diff --git a/.changeset/summary-verbatim.md b/.changeset/summary-verbatim.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..511f987
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/summary-verbatim.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pungrumpy/cursor-action": patch
+---
+
+Publish the agent's answer verbatim in `summary`. An answer that happened to be a JSON object was previously reduced to its `response`, `summary`, `result`, `output`, or `text` field, a leftover from the CLI's `--output-format json` era; workflows that ask for structured output now receive the whole object.
diff --git a/__tests__/output.test.ts b/__tests__/output.test.ts
index 1abe630..641add2 100644
--- a/__tests__/output.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/output.test.ts
@@ -50,54 +50,15 @@ describe("setOutputs", () => {
     expect(mockSummaryChain.write).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it("extracts summary from JSON response field", async () => {
-    const result = {
-      exitCode: 0,
-      stderr: "",
-      stdout: JSON.stringify({ response: "JSON response text" }),
-    };
-    const outputs = await setOutputs(result);
-    expect(outputs.summary).toBe("JSON response text");
-  });
-
-  it("extracts summary from JSON summary field", async () => {
-    const result = {
-      exitCode: 0,
-      stderr: "",
-      stdout: JSON.stringify({ summary: "Summary field text" }),
-    };
-    const outputs = await setOutputs(result);
-    expect(outputs.summary).toBe("Summary field text");
-  });
-
-  it("extracts summary from JSON result field", async () => {
-    const result = {
-      exitCode: 0,
-      stderr: "",
-      stdout: JSON.stringify({ result: "Result field text" }),
-    };
-    const outputs = await setOutputs(result);
-    expect(outputs.summary).toBe("Result field text");
-  });
-
-  it("extracts summary from JSON output field", async () => {
-    const result = {
-      exitCode: 0,
-      stderr: "",
-      stdout: JSON.stringify({ output: "Output field text" }),
-    };
-    const outputs = await setOutputs(result);
-    expect(outputs.summary).toBe("Output field text");
-  });
-
-  it("extracts summary from JSON text field", async () => {
-    const result = {
-      exitCode: 0,
-      stderr: "",
-      stdout: JSON.stringify({ text: "Text field value" }),
-    };
-    const outputs = await setOutputs(result);
-    expect(outputs.summary).toBe("Text field value");
+  it("passes a JSON-shaped answer through unchanged", async () => {
+    const stdout = JSON.stringify({
+      findings: ["hardcoded token in config.ts"],
+      summary: "only this field used to survive",
+    });
+    const outputs = await setOutputs({ exitCode: 0, stderr: "", stdout });
+
+    expect(outputs.summary).toBe(stdout);
+    expect(mockSetOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith("summary", stdout);
   });
 
   it("handles empty stdout gracefully", async () => {
diff --git a/dist/index.mjs b/dist/index.mjs
index 3ca3737..77cefd3 100644
--- a/dist/index.mjs
+++ b/dist/index.mjs
@@ -34,21 +34,12 @@ const getInputs = () => {
 };
 //#endregion
 //#region src/output.ts
-const parseSummary = (stdout) => {
-	const trimmed = stdout.trim();
-	if (!trimmed) return "";
-	try {
-		const parsed = JSON.parse(trimmed);
-		if (typeof parsed === "object" && parsed !== null) {
-			if (typeof parsed.response === "string") return parsed.response.trim();
-			if (typeof parsed.summary === "string") return parsed.summary.trim();
-			if (typeof parsed.result === "string") return parsed.result.trim();
-			if (typeof parsed.output === "string") return parsed.output.trim();
-			if (typeof parsed.text === "string") return parsed.text.trim();
-		}
-	} catch {}
-	return trimmed.replaceAll(/\u001B\[[0-9;]*[mGKHF]/gu, "");
-};
+/**
+* The SDK returns the final assistant message as plain text. Only whitespace
+* and stray terminal colour codes are removed; a JSON-shaped answer is
+* published as-is so callers can parse the whole object.
+*/
+const parseSummary = (stdout) => stdout.trim().replaceAll(/\u001B\[[0-9;]*[mGKHF]/gu, "");
 const buildSummaryTableRows = (result) => {
 	const rows = [["Status", result.exitCode === 0 ? "✅ Success" : `❌ Failed (exit ${result.exitCode})`], ["Exit Code", String(result.exitCode)]];
 	if (result.status) rows.push(["Agent Status", result.status]);
diff --git a/docs/content/behaviour.mdx b/docs/content/behaviour.mdx
index baea40a..e28590f 100644
--- a/docs/content/behaviour.mdx
+++ b/docs/content/behaviour.mdx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ description: What the action does at runtime and how it reports results.
 1. Inputs are validated. An empty `prompt`, an unknown `permissions` value, or a non-positive `timeout` fails the step before anything is sent.
 2. The API key is registered with `::add-mask::`.
 3. A local SDK agent is created against the resolved `working-directory` (`Agent.create({ local: { cwd } })`) and the prompt is sent.
-4. Streamed text is collected, then replaced by the final run result when the SDK provides one.
+4. Streamed text is collected, then replaced by the final run result when the SDK provides one. `summary` is that text verbatim, with surrounding whitespace trimmed; a JSON-shaped answer is not unwrapped.
 5. A job summary is written with the status, exit code, agent response, duration, token usage, and any stderr or diagnostics.
 
 ## Timeouts and failures
diff --git a/src/output.ts b/src/output.ts
index f2160c6..54f2a91 100644
--- a/src/output.ts
+++ b/src/output.ts
@@ -2,44 +2,18 @@ import { setOutput, setSecret, summary } from "@actions/core";
 
 import type { ActionOutputs, AgentResult } from "./types";
 
-const parseSummary = (stdout: string): string => {
-  const trimmed = stdout.trim();
-  if (!trimmed) {
-    return "";
-  }
-
-  try {
-    const parsed = JSON.parse(trimmed);
-    if (typeof parsed === "object" && parsed !== null) {
-      if (typeof parsed.response === "string") {
-        return parsed.response.trim();
-      }
-      if (typeof parsed.summary === "string") {
-        return parsed.summary.trim();
-      }
-      if (typeof parsed.result === "string") {
-        return parsed.result.trim();
-      }
-      if (typeof parsed.output === "string") {
-        return parsed.output.trim();
-      }
-      if (typeof parsed.text === "string") {
-        return parsed.text.trim();
-      }
-    }
-  } catch {
-    // Not JSON
-  }
-
-  const clean = trimmed.replaceAll(
+/**
+ * The SDK returns the final assistant message as plain text. Only whitespace
+ * and stray terminal colour codes are removed; a JSON-shaped answer is
+ * published as-is so callers can parse the whole object.
+ */
+const parseSummary = (stdout: string): string =>
+  stdout.trim().replaceAll(
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-control-regex
     /\u001B\[[0-9;]*[mGKHF]/gu,
     ""
   );
 
-  return clean;
-};
-
 const buildSummaryTableRows = (result: AgentResult): string[][] => {
   const status =
     result.exitCode === 0