diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9e769b7..3c4cddf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@absmartly/cli",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.7.0",
   "description": "ABSmartly CLI - A/B Testing and Feature Flags command-line tool for AI agents and humans",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
diff --git a/src/commands/actiondialogfields/actiondialogfields.test.ts b/src/commands/actiondialogfields/actiondialogfields.test.ts
index d41cf48..ee0ac28 100644
--- a/src/commands/actiondialogfields/actiondialogfields.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/actiondialogfields/actiondialogfields.test.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ describe('actiondialogfields command', () => {
     ]);
 
     expect(mockClient.createExperimentActionDialogField).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ name: 'Reason' });
-    expect(printFormatted).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(consoleSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('Action dialog field created'));
   });
 
   it('should update an action dialog field', async () => {
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ describe('actiondialogfields command', () => {
     expect(mockClient.updateExperimentActionDialogField).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1, {
       required: true,
     });
-    expect(printFormatted).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(consoleSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.stringContaining('Action dialog field 1 updated')
+    );
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/commands/actiondialogfields/index.ts b/src/commands/actiondialogfields/index.ts
index 53bec73..a4dafc9 100644
--- a/src/commands/actiondialogfields/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/actiondialogfields/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { validateJSON } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -61,8 +61,12 @@ const createCommand = new Command('create')
       const result = await coreCreateActionDialogField(client, {
         config: config as Record<string, unknown>,
       });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Action dialog field created`));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      const data = result.data as { id?: unknown } | undefined;
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Action dialog field created`,
+        id: data?.id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -82,8 +86,11 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
         id,
         config: config as Record<string, unknown>,
       });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Action dialog field ${id} updated`));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Action dialog field ${id} updated`,
+        id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/apikeys/index.ts b/src/commands/apikeys/index.ts
index 29d8e4f..af8437e 100644
--- a/src/commands/apikeys/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/apikeys/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseApiKeyId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -55,10 +56,19 @@ const createCommand = new Command('create')
         description: options.description,
         permissions: options.permissions,
       });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ API key created with ID: ${result.data.id}`));
-      if (result.data.key) {
-        console.log(`  Key: ${result.data.key}`);
-        console.log(chalk.yellow('  Save this key now — it cannot be retrieved later.'));
+      const format = globalOptions.output ?? 'table';
+      if (format === 'table' || format === 'rendered') {
+        console.log(chalk.green(`✓ API key created with ID: ${result.data.id}`));
+        if (result.data.key) {
+          console.log(`  Key: ${result.data.key}`);
+          console.log(chalk.yellow('  Save this key now — it cannot be retrieved later.'));
+        }
+      } else {
+        printResult(globalOptions, {
+          message: `✓ API key created with ID: ${result.data.id}`,
+          id: result.data.id,
+          raw: result.data,
+        });
       }
     })
   );
@@ -77,7 +87,7 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
         name: options.name,
         description: options.description,
       });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ API key ${id} updated`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ API key ${id} updated`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -89,7 +99,7 @@ const deleteCommand = new Command('delete')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(deleteCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await deleteApiKey(client, { id });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ API key ${id} deleted`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ API key ${id} deleted`, id });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/apps/index.ts b/src/commands/apps/index.ts
index f87e861..d277de0 100644
--- a/src/commands/apps/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/apps/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseApplicationId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -67,9 +67,12 @@ const createCommand = new Command('create')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(createCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const result = await createApp(client, { name: options.name });
-      console.log(
-        chalk.green(`✓ Application created with ID: ${(result.data as Record<string, unknown>).id}`)
-      );
+      const newId = (result.data as Record<string, unknown>).id;
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Application created with ID: ${newId}`,
+        id: newId,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -82,7 +85,7 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(updateCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await updateApp(client, { id, name: options.name });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Application ${id} updated`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Application ${id} updated`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -96,7 +99,7 @@ const archiveCommand = new Command('archive')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await archiveApp(client, { id, unarchive: options.unarchive });
       const action = options.unarchive ? 'unarchived' : 'archived';
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Application ${id} ${action}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Application ${id} ${action}`, id });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/assetroles/index.ts b/src/commands/assetroles/index.ts
index 38e5263..d19948d 100644
--- a/src/commands/assetroles/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/assetroles/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseAssetRoleId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -49,9 +49,12 @@ const createCommand = new Command('create')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(createCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const result = await createAssetRole(client, { name: options.name });
-      console.log(
-        chalk.green(`✓ Asset role created with ID: ${(result.data as Record<string, unknown>).id}`)
-      );
+      const newId = (result.data as Record<string, unknown>).id;
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Asset role created with ID: ${newId}`,
+        id: newId,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(updateCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await updateAssetRole(client, { id, name: options.name });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Asset role ${id} updated`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Asset role ${id} updated`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ const deleteCommand = new Command('delete')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(deleteCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await deleteAssetRole(client, { id });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Asset role ${id} deleted`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Asset role ${id} deleted`, id });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/cors/index.ts b/src/commands/cors/index.ts
index bc9128e..9cfb07a 100644
--- a/src/commands/cors/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/cors/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseCorsOriginId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -47,8 +47,12 @@ const createCommand = new Command('create')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(createCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const result = await createCorsOrigin(client, { origin: options.origin });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ CORS origin created`));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      const data = result.data as { id?: unknown } | undefined;
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ CORS origin created`,
+        id: data?.id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -61,8 +65,11 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(updateCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const result = await updateCorsOrigin(client, { id, origin: options.origin });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ CORS origin ${id} updated`));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ CORS origin ${id} updated`,
+        id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -74,7 +81,7 @@ const deleteCommand = new Command('delete')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(deleteCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await deleteCorsOrigin(client, { id });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ CORS origin ${id} deleted`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ CORS origin ${id} deleted`, id });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/customfields/index.ts b/src/commands/customfields/index.ts
index 1806dc4..d990c84 100644
--- a/src/commands/customfields/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/customfields/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseCustomSectionFieldId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@ const createCommand = new Command('create')
         type: options.type,
         defaultValue: options.defaultValue,
       });
-      console.log(
-        chalk.green(
-          `✓ Custom section field created with ID: ${(result.data as Record<string, unknown>).id}`
-        )
-      );
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      const newId = (result.data as Record<string, unknown>).id;
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Custom section field created with ID: ${newId}`,
+        id: newId,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -99,8 +99,11 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
         type: options.type,
         defaultValue: options.defaultValue,
       });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Custom section field ${id} updated`));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Custom section field ${id} updated`,
+        id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -113,9 +116,10 @@ const archiveCommand = new Command('archive')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(archiveCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await archiveCustomField(client, { id, unarchive: !!options.unarchive });
-      console.log(
-        chalk.green(`✓ Custom section field ${id} ${options.unarchive ? 'unarchived' : 'archived'}`)
-      );
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Custom section field ${id} ${options.unarchive ? 'unarchived' : 'archived'}`,
+        id,
+      });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/customsections/index.ts b/src/commands/customsections/index.ts
index cc63ef2..2055db4 100644
--- a/src/commands/customsections/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/customsections/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseCustomSectionId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -38,8 +38,12 @@ const createCommand = new Command('create')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(createCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const result = await createCustomSection(client, { name: options.name, type: options.type });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Custom section created`));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      const data = result.data as { id?: unknown } | undefined;
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Custom section created`,
+        id: data?.id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -52,8 +56,11 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(updateCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const result = await updateCustomSection(client, { id, name: options.name });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Custom section ${id} updated`));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Custom section ${id} updated`,
+        id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -67,7 +74,7 @@ const archiveCommand = new Command('archive')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await archiveCustomSection(client, { id, unarchive: !!options.unarchive });
       const action = options.unarchive ? 'unarchived' : 'archived';
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Custom section ${id} ${action}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Custom section ${id} ${action}`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -90,7 +97,7 @@ const reorderCommand = new Command('reorder')
         return { id, order_index };
       });
       await reorderCustomSections(client, { sections });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Custom sections reordered`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Custom sections reordered` });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/datasources/index.ts b/src/commands/datasources/index.ts
index 0c2704d..ce46cd4 100644
--- a/src/commands/datasources/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/datasources/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseDatasourceId, validateJSON } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -60,8 +61,12 @@ const createCommand = new Command('create')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const config = validateJSON(options.jsonConfig, '--json-config') as Record<string, unknown>;
       const result = await coreCreateDatasource(client, { config });
-      console.error(chalk.green(`✓ Datasource created`));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      const data = result.data as { id?: unknown } | undefined;
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Datasource created`,
+        id: data?.id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -75,8 +80,11 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const config = validateJSON(options.jsonConfig, '--json-config') as Record<string, unknown>;
       const result = await coreUpdateDatasource(client, { id, config });
-      console.error(chalk.green(`✓ Datasource ${id} updated`));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Datasource ${id} updated`,
+        id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -90,7 +98,7 @@ const archiveCommand = new Command('archive')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await coreArchiveDatasource(client, { id, unarchive: options.unarchive });
       const action = options.unarchive ? 'unarchived' : 'archived';
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Datasource ${id} ${action}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Datasource ${id} ${action}`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -103,7 +111,7 @@ const testCommand = new Command('test')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const config = validateJSON(options.jsonConfig, '--json-config') as Record<string, unknown>;
       await coreTestDatasource(client, { config });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Datasource connection test passed`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Datasource connection test passed` });
     })
   );
 
