diff --git a/packages/playground/src/common.ts b/packages/playground/src/common.ts
index d5e8d0510f..a2e451f04f 100644
--- a/packages/playground/src/common.ts
+++ b/packages/playground/src/common.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import type {
   ValidationResult,
 } from './types';
 
-// APIs that should not generate replay scripts
+// APIs that return extracted data from the current interface.
 export const dataExtractionAPIs = [
   'aiQuery',
   'aiBoolean',
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export const dataExtractionAPIs = [
 
 export const validationAPIs = ['aiAssert', 'aiWaitFor'];
 
+// APIs whose executions should not be rendered as replays by StandardPlayground.
 export const noReplayAPIs = [...dataExtractionAPIs, ...validationAPIs];
 
 const agentPromptAPIs = [
diff --git a/packages/playground/tests/unit/common.test.ts b/packages/playground/tests/unit/common.test.ts
index 69832812d2..348557142b 100644
--- a/packages/playground/tests/unit/common.test.ts
+++ b/packages/playground/tests/unit/common.test.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe('common utilities', () => {
       expect(validationAPIs).toEqual(['aiAssert', 'aiWaitFor']);
     });
 
-    it('should combine data extraction and validation APIs in noReplayAPIs', () => {
+    it('should identify APIs that do not generate replay scripts', () => {
       expect(noReplayAPIs).toEqual([...dataExtractionAPIs, ...validationAPIs]);
     });
   });
diff --git a/packages/visualizer/src/component/playground-result/index.tsx b/packages/visualizer/src/component/playground-result/index.tsx
index 15a6251544..0530c7e7f2 100644
--- a/packages/visualizer/src/component/playground-result/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/visualizer/src/component/playground-result/index.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { LoadingOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';
-import { noReplayAPIs } from '@midscene/playground';
 import { Spin } from 'antd';
 import type React from 'react';
 import type {
@@ -25,7 +24,8 @@ interface PlaygroundResultProps {
   notReadyMessage?: React.ReactNode | string;
   fitMode?: 'width' | 'height';
   autoZoom?: boolean;
-  actionType?: string; // The action type that was executed
+  // When a report is available, also show the return value above it.
+  showOutputAlongsideReport?: boolean;
   canDownloadReport?: boolean;
   onDownloadReport?: ReportDownloadHandler;
   playerPresentation?: PlayerPresentation;
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export const PlaygroundResultView: React.FC<PlaygroundResultProps> = ({
   notReadyMessage,
   fitMode,
   autoZoom,
-  actionType,
+  showOutputAlongsideReport = false,
   canDownloadReport,
   onDownloadReport,
   playerPresentation,
@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@ export const PlaygroundResultView: React.FC<PlaygroundResultProps> = ({
 
   let resultDataToShow: React.ReactNode = emptyResultTip;
 
-  // Determine if this is a data extraction API that should prioritize result output
-  const shouldPrioritizeResult =
-    actionType && noReplayAPIs.includes(actionType);
-
   if (!serverValid && serviceMode === 'Server') {
     resultDataToShow = serverLaunchTip(notReadyMessage);
   } else if (loading) {
@@ -122,11 +118,11 @@ export const PlaygroundResultView: React.FC<PlaygroundResultProps> = ({
       resultDataToShow = errorNode;
     }
   } else if (
-    shouldPrioritizeResult &&
+    showOutputAlongsideReport &&
     result?.result !== undefined &&
     replayScriptsInfo
   ) {
-    // For data extraction APIs: show both result output and replay/report
+    // Show both the API return value and the replay/report.
     const resultOutput =
       typeof result?.result === 'string' ? (
         <pre>{result?.result}</pre>
@@ -188,11 +184,11 @@ export const PlaygroundResultView: React.FC<PlaygroundResultProps> = ({
       />
     );
   } else if (
-    shouldPrioritizeResult &&
+    showOutputAlongsideReport &&
     result?.result !== undefined &&
     (result?.reportHTML || result?.report)
   ) {
-    // For data extraction APIs: show both result output and reportHTML
+    // Show both the API return value and the report.
     const resultOutput =
       typeof result?.result === 'string' ? (
         <pre>{result?.result}</pre>
@@ -227,8 +223,8 @@ export const PlaygroundResultView: React.FC<PlaygroundResultProps> = ({
         </div>
       </div>
     );
-  } else if (shouldPrioritizeResult && result?.result !== undefined) {
-    // For data extraction APIs without reportHTML: show result output only
+  } else if (showOutputAlongsideReport && result?.result !== undefined) {
+    // Without a report, show the API return value on its own.
     resultDataToShow =
       typeof result?.result === 'string' ? (
         <pre>{result?.result}</pre>
diff --git a/packages/visualizer/src/component/universal-playground/index.tsx b/packages/visualizer/src/component/universal-playground/index.tsx
index 3eca272f97..37f39dbea6 100644
--- a/packages/visualizer/src/component/universal-playground/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/visualizer/src/component/universal-playground/index.tsx
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import {
   createStorageProvider,
   detectBestStorageType,
 } from './providers/storage-provider';
+import { shouldShowOutputAlongsideReport } from './result-display';
 
