diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f563ee2fee..bd33ad23be 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ Every engine feature is reachable without the GUI, through one table of JSON-Sch
   pdfcraft-cli run text_find doc=1 query=invoice            # key=value; values parse as JSON
   pdfcraft-cli run --script review.json                     # e.g. comment_add {"type": "highlight", "find": "total due"}
   pdfcraft-cli run --script steps.json --root ./work        # several steps in one session
+  pdfcraft-cli run --script steps.json --report             # one JSON document: per step its number, tool, status, result or error
   ```
 
   With `--root`, every file the script's steps read or write stays in that directory, including the PNG a step saves with `"out"` (the script itself is read from wherever you name it).
diff --git a/apps/pdfcraft-cli/src/main.rs b/apps/pdfcraft-cli/src/main.rs
index dd7ca66a0d..a162cc7055 100644
--- a/apps/pdfcraft-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/apps/pdfcraft-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ pdfcraft-cli batch <files or dirs...> --steps convert,ocr,optimize --out-dir DIR
                       [--ppi 150] [--quality 60] [--dpi 300] [--language en] [--ocr-all-pages]
 pdfcraft-cli tools                                       automation tools and their JSON Schemas
 pdfcraft-cli run    <tool> [key=value …] [--root DIR] [--out image.png]
-pdfcraft-cli run    --script steps.json [--root DIR]      [{\"tool\": \"doc_open\", \"args\": {…}}, …]
+pdfcraft-cli run    --script steps.json [--root DIR] [--report]
+                      [{\"tool\": \"doc_open\", \"args\": {…}}, …]; --report prints one JSON document for the run
 ",
     mcp_usage!(),
     "\
@@ -256,6 +257,7 @@ const RUN_OPTIONS: &[OptionSpec] = &[
     OptionSpec { name: "--root", takes_value: true },
     OptionSpec { name: "--script", takes_value: true },
     OptionSpec { name: "--out", takes_value: true },
+    OptionSpec { name: "--report", takes_value: false },
 ];
 const UI_OPTIONS: &[OptionSpec] = &[OptionSpec { name: "--control", takes_value: true }, OptionSpec { name: "--out", takes_value: true }];
 
@@ -783,22 +785,88 @@ fn print_output(auto: &pdfcraft_automation::Automation, content: Vec<pdfcraft_au
                     let written = auto.write_output(path, &data).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
                     stdout_line(format_args!("{}", serde_json::json!({ "image": written.to_string_lossy(), "width": width, "height": height })))?;
                 }
-                None => stdout_line(format_args!(
-                    "{}",
-                    serde_json::json!({ "image": "png", "width": width, "height": height, "bytes": data.len(), "hint": "pass --out file.png to save it" })
-                ))?,
+                None => stdout_line(format_args!("{}", png_summary(&data, width, height)))?,
             },
         }
     }
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// What a PNG result is reported as when it isn't written to a file.
+fn png_summary(data: &[u8], width: u32, height: u32) -> serde_json::Value {
+    serde_json::json!({ "image": "png", "width": width, "height": height, "bytes": data.len(), "hint": "pass --out file.png to save it" })
+}
+
+/// A tool's result as JSON values, for the `--report` of a script. Same content as
+/// [`print_output`], collected instead of printed.
+fn output_values(
+    auto: &pdfcraft_automation::Automation,
+    content: Vec<pdfcraft_automation::Content>,
+    out: Option<&str>,
+) -> Result<Vec<serde_json::Value>, String> {
+    let mut values = Vec::new();
+    for c in content {
+        values.push(match c {
+            pdfcraft_automation::Content::Json(v) => v,
+            pdfcraft_automation::Content::Png { data, width, height } => match out {
+                Some(path) => {
+                    let written = auto.write_output(path, &data).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+                    serde_json::json!({ "image": written.to_string_lossy(), "width": width, "height": height })
+                }
+                None => png_summary(&data, width, height),
+            },
+        });
+    }
+    Ok(values)
+}
+
+/// Run a script and print one JSON document: per step its number, tool and `ok`/`error`/`skipped`
+/// with the result or the message. The first failing step ends the run, as without `--report`;
+/// the steps after it are listed as skipped and the exit status is the same.