@@ -129,7 +137,7 @@ const validateQueryCommand = new Command('validate-query')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const config = validateJSON(options.jsonConfig, '--json-config') as Record<string, unknown>;
       await coreValidateDatasourceQuery(client, { config });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Datasource query is valid`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Datasource query is valid` });
     })
   );
 
@@ -154,7 +162,7 @@ const setDefaultCommand = new Command('set-default')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(setDefaultCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await coreSetDefaultDatasource(client, { id });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Datasource ${id} set as default`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Datasource ${id} set as default`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -178,7 +186,7 @@ const deleteCommand = new Command('delete')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(deleteCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await coreDeleteDatasource(client, { id });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Datasource ${id} deleted`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Datasource ${id} deleted`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -194,7 +202,10 @@ const jsonLayoutsCreateCommand = new Command('create')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(jsonLayoutsCreateCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await coreCreateDatasourceJsonLayouts(client, { id });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ json_layouts table created on datasource ${id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ json_layouts table created on datasource ${id}`,
+        id,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -217,7 +228,10 @@ const jsonLayoutsRecreateCommand = new Command('recreate')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(jsonLayoutsRecreateCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await coreRecreateDatasourceJsonLayouts(client, { id });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ json_layouts table recreated on datasource ${id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ json_layouts table recreated on datasource ${id}`,
+        id,
+      });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/envs/index.ts b/src/commands/envs/index.ts
index 84e7ffc..7114e9e 100644
--- a/src/commands/envs/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/envs/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseEnvironmentId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -51,9 +51,12 @@ const createCommand = new Command('create')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(createCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const result = await createEnv(client, { name: options.name });
-      console.log(
-        chalk.green(`✓ Environment created with ID: ${(result.data as Record<string, unknown>).id}`)
-      );
+      const newId = (result.data as Record<string, unknown>).id;
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Environment created with ID: ${newId}`,
+        id: newId,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -66,7 +69,7 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(updateCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await updateEnv(client, { id, name: options.name });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Environment ${id} updated`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Environment ${id} updated`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ const archiveCommand = new Command('archive')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await archiveEnv(client, { id, unarchive: options.unarchive });
       const action = options.unarchive ? 'unarchived' : 'archived';
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Environment ${id} ${action}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Environment ${id} ${action}`, id });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/events/index.ts b/src/commands/events/index.ts
index e939972..4ee1648 100644
--- a/src/commands/events/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/events/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseDateFlagOrUndefined } from '../../lib/utils/date-parser.js';
@@ -156,9 +157,17 @@ const deleteUnitDataCommand = new Command('delete-unit-data')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const parsed = parseUnits(units);
       const result = await coreDeleteEventUnitData(client, { units });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Unit data deleted for ${parsed.length} unit(s)`));
-      if (result.data) {
-        printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      const format = globalOptions.output ?? 'table';
+      if (format === 'table' || format === 'rendered') {
+        console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Unit data deleted for ${parsed.length} unit(s)`));
+        if (result.data) {
+          printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+        }
+      } else {
+        printResult(globalOptions, {
+          message: `✓ Unit data deleted for ${parsed.length} unit(s)`,
+          raw: result.data,
+        });
       }
     })
   );
diff --git a/src/commands/experiments/access.ts b/src/commands/experiments/access.ts
index 742738e..313869c 100644
--- a/src/commands/experiments/access.ts
+++ b/src/commands/experiments/access.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import {
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ const grantUserCommand = new Command('grant-user')
         userId: options.user,
         roleId: options.role,
       });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ User ${options.user} granted access to experiment ${id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ User ${options.user} granted access to experiment ${id}`,
+        id,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -68,7 +71,10 @@ const revokeUserCommand = new Command('revoke-user')
         userId: options.user,
         roleId: options.role,
       });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ User ${options.user} access revoked from experiment ${id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ User ${options.user} access revoked from experiment ${id}`,
+        id,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -98,7 +104,10 @@ const grantTeamCommand = new Command('grant-team')
         teamId: options.team,
         roleId: options.role,
       });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Team ${options.team} granted access to experiment ${id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Team ${options.team} granted access to experiment ${id}`,
+        id,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -116,7 +125,10 @@ const revokeTeamCommand = new Command('revoke-team')
         teamId: options.team,
         roleId: options.role,
       });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Team ${options.team} access revoked from experiment ${id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Team ${options.team} access revoked from experiment ${id}`,
+        id,
+      });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/experiments/activity.ts b/src/commands/experiments/activity.ts
index 038682c..8a7db54 100644
--- a/src/commands/experiments/activity.ts
+++ b/src/commands/experiments/activity.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   resolveEndpoint,
   resolveAPIKey,
   withErrorHandling,
@@ -143,7 +144,11 @@ const createActivityCommand = new Command('create')
       const id = await client.resolveExperimentId(nameOrId);
 
       const result = await createExperimentNote(client, { experimentId: id, note: options.note });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Note created (id: ${result.data.id})`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Note created (id: ${result.data.id})`,
+        id: result.data.id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -159,7 +164,7 @@ const editActivityCommand = new Command('edit')
       const id = await client.resolveExperimentId(expNameOrId);
 
       await editExperimentNote(client, { experimentId: id, noteId, note: options.note });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Note ${noteId} updated`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Note ${noteId} updated`, id: noteId });
     })
   );
 
@@ -179,7 +184,11 @@ const replyActivityCommand = new Command('reply')
         noteId,
         note: options.note,
       });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Reply created (id: ${result.data.id})`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Reply created (id: ${result.data.id})`,
+        id: result.data.id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/experiments/alerts.ts b/src/commands/experiments/alerts.ts
index 66a34c1..7a656c7 100644
--- a/src/commands/experiments/alerts.ts
+++ b/src/commands/experiments/alerts.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseExperimentId, parseAlertId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ const dismissAlertCommand = new Command('dismiss')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
 
       await dismissAlert(client, { alertId });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Alert ${alertId} dismissed`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Alert ${alertId} dismissed`, id: alertId });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/experiments/annotations.ts b/src/commands/experiments/annotations.ts
index 34f330d..7b3d0c1 100644
--- a/src/commands/experiments/annotations.ts
+++ b/src/commands/experiments/annotations.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import {
@@ -44,8 +44,12 @@ const createCommand = new Command('create')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(createCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const result = await createAnnotation(client, { experimentId, type: options.type });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Annotation created`));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      const data = result.data as { id?: unknown } | undefined;
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Annotation created`,
+        id: data?.id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -61,8 +65,11 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
       if (options.type !== undefined) data.type = options.type;
       requireAtLeastOneField(data, 'update field');
       const result = await updateAnnotation(client, { annotationId, type: options.type });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Annotation ${annotationId} updated`));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Annotation ${annotationId} updated`,
+        id: annotationId,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -78,7 +85,11 @@ const archiveCmd = new Command('archive')
         annotationId,
         unarchive: !!options.unarchive,
       });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Annotation ${annotationId} ${result.data.action}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Annotation ${annotationId} ${result.data.action}`,
+        id: annotationId,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/experiments/archive.ts b/src/commands/experiments/archive.ts
index 6ec07b0..dd434ba 100644
--- a/src/commands/experiments/archive.ts
+++ b/src/commands/experiments/archive.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseExperimentIdOrName } from './resolve-id.js';
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ export const archiveCommand = new Command('archive')
           ? await readLinesFromStdin()
           : [];
       if (ids.length === 0) throw new Error('Provide an experiment ID or pipe IDs from stdin');
-      const outputPiped = isStdoutPiped();
       const actionLabel = options.unarchive ? 'unarchived' : 'archived';
 
       const note = await resolveNote(
@@ -44,15 +44,10 @@ export const archiveCommand = new Command('archive')
         try {
           const id = await client.resolveExperimentId(idStr);
           await archiveExperiment(client, { experimentId: id, unarchive: options.unarchive, note });
-          if (outputPiped) {
-            console.log(id);
-            console.error(chalk.green(`✓ Experiment ${id} ${actionLabel}`));
-          } else {
-            console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Experiment ${id} ${actionLabel}`));
-          }
+          printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Experiment ${id} ${actionLabel}`, id });
         } catch (e) {
           hasFailures = true;
-          if (outputPiped && options.passThrough) console.log(idStr);
+          if (isStdoutPiped() && options.passThrough) console.log(idStr);
           console.error(chalk.red(`✗ Experiment ${idStr}: ${e instanceof Error ? e.message : e}`));
         }
       }
diff --git a/src/commands/experiments/create.ts b/src/commands/experiments/create.ts
index 52fdaa1..2becada 100644
--- a/src/commands/experiments/create.ts
+++ b/src/commands/experiments/create.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
+  printResult,
   resolveAPIKey,
   resolveEndpoint,
   withErrorHandling,
@@ -196,8 +197,17 @@ createCommand.action(
 
     const result = await createExperiment(client, data);
 
