diff --git a/scripts/src/gh.ts b/scripts/src/gh.ts
index d1eec620..c4ebf457 100644
--- a/scripts/src/gh.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/gh.ts
@@ -6555,7 +6555,7 @@ async function issueCreate(repo: string, token: string, options: GitHubOptions):
   }, "issue create");
   const labels = options.labels;
   if (options.dryRun) {
-    return {
+    return withIssueCreateRendered({
       ok: true,
       command: "issue create",
       repo,
@@ -6564,7 +6564,7 @@ async function issueCreate(repo: string, token: string, options: GitHubOptions):
       title: options.title,
       labels,
       ...writeBodyPlan("issue create", repo, body, bodySource, { title: options.title, labels }),
-    };
+    });
   }
   const { owner, name } = repoParts(repo);
   const payload: Record<string, unknown> = { title: options.title, body };
@@ -6581,7 +6581,46 @@ async function issueCreate(repo: string, token: string, options: GitHubOptions):
       missingLabels,
     });
   }
-  return { ok: true, command: "issue create", repo, issue: issueSummary(issue), labels, bodySource, rest: true };
+  return withIssueCreateRendered({ ok: true, command: "issue create", repo, issue: issueSummary(issue), labels, bodySource, rest: true });
+}
+
+function withIssueCreateRendered(result: GitHubCommandResult): GitHubCommandResult {
+  return {
+    ...result,
+    contentType: "text/plain",
+    renderedText: renderIssueCreateTable(result),
+  };
+}
+
+function renderIssueCreateTable(result: GitHubCommandResult): string {
+  const issue = isRecord(result.issue) ? result.issue : {};
+  const number = ghText(issue.number ?? result.number);
+  const title = ghText(issue.title ?? result.title);
+  const status = result.dryRun === true ? "dry-run" : "created";
+  const labels = Array.isArray(result.labels) ? result.labels.map(String).join(",") : ghText(result.labels);
+  const lines = [
+    `gh issue create (${status})`,
+    "",
+    ghTable(["ISSUE", "STATUS", "LABELS", "TITLE"], [[
+      number === "-" ? "-" : `#${number}`,
+      status,
+      ghShort(labels, 40),
+      ghShort(title, 96),
+    ]]),
+    "",
+    "Summary:",
+    `  repo=${ghText(result.repo)} url=${ghText(issue.url ?? result.url)}`,
+    "",
+    "Next:",
+  ];
+  if (status === "created" && number !== "-") {
+    lines.push(`  bun scripts/cli.ts gh issue view ${number} --repo ${ghText(result.repo)}`);
+  } else {
+    lines.push("  rerun without --dry-run to create the issue");
+  }
+  lines.push("", "Disclosure:");
+  lines.push("  default view is a bounded table; use gh issue view --full for structured metadata.");
+  return lines.join("\n");
 }
 
 async function issuePatch(repo: string, token: string, issueNumber: number, options: GitHubOptions): Promise<GitHubCommandResult> {