 const handledExternalRunRequestIds = new Set<string>();
 const MAX_HANDLED_EXTERNAL_RUN_REQUEST_IDS = 100;
@@ -780,7 +781,9 @@ export function UniversalPlayground({
                                       }
                                       verticalMode={item.verticalMode || false}
                                       fitMode="width"
-                                      actionType={item.actionType}
+                                      showOutputAlongsideReport={shouldShowOutputAlongsideReport(
+                                        item.actionType,
+                                      )}
                                       onDownloadReport={
                                         componentConfig.onDownloadReport
                                       }
diff --git a/packages/visualizer/src/component/universal-playground/result-display.ts b/packages/visualizer/src/component/universal-playground/result-display.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a97f4211f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/visualizer/src/component/universal-playground/result-display.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { dataExtractionAPIs, validationAPIs } from '@midscene/playground';
+
+const outputAndReportAPIs = [...dataExtractionAPIs, ...validationAPIs, 'aiAct'];
+
+export function shouldShowOutputAlongsideReport(actionType?: string): boolean {
+  return actionType !== undefined && outputAndReportAPIs.includes(actionType);
+}
diff --git a/packages/visualizer/src/hooks/usePlaygroundExecution.ts b/packages/visualizer/src/hooks/usePlaygroundExecution.ts
index 7c283ce717..d1b10b70d8 100644
--- a/packages/visualizer/src/hooks/usePlaygroundExecution.ts
+++ b/packages/visualizer/src/hooks/usePlaygroundExecution.ts
@@ -413,8 +413,8 @@ export function usePlaygroundExecution(options: UsePlaygroundExecutionOptions) {
       let replayInfo = null;
       let counter = replayCounter;
 