-    console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Experiment created with ID: ${result.data.id}`));
-    console.log(`  Name: ${result.data.name}`);
-    console.log(`  Type: ${result.data.type}`);
+    const format = globalOptions.output ?? 'table';
+    if (format === 'table' || format === 'rendered') {
+      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Experiment created with ID: ${result.data.id}`));
+      console.log(`  Name: ${result.data.name}`);
+      console.log(`  Type: ${result.data.type}`);
+    } else {
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Experiment created with ID: ${result.data.id}`,
+        id: result.data.id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
+    }
   })
 );
diff --git a/src/commands/experiments/custom-fields.ts b/src/commands/experiments/custom-fields.ts
index a50f0a5..5239175 100644
--- a/src/commands/experiments/custom-fields.ts
+++ b/src/commands/experiments/custom-fields.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseCustomSectionFieldId, requireAtLeastOneField } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@ const createCommand = new Command('create')
         defaultValue: options.defaultValue,
       });
 
-      console.log(
-        chalk.green(
-          `✓ Custom section field created with ID: ${(result.data as Record<string, unknown>).id}`
-        )
-      );
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      const newId = (result.data as Record<string, unknown>).id;
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Custom section field created with ID: ${newId}`,
+        id: newId,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -115,8 +115,11 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
         defaultValue: options.defaultValue,
       });
 
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Custom section field ${id} updated`));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Custom section field ${id} updated`,
+        id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -130,9 +133,10 @@ const archiveCmd = new Command('archive')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
 
       await archiveCustomField(client, { id, unarchive: !!options.unarchive });
-      console.log(
-        chalk.green(`✓ Custom section field ${id} ${options.unarchive ? 'unarchived' : 'archived'}`)
-      );
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Custom section field ${id} ${options.unarchive ? 'unarchived' : 'archived'}`,
+        id,
+      });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/experiments/development.ts b/src/commands/experiments/development.ts
index e021ea8..3c01ae9 100644
--- a/src/commands/experiments/development.ts
+++ b/src/commands/experiments/development.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseExperimentIdOrName } from './resolve-id.js';
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ export const developmentCommand = new Command('development')
           ? await readLinesFromStdin()
           : [];
       if (ids.length === 0) throw new Error('Provide an experiment ID or pipe IDs from stdin');
-      const outputPiped = isStdoutPiped();
 
       const note = await resolveNote(
         options,
@@ -43,15 +43,13 @@ export const developmentCommand = new Command('development')
         try {
           const id = await client.resolveExperimentId(idStr);
           await developmentExperiment(client, { experimentId: id, note });
-          if (outputPiped) {
-            console.log(id);
-            console.error(chalk.green(`✓ Experiment ${id} set to development mode`));
-          } else {
-            console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Experiment ${id} set to development mode`));
-          }
+          printResult(globalOptions, {
+            message: `✓ Experiment ${id} set to development mode`,
+            id,
+          });
         } catch (e) {
           hasFailures = true;
-          if (outputPiped && options.passThrough) console.log(idStr);
+          if (isStdoutPiped() && options.passThrough) console.log(idStr);
           console.error(chalk.red(`✗ Experiment ${idStr}: ${e instanceof Error ? e.message : e}`));
         }
       }
diff --git a/src/commands/experiments/follow.ts b/src/commands/experiments/follow.ts
index 684f376..14d5c6f 100644
--- a/src/commands/experiments/follow.ts
+++ b/src/commands/experiments/follow.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseExperimentId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export const followCommand = new Command('follow')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(followCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await followExperiment(client, { experimentId: id });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Now following experiment ${id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Now following experiment ${id}`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ export const unfollowCommand = new Command('unfollow')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(unfollowCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await unfollowExperiment(client, { experimentId: id });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ No longer following experiment ${id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ No longer following experiment ${id}`, id });
     })
   );
diff --git a/src/commands/experiments/full-on.ts b/src/commands/experiments/full-on.ts
index f2543f1..60ce751 100644
--- a/src/commands/experiments/full-on.ts
+++ b/src/commands/experiments/full-on.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseExperimentIdOrName } from './resolve-id.js';
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@ export const fullOnCommand = new Command('full-on')
           ? await readLinesFromStdin()
           : [];
       if (ids.length === 0) throw new Error('Provide an experiment ID or pipe IDs from stdin');
-      const outputPiped = isStdoutPiped();
 
       const note = await resolveNote(options, 'full_on', getDefaultType(), globalOptions.profile);
 
@@ -44,19 +44,13 @@ export const fullOnCommand = new Command('full-on')
         try {
           const id = await client.resolveExperimentId(idStr);
           await fullOnExperiment(client, { experimentId: id, variant: options.variant, note });
-          if (outputPiped) {
-            console.log(id);
-            console.error(
-              chalk.green(`✓ Experiment ${id} set to full-on (variant ${options.variant})`)
-            );
-          } else {
-            console.log(
-              chalk.green(`✓ Experiment ${id} set to full-on (variant ${options.variant})`)
-            );
-          }
+          printResult(globalOptions, {
+            message: `✓ Experiment ${id} set to full-on (variant ${options.variant})`,
+            id,
+          });
         } catch (e) {
           hasFailures = true;
-          if (outputPiped && options.passThrough) console.log(idStr);
+          if (isStdoutPiped() && options.passThrough) console.log(idStr);
           console.error(chalk.red(`✗ Experiment ${idStr}: ${e instanceof Error ? e.message : e}`));
         }
       }
diff --git a/src/commands/experiments/metrics.ts b/src/commands/experiments/metrics.ts
index 15f18f3..a73a2a2 100644
--- a/src/commands/experiments/metrics.ts
+++ b/src/commands/experiments/metrics.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseMetricId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ const addCommand = new Command('add')
       const id = await client.resolveExperimentId(nameOrId);
       const metricIds = options.metrics.split(',').map((s: string) => parseMetricId(s.trim()));
       await addExperimentMetrics(client, { experimentId: id, metricIds });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Metrics added to experiment ${id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Metrics added to experiment ${id}`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -67,9 +68,10 @@ const confirmImpactCommand = new Command('confirm-impact')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const experimentId = await client.resolveExperimentId(experimentNameOrId);
       await confirmMetricImpact(client, { experimentId, metricId });
-      console.log(
-        chalk.green(`✓ Metric impact confirmed for experiment ${experimentId}, metric ${metricId}`)
-      );
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Metric impact confirmed for experiment ${experimentId}, metric ${metricId}`,
+        id: experimentId,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -83,7 +85,10 @@ const excludeCommand = new Command('exclude')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const experimentId = await client.resolveExperimentId(experimentNameOrId);
       await excludeExperimentMetric(client, { experimentId, metricId });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Metric ${metricId} excluded from experiment ${experimentId}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Metric ${metricId} excluded from experiment ${experimentId}`,
+        id: experimentId,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -97,7 +102,10 @@ const includeCommand = new Command('include')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const experimentId = await client.resolveExperimentId(experimentNameOrId);
       await includeExperimentMetric(client, { experimentId, metricId });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Metric ${metricId} included in experiment ${experimentId}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Metric ${metricId} included in experiment ${experimentId}`,
+        id: experimentId,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -111,9 +119,10 @@ const removeImpactCommand = new Command('remove-impact')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const experimentId = await client.resolveExperimentId(experimentNameOrId);
       await removeMetricImpact(client, { experimentId, metricId });
-      console.log(
-        chalk.green(`✓ Metric impact removed for experiment ${experimentId}, metric ${metricId}`)
-      );
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Metric impact removed for experiment ${experimentId}, metric ${metricId}`,
+        id: experimentId,
+      });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/experiments/recommendations.ts b/src/commands/experiments/recommendations.ts
index 5fed73f..665926f 100644
--- a/src/commands/experiments/recommendations.ts
+++ b/src/commands/experiments/recommendations.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseExperimentId, parseRecommendedActionId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -45,7 +46,10 @@ const dismissRecommendationCommand = new Command('dismiss')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
 