+fn run_script_report(auto: &mut pdfcraft_automation::Automation, steps: &[serde_json::Value]) -> Result<(), CliError> {
+    let mut report = Vec::with_capacity(steps.len());
+    let mut failure: Option<String> = None;
+    for (i, step) in steps.iter().enumerate() {
+        let n = i + 1;
+        let tool = step["tool"].as_str();
+        if failure.is_some() {
+            report.push(serde_json::json!({ "step": n, "tool": tool, "status": "skipped" }));
+            continue;
+        }
+        let outcome = match tool {
+            None => Err(format!("step {n}: missing \"tool\"")),
+            Some(t) => auto
+                .call(t, &step["args"])
+                .map_err(|e| e.to_string())
+                .and_then(|content| output_values(auto, content, step["out"].as_str()))
+                .map_err(|e| format!("step {n} ({t}): {e}")),
+        };
+        match outcome {
+            Ok(result) => report.push(serde_json::json!({ "step": n, "tool": tool, "status": "ok", "result": result })),
+            Err(message) => {
+                report.push(serde_json::json!({ "step": n, "tool": tool, "status": "error", "error": message }));
+                failure = Some(message);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    let document = serde_json::json!({ "ok": failure.is_none(), "steps": report });
+    stdout_line(format_args!("{}", serde_json::to_string_pretty(&document).unwrap_or_default()))?;
+    failure.map_or(Ok(()), |message| Err(CliError::Message(message)))
+}
+
 fn run(args: &[String]) -> Result<(), CliError> {
     validate_options("run", args, RUN_OPTIONS)?;
+    let report = args.iter().any(|a| a == "--report");
+    if report && flag(args, "--script").is_none() {
+        return Err("run: --report needs --script".to_string().into());
+    }
     let mut auto = automation(args)?;
     if let Some(script) = flag(args, "--script") {
         let text = std::fs::read_to_string(script).map_err(|e| format!("{script}: {e}"))?;
         let steps: Vec<serde_json::Value> = serde_json::from_str(&text).map_err(|e| format!("{script}: {e}"))?;
+        if report {
+            return run_script_report(&mut auto, &steps);
+        }
         for (i, step) in steps.iter().enumerate() {
             let tool = step["tool"].as_str().ok_or(format!("step {}: missing \"tool\"", i + 1))?;
             let content = auto.call(tool, &step["args"]).map_err(|e| format!("step {} ({tool}): {e}", i + 1))?;
diff --git a/apps/pdfcraft-cli/tests/run_report.rs b/apps/pdfcraft-cli/tests/run_report.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf1e6b650d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/pdfcraft-cli/tests/run_report.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+//! `pdfcraft-cli run --script --report`: one JSON document for the whole run (#1891).
