1s action timeout can fire first.
- * @yields {{ text: string }} The chunk that arrives too late.
+ * @yields {ReturnType<typeof assistantEvent>} The assistant event that arrives too late.
  */
 const streamAfter1100ms = async function* streamAfter1100ms() {
   await Bun.sleep(1100);
-  yield { text: "too late" };
+  yield assistantEvent("too late");
 };
 
 /**
  * Completes only after 1.2s when cancel is unsupported (timeout still scheduled).
- * @yields {{ text: string }} The chunk that arrives after the timeout.
+ * @yields {ReturnType<typeof assistantEvent>} The assistant event that arrives after the timeout.
  */
 const streamAfter1200ms = async function* streamAfter1200ms() {
   await Bun.sleep(1200);
-  yield { text: "ok" };
+  yield assistantEvent("ok");
 };
 
 const finishedWait = (result: string) => () =>
@@ -229,4 +246,48 @@ describe("runAgent", () => {
     expect(result.durationMs).toBe(4200);
     expect(result.usage?.totalTokens).toBe(150);
   });
+
+  it("collects only assistant text when the run is cancelled before a result exists", async () => {
+    const mixedStream = async function* mixedStream() {
+      yield thinkingEvent("Let me think about this.");
+      yield assistantEvent("Partial ");
+      yield {
+        agent_id: "agent-test",
+        run_id: "run-test",
+        text: "subagent chatter",
+        type: "task" as const,
+      };
+      yield assistantEvent("answer");
+    };
+    mockAgentSend.mockResolvedValue({
+      cancel: mockRunCancel,
+      stream: mixedStream,
+      supports: (op: string) => op === "cancel",
+      wait: () =>
+        Promise.resolve({ id: "run-test", status: "cancelled" as const }),
+    });
+
+    const result = await runAgent(baseInputs);
+
+    expect(result.stdout).toBe("Partial answer");
+    expect(result.status).toBe("cancelled");
+    expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("prefers the final result text over the streamed text when the run finishes", async () => {
+    const partialStream = async function* partialStream() {
+      yield assistantEvent("streamed draft");
+    };
+    mockAgentSend.mockResolvedValue({
+      cancel: mockRunCancel,
+      stream: partialStream,
+      supports: (op: string) => op === "cancel",
+      wait: finishedWait("final answer"),
+    });
+
+    const result = await runAgent(baseInputs);
+
+    expect(result.stdout).toBe("final answer");
+    expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/dist/index.mjs b/dist/index.mjs
index 3ca3737..9d4181b 100644
--- a/dist/index.mjs
+++ b/dist/index.mjs
@@ -108,6 +108,17 @@ const extractErrorMessage = (error) => {
 	if (error instanceof Error) return error.cause ? `${error.message}\nCause: ${error.cause}` : error.message;
 	return String(error);
 };
+/**
+* The SDK streams the answer as `assistant` events, one text delta per event.
+* `thinking` and `task` events also carry a `text` field, but that is the
+* model's reasoning and subagent chatter, not the answer.
+*/
+const assistantText = (event) => {
+	if (event.type !== "assistant") return "";
+	let text = "";
+	for (const block of event.message.content) if (block.type === "text") text += block.text;
+	return text;
+};
 const mapUsage = (usage) => {
 	if (!usage) return;
 	const { cacheReadTokens, cacheWriteTokens, inputTokens, outputTokens, totalTokens } = usage;
@@ -148,7 +159,7 @@ const runAgent = async (inputs) => {
 			})();
 		}, timeoutMs);
 		try {
-			for await (const event of run.stream()) if ("text" in event && typeof event.text === "string") stdout += event.text;
+			for await (const event of run.stream()) stdout += assistantText(event);
 			const runResult = await run.wait();
 			({durationMs} = runResult);
 			usage = mapUsage(runResult.usage);
diff --git a/src/runner.ts b/src/runner.ts
index a6e1517..bcff008 100644
--- a/src/runner.ts
+++ b/src/runner.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import path from "node:path";
 
 import { info, warning } from "@actions/core";
 import { Agent } from "@cursor/sdk";
-import type { RunResult } from "@cursor/sdk";
+import type { RunResult, SDKMessage } from "@cursor/sdk";
 
 import type { ActionInputs, AgentResult, TokenUsageStats } from "./types";
 
@@ -15,6 +15,24 @@ const extractErrorMessage = (error: unknown): string => {
   return String(error);
 };
 
+/**
+ * The SDK streams the answer as `assistant` events, one text delta per event.
+ * `thinking` and `task` events also carry a `text` field, but that is the
+ * model's reasoning and subagent chatter, not the answer.
+ */
+const assistantText = (event: SDKMessage): string => {
+  if (event.type !== "assistant") {
+    return "";
+  }
+  let text = "";
+  for (const block of event.message.content) {
+    if (block.type === "text") {
+      text += block.text;
+    }
+  }
+  return text;
+};
+
 const mapUsage = (usage: RunResult["usage"]): TokenUsageStats | undefined => {
   if (!usage) {
     return undefined;
@@ -85,9 +103,7 @@ export const runAgent = async (inputs: ActionInputs): Promise<AgentResult> => {
 
     try {
       for await (const event of run.stream()) {
-        if ("text" in event && typeof event.text === "string") {
-          stdout += event.text;
-        }
+        stdout += assistantText(event);
       }
 
       const runResult = await run.wait();