       await dismissRecommendedAction(client, { actionId });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Recommended action ${actionId} dismissed`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Recommended action ${actionId} dismissed`,
+        id: actionId,
+      });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/experiments/request-update.ts b/src/commands/experiments/request-update.ts
index 263d1c7..c7070e9 100644
--- a/src/commands/experiments/request-update.ts
+++ b/src/commands/experiments/request-update.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { Command, Option } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseExperimentId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ export const requestUpdateCommand = new Command('request-update')
         tasks: options.tasks,
         replaceGsa: options.replaceGsa,
       });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Analysis update requested for experiment ${id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Analysis update requested for experiment ${id}`,
+        id,
+      });
     })
   );
diff --git a/src/commands/experiments/restart.ts b/src/commands/experiments/restart.ts
index ac8670d..f7bb07b 100644
--- a/src/commands/experiments/restart.ts
+++ b/src/commands/experiments/restart.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { experimentToMarkdown } from '../../api-client/template/serializer.js';
@@ -107,8 +108,10 @@ restartCommand.action(
 
     const result = await restartExperiment(client, params, changes);
     const typeNote = options.asType ? ` as ${options.asType}` : '';
-    console.log(
-      chalk.green(`Experiment ${id} restarted${typeNote} → new iteration ID: ${result.data.newId}`)
-    );
+    printResult(globalOptions, {
+      message: `Experiment ${id} restarted${typeNote} → new iteration ID: ${result.data.newId}`,
+      id: result.data.newId,
+      raw: result.data,
+    });
   })
 );
diff --git a/src/commands/experiments/schedule.ts b/src/commands/experiments/schedule.ts
index 30605ea..7d59e07 100644
--- a/src/commands/experiments/schedule.ts
+++ b/src/commands/experiments/schedule.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseExperimentId, parseScheduledActionId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -37,11 +38,20 @@ const createScheduleCommand = new Command('create')
         reason: options.reason,
       });
 
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Scheduled "${options.action}" for experiment ${id}`));
-      if (result.data.actionId) {
-        console.log(`  Scheduled action ID: ${result.data.actionId}`);
+      const format = globalOptions.output ?? 'table';
+      if (format === 'table' || format === 'rendered') {
+        console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Scheduled "${options.action}" for experiment ${id}`));
+        if (result.data.actionId) {
+          console.log(`  Scheduled action ID: ${result.data.actionId}`);
+        }
+        console.log(`  Scheduled at: ${result.data.scheduledAt}`);
+      } else {
+        printResult(globalOptions, {
+          message: `✓ Scheduled "${options.action}" for experiment ${id}`,
+          id: result.data.actionId ?? id,
+          raw: result.data,
+        });
       }
-      console.log(`  Scheduled at: ${result.data.scheduledAt}`);
     })
   );
 
@@ -55,9 +65,10 @@ const deleteScheduleCommand = new Command('delete')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
 
       await deleteScheduledAction(client, { experimentId, actionId });
-      console.log(
-        chalk.green(`✓ Scheduled action ${actionId} deleted from experiment ${experimentId}`)
-      );
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Scheduled action ${actionId} deleted from experiment ${experimentId}`,
+        id: actionId,
+      });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/experiments/start.ts b/src/commands/experiments/start.ts
index f7306d5..5f43178 100644
--- a/src/commands/experiments/start.ts
+++ b/src/commands/experiments/start.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseExperimentIdOrName } from './resolve-id.js';
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@ export const startCommand = new Command('start')
           ? await readLinesFromStdin()
           : [];
       if (ids.length === 0) throw new Error('Provide an experiment ID or pipe IDs from stdin');
-      const outputPiped = isStdoutPiped();
 
       const note = await resolveNote(options, 'start', getDefaultType(), globalOptions.profile);
 
@@ -39,18 +39,13 @@ export const startCommand = new Command('start')
           const result = await startExperiment(client, { experimentId: id, note });
           if (result.data.skipped) {
             console.error(chalk.yellow(`⚠ Experiment ${id} is in draft state, skipping`));
-            if (outputPiped && options.passThrough) console.log(id);
+            if (isStdoutPiped() && options.passThrough) console.log(id);
             continue;
           }
-          if (outputPiped) {
-            console.log(id);
-            console.error(chalk.green(`✓ Experiment ${id} started`));
-          } else {
-            console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Experiment ${id} started`));
-          }
+          printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Experiment ${id} started`, id });
         } catch (e) {
           hasFailures = true;
-          if (outputPiped && options.passThrough) console.log(idStr);
+          if (isStdoutPiped() && options.passThrough) console.log(idStr);
           console.error(chalk.red(`✗ Experiment ${idStr}: ${e instanceof Error ? e.message : e}`));
         }
       }
diff --git a/src/commands/experiments/stop.ts b/src/commands/experiments/stop.ts
index ca6ace4..822c407 100644
--- a/src/commands/experiments/stop.ts
+++ b/src/commands/experiments/stop.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { select } from '@inquirer/prompts';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseExperimentIdOrName } from './resolve-id.js';
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ export const stopCommand = new Command('stop')
           ? await readLinesFromStdin()
           : [];
       if (ids.length === 0) throw new Error('Provide an experiment ID or pipe IDs from stdin');
-      const outputPiped = isStdoutPiped();
 
       const reason =
         options.reason ||
@@ -48,15 +48,10 @@ export const stopCommand = new Command('stop')
         try {
           const id = await client.resolveExperimentId(idStr);
           await stopExperiment(client, { experimentId: id, reason, note });
-          if (outputPiped) {
-            console.log(id);
-            console.error(chalk.green(`✓ Experiment ${id} stopped`));
-          } else {
-            console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Experiment ${id} stopped`));
-          }
+          printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Experiment ${id} stopped`, id });
         } catch (e) {
           hasFailures = true;
-          if (outputPiped && options.passThrough) console.log(idStr);
+          if (isStdoutPiped() && options.passThrough) console.log(idStr);
           console.error(chalk.red(`✗ Experiment ${idStr}: ${e instanceof Error ? e.message : e}`));
         }
       }
diff --git a/src/commands/experiments/update.ts b/src/commands/experiments/update.ts
index f7066e8..80dbe07 100644
--- a/src/commands/experiments/update.ts
+++ b/src/commands/experiments/update.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { experimentToMarkdown } from '../../api-client/template/serializer.js';
@@ -132,6 +133,6 @@ updateCommand.action(
     }
 
     await updateExperiment(client, { experimentId: id, changes, note });
-    console.log(chalk.green(`Experiment ${id} updated`));
+    printResult(globalOptions, { message: `Experiment ${id} updated`, id });
   })
 );
diff --git a/src/commands/exportconfigs/index.ts b/src/commands/exportconfigs/index.ts
index fb5accb..0e0683d 100644
--- a/src/commands/exportconfigs/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/exportconfigs/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseExportConfigId, validateJSON } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -53,8 +53,12 @@ const createCommand = new Command('create')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const config = validateJSON(options.jsonConfig, '--json-config') as Record<string, unknown>;
       const result = await coreCreateExportConfig(client, { config });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Export configuration created`));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      const data = result.data as { id?: unknown } | undefined;
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Export configuration created`,
+        id: data?.id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -68,8 +72,11 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const config = validateJSON(options.jsonConfig, '--json-config') as Record<string, unknown>;
       const result = await coreUpdateExportConfig(client, { id, config });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Export configuration ${id} updated`));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Export configuration ${id} updated`,
+        id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -83,7 +90,7 @@ const archiveCommand = new Command('archive')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await coreArchiveExportConfig(client, { id, unarchive: options.unarchive });
       const action = options.unarchive ? 'unarchived' : 'archived';
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Export configuration ${id} ${action}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Export configuration ${id} ${action}`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -95,7 +102,7 @@ const pauseCommand = new Command('pause')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(pauseCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await corePauseExportConfig(client, { id });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Export configuration ${id} paused`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Export configuration ${id} paused`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -121,7 +128,10 @@ const cancelHistoryCommand = new Command('cancel-history')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(cancelHistoryCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await coreCancelExportHistory(client, { exportConfigId, historyId, reason: options.reason });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Export history ${historyId} cancelled`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Export history ${historyId} cancelled`,
+        id: historyId,
+      });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/favorites/index.ts b/src/commands/favorites/index.ts
index 2140f16..0f47b7f 100644
--- a/src/commands/favorites/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/favorites/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseExperimentId, parseMetricId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const addCommand = new Command('add')
       }
 
