diff --git a/packages/paperclip-runner/devtools/issue-thread/src/ThreadItems.tsx b/packages/paperclip-runner/devtools/issue-thread/src/ThreadItems.tsx
index 2dafedf6b7e..9f6b1059837 100644
--- a/packages/paperclip-runner/devtools/issue-thread/src/ThreadItems.tsx
+++ b/packages/paperclip-runner/devtools/issue-thread/src/ThreadItems.tsx
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function ProgressItem({
       <div className="pit-activity-detail">
         <p>
           {item.eventCount} sanitized progress update{item.eventCount === 1 ? "" : "s"} observed.
-          Raw chain-of-thought and provider text are not exposed.
+          Raw output, chain-of-thought, and credential values are not exposed.
         </p>
       </div>
     </details>
diff --git a/packages/paperclip-runner/docs/capability-clean-room-chat.md b/packages/paperclip-runner/docs/capability-clean-room-chat.md
index 981cdfd49ce..f986acf9e3e 100644
--- a/packages/paperclip-runner/docs/capability-clean-room-chat.md
+++ b/packages/paperclip-runner/docs/capability-clean-room-chat.md
@@ -130,8 +130,9 @@ While a turn runs, a live status rail appears immediately after send and tracks
 the newest safe Codex activity. Reasoning, planning, shell-command, file-change,
 MCP/dynamic-tool, assistant-stream, and Paperclip semantic-tool lifecycle events
 each trigger an interim frame. Discrete tools remain separate rows; only noisy
-text deltas are grouped. Raw provider text, command output, and chain of thought
-stay withheld.
+text deltas are grouped. Structured shell items show a bounded,
+credential-redacted command preview; raw command output, other provider
+payloads, and chain of thought stay withheld.
 
 ## Remote preview gateway
 
diff --git a/packages/paperclip-runner/src/issue-thread/live-projection.ts b/packages/paperclip-runner/src/issue-thread/live-projection.ts
index 75320734769..497068b5a06 100644
--- a/packages/paperclip-runner/src/issue-thread/live-projection.ts
+++ b/packages/paperclip-runner/src/issue-thread/live-projection.ts
@@ -772,6 +772,7 @@ export function projectCapabilityIssueThread(
       event: keyof typeof PROGRESS_EVENTS;
       at: string;
       count: number;
+      command: string;
     }
   >();
   for (const entry of snapshot.evidence) {
@@ -784,7 +785,7 @@ export function projectCapabilityIssueThread(
     const key = event.endsWith("_delta") ? `${entry.turnId}:${event}` : entry.id;
     const group = progressGroups.get(key);
     if (group === undefined) {
-      progressGroups.set(key, { id: entry.id, turnId: entry.turnId, event, at: entry.at, count: 1 });
+      progressGroups.set(key, { id: entry.id, turnId: entry.turnId, event, at: entry.at, count: 1, command: readString(entry.data.command) });
     } else {
       group.count += 1;
     }
@@ -799,7 +800,7 @@ export function projectCapabilityIssueThread(
       activity: copy.activity,
       status: running ? "running" : "complete",
       label: copy.label,
-      summary: running ? copy.running : copy.complete,
+      summary: group.command || (running ? copy.running : copy.complete),
       eventCount: group.count,
     });
   }
diff --git a/packages/paperclip-runner/src/issue-thread/public-view.test.ts b/packages/paperclip-runner/src/issue-thread/public-view.test.ts
index 3683fc7a095..f5488eb8e73 100644
--- a/packages/paperclip-runner/src/issue-thread/public-view.test.ts
+++ b/packages/paperclip-runner/src/issue-thread/public-view.test.ts
@@ -219,6 +219,27 @@ describe("Capability evidence redaction", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it("shows bounded structured shell commands while redacting credential values", () => {
+    const redacted = redactCapabilityEvidenceData("provider_event", {
+      method: "item/started",
+      params: {
+        item: {
+          type: "commandExecution",
+          source: "unifiedExecStartup",
+          command: "/bin/bash -lc 'curl -H \"Authorization: Bearer hidden-token\" --token pcp_1234567890 https://example.test && printf ok'",
+          aggregatedOutput: CANARY,
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(redacted.event).toBe("command_started");
+    expect(redacted.command).toContain("/bin/bash -lc");
+    expect(redacted.command).toContain("printf ok");
+    expect(redacted.command).not.toContain("hidden-token");
+    expect(redacted.command).not.toContain("pcp_1234567890");
+    expect(JSON.stringify(redacted)).not.toContain(CANARY);
+  });
+
   it("collapses an unknown provider method rather than echoing it", () => {
     expect(redactCapabilityEvidenceData("provider_event", { method: `x/${CANARY}` })).toEqual({
       event: "other",
diff --git a/packages/paperclip-runner/src/live/evidence-redaction.ts b/packages/paperclip-runner/src/live/evidence-redaction.ts
index 733d9aadd5c..315574bebe1 100644
--- a/packages/paperclip-runner/src/live/evidence-redaction.ts
+++ b/packages/paperclip-runner/src/live/evidence-redaction.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export type CapabilityEvidenceKind =
 
