diff --git a/crates/localllm-cli/src/main.rs b/crates/localllm-cli/src/main.rs
index a8cec6e..ab8772e 100644
--- a/crates/localllm-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/localllm-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -445,8 +445,84 @@ fn render_execution_preview(cli: &Cli) -> String {
     }
 }
 
-fn render_backend_response(cli: &Cli, _status_code: u16, _body: &str) -> String {
-    format!("LIVE {}", render_command_summary(cli))
+fn render_backend_response(cli: &Cli, status_code: u16, body: &str) -> String {
+    let preview = backend_response_preview(cli, status_code, body);
+
+    match (cli.format, preview) {
+        (OutputFormat::Text, BackendResponsePreview::SummaryOnly { command }) => {
+            format!("LIVE {}", command)
+        }
+        (
+            OutputFormat::Text,
+            BackendResponsePreview::Health {
+                status,
+                model_loaded,
+                model_id,
+                uptime_secs,
+            },
+        ) => format!(
+            "STATUS status={} model_loaded={} model_id={} uptime_secs={}",
+            status,
+            model_loaded,
+            model_id.unwrap_or_else(|| "none".to_owned()),
+            uptime_secs
+        ),
+        (OutputFormat::Text, BackendResponsePreview::Models { count, ids }) => {
+            format!("MODELS count={} ids={}", count, ids.join(","))
+        }
+        (
+            OutputFormat::Text,
+            BackendResponsePreview::Throughput {
+                model,
+                total_tokens,
+                tokens_per_second,
+            },
+        ) => format!(
+            "THROUGHPUT model={} total_tokens={} tokens_per_second={}",
+            model, total_tokens, tokens_per_second
+        ),
+        (OutputFormat::Json, BackendResponsePreview::SummaryOnly { command }) => {
+            format!(r#"{{"kind":"summary","command":"{}"}}"#, command)
+        }
+        (
+            OutputFormat::Json,
+            BackendResponsePreview::Health {
+                status,
+                model_loaded,
+                model_id,
+                uptime_secs,
+            },
+        ) => format!(
+            r#"{{"kind":"health","status":"{}","model_loaded":{},"model_id":{},"uptime_secs":{}}}"#,
+            status,
+            model_loaded,
+            render_json_optional_string(model_id.as_deref()),
+            uptime_secs
+        ),
+        (OutputFormat::Json, BackendResponsePreview::Models { count, ids }) => format!(
+            r#"{{"kind":"models","count":{},"ids":{}}}"#,
+            count,
+            serde_json::to_string(&ids).unwrap_or_else(|_| "[]".to_owned())
+        ),
+        (
+            OutputFormat::Json,
+            BackendResponsePreview::Throughput {
+                model,
+                total_tokens,
+                tokens_per_second,
+            },
+        ) => format!(
+            r#"{{"kind":"throughput","model":"{}","total_tokens":{},"tokens_per_second":{}}}"#,
+            model, total_tokens, tokens_per_second
+        ),
+    }
+}
+
+fn render_json_optional_string(value: Option<&str>) -> String {
+    match value {
+        Some(value) => format!(r#""{}""#, value),
+        None => "null".to_owned(),
+    }
 }
 
 fn render_json_body(body: Option<&str>) -> String {