       await coreAddFavorite(client, { type, id });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Added ${type} ${id} to favorites`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Added ${type} ${id} to favorites`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const removeCommand = new Command('remove')
       }
 
       await coreRemoveFavorite(client, { type, id });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Removed ${type} ${id} from favorites`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Removed ${type} ${id} from favorites`, id });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/goals/access.ts b/src/commands/goals/access.ts
index 4c6b59d..e33dbb8 100644
--- a/src/commands/goals/access.ts
+++ b/src/commands/goals/access.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import {
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ const grantUserCommand = new Command('grant-user')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(grantUserCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await grantGoalAccessUser(client, { id, userId: options.user, roleId: options.role });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ User ${options.user} granted access to goal ${id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ User ${options.user} granted access to goal ${id}`,
+        id,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -60,7 +63,10 @@ const revokeUserCommand = new Command('revoke-user')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(revokeUserCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await revokeGoalAccessUser(client, { id, userId: options.user, roleId: options.role });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ User ${options.user} access revoked from goal ${id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ User ${options.user} access revoked from goal ${id}`,
+        id,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -86,7 +92,10 @@ const grantTeamCommand = new Command('grant-team')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(grantTeamCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await grantGoalAccessTeam(client, { id, teamId: options.team, roleId: options.role });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Team ${options.team} granted access to goal ${id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Team ${options.team} granted access to goal ${id}`,
+        id,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -100,7 +109,10 @@ const revokeTeamCommand = new Command('revoke-team')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(revokeTeamCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await revokeGoalAccessTeam(client, { id, teamId: options.team, roleId: options.role });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Team ${options.team} access revoked from goal ${id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Team ${options.team} access revoked from goal ${id}`,
+        id,
+      });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/goals/follow.ts b/src/commands/goals/follow.ts
index 95b9035..9d53b8d 100644
--- a/src/commands/goals/follow.ts
+++ b/src/commands/goals/follow.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseGoalId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export const followCommand = new Command('follow')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(followCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await followGoal(client, { id });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Now following goal ${id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Now following goal ${id}`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ export const unfollowCommand = new Command('unfollow')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(unfollowCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await unfollowGoal(client, { id });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ No longer following goal ${id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ No longer following goal ${id}`, id });
     })
   );
diff --git a/src/commands/goals/index.ts b/src/commands/goals/index.ts
index 4022d13..346c272 100644
--- a/src/commands/goals/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/goals/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseGoalId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -76,7 +76,11 @@ const createCommand = new Command('create')
         description: options.description,
       });
 
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Goal created with ID: ${result.data.id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Goal created with ID: ${result.data.id}`,
+        id: result.data.id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
         id,
         description: options.description,
       });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Goal ${id} updated`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Goal ${id} updated`, id });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/goaltags/index.ts b/src/commands/goaltags/index.ts
index 0e25c49..81f4f3e 100644
--- a/src/commands/goaltags/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/goaltags/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseTagId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -56,8 +56,12 @@ const createCommand = new Command('create')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(createCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const result = await createGoalTag(client, { tag: options.tag });
-      console.log(chalk.green('Goal tag created successfully'));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      const data = result.data as { id?: unknown } | undefined;
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: 'Goal tag created successfully',
+        id: data?.id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -70,8 +74,12 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(updateCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const result = await updateGoalTag(client, { id, tag: options.tag });
-      console.log(chalk.green('Goal tag updated successfully'));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      const data = result.data as { id?: unknown } | undefined;
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: 'Goal tag updated successfully',
+        id: data?.id ?? id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -83,7 +91,7 @@ const deleteCommand = new Command('delete')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(deleteCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await deleteGoalTag(client, { id });
-      console.log(chalk.green('Goal tag deleted successfully'));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: 'Goal tag deleted successfully', id });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/metriccategories/index.ts b/src/commands/metriccategories/index.ts
index 29bb118..0c68324 100644
--- a/src/commands/metriccategories/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/metriccategories/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseTagId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -63,8 +63,12 @@ const createCommand = new Command('create')
         description: options.description,
         color: options.color,
       });
-      console.log(chalk.green('Metric category created successfully'));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      const data = result.data as { id?: unknown } | undefined;
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: 'Metric category created successfully',
+        id: data?.id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -84,8 +88,12 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
         description: options.description,
         color: options.color,
       });
-      console.log(chalk.green('Metric category updated successfully'));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      const data = result.data as { id?: unknown } | undefined;
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: 'Metric category updated successfully',
+        id: data?.id ?? id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -98,9 +106,10 @@ const archiveCommand = new Command('archive')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(archiveCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await archiveMetricCategory(client, { id, unarchive: options.unarchive });
-      console.log(
-        chalk.green(`Metric category ${options.unarchive ? 'unarchived' : 'archived'} successfully`)
-      );
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `Metric category ${options.unarchive ? 'unarchived' : 'archived'} successfully`,
+        id,
+      });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/metrics/access.ts b/src/commands/metrics/access.ts
index dd51b4e..b6e1604 100644
--- a/src/commands/metrics/access.ts
+++ b/src/commands/metrics/access.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import {
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ const grantUserCommand = new Command('grant-user')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(grantUserCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await grantMetricAccessUser(client, { id, userId: options.user, roleId: options.role });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ User ${options.user} granted access to metric ${id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ User ${options.user} granted access to metric ${id}`,
+        id,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -60,7 +63,10 @@ const revokeUserCommand = new Command('revoke-user')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(revokeUserCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await revokeMetricAccessUser(client, { id, userId: options.user, roleId: options.role });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ User ${options.user} access revoked from metric ${id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ User ${options.user} access revoked from metric ${id}`,
+        id,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -86,7 +92,10 @@ const grantTeamCommand = new Command('grant-team')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(grantTeamCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await grantMetricAccessTeam(client, { id, teamId: options.team, roleId: options.role });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Team ${options.team} granted access to metric ${id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Team ${options.team} granted access to metric ${id}`,
+        id,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -100,7 +109,10 @@ const revokeTeamCommand = new Command('revoke-team')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(revokeTeamCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await revokeMetricAccessTeam(client, { id, teamId: options.team, roleId: options.role });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Team ${options.team} access revoked from metric ${id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Team ${options.team} access revoked from metric ${id}`,
+        id,
+      });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/metrics/follow.ts b/src/commands/metrics/follow.ts
index 2b633aa..774c77e 100644
--- a/src/commands/metrics/follow.ts
+++ b/src/commands/metrics/follow.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseMetricId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export const followCommand = new Command('follow')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(followCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await followMetric(client, { id });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Now following metric ${id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Now following metric ${id}`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ export const unfollowCommand = new Command('unfollow')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(unfollowCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await unfollowMetric(client, { id });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ No longer following metric ${id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ No longer following metric ${id}`, id });
     })
   );
diff --git a/src/commands/metrics/index.ts b/src/commands/metrics/index.ts
index baba1e0..1d03f8a 100644
--- a/src/commands/metrics/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/metrics/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseMetricId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -284,9 +284,17 @@ const createCommand = addMetricFieldOptions(
         const newId = versionResult.data.id;
         if (options.activate) {
           await client.activateMetric(newId as MetricId, options.reason);
-          console.log(chalk.green(`✓ New metric version created and activated (id: ${newId})`));
+          printResult(globalOptions, {
+            message: `✓ New metric version created and activated (id: ${newId})`,
+            id: newId,
+            raw: versionResult.data,
+          });
         } else {
-          console.log(chalk.green(`✓ New metric version created as draft (id: ${newId})`));
+          printResult(globalOptions, {
+            message: `✓ New metric version created as draft (id: ${newId})`,
+            id: newId,
+            raw: versionResult.data,
+          });
         }
         return;
       }
@@ -318,9 +326,17 @@ const createCommand = addMetricFieldOptions(
 
       if (options.activate) {
         await client.activateMetric(result.data.id as MetricId, 'Initial activation');
-        console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Metric created and activated with ID: ${result.data.id}`));
+        printResult(globalOptions, {
+          message: `✓ Metric created and activated with ID: ${result.data.id}`,
+          id: result.data.id,
+          raw: result.data,
+        });
       } else {
-        console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Metric created with ID: ${result.data.id}`));
+        printResult(globalOptions, {
+          message: `✓ Metric created with ID: ${result.data.id}`,
+          id: result.data.id,
+          raw: result.data,
+        });
       }
     })
   );
@@ -344,7 +360,7 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
         description: options.description,
         owner: options.owner,
       });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Metric ${id} updated`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Metric ${id} updated`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -359,7 +375,7 @@ const archiveCommand = new Command('archive')
 
