diff --git a/scripts/u/cascade b/scripts/u/cascade
index ffe747f..30b0d74 100755
--- a/scripts/u/cascade
+++ b/scripts/u/cascade
@@ -125,29 +125,26 @@ if [ "$synthesize" -eq 0 ]; then
     printf '%s\n' "$results_json" | jq .
     [ "$failures" -gt 0 ] && exit 1
 else
-    # Render results as readable text for the planner prompt.
-    results_text=$(printf '%s\n' "$results_json" | jq -r '.[] | "--- \(.id) [STATUS: \(.status)] ---\n\(.output)\n"')
-
     synth_flags=(-backend "$PB" -model "$PM")
     if [ "$json_output" -eq 1 ]; then
         synth_flags+=(-json)
-        synth_prompt="Synthesize these worker results into a structured JSON response for the original task. Note: workers marked [STATUS: failed] did not complete successfully — include them in errors.
+        synth_prompt="Synthesize these worker results into a structured JSON response for the original task. Note: workers with status \"failed\" did not complete successfully — include them in errors.
 
 Output schema: {\"summary\": \"<one-line summary>\", \"answer\": \"<full synthesized answer>\", \"worker_results\": [{\"id\": \"<worker-id>\", \"status\": \"done|failed\", \"output\": \"<worker output>\"}], \"errors\": [\"<description of any failures>\"]}
 
 ORIGINAL TASK:
 $task
 
-WORKER RESULTS:
-$results_text"
+WORKER RESULTS (JSON):
+$results_json"
     else
-        synth_prompt="Synthesize these worker results into a final, coherent answer to the original task. Note: workers marked [STATUS: failed] did not complete successfully — account for this in your synthesis.
+        synth_prompt="Synthesize these worker results into a final, coherent answer to the original task. Note: workers with status \"failed\" did not complete successfully — account for this in your synthesis.
 
 ORIGINAL TASK:
 $task
 
-WORKER RESULTS:
-$results_text"
+WORKER RESULTS (JSON):
+$results_json"
     fi
     "$B" "${synth_flags[@]}" "$synth_prompt"
 fi