From a6640e9ef21998444d0ed6977a1482cedda53ded Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Packer <packercharles@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 14:57:15 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] feat: show line count summary for Read tool results (#507)

Co-authored-by: Letta <noreply@letta.com>
---
 src/cli/components/ToolCallMessageRich.tsx | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/cli/components/ToolCallMessageRich.tsx b/src/cli/components/ToolCallMessageRich.tsx
index b020073..15ab2b4 100644
--- a/src/cli/components/ToolCallMessageRich.tsx
+++ b/src/cli/components/ToolCallMessageRich.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
 import {
   getDisplayToolName,
   isFileEditTool,
+  isFileReadTool,
   isFileWriteTool,
   isMemoryTool,
   isPatchTool,
@@ -547,6 +548,28 @@ export const ToolCallMessage = memo(
         }
       }
 
+      // Check if this is a file read tool - show line count summary
+      if (
+        isFileReadTool(rawName) &&
+        line.resultOk !== false &&
+        line.resultText
+      ) {
+        // Count lines in the result (the content returned by Read tool)
+        const lineCount = line.resultText.split("\n").length;
+        return (
+          <Box flexDirection="row">
+            <Box width={prefixWidth} flexShrink={0}>
+              <Text>{prefix}</Text>
+            </Box>
+            <Box flexGrow={1} width={contentWidth}>
+              <Text>
+                Read <Text bold>{lineCount}</Text> lines
+              </Text>
+            </Box>
+          </Box>
+        );
+      }
+
       // Regular result handling
       const isError = line.resultOk === false;