diff --git a/src/integrations/claude/onboarding.ts b/src/integrations/claude/onboarding.ts
index 39b8951..5466bf7 100644
--- a/src/integrations/claude/onboarding.ts
+++ b/src/integrations/claude/onboarding.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { type ChildProcess, spawn } from 'node:child_process';
 import { createInterface } from 'node:readline';
 import type { OnboardingOpts, OnboardingCallbacks } from '../types.js';
-import { ONBOARDING_TIMEOUT_MS, STATUS_PREFIX } from '../constants.js';
+import { ONBOARDING_TIMEOUT_MS } from '../constants.js';
 import { type StreamEvent, extractTextLines } from '../stream-json.js';
-import { spawnErrorMessage } from '../utils.js';
+import { isStatusLine, normalizeStatusLine, spawnErrorMessage } from '../utils.js';
 
 export function runOnboarding(
   opts: OnboardingOpts,
@@ -48,12 +48,14 @@ export function runOnboarding(
     }
 
     for (const textLine of extractTextLines(event)) {
-      const stripped = textLine.trim();
-      if (!stripped) continue;
-      allLines.push(stripped);
-      callbacks.onStdout(stripped);
-      if (stripped.startsWith(STATUS_PREFIX)) {
-        callbacks.onStatus(stripped.slice(STATUS_PREFIX.length));
+      const line = textLine.trim();
+      if (!line) continue;
+
+      allLines.push(line);
+      callbacks.onStdout(line);
+
+      if (isStatusLine(line)) {
+        callbacks.onStatus(normalizeStatusLine(line));
       }
     }
   });
diff --git a/src/integrations/codex/onboarding.ts b/src/integrations/codex/onboarding.ts
index 75aa294..fc42b33 100644
--- a/src/integrations/codex/onboarding.ts
+++ b/src/integrations/codex/onboarding.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { type ChildProcess, spawn } from 'node:child_process';
 import { createInterface } from 'node:readline';
 import type { OnboardingOpts, OnboardingCallbacks } from '../types.js';
-import { ONBOARDING_TIMEOUT_MS, STATUS_PREFIX } from '../constants.js';
-import { spawnErrorMessage } from '../utils.js';
+import { ONBOARDING_TIMEOUT_MS } from '../constants.js';
+import { isStatusLine, normalizeStatusLine, spawnErrorMessage } from '../utils.js';
 
 type CodexEvent = {
   type: string;
@@ -56,12 +56,14 @@ export function runOnboarding(
     const text = event.item.text ?? '';
 
     for (const msgLine of text.split('\n')) {
-      const stripped = msgLine.trim();
-      if (!stripped) continue;
-      allLines.push(stripped);
-      callbacks.onStdout(stripped);
-      if (stripped.startsWith(STATUS_PREFIX)) {
-        callbacks.onStatus(stripped.slice(STATUS_PREFIX.length));
+      const line = msgLine.trim();
+      if (!line) continue;
+
+      allLines.push(line);
+      callbacks.onStdout(line);
+
+      if (isStatusLine(line)) {
+        callbacks.onStatus(normalizeStatusLine(line));
       }
     }
   });
diff --git a/src/integrations/cursor/onboarding.ts b/src/integrations/cursor/onboarding.ts
index 808b052..a0aa20e 100644
--- a/src/integrations/cursor/onboarding.ts
+++ b/src/integrations/cursor/onboarding.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { createInterface } from 'node:readline';
 import type { OnboardingOpts, OnboardingCallbacks } from '../types.js';
 import { ONBOARDING_TIMEOUT_MS } from '../constants.js';
 import { type StreamEvent, extractTextLines } from '../stream-json.js';
-import { normalizeStatusLine, spawnErrorMessage } from '../utils.js';
+import { isStatusLine, normalizeStatusLine, spawnErrorMessage } from '../utils.js';
 