       await archiveMetric(client, { id, unarchive: options.unarchive });
       const action = options.unarchive ? 'unarchived' : 'archived';
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Metric ${id} ${action}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Metric ${id} ${action}`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -373,7 +389,7 @@ const activateCommand = new Command('activate')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
 
       await activateMetric(client, { id, reason: options.reason });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Metric ${id} activated`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Metric ${id} activated`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -406,11 +422,17 @@ const versionCommand = addMetricFieldOptions(
       const newId = result.data.id;
       if (options.activate) {
         await client.activateMetric(newId as MetricId, options.reason);
-        console.log(
-          chalk.green(`✓ New version of metric ${id} created and activated (new id: ${newId})`)
-        );
+        printResult(globalOptions, {
+          message: `✓ New version of metric ${id} created and activated (new id: ${newId})`,
+          id: newId,
+          raw: result.data,
+        });
       } else {
-        console.log(chalk.green(`✓ New draft version of metric ${id} created (new id: ${newId})`));
+        printResult(globalOptions, {
+          message: `✓ New draft version of metric ${id} created (new id: ${newId})`,
+          id: newId,
+          raw: result.data,
+        });
       }
     })
   );
diff --git a/src/commands/metrics/review.ts b/src/commands/metrics/review.ts
index 40dacd8..324cc35 100644
--- a/src/commands/metrics/review.ts
+++ b/src/commands/metrics/review.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseMetricId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const requestCommand = new Command('request')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(requestCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await requestMetricReview(client, { id });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Review requested for metric ${id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Review requested for metric ${id}`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const approveCommand = new Command('approve')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(approveCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await approveMetricReview(client, { id });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Metric ${id} review approved`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Metric ${id} review approved`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ const commentCommand = new Command('comment')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(commentCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await addMetricReviewComment(client, { id, message: options.message });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Comment added to metric ${id} review`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Comment added to metric ${id} review`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -90,7 +90,10 @@ const replyCommand = new Command('reply')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(replyCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await replyToMetricReviewComment(client, { id, commentId, message: options.message });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Reply added to comment ${commentId} on metric ${id} review`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Reply added to comment ${commentId} on metric ${id} review`,
+        id,
+      });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/metrictags/index.ts b/src/commands/metrictags/index.ts
index d80354e..0e20273 100644
--- a/src/commands/metrictags/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/metrictags/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseTagId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -56,8 +56,12 @@ const createCommand = new Command('create')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(createCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const result = await createMetricTag(client, { tag: options.tag });
-      console.log(chalk.green('Metric tag created successfully'));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      const data = result.data as { id?: unknown } | undefined;
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: 'Metric tag created successfully',
+        id: data?.id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -70,8 +74,12 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(updateCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const result = await updateMetricTag(client, { id, tag: options.tag });
-      console.log(chalk.green('Metric tag updated successfully'));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      const data = result.data as { id?: unknown } | undefined;
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: 'Metric tag updated successfully',
+        id: data?.id ?? id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -83,7 +91,7 @@ const deleteCommand = new Command('delete')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(deleteCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await deleteMetricTag(client, { id });
-      console.log(chalk.green('Metric tag deleted successfully'));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: 'Metric tag deleted successfully', id });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/notifications/index.ts b/src/commands/notifications/index.ts
index 58841cc..d0af5cc 100644
--- a/src/commands/notifications/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/notifications/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import {
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ const markSeenCommand = new Command('mark-seen')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(markSeenCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await coreMarkNotificationsSeen(client);
-      console.log(chalk.green('✓ All notifications marked as seen'));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: '✓ All notifications marked as seen' });
     })
   );
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ const markReadCommand = new Command('mark-read')
         ? options.ids.split(',').map((s: string) => parseInt(s.trim(), 10))
         : undefined;
       await coreMarkNotificationsRead(client, { ids });
-      console.log(chalk.green('✓ Notifications marked as read'));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: '✓ Notifications marked as read' });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/platformconfig/index.ts b/src/commands/platformconfig/index.ts
index a2e01ec..7ca369f 100644
--- a/src/commands/platformconfig/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/platformconfig/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { validateJSON } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -48,8 +48,11 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const value = validateJSON(options.value, '--value') as Record<string, unknown>;
       const result = await updatePlatformConfig(client, { id, value });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Platform config ${id} updated`));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Platform config ${id} updated`,
+        id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/roles/index.ts b/src/commands/roles/index.ts
index e07bc4f..9677a50 100644
--- a/src/commands/roles/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/roles/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseRoleId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -51,9 +51,12 @@ const createCommand = new Command('create')
         name: options.name,
         description: options.description,
       });
-      console.log(
-        chalk.green(`✓ Role created with ID: ${(result.data as Record<string, unknown>).id}`)
-      );
+      const newId = (result.data as Record<string, unknown>).id;
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Role created with ID: ${newId}`,
+        id: newId,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
         name: options.name,
         description: options.description,
       });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Role ${id} updated`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Role ${id} updated`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -83,7 +86,7 @@ const deleteCommand = new Command('delete')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(deleteCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await deleteRole(client, { id });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Role ${id} deleted`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Role ${id} deleted`, id });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/segments/index.ts b/src/commands/segments/index.ts
index 34884b7..dc23287 100644
--- a/src/commands/segments/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/segments/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseSegmentId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -67,9 +67,12 @@ const createCommand = new Command('create')
         attribute: options.attribute,
         description: options.description,
       });
-      console.log(
-        chalk.green(`✓ Segment created with ID: ${(result.data as Record<string, unknown>).id}`)
-      );
+      const newId = (result.data as Record<string, unknown>).id;
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Segment created with ID: ${newId}`,
+        id: newId,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
         displayName: options.displayName,
         description: options.description,
       });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Segment ${id} updated`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Segment ${id} updated`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -99,7 +102,7 @@ const deleteCommand = new Command('delete')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(deleteCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await deleteSegment(client, { id });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Segment ${id} deleted`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Segment ${id} deleted`, id });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/storageconfigs/index.ts b/src/commands/storageconfigs/index.ts
index ae4f656..1f2c309 100644
--- a/src/commands/storageconfigs/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/storageconfigs/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { validateJSON } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -49,8 +49,12 @@ const createCommand = new Command('create')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const config = validateJSON(options.jsonConfig, '--json-config') as Record<string, unknown>;
       const result = await createStorageConfig(client, { config });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Storage config created`));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      const data = result.data as { id?: unknown } | undefined;
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Storage config created`,
+        id: data?.id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -64,8 +68,11 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const config = validateJSON(options.jsonConfig, '--json-config') as Record<string, unknown>;
       const result = await updateStorageConfig(client, { id, config });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Storage config ${id} updated`));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Storage config ${id} updated`,
+        id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -78,7 +85,7 @@ const testCommand = new Command('test')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const config = validateJSON(options.jsonConfig, '--json-config') as Record<string, unknown>;
       await testStorageConfig(client, { config });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Storage config connection test passed`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Storage config connection test passed` });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/storageconfigs/storageconfigs.test.ts b/src/commands/storageconfigs/storageconfigs.test.ts
index bfa5e47..ab0af90 100644
--- a/src/commands/storageconfigs/storageconfigs.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/storageconfigs/storageconfigs.test.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ describe('storage-configs command', () => {
     ]);
 
     expect(mockClient.createStorageConfig).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ type: 's3' });
-    expect(printFormatted).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(consoleSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('Storage config created'));
   });
 
   it('should update a storage config', async () => {
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ describe('storage-configs command', () => {
     ]);
 
     expect(mockClient.updateStorageConfig).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1, { bucket: 'new' });
-    expect(printFormatted).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(consoleSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('Storage config 1 updated'));
   });
 
