diff --git a/.github/actions/run-claude-cli/action.yml b/.github/actions/run-claude-cli/action.yml
index c522cd5..a5c02c9 100644
--- a/.github/actions/run-claude-cli/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/run-claude-cli/action.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ description: >-
   step environment sets NODE_OPTIONS, LD_PRELOAD, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, BASH_ENV,
   NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS, NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED or a `*_PROXY` variable
   other than NO_PROXY. It writes the outputs report-check-run reads, a JSONL
-  execution log (one object for the leg) written only after a scan finds no
+  execution log (one object for the leg) and, with json-schema-file, the
+  result's structured output, each written only after a scan finds no
   credential in it, and a job summary table of closed tokens. Uploading the
   log is the caller's choice. The step fails, after writing its outputs,
   whenever lane-class is not empty.
@@ -119,7 +120,8 @@ inputs:
   json-schema-file:
     description: >-
       Path to a JSON Schema the final result must match (`--json-schema`); the
-      result's `structured_output` is in execution-file. Empty passes none.
+      result's `structured_output` is in structured-output-file. Empty passes
+      none.
     required: false
     default: ""
   cli-version:
@@ -201,6 +203,13 @@ outputs:
   log-file:
     description: JSONL execution log, one object for the leg; empty when the credential scan failed.
     value: ${{ steps.run.outputs.log-file }}
+  structured-output-file:
+    description: >-
+      The final result's `structured_output` as a JSON file, written only when
+      json-schema-file is set, lane-class is empty, the result carries an
+      object, and a scan finds no credential in it; else empty. A scan hit
+      fails the step.
+    value: ${{ steps.run.outputs.structured-output-file }}
   cli-version:
     description: The Claude Code CLI version that ran.
     value: ${{ steps.install.outputs.cli-version }}
diff --git a/.github/actions/run-claude-cli/lane.cjs b/.github/actions/run-claude-cli/lane.cjs
index 46d3409..32ab5f9 100644
--- a/.github/actions/run-claude-cli/lane.cjs
+++ b/.github/actions/run-claude-cli/lane.cjs
@@ -1156,6 +1156,19 @@ function install(
   });
 }
 
+// The final result's structured_output as JSON text, when the leg ran with
+// json-schema-file and succeeded; else null.
+function structuredOutputText(config, laneClass, executionFile) {
+  if (config.jsonSchema === "" || laneClass !== "") return null;
+  const result = (readMessages(executionFile) ?? []).findLast(
+    (message) => message?.type === "result",
+  );
+  const value = result?.structured_output;
+  return value !== null && typeof value === "object"
+    ? JSON.stringify(value)
+    : null;
+}
+
 function run(env) {
   verifyEnvironment(env);
   const config = readConfig(env);
@@ -1171,9 +1184,21 @@ function run(env) {
   const logText = `${outcome.records.map((r) => JSON.stringify(r)).join("\n")}\n`;
   const clean = !holdsCredential(logText, [config.leg.value]);
   if (clean) fs.writeFileSync(logFile, logText);
+  const structuredText = structuredOutputText(
+    config,
+    outcome.outputs["lane-class"],
+    outcome.outputs["execution-file"],
+  );
+  const structuredClean =
+    structuredText === null ||
+    !holdsCredential(structuredText, [config.leg.value]);
+  const structuredFile = path.join(config.workDir, "structured-output.json");
+  const structuredWritten = structuredText !== null && structuredClean;
+  if (structuredWritten) fs.writeFileSync(structuredFile, structuredText);
   writeOutputs(env.GITHUB_OUTPUT, {
     ...outcome.outputs,
     "log-file": clean ? logFile : "",
+    "structured-output-file": structuredWritten ? structuredFile : "",
   });
   if (env.GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY && clean) {
     fs.appendFileSync(
@@ -1186,6 +1211,11 @@ function run(env) {
       "the execution log held a credential and was not written",
     );
   }
+  if (!structuredClean) {
+    throw new LaneError(
+      "the structured output held a credential and was not written",
+    );
+  }
   const laneClass = outcome.outputs["lane-class"];
   if (laneClass !== "") {
     const facts = errorTokens(outcome.records[0]);
diff --git a/.github/actions/run-claude-cli/lane.test.cjs b/.github/actions/run-claude-cli/lane.test.cjs
index 56662a8..cf153cf 100644
--- a/.github/actions/run-claude-cli/lane.test.cjs
+++ b/.github/actions/run-claude-cli/lane.test.cjs
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ test("a process the leg leaves behind cannot add a lane-class after the launcher
     lines.filter((line) => line.startsWith("lane-class=")),
     ["lane-class="],
   );
-  assert.equal(lines.at(-1).startsWith("log-file="), true);
+  assert.equal(lines.at(-1), "structured-output-file=");
 });
 
 test("stdout is captured in memory and a maxBuffer overflow is class other", () => {
@@ -1374,6 +1374,98 @@ test("run on a 403 key stops with no handoff and names the error in the log, sum
   );
 });
 