+
+use std::process::{Command, Output};
+
+fn run_script(test: &str, steps: &serde_json::Value, extra: &[&str]) -> Output {
+    let dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("pdfcraft-cli-{test}-{}", std::process::id()));
+    let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&dir).unwrap();
+    let script = dir.join("steps.json");
+    std::fs::write(&script, steps.to_string()).unwrap();
+    let out =
+        Command::new(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_pdfcraft-cli")).current_dir(&dir).arg("run").arg("--script").arg(&script).args(extra).output().unwrap();
+    let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
+    out
+}
+
+fn blank() -> serde_json::Value {
+    serde_json::json!({ "tool": "doc_create", "args": { "from": "blank", "width": 100, "height": 100 } })
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_successful_run_is_one_document_with_a_result_per_step() {
+    let steps = serde_json::json!([blank(), { "tool": "page_render", "args": { "doc": 1, "page": 1, "dpi": 10 } }]);
+    let o = run_script("report-ok", &steps, &["--report"]);
+    assert!(o.status.success(), "{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&o.stderr));
+    let report: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&o.stdout).expect("stdout is one JSON document");
+    assert_eq!(report["ok"], true);
+    let steps = report["steps"].as_array().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(steps.len(), 2);
+    assert_eq!((steps[0]["step"].clone(), steps[0]["tool"].clone(), steps[0]["status"].clone()), (1.into(), "doc_create".into(), "ok".into()));
+    assert_eq!(steps[1]["result"][0]["image"], "png", "an image with no `out` is summarised: {report}");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_failing_step_is_named_and_the_rest_are_skipped() {
+    let steps = serde_json::json!([blank(), { "tool": "page_rotate", "args": { "doc": 1, "pages": [999], "degrees": 90 } }, { "tool": "doc_close", "args": { "doc": 1 } }]);
+    let o = run_script("report-fail", &steps, &["--report"]);
+    assert_eq!(o.status.code(), Some(1), "exit status is unchanged");
+    let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&o.stderr);
+    assert!(stderr.contains("step 2 (page_rotate)"), "{stderr}");
+    let report: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&o.stdout).expect("stdout is one JSON document");
+    assert_eq!(report["ok"], false);
+    let steps = report["steps"].as_array().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(steps.iter().map(|s| s["status"].as_str().unwrap()).collect::<Vec<_>>(), ["ok", "error", "skipped"]);
+    assert!(steps[1]["error"].as_str().unwrap().contains("step 2 (page_rotate)"), "{report}");
+    assert_eq!(steps[2]["tool"], "doc_close");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_step_without_a_tool_is_an_error_step() {
+    let o = run_script("report-notool", &serde_json::json!([{ "args": {} }]), &["--report"]);
+    assert_eq!(o.status.code(), Some(1));
+    let report: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&o.stdout).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(report["steps"][0]["status"], "error");
+    assert!(report["steps"][0]["tool"].is_null());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn without_the_flag_the_output_is_unchanged() {
+    let o = run_script("report-off", &serde_json::json!([blank()]), &[]);
+    assert!(o.status.success());
+    let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&o.stdout);
+    assert!(!stdout.contains("\"steps\""), "{stdout}");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn the_flag_needs_a_script() {
+    let o = Command::new(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_pdfcraft-cli")).args(["run", "doc_create", "--report"]).output().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(o.status.code(), Some(1));
+    assert!(String::from_utf8_lossy(&o.stderr).contains("--report needs --script"));
+}
diff --git a/parity/acrobat-features.toml b/parity/acrobat-features.toml
index b7c37ce33f..31ec9d336a 100644
--- a/parity/acrobat-features.toml
+++ b/parity/acrobat-features.toml
@@ -9412,8 +9412,8 @@ milestone = "M13"
 status = "shipped"
 commands = []
 tools = []
-evidence = ["crates/automation/tests/automation.rs::tool_table_is_well_formed", "crates/automation/tests/automation.rs::edit_undo_redo_and_save_round_trip", "apps/pdfcraft-cli/tests/stdout.rs::output_commands_exit_cleanly_when_the_reader_has_closed"]
-notes = "CLI stdout exits cleanly if a pipe reader closes early; other output errors and command failures remain errors."
+evidence = ["crates/automation/tests/automation.rs::tool_table_is_well_formed", "crates/automation/tests/automation.rs::edit_undo_redo_and_save_round_trip", "apps/pdfcraft-cli/tests/stdout.rs::output_commands_exit_cleanly_when_the_reader_has_closed", "apps/pdfcraft-cli/tests/run_report.rs::a_failing_step_is_named_and_the_rest_are_skipped"]
+notes = "CLI stdout exits cleanly if a pipe reader closes early; other output errors and command failures remain errors. `run --script --report` prints one JSON document with a status per step (#1891); without it the output is unchanged."
 
 [[feature]]
 id = "misc.cli-completeness"