diff --git a/.github/workflows/techapi-verify-comment.yml b/.github/workflows/techapi-verify-comment.yml
index 5a83006..b0ae422 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/techapi-verify-comment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/techapi-verify-comment.yml
@@ -54,10 +54,12 @@ jobs:
           {
             echo 'report<<VERIFY_EOF'
             echo "### Changed records in this PR"
-            python -m app.verify score --changed --no-cache || echo "(app.verify unavailable on this ref)"
+            echo ""
+            python -m app.verify score --changed --no-cache --format md || echo "_app.verify unavailable on this ref._"
             echo ""
             echo "### Full-dataset baseline"
-            python -m app.verify score --no-cache || true
+            echo ""
+            python -m app.verify score --no-cache --format md || true
             echo VERIFY_EOF
           } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
@@ -80,9 +82,7 @@ jobs:
               '',
               `Requested by @${by} via \`/verify\` · scored by \`app.verify\`, posted by **TechEngineBot**. Informational only — the structural gate (\`app.validate\`) is separate.`,
               '',
-              '```text',
               report,
-              '```',
             ].join('\n');
             const owner = 'GetTechAPI';
             const repo = 'TechAPI';
diff --git a/.github/workflows/weekly-refresh.yml b/.github/workflows/weekly-refresh.yml
index 613a3bb..6598682 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/weekly-refresh.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/weekly-refresh.yml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Verification band report (Tier 0)
         run: |
           cd techapi
-          python -m app.verify score --no-cache > ../verify-report.txt 2>&1 || true
+          python -m app.verify score --no-cache --format md > ../verify-report.md 2>&1 || true
 
       # --- 3. Static dump → site/public (what the Astro site fetches at runtime) ---
       - name: Generate static dump
@@ -127,9 +127,7 @@ jobs:
             echo
             echo "## Verification (Tier 0 existence/trust)"
             echo
-            echo '```text'
-            cat verify-report.txt 2>/dev/null || echo "(verifier unavailable)"
-            echo '```'
+            cat verify-report.md 2>/dev/null || echo "_verifier unavailable._"
             echo
             echo "## Enrichment summaries"
             for f in enrich-*.md; do