diff --git a/core/templates/pages/command-routing.html b/core/templates/pages/command-routing.html
index f06d848..d397d1f 100644
--- a/core/templates/pages/command-routing.html
+++ b/core/templates/pages/command-routing.html
@@ -150,9 +150,11 @@
                     {% if variant.warn_verbatim_plan %}
                       <tr>
                         <td colspan="9">
-                          <article class="command-variant-warning">
-                            <strong>Warning:</strong> <strong>{{ variant.variant_label }}</strong> is in <code>verbatim</code> mode with plan fanout enabled.
-                            Recipients will get raw transcript-style output.
+                          <article class="message is-warning is-light">
+                            <div class="message-body is-size-7 has-text-dark">
+                              <strong>Warning:</strong> <strong>{{ variant.variant_label }}</strong> is in <code>verbatim</code> mode with plan fanout enabled.
+                              Recipients will get raw transcript-style output.
+                            </div>
                           </article>
                         </td>
                       </tr>
@@ -188,15 +190,17 @@
 
               <h4 class="title is-7" style="margin-top: 0.95rem;">Effective Destinations</h4>
               {% if profile.enabled_egress_bindings %}
-                <ul class="command-destination-list is-size-7">
+                <div class="content is-size-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.4rem;">
                   {% for row in profile.enabled_egress_bindings %}
-                    <li class="command-destination-item">
+                    <p style="margin-bottom: 0.3rem;">
                       <span class="tag is-link is-light is-rounded is-small">{{ row.service }}</span>
                       <code>{{ row.channel_identifier }}</code>
-                    </li>
+                    </p>
                   {% endfor %}
-                </ul>
-                <p class="command-destination-summary">{{ profile.enabled_egress_bindings|length }} enabled egress destination{{ profile.enabled_egress_bindings|length|pluralize }}.</p>
+                </div>
+                <article class="notification is-info is-light is-size-7" style="padding: 0.5rem 0.7rem;">
+                  {{ profile.enabled_egress_bindings|length }} enabled egress destination{{ profile.enabled_egress_bindings|length|pluralize }}.
+                </article>
               {% else %}
                 <article class="notification is-warning is-light is-size-7">No enabled egress destinations. Plan fanout will show sent:0.</article>
               {% endif %}
@@ -441,51 +445,5 @@
     .command-order-capsule-form + .command-order-capsule-form .command-order-btn {
       border-top: 1px solid #dbdbdb;
     }
-    .command-variant-warning {
-      border: 1px solid rgba(171, 109, 17, 0.45);
-      background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(255, 246, 226, 0.98), rgba(255, 238, 204, 0.95));
-      color: #6e450e;
-      border-radius: 8px;
-      padding: 0.48rem 0.62rem;
-      font-size: 0.78rem;
-      line-height: 1.35;
-    }
-    .command-variant-warning strong {
-      color: #3f2a09;
-    }
-    .command-variant-warning code {
-      color: #5b3a0c;
-      background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.55);
-    }
-    .command-destination-list {
-      list-style: none;
-      margin: 0;
-      padding: 0;
-      display: flex;
-      flex-direction: column;
-      gap: 0.28rem;
-    }
-    .command-destination-item {
-      display: inline-flex;
-      align-items: center;
-      gap: 0.42rem;
-      background: rgba(244, 248, 255, 0.85);
-      border: 1px solid rgba(58, 103, 165, 0.2);
-      border-radius: 7px;
-      padding: 0.26rem 0.38rem;
-      width: fit-content;
-      max-width: 100%;
-    }
-    .command-destination-summary {
-      margin-top: 0.44rem;
-      display: inline-flex;
-      align-items: center;
-      border-radius: 999px;
-      background: rgba(239, 247, 255, 0.95);
-      border: 1px solid rgba(58, 103, 165, 0.25);
-      padding: 0.16rem 0.52rem;
-      font-size: 0.73rem;
-      color: #284d7c;
-    }
   </style>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/core/templates/pages/tasks-detail.html b/core/templates/pages/tasks-detail.html
index 9b5297f..f913713 100644
--- a/core/templates/pages/tasks-detail.html
+++ b/core/templates/pages/tasks-detail.html
@@ -25,7 +25,19 @@
                 <div class="has-text-grey"><code>{{ row.actor_identifier }}</code></div>
               {% endif %}
             </td>
-            <td><code>{{ row.payload }}</code></td>
+            <td>
+              {% if row.payload_view.summary_items %}
+                <div class="tags" style="margin-bottom: 0.35rem;">
+                  {% for item in row.payload_view.summary_items %}
+                    <span class="tag task-ui-badge"><strong>{{ item.0 }}</strong>: {{ item.1 }}</span>
+                  {% endfor %}
+                </div>
+              {% endif %}
+              <details>
+                <summary class="is-size-7 has-text-link" style="cursor:pointer;">View payload JSON</summary>
+                <pre class="task-event-payload">{{ row.payload_view.pretty_text }}</pre>
+              </details>
+            </td>
           </tr>
         {% empty %}
           <tr><td colspan="4">No events.</td></tr>
@@ -47,4 +59,23 @@
     </table>