 export function runOnboarding(
   opts: OnboardingOpts,
@@ -54,11 +54,15 @@ export function runOnboarding(
     }
 
     for (const textLine of extractTextLines(event)) {
-      const stripped = textLine.trim();
-      if (!stripped) continue;
-      allLines.push(stripped);
-      callbacks.onStdout(stripped);
-      callbacks.onStatus(normalizeStatusLine(stripped));
+      const line = textLine.trim();
+      if (!line) continue;
+
+      allLines.push(line);
+      callbacks.onStdout(line);
+
+      if (isStatusLine(line)) {
+        callbacks.onStatus(normalizeStatusLine(line));
+      }
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/src/integrations/index.ts b/src/integrations/index.ts
index 425bea4..7f44e57 100644
--- a/src/integrations/index.ts
+++ b/src/integrations/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export type {
 } from './types.js';
 
 export { getIntegrations, getIntegration } from './registry.js';
-export { normalizeStatusLine } from './utils.js';
+export { normalizeStatusLine, normalizeReportLine } from './utils.js';
 
 export { launchChatSession } from './chat.js';
 export {
diff --git a/src/integrations/utils.ts b/src/integrations/utils.ts
index 979030a..11003a3 100644
--- a/src/integrations/utils.ts
+++ b/src/integrations/utils.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 import { STATUS_PREFIX } from './constants.js';
 
-export function normalizeStatusLine(line: string) {
-  return line.startsWith(STATUS_PREFIX) ? line.slice(STATUS_PREFIX.length) : line;
+type StatusLine = `STATUS: ${string}`;
+
+export function isStatusLine(line: string): line is StatusLine {
+  return line.startsWith(STATUS_PREFIX);
+}
+
+export function normalizeStatusLine(line: StatusLine) {
+  return line.slice(STATUS_PREFIX.length);
+}
+
+export function normalizeReportLine(line: string) {
+  return isStatusLine(line) ? normalizeStatusLine(line) : line;
 }
 
 export function spawnErrorMessage(bin: string, err: NodeJS.ErrnoException): string {
diff --git a/src/ui/tui/screens/onboard-project/useOnboardingProcess.ts b/src/ui/tui/screens/onboard-project/useOnboardingProcess.ts
index 569fa12..734f74a 100644
--- a/src/ui/tui/screens/onboard-project/useOnboardingProcess.ts
+++ b/src/ui/tui/screens/onboard-project/useOnboardingProcess.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { buildOnboardingPrompt } from '@features/onboarding/index.js';
 import { detectFramework } from '@frameworks/index.js';
 import type { IdeId, OnboardingGoal } from '@shared-kernel/types.js';
 import { ScreenId } from '@lib/session.js';
-import { getIntegration, normalizeStatusLine } from '@integrations/index.js';
+import { getIntegration, normalizeReportLine } from '@integrations/index.js';
 import { useLogger } from '../../hooks/useLog.js';
 import { $session, store, isStaleSession } from '../../store.js';
 import { useInitialOnboarding } from './useInitialOnboarding.js';
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export function useOnboardingProcess(): OnboardingProcess {
                 (line) =>
                   line.includes('Created') || line.includes('Modified') || line.includes('Added'),
               )
-              .map(normalizeStatusLine)
+              .map(normalizeReportLine)
           : dryRunCodeChanges(goals),
       );
       setPhase('done');
@@ -105,11 +105,7 @@ export function useOnboardingProcess(): OnboardingProcess {
       function startReal() {
         if (!isEmpty) addStatus(`Framework: ${fw}`);
 
-        addStatus(
-          isEmpty
-            ? 'Scaffolding sample app and integrating Confidence SDK...'
-            : 'Analyzing project...',
-        );
+        addStatus(isEmpty ? 'Integrating Confidence SDK...' : 'Analyzing project...');
 
         const ide = (s.ide ?? 'claude') as IdeId;
         const prompt = buildOnboardingPrompt({