claudbg/.beans/claudbg-zy1p--tool-results-hidden-by-default-in-transcriptions-s.md

title	status	type	created_at	updated_at	parent
Tool results hidden by default in transcriptions — should show with truncation	todo	bug	2026-03-30T04:44:18Z	2026-03-30T04:44:18Z	claudbg-8vpb

Problem

Tool results (the output of tool calls) are hidden unless the user passes --include output. Since tool outputs are a core part of understanding what happened in a session, they should be visible by default.

Expected behavior

• Tool results shown by default (no flag needed).
• Truncated to ~200 chars by default (current limit, keep it).
• --verbose removes the truncation cap and shows full output.
• The --include output flag / opts.include.output gate should be removed (or inverted).

Current behavior

render_entry_text in both sessions.rs and agents.rs gates ToolResult on opts.include.output:

if opts.include.output {
    // show tool result
}

With the default --include "", opts.include.output is false, so results are never shown.

Fix

Remove the if opts.include.output guard (or replace it with the inverse: hide only when an explicit --include no-output flag is passed, but that's over-engineering — just always show with truncation).

Also apply the same change to the --verbose path: when opts.verbose is true, show the full content uncapped.

Relevant files

• src/commands/sessions.rs — render_entry_text, ToolResult branch (~line 113–131)
• src/commands/agents.rs — render_entry_text, same branch (~line 74–92)