   it('should test a storage config', async () => {
diff --git a/src/commands/tags/index.ts b/src/commands/tags/index.ts
index 8e80802..9abc3b3 100644
--- a/src/commands/tags/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/tags/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseTagId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -50,8 +50,12 @@ const createCommand = new Command('create')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(createCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const result = await createTag(client, { tag: options.tag });
-      console.log(chalk.green('Experiment tag created successfully'));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      const data = result.data as { id?: unknown } | undefined;
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: 'Experiment tag created successfully',
+        id: data?.id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -64,8 +68,11 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(updateCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const result = await updateTag(client, { id, tag: options.tag });
-      console.log(chalk.green('Experiment tag updated successfully'));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: 'Experiment tag updated successfully',
+        id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -77,7 +84,7 @@ const deleteCommand = new Command('delete')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(deleteCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await deleteTag(client, { id });
-      console.log(chalk.green('Experiment tag deleted successfully'));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: 'Experiment tag deleted successfully', id });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/teams/index.ts b/src/commands/teams/index.ts
index a63a66c..70a6aff 100644
--- a/src/commands/teams/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/teams/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseTeamId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -62,9 +62,12 @@ const createCommand = new Command('create')
         name: options.name,
         description: options.description,
       });
-      console.log(
-        chalk.green(`✓ Team created with ID: ${(result.data as Record<string, unknown>).id}`)
-      );
+      const newId = (result.data as Record<string, unknown>).id;
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Team created with ID: ${newId}`,
+        id: newId,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(updateCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await updateTeam(client, { id, description: options.description });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Team ${id} updated`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Team ${id} updated`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -91,7 +94,7 @@ const archiveCommand = new Command('archive')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await archiveTeam(client, { id, unarchive: options.unarchive });
       const action = options.unarchive ? 'unarchived' : 'archived';
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Team ${id} ${action}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Team ${id} ${action}`, id });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/teams/members.ts b/src/commands/teams/members.ts
index 31a3b8e..7cf76d0 100644
--- a/src/commands/teams/members.ts
+++ b/src/commands/teams/members.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseTeamId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@ const addMembersCommand = new Command('add')
       const userIds = await resolveUserValues(client, options.users);
       const roleIds = options.roles ? await resolveRoleValues(client, options.roles) : undefined;
       await addTeamMembers(client, { id, userIds, roleIds });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Added ${userIds.length} member(s) to team ${id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Added ${userIds.length} member(s) to team ${id}`,
+        id,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -85,7 +88,10 @@ const editRolesCommand = new Command('edit-roles')
       const userIds = await resolveUserValues(client, options.users);
       const roleIds = await resolveRoleValues(client, options.roles);
       await editTeamMemberRoles(client, { id, userIds, roleIds });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Updated roles for ${userIds.length} member(s) in team ${id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Updated roles for ${userIds.length} member(s) in team ${id}`,
+        id,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -99,7 +105,10 @@ const removeMembersCommand = new Command('remove')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const userIds = await resolveUserValues(client, options.users);
       await removeTeamMembers(client, { id, userIds });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Removed ${userIds.length} member(s) from team ${id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Removed ${userIds.length} member(s) from team ${id}`,
+        id,
+      });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/units/index.ts b/src/commands/units/index.ts
index 7ddbcb8..fcade15 100644
--- a/src/commands/units/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/units/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseUnitTypeId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -52,9 +52,12 @@ const createCommand = new Command('create')
         name: options.name,
         description: options.description,
       });
-      console.log(
-        chalk.green(`✓ Unit type created with ID: ${(result.data as Record<string, unknown>).id}`)
-      );
+      const newId = (result.data as Record<string, unknown>).id;
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Unit type created with ID: ${newId}`,
+        id: newId,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -68,7 +71,7 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(updateCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await updateUnit(client, { id, name: options.name, description: options.description });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Unit type ${id} updated`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Unit type ${id} updated`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -82,7 +85,7 @@ const archiveCommand = new Command('archive')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await archiveUnit(client, { id, unarchive: options.unarchive });
       const action = options.unarchive ? 'unarchived' : 'archived';
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Unit type ${id} ${action}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Unit type ${id} ${action}`, id });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/updateschedules/index.ts b/src/commands/updateschedules/index.ts
index d24f820..753ae6e 100644
--- a/src/commands/updateschedules/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/updateschedules/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseUpdateScheduleId, validateJSON } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -50,8 +50,12 @@ const createCommand = new Command('create')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const config = validateJSON(options.jsonConfig, '--json-config') as Record<string, unknown>;
       const result = await createUpdateSchedule(client, { config });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Update schedule created`));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      const data = result.data as { id?: unknown } | undefined;
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Update schedule created`,
+        id: data?.id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -65,8 +69,11 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       const config = validateJSON(options.jsonConfig, '--json-config') as Record<string, unknown>;
       const result = await updateUpdateSchedule(client, { id, config });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Update schedule ${id} updated`));
-      printFormatted(result.data, globalOptions);
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Update schedule ${id} updated`,
+        id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -78,7 +85,7 @@ const deleteCommand = new Command('delete')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(deleteCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await deleteUpdateSchedule(client, { id });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Update schedule ${id} deleted`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Update schedule ${id} deleted`, id });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/users/api-keys.ts b/src/commands/users/api-keys.ts
index 6d6c58d..552aa42 100644
--- a/src/commands/users/api-keys.ts
+++ b/src/commands/users/api-keys.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { addPaginationOptions, printPaginationFooter } from '../../lib/utils/pagination.js';
@@ -72,9 +73,19 @@ const createCommand = new Command('create')
         name: options.name,
         description: options.description,
       });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ API key created: ${result.data.name}`));
-      console.log(`  Key: ${result.data.key}`);
-      console.log(chalk.yellow('  Save this key now — it cannot be retrieved later.'));
+      const format = globalOptions.output ?? 'table';
+      if (format === 'table' || format === 'rendered') {
+        console.log(chalk.green(`✓ API key created: ${result.data.name}`));
+        console.log(`  Key: ${result.data.key}`);
+        console.log(chalk.yellow('  Save this key now — it cannot be retrieved later.'));
+      } else {
+        const data = result.data as Record<string, unknown>;
+        printResult(globalOptions, {
+          message: `✓ API key created: ${result.data.name}`,
+          id: data.id,
+          raw: result.data,
+        });
+      }
     })
   );
 
@@ -94,7 +105,7 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
         name: options.name,
         description: options.description,
       });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ API key ${id} updated`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ API key ${id} updated`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -110,7 +121,7 @@ const deleteCommand = new Command('delete')
         userRef: options.user as string,
         keyId: id,
       });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ API key ${id} deleted`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ API key ${id} deleted`, id });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/users/index.ts b/src/commands/users/index.ts
index 780bbf2..ecfe678 100644
--- a/src/commands/users/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/users/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   resolveAPIKey,
   resolveEndpoint,
   withErrorHandling,
@@ -245,7 +246,11 @@ const createCommand = new Command('create')
         role: options.role,
       });
 
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ User created with ID: ${result.data.id}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ User created with ID: ${result.data.id}`,
+        id: result.data.id,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -264,7 +269,7 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
         name: options.name,
         role: options.role,
       });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ User ${id} updated`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ User ${id} updated`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -279,7 +284,7 @@ const archiveCommand = new Command('archive')
 
       await coreArchiveUser(client, { id, unarchive: options.unarchive });
       const action = options.unarchive ? 'unarchived' : 'archived';
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ User ${id} ${action}`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ User ${id} ${action}`, id });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/commands/users/reset-password.ts b/src/commands/users/reset-password.ts
index 822d984..4d5d236 100644
--- a/src/commands/users/reset-password.ts
+++ b/src/commands/users/reset-password.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseUserId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -18,8 +19,17 @@ export const resetPasswordCommand = new Command('reset-password')
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
 
       const result = await resetUserPassword(client, { id });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Password reset for user ${id}`));
-      console.log(`  New password: ${result.data.password}`);
-      console.log(chalk.yellow('  Save this password — it cannot be retrieved later.'));
+      const format = globalOptions.output ?? 'table';
+      if (format === 'table' || format === 'rendered') {
+        console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Password reset for user ${id}`));
+        console.log(`  New password: ${result.data.password}`);
+        console.log(chalk.yellow('  Save this password — it cannot be retrieved later.'));
+      } else {
+        printResult(globalOptions, {
+          message: `✓ Password reset for user ${id}`,
+          id,
+          raw: result.data,
+        });
+      }
     })
   );
diff --git a/src/commands/webhooks/index.ts b/src/commands/webhooks/index.ts
index 7bca1ee..4d78a9b 100644
--- a/src/commands/webhooks/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/webhooks/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   withErrorHandling,
 } from '../../lib/utils/api-helper.js';
 import { parseWebhookId } from '../../lib/utils/validators.js';
@@ -66,9 +66,12 @@ const createCommand = new Command('create')
         ordered: options.ordered,
         maxRetries: options.maxRetries,
       });
-      console.log(
-        chalk.green(`✓ Webhook created with ID: ${(result.data as Record<string, unknown>).id}`)
-      );
+      const newId = (result.data as Record<string, unknown>).id;
+      printResult(globalOptions, {
+        message: `✓ Webhook created with ID: ${newId}`,
+        id: newId,
+        raw: result.data,
+      });
     })
   );
 
@@ -94,7 +97,7 @@ const updateCommand = new Command('update')
         ordered: options.ordered,
         maxRetries: options.maxRetries,
       });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Webhook ${id} updated`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Webhook ${id} updated`, id });
     })
   );
 