   </article>
 </div></section>
+<style>
+  .task-event-payload {
+    margin-top: 0.35rem;
+    padding: 0.6rem;
+    border-radius: 8px;
+    border: 1px solid rgba(127, 127, 127, 0.25);
+    background: rgba(245, 245, 245, 0.75);
+    color: #1f1f1f;
+    max-width: 72ch;
+    overflow: auto;
+    white-space: pre-wrap;
+    word-break: break-word;
+  }
+  [data-theme="dark"] .task-event-payload {
+    background: rgba(35, 35, 35, 0.75);
+    color: #f5f5f5;
+    border-color: rgba(200, 200, 200, 0.35);
+  }
+</style>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/core/tests/test_tasks_pages_management.py b/core/tests/test_tasks_pages_management.py
index 06703e0..13dc73d 100644
--- a/core/tests/test_tasks_pages_management.py
+++ b/core/tests/test_tasks_pages_management.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from core.models import (
     ChatSession,
     ChatTaskSource,
     DerivedTask,
+    DerivedTaskEvent,
     Message,
     Person,
     PersonIdentifier,
@@ -154,3 +155,38 @@ class TasksPagesManagementTests(TestCase):
         response = self.client.get(reverse("tasks_hub"))
         self.assertEqual(200, response.status_code)
         self.assertContains(response, "Scope Person")
+
+    def test_task_detail_renders_payload_summary_and_json(self):
+        project = TaskProject.objects.create(user=self.user, name="Payload Test")
+        session = ChatSession.objects.create(user=self.user, identifier=self.pid_signal)
+        origin = Message.objects.create(
+            user=self.user,
+            session=session,
+            ts=1_700_000_000_000,
+            text="origin",
+            sender_uuid="+15551230000",
+            custom_author="OTHER",
+            source_service="signal",
+            source_chat_id="+15551230000",
+        )
+        task = DerivedTask.objects.create(
+            user=self.user,
+            project=project,
+            title="Payload detail",
+            source_service="signal",
+            source_channel="+15551230000",
+            origin_message=origin,
+            reference_code="42",
+            status_snapshot="open",
+        )
+        DerivedTaskEvent.objects.create(
+            task=task,
+            event_type="reaction_captured",
+            payload={"source": "signal", "emoji": "❤️", "reason": "heart_reaction"},
+        )
+
+        response = self.client.get(reverse("tasks_task", kwargs={"task_id": str(task.id)}))
+        self.assertEqual(200, response.status_code)
+        self.assertContains(response, "View payload JSON")
+        self.assertContains(response, "<strong>source</strong>: signal", html=True)
+        self.assertContains(response, "&quot;emoji&quot;: &quot;❤️&quot;")
diff --git a/core/views/tasks.py b/core/views/tasks.py
index 0a337d0..989a654 100644
--- a/core/views/tasks.py
+++ b/core/views/tasks.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import json
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 
 from asgiref.sync import async_to_sync
@@ -174,6 +175,60 @@ def _service_label(service: str) -> str:
     return labels.get(key, key.title() if key else "Unknown")
 
 
+def _format_task_event_payload(raw_payload):
+    payload = raw_payload
+    if payload is None:
+        payload = {}
+    if isinstance(payload, str):
+        text = payload.strip()
+        if not text:
+            return {
+                "summary_items": [],
+                "pretty_text": "{}",
+                "is_mapping": False,
+            }
+        try:
+            parsed = json.loads(text)
+            payload = parsed
+        except Exception:
+            return {
+                "summary_items": [("text", text[:140])],
+                "pretty_text": text,
+                "is_mapping": False,
+            }
+
+    if isinstance(payload, dict):
+        summary = []
+        preferred = ("source", "reason", "reaction", "emoji", "presence", "last_seen_ts")
+        for key in preferred:
+            if key in payload:
+                summary.append((key, str(payload.get(key))))
+        if not summary:
+            for key in list(payload.keys())[:4]:
+                summary.append((str(key), str(payload.get(key))))
+        pretty = json.dumps(payload, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False, sort_keys=True)
+        return {
+            "summary_items": summary,
+            "pretty_text": pretty,
+            "is_mapping": True,
+        }
+
+    if isinstance(payload, (list, tuple)):
+        pretty = json.dumps(list(payload), indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
+        return {
+            "summary_items": [("items", str(len(payload)))],
+            "pretty_text": pretty,
+            "is_mapping": False,
+        }
+
+    text = str(payload)
+    return {
+        "summary_items": [("value", text[:140])],
+        "pretty_text": text,
+        "is_mapping": False,
+    }
+
+
 def _creator_label_for_message(user, service: str, message) -> str:
     msg = message
     if msg is None:
@@ -800,6 +855,7 @@ class TaskDetail(LoginRequiredMixin, View):
                 raw_actor = str(getattr(row, "actor_identifier", "") or "").strip()
                 if raw_actor:
                     row.actor_display = raw_actor
+            row.payload_view = _format_task_event_payload(getattr(row, "payload", None))
         task.creator_label = _creator_label_for_message(
             request.user,
             str(getattr(task, "source_service", "") or "").strip().lower(),