diff --git a/scripts/cli.ts b/scripts/cli.ts
index dfaa46cf..273c403a 100644
--- a/scripts/cli.ts
+++ b/scripts/cli.ts
@@ -290,6 +290,11 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
   if (top === "gh") {
     const result = await runGhCommand(args.slice(1));
     const ok = (result as { ok?: unknown }).ok !== false;
+    if (isRenderedCliResult(result)) {
+      emitText(result.renderedText, result.command || commandName);
+      if (!ok) process.exitCode = 1;
+      return;
+    }
     emitJson(commandName, result, ok);
     if (!ok) process.exitCode = 1;
     return;
diff --git a/scripts/src/gh.ts b/scripts/src/gh.ts
index ff6d3c53..02005876 100644
--- a/scripts/src/gh.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/gh.ts
@@ -5230,7 +5230,7 @@ async function prPreflight(repo: string, number: number, commandName: "preflight
   const metadataSummary = prMetadataSummary(metadata);
   const statusChecks = statusRollupSummary(repo, number, metadata.statusCheckRollup, includeRaw);
   const closeout = prCloseoutSummary(summary, metadataSummary, statusChecks);
-  return {
+  const result: GitHubCommandResult = {
     ok: true,
     command: commandName,
     canonicalCommand: `bun scripts/cli.ts gh pr preflight ${number} --repo ${repo}`,
@@ -5251,6 +5251,73 @@ async function prPreflight(repo: string, number: number, commandName: "preflight
     policy,
     ...(includeRaw ? { raw: { authStatus: auth, pullRequest, closeoutMetadata: metadataSummary } } : {}),
   };
+  if (includeRaw) return result;
+  return {
+    ...result,
+    contentType: "text/plain",
+    renderedText: renderPrPreflightTable(result),
+  };
+}
+
+function renderPrPreflightTable(result: GitHubCommandResult): string {
+  const pullRequest = isRecord(result.pullRequest) ? result.pullRequest : {};
+  const mergeability = isRecord(result.mergeability) ? result.mergeability : {};
+  const statusChecks = isRecord(result.statusChecks) ? result.statusChecks : {};
+  const counts = isRecord(statusChecks.counts) ? statusChecks.counts : {};
+  const policy = isRecord(result.policy) ? result.policy : {};
+  const blockers = Array.isArray(mergeability.blockers) ? mergeability.blockers.map(String) : [];
+  const pending = Array.isArray(mergeability.pending) ? mergeability.pending.map(String) : [];
+  const conclusion = ghText(mergeability.conclusion);
+  const rows = [[
+    `#${ghText(result.number)}`,
+    ghText(pullRequest.stateDetail ?? pullRequest.state),
+    ghText(mergeability.mergeable),
+    ghText(mergeability.mergeStateStatus),
+    `${ghText(statusChecks.totalContexts)} total ${ghText(counts.success)} ok ${ghText(counts.failure)} fail ${ghText(counts.pending)} pending`,
+    conclusion,
+  ]];
+  const lines = [
+    `gh pr preflight (${conclusion})`,
+    "",
+    ghTable(["PR", "STATE", "MERGEABLE", "MERGE_STATE", "CHECKS", "CONCLUSION"], rows),
+    "",
+    "Summary:",
+    `  repo=${ghText(result.repo)} title=${ghShort(ghText(pullRequest.title), 96)}`,
+    `  head=${ghText(isRecord(pullRequest.head) ? pullRequest.head.ref : null)} base=${ghText(isRecord(pullRequest.base) ? pullRequest.base.ref : null)}`,
+    `  blockers=${blockers.length === 0 ? "-" : blockers.join(",")} pending=${pending.length === 0 ? "-" : pending.join(",")}`,
+    "",
+    "Next:",
+  ];
+  const mergeCommand = ghText(policy.mergeCommand);
+  if (mergeability.readyForCommanderMerge === true && mergeCommand !== "-") {
+    lines.push(`  ${mergeCommand}`);
+  }
+  lines.push(`  bun scripts/cli.ts gh pr preflight ${ghText(result.number)} --repo ${ghText(result.repo)} --full`);
+  lines.push("", "Disclosure:");
+  lines.push("  default view is a bounded table; use --full or --raw for structured PR/check metadata.");
+  return lines.join("\n");
+}
+
+function ghTable(headers: string[], rows: string[][]): string {
+  const normalizedRows = rows.map((row) => headers.map((_, index) => row[index] ?? ""));
+  const widths = headers.map((header, index) => Math.max(header.length, ...normalizedRows.map((row) => row[index].length)));
+  return [
+    headers.map((header, index) => header.padEnd(widths[index])).join("  ").trimEnd(),
+    ...normalizedRows.map((row) => row.map((cell, index) => cell.padEnd(widths[index])).join("  ").trimEnd()),
+  ].join("\n");
+}
+
+function ghText(value: unknown): string {
+  if (value === null || value === undefined || value === "") return "-";
+  if (typeof value === "string") return value;
+  if (typeof value === "number" || typeof value === "boolean") return String(value);
+  return JSON.stringify(value);
+}
+
+function ghShort(value: string, maxLength: number): string {
+  if (value.length <= maxLength) return value;
+  if (maxLength <= 1) return value.slice(0, maxLength);
+  return `${value.slice(0, maxLength - 1)}~`;
 }
 
 function repoSummary(repo: GitHubRepository): Record<string, unknown> {