@@ -106,7 +109,7 @@ const deleteCommand = new Command('delete')
       const globalOptions = getGlobalOptions(deleteCommand);
       const client = await getAPIClientFromOptions(globalOptions);
       await deleteWebhook(client, { id });
-      console.log(chalk.green(`✓ Webhook ${id} deleted`));
+      printResult(globalOptions, { message: `✓ Webhook ${id} deleted`, id });
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/api-helper.test.ts b/src/lib/utils/api-helper.test.ts
index d38aeeb..240c1e0 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/api-helper.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils/api-helper.test.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   getAPIClientFromOptions,
   getGlobalOptions,
   printFormatted,
+  printResult,
   shouldOutputIdsOnly,
   withErrorHandling,
   resolveAuth,
@@ -391,6 +392,151 @@ describe('API Helper', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('printResult', () => {
+    let consoleSpy: ReturnType<typeof vi.spyOn>;
+    let consoleErrorSpy: ReturnType<typeof vi.spyOn>;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      consoleSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
+      consoleErrorSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {});
+      setTTYOverride({ stdin: true, stdout: true });
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      consoleSpy.mockRestore();
+      consoleErrorSpy.mockRestore();
+      setTTYOverride({ stdin: true, stdout: true });
+    });
+
+    it('prints the chalk success message for table output (default)', () => {
+      printResult(
+        { output: 'table', outputExplicit: false, noColor: true },
+        { message: '✓ Metric 42 updated', id: 42 }
+      );
+
+      expect(formatOutput).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(consoleSpy).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+      const printed = consoleSpy.mock.calls[0]?.[0] as string;
+      expect(printed).toContain('✓ Metric 42 updated');
+    });
+
+    it('routes through printFormatted with {success,message,id} for json', () => {
+      printResult(
+        { output: 'json', outputExplicit: true, noColor: true },
+        { message: '✓ Metric created with ID: 42', id: 42 }
+      );
+
+      expect(formatOutput).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+      expect(formatOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        { success: true, message: '✓ Metric created with ID: 42', id: 42 },
+        'json',
+        expect.any(Object)
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('omits id from the JSON payload when no id is provided', () => {
+      printResult(
+        { output: 'json', outputExplicit: true, noColor: true },
+        { message: '✓ Datasource connection test passed' }
+      );
+
+      expect(formatOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        { success: true, message: '✓ Datasource connection test passed' },
+        'json',
+        expect.any(Object)
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('emits the raw API response when --raw is set and raw is supplied', () => {
+      const raw = { id: 42, name: 'foo', state: 'created' };
+      printResult(
+        { output: 'json', outputExplicit: true, noColor: true, raw: true },
+        { message: '✓ Metric created', id: 42, raw }
+      );
+
+      expect(formatOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith(raw, 'json', expect.any(Object));
+    });
+
+    it('falls back to the minimal payload when --raw is set but no raw is supplied', () => {
+      printResult(
+        { output: 'json', outputExplicit: true, noColor: true, raw: true },
+        { message: '✓ Metric 42 updated', id: 42 }
+      );
+
+      expect(formatOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        { success: true, message: '✓ Metric 42 updated', id: 42 },
+        'json',
+        expect.any(Object)
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('routes structured outputs (yaml, markdown, plain, vertical, template) through printFormatted', () => {
+      for (const format of ['yaml', 'markdown', 'plain', 'vertical', 'template'] as const) {
+        vi.mocked(formatOutput).mockClear();
+        printResult(
+          { output: format, outputExplicit: true, noColor: true },
+          { message: '✓ X done', id: 1 }
+        );
+        expect(formatOutput).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('prints only the id when output is "ids" (and stays quiet on stderr)', () => {
+      printResult(
+        { output: 'ids', outputExplicit: true },
+        { message: '✓ Metric 42 updated', id: 42 }
+      );
+
+      expect(formatOutput).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(consoleSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(42);
+      expect(consoleErrorSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('prints id to stdout and the green confirmation to stderr when piped without explicit -o', () => {
+      setTTYOverride({ stdout: false });
+      printResult(
+        { output: 'table', outputExplicit: false, noColor: true },
+        { message: '✓ Metric created with ID: 42', id: 42 }
+      );
+
+      expect(consoleSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(42);
+      const stderrMessage = consoleErrorSpy.mock.calls[0]?.[0] as string;
+      expect(stderrMessage).toContain('✓ Metric created with ID: 42');
+      expect(formatOutput).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('writes nothing on stdout but still confirms on stderr when piped without an id', () => {
+      // No id available (e.g. connection test): stdout stays empty so a
+      // downstream `xargs` doesn't choke, but the user still gets the
+      // confirmation on stderr.
+      setTTYOverride({ stdout: false });
+      printResult(
+        { output: 'table', outputExplicit: false, noColor: true },
+        { message: '✓ Datasource connection test passed' }
+      );
+
+      expect(consoleSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      const stderrMessage = consoleErrorSpy.mock.calls[0]?.[0] as string;
+      expect(stderrMessage).toContain('✓ Datasource connection test passed');
+      expect(formatOutput).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('still emits JSON when piped if -o json was set explicitly', () => {
+      setTTYOverride({ stdout: false });
+      printResult(
+        { output: 'json', outputExplicit: true, noColor: true },
+        { message: '✓ Metric 42 updated', id: 42 }
+      );
+
+      expect(formatOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        { success: true, message: '✓ Metric 42 updated', id: 42 },
+        'json',
+        expect.any(Object)
+      );
+      expect(consoleErrorSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('withErrorHandling', () => {
     let consoleErrorSpy: ReturnType<typeof vi.spyOn>;
     let processExitSpy: ReturnType<typeof vi.spyOn>;
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/api-helper.ts b/src/lib/utils/api-helper.ts
index e5514be..86cd82a 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/api-helper.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils/api-helper.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { getProfile, loadConfig } from '../config/config.js';
 import { getAPIKey, getOAuthToken } from '../config/keyring.js';
 import type { AuthConfig } from '../api/axios-adapter.js';
 import { Command } from 'commander';
+import chalk from 'chalk';
 import { formatOutput, type OutputFormat } from '../output/formatter.js';
 import { isStdoutPiped } from './stdin.js';
 
@@ -196,6 +197,66 @@ export function printFormatted(data: unknown, globalOptions: GlobalOptions): voi
   console.log(output);
 }
 
+// Formats that should render structured machine output instead of the
+// human-readable green checkmark. `table` and `rendered` keep the
+// interactive success message; everything machine-oriented (json, yaml,
+// markdown, plain, vertical, template) goes through printFormatted.
+const STRUCTURED_FORMATS: ReadonlySet<OutputFormat> = new Set([
+  'json',
+  'yaml',
+  'markdown',
+  'plain',
+  'vertical',
+  'template',
+]);
+
+// Print the outcome of a mutation (create/update/delete/archive/etc).
+// Honors --output and the same pipe-falls-back-to-ids rule the list
+// commands use, so a single helper covers every command type.
+//
+// Behavior by mode:
+//   - structured --output (json/yaml/markdown/plain/vertical/template):
+//       emits the structured payload to stdout. With --raw + a provided
+//       raw response, that response is used verbatim; otherwise the
+//       minimal { success, message, id? } is rendered.
+//   - explicit --output ids: bare id to stdout (or silent if no id).
+//   - stdout piped without explicit --output: bare id to stdout for
+//       chaining, the green confirmation message to stderr so the user
+//       still sees what happened.
+//   - interactive default: chalk.green(message) to stdout.
+export function printResult(
+  globalOptions: GlobalOptions,
+  args: { message: string; id?: unknown; raw?: unknown }
+): void {
+  const format = (globalOptions.output ?? 'table') as OutputFormat;
+
+  if (globalOptions.outputExplicit && STRUCTURED_FORMATS.has(format)) {
+    const payload =
+      globalOptions.raw && args.raw !== undefined
+        ? args.raw
+        : {
+            success: true,
+            message: args.message,
+            ...(args.id !== undefined ? { id: args.id } : {}),
+          };
+    printFormatted(payload, globalOptions);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (shouldOutputIdsOnly(globalOptions)) {
+    if (args.id !== undefined) console.log(args.id);
+    // Piped (no explicit format) → also surface the confirmation on
+    // stderr so users running `cmd | xargs ...` still see success.
+    // Explicit `-o ids` stays quiet to keep the stream machine-clean.
+    if (isStdoutPiped() && !globalOptions.outputExplicit) {
+      console.error(chalk.green(args.message));
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+
+  console.log(chalk.green(args.message));
+}
+
 function handleCommandError(error: unknown): never {
   console.error('Error:', error instanceof Error ? error.message : error);
   const apiError = error as { statusCode?: number; response?: unknown };