 /** Disposition copy is rendered, so it is bounded rather than unbounded. */
 const MAX_DISPOSITION_CHARS = 500;
+const MAX_COMMAND_CHARS = 2_000;
 const MAX_FIELD_NAMES = 32;
 const MAX_ENTITY_REFS = 64;
 
@@ -130,6 +131,21 @@ function clamp(value: string, limit: number): string {
   return value.length <= limit ? value : `${value.slice(0, limit)}…`;
 }
 
+function commandPreview(item: Record<string, unknown>): string | null {
+  // `unifiedExecStartup` is the Codex app-server's structured shell item. Do
+  // not start echoing arbitrary future provider item shapes just because they
+  // happen to grow a field named `command`.
+  if (asString(item.source) !== "unifiedExecStartup") return null;
+  let command = clamp(asString(item.command), MAX_COMMAND_CHARS);
+  if (command.length === 0) return null;
+  command = command
+    .replace(/bearer\s+[a-z0-9._-]+/gi, "Bearer [redacted]")
+    .replace(/\b(?:sk|pcp)_[a-z0-9._-]{8,}\b/gi, "[redacted]")
+    .replace(/((?:api[_-]?key|access[_-]?token|auth[_-]?token|password|secret)\s*=\s*)(?:"[^"]*"|'[^']*'|[^\s]+)/gi, "$1[redacted]")
+    .replace(/(--(?:api-key|token|password|secret)\s+)(?:"[^"]*"|'[^']*'|[^\s]+)/gi, "$1[redacted]");
+  return command;
+}
+
 function copyFields(
   data: Record<string, unknown>,
   names: readonly string[],
@@ -210,10 +226,17 @@ export function redactCapabilityEvidenceData(
   data: Record<string, unknown>,
 ): Record<string, CapabilityJsonValue> {
   switch (kind) {
-    case "provider_event":
+    case "provider_event": {
+      const event = capabilityProviderEventCategory(asString(data.method), asRecord(data.params));
+      const item = asRecord(asRecord(data.params).item);
+      const command = event === "command_started" || event === "command_completed"
+        ? commandPreview(item)
+        : null;
       return {
-        event: capabilityProviderEventCategory(asString(data.method), asRecord(data.params)),
+        event,
+        ...(command === null ? {} : { command }),
       };
+    }
     case "diagnostic":
       // A provider diagnostic is operator surface, not board surface. Only the
       // fact that one was recorded survives.
@@ -343,6 +366,7 @@ export function capabilityEvidenceDetails(
   switch (kind) {
     case "provider_event":
       add("Event", data.event);
+      add("Command", data.command);
       break;
     case "diagnostic":
       add("Visibility", data.diagnostic);