-      // Generate replay info for all APIs (including noReplayAPIs)
-      // This allows noReplayAPIs to display both output and report
+      // Generate replay info for all APIs so eligible APIs can display their
+      // return value alongside the report.
       const info = replayInfoFromExecutionResult(result, deviceType);
       if (info) {
         setReplayCounter((c) => c + 1);
diff --git a/packages/visualizer/tests/playground-result.test.ts b/packages/visualizer/tests/playground-result.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9671b5361b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/visualizer/tests/playground-result.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, rs } from '@rstest/core';
+import React, { type ComponentProps, createElement } from 'react';
+import { renderToStaticMarkup } from 'react-dom/server';
+
+rs.stubGlobal('React', React);
+
+rs.mock('../src/component/player', () => ({
+  Player: () => 'REPORT_PLAYER',
+}));
+
+rs.mock('../src/component/misc', () => ({
+  emptyResultTip: 'EMPTY_RESULT',
+  serverLaunchTip: () => 'SERVER_NOT_READY',
+}));
+
+import { PlaygroundResultView } from '../src/component/playground-result';
+
+type ResultProps = ComponentProps<typeof PlaygroundResultView>;
+
+const output = 'This list page contains 16 articles';
+const reportCases: Array<{
+  name: string;
+  props: Pick<ResultProps, 'result' | 'replayScriptsInfo'>;
+}> = [
+  {
+    name: 'replay',
+    props: {
+      result: { result: output, error: null },
+      replayScriptsInfo: { scripts: [], modelBriefs: [] },
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'inline report',
+    props: {
+      result: { result: output, error: null, reportHTML: '<html></html>' },
+      replayScriptsInfo: null,
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'report reference',
+    props: {
+      result: {
+        result: output,
+        error: null,
+        report: { id: 'report-1', url: '/report.html', bytes: 100 },
+      },
+      replayScriptsInfo: null,
+    },
+  },
+];
+
+function renderResult(overrides: Partial<ResultProps>) {
+  return renderToStaticMarkup(
+    createElement(PlaygroundResultView, {
+      result: { result: output, error: null },
+      loading: false,
+      serverValid: true,
+      serviceMode: 'In-Browser',
+      replayScriptsInfo: null,
+      replayCounter: 0,
+      loadingProgressText: '',
+      ...overrides,
+    }),
+  );
+}
+
+describe('PlaygroundResultView', () => {
+  it.each(reportCases)(
+    'shows output before $name when enabled',
+    ({ props }) => {
+      const html = renderResult({ ...props, showOutputAlongsideReport: true });
+
+      expect(html).toContain('Output:');
+      expect(html).toContain(output);
+      expect(html).toContain('Report:');
+      expect(html).toContain('REPORT_PLAYER');
+      expect(html.indexOf(output)).toBeLessThan(html.indexOf('Report:'));
+      expect(html.indexOf('Report:')).toBeLessThan(
+        html.indexOf('REPORT_PLAYER'),
+      );
+    },
+  );
+
+  it.each(reportCases)('shows only $name by default', ({ props }) => {
+    const html = renderResult(props);
+
+    expect(html).not.toContain('Output:');
+    expect(html).not.toContain(output);
+    expect(html).toContain('REPORT_PLAYER');
+  });
+
+  it.each([undefined, false, true])(
+    'shows output without a report when the display option is %s',
+    (showOutputAlongsideReport) => {
+      const html = renderResult({ showOutputAlongsideReport });
+
+      expect(html).toContain(output);
+      expect(html).not.toContain('REPORT_PLAYER');
+    },
+  );
+
+  it('keeps errors ahead of reports even when output is enabled', () => {
+    const html = renderResult({
+      ...reportCases[0].props,
+      result: { result: output, error: 'Execution failed' },
+      showOutputAlongsideReport: true,
+    });
+
+    expect(html).toContain('Execution failed');
+    expect(html).not.toContain(output);
+    expect(html).toContain('REPORT_PLAYER');
+    expect(html.indexOf('Execution failed')).toBeLessThan(
+      html.indexOf('REPORT_PLAYER'),
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/visualizer/tests/universal-playground-result.test.ts b/packages/visualizer/tests/universal-playground-result.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..784925a1eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/visualizer/tests/universal-playground-result.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, rs } from '@rstest/core';
+import React, { createElement } from 'react';
+import { renderToStaticMarkup } from 'react-dom/server';
+import type { InfoListItem } from '../src/types';
+
+rs.stubGlobal('React', React);
+
+const { getInfoList } = rs.hoisted(() => ({
+  getInfoList: rs.fn<() => InfoListItem[]>(),
+}));
+
+// Keep the real Universal -> display policy -> result view path. Only stub
+// state/execution hooks and unrelated UI; API classifications are not mocked.
+rs.mock('../src/hooks/usePlaygroundState', () => ({
+  usePlaygroundState: () => ({
+    infoList: getInfoList(),
+    loading: false,
+    actionSpace: [],
+    actionSpaceLoading: false,
+    infoListRef: { current: null },
+  }),
+}));
+
+rs.mock('../src/hooks/usePlaygroundExecution', () => ({
+  usePlaygroundExecution: () => ({ canStop: false }),
+}));
+
+rs.mock('../src/store/store', () => ({
+  useEnvConfig: () => ({ config: {} }),
+}));
+
+rs.mock('../src/utils', () => ({ notifyError: rs.fn() }));
+rs.mock('../src/icons/avatar.svg', () => ({ default: () => null }));
+rs.mock('../src/component/prompt-input', () => ({ PromptInput: () => null }));
+rs.mock('../src/component/context-preview', () => ({
+  ContextPreview: () => null,
+}));
+rs.mock('../src/component/env-config-reminder', () => ({
+  EnvConfigReminder: () => null,
+}));
+rs.mock('../src/component/player', () => ({ Player: () => 'REPORT_PLAYER' }));
+rs.mock('../src/component/misc', () => ({
+  emptyResultTip: 'EMPTY_RESULT',
+  serverLaunchTip: () => 'SERVER_NOT_READY',
+}));
+
+import { UniversalPlayground } from '../src/component/universal-playground';
+
+describe('UniversalPlayground result display policy', () => {
+  it.each([
+    { actionType: 'aiAct', showOutput: true },
+    { actionType: 'aiQuery', showOutput: true },
+    { actionType: 'aiBoolean', showOutput: true },
+    { actionType: 'aiNumber', showOutput: true },
+    { actionType: 'aiString', showOutput: true },
+    { actionType: 'aiAsk', showOutput: true },
+    { actionType: 'aiAssert', showOutput: true },
+    { actionType: 'aiWaitFor', showOutput: true },
+    { actionType: 'aiTap', showOutput: false },
+    { actionType: 'aiHover', showOutput: false },
+    { actionType: undefined, showOutput: false },
+  ])(
+    'selects output visibility for $actionType',
+    ({ actionType, showOutput }) => {
+      getInfoList.mockReturnValue([
+        {
+          id: 'result-1',
+          type: 'result',
+          content: '',
+          timestamp: new Date('2026-09-03T00:00:00Z'),
+          actionType,
+          result: {
+            result: 'API_RETURN_VALUE',
+            reportHTML: '<html></html>',
+            error: null,
+          },
+        },
+      ]);
+
+      const html = renderToStaticMarkup(
+        createElement(UniversalPlayground, {
+          playgroundSDK: null,
+          showContextPreview: false,
+          config: {
+            persistMessages: false,
+            hidePromptInput: true,
+            showSystemMessageHeader: false,
+            showClearButton: false,
+          },
+        }),
+      );
+
+      expect(html).toContain('REPORT_PLAYER');
+      expect(html.includes('API_RETURN_VALUE')).toBe(showOutput);
+      expect(html.includes('Output:')).toBe(showOutput);
+      if (showOutput) {
+        expect(html.indexOf('API_RETURN_VALUE')).toBeLessThan(
+          html.indexOf('REPORT_PLAYER'),
+        );
+      }
+    },
+  );
+});