+function structuredRun(name, messages, exit, overrides = {}) {
+  const dir = path.join(root, name);
+  const schema = path.join(root, `${name}-schema.json`);
+  fs.writeFileSync(schema, '{"type":"object"}');
+  const env = runEnv(dir, { LANE_JSON_SCHEMA_FILE: schema, ...overrides });
+  env.FAKE_KEY = legFile(dir, "key.jsonl", messages);
+  env.FAKE_KEY_EXIT = String(exit);
+  return env;
+}
+
+const FINDINGS = { findings: 2, summary: "Two findings.", comments: [] };
+
+test("a successful leg with json-schema-file writes the structured output to its own file", () => {
+  const env = structuredRun(
+    "run-structured",
+    [
+      { type: "system", subtype: "init" },
+      result({ structured_output: FINDINGS }),
+    ],
+    0,
+  );
+  run(env);
+  const outputs = readOutputs(env.GITHUB_OUTPUT);
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(outputs["structured-output-file"], "utf8")),
+    FINDINGS,
+  );
+  assert.notEqual(outputs["log-file"], "");
+});
+
+test("no structured-output-file without json-schema-file, on a failed leg, or with no object", () => {
+  const maxTurns = result({
+    subtype: "error_max_turns",
+    is_error: true,
+    structured_output: FINDINGS,
+  });
+  for (const [name, messages, exit, overrides] of [
+    [
+      "run-structured-no-schema",
+      [result({ structured_output: FINDINGS })],
+      0,
+      { LANE_JSON_SCHEMA_FILE: "" },
+    ],
+    ["run-structured-max-turns", [maxTurns], 1, {}],
+    [
+      "run-structured-string",
+      [result({ structured_output: "not an object" })],
+      0,
+      {},
+    ],
+  ]) {
+    const env = structuredRun(name, messages, exit, overrides);
+    try {
+      run(env);
+    } catch (error) {
+      assert.equal(name, "run-structured-max-turns", error.message);
+    }
+    const outputs = readOutputs(env.GITHUB_OUTPUT);
+    assert.equal(outputs["structured-output-file"], "", name);
+    assert.equal(
+      fs.existsSync(path.join(env.LANE_WORK_DIR, "structured-output.json")),
+      false,
+      name,
+    );
+  }
+});
+
+test("a structured output holding the credential or a key shape is not written and fails the step", () => {
+  for (const planted of [KEY, "sk-ant-api03-abcdefghijkl"]) {
+    const env = structuredRun(
+      `run-structured-leak-${planted.length}`,
+      [
+        result({
+          structured_output: { ...FINDINGS, summary: `see ${planted}` },
+        }),
+      ],
+      0,
+    );
+    assert.throws(
+      () => run(env),
+      /the structured output held a credential and was not written/u,
+    );
+    const outputs = readOutputs(env.GITHUB_OUTPUT);
+    assert.equal(outputs["structured-output-file"], "");
+    assert.equal(
+      fs.existsSync(path.join(env.LANE_WORK_DIR, "structured-output.json")),
+      false,
+    );
+    assert.notEqual(outputs["log-file"], "");
+  }
+});
+
 test("run refuses both credentials before any leg starts", () => {
   const dir = path.join(root, "run-two-credentials");
   const env = runEnv(dir, { LANE_SUBSCRIPTION_TOKEN: TOKEN });
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a9204db..65d718b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -655,8 +655,12 @@ consumer to audit it.
   `NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED` or a `*_PROXY` variable other than
   `NO_PROXY`. The CLI installs from the public npm registry, outside any
   checkout's `.npmrc`. Its outputs match report-check-run's `lane-*` inputs, plus
-  `credential` (a secret name), `execution-file` and a JSONL `log-file` that is
-  written only after a credential scan; every log line records the `lane` and
+  `credential` (a secret name), `execution-file`, a JSONL `log-file`, and,
+  on a successful leg with `json-schema-file`, a `structured-output-file`
+  holding the result's `structured_output`; the action writes each of the
+  last two only after a credential scan, and a hit on the structured output
+  fails the step. Read the structured output from that file, never from the
+  unscanned `execution-file`. Every log line records the `lane` and
   the funding `role` whose secrets the caller passed. The secret names are
   always the role's, `<ROLE>_CLAUDE_API_KEY` and
   `<ROLE>_CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN` with the role upper-snake. The job summary