diff --git a/build.mjs b/build.mjs
index 99aaaf8..0262d70 100644
--- a/build.mjs
+++ b/build.mjs
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const libraryEntries = [
   { in: "src/services/session.ts", out: "dist/services/session.js" },
   { in: "src/services/tags.ts", out: "dist/services/tags.js" },
   { in: "src/services/resultMerge.ts", out: "dist/services/resultMerge.js" },
+  { in: "src/services/transcript.ts", out: "dist/services/transcript.js" },
 ];
 
 await Promise.all(
diff --git a/src/services/signals.ts b/src/services/signals.ts
index 1d8529c..38ac6d5 100644
--- a/src/services/signals.ts
+++ b/src/services/signals.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ export function groupEntriesIntoTurns(entries: TranscriptEntry[]): Turn[] {
     } else if (entry.role === "assistant") {
       currentTurn.assistantEntries.push(entry);
       currentTurn.allEntries.push(entry);
+    } else if (entry.role === "tool") {
+      // Tool calls/results ride along with the turn's captured content but
+      // aren't scanned for signal keywords — bounded tool output is noisy
+      // and shouldn't itself trigger a capture.
+      currentTurn.allEntries.push(entry);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/services/transcript.ts b/src/services/transcript.ts
index 6a922cd..e006310 100644
--- a/src/services/transcript.ts
+++ b/src/services/transcript.ts
@@ -65,13 +65,51 @@ function searchDirForSession(dir: string, sessionId: string): string | null {
   return null;
 }
 
+const MAX_TOOL_TEXT_LENGTH = 500;
+
+/** How many transcript lines apart a repeated (role, content) pair may be
+ * before it's treated as a distinct entry rather than the same turn logged
+ * twice — Codex rollout files can carry both the legacy `event_msg` shape
+ * and the current `response_item` shape for the same message. */
+const DUPLICATE_LINE_WINDOW = 5;
+
+interface ContentBlock {
+  type?: string;
+  text?: string;
+}
+
+function extractTextBlocks(content: unknown, blockTypes: string[]): string {
+  if (typeof content === "string") return content;
+  if (!Array.isArray(content)) return "";
+  return (content as ContentBlock[])
+    .filter(
+      (block): block is ContentBlock =>
+        !!block && blockTypes.includes(block.type ?? "") && typeof block.text === "string",
+    )
+    .map((block) => block.text as string)
+    .join("\n");
+}
+
+function truncateForCapture(text: string, maxLength = MAX_TOOL_TEXT_LENGTH): string {
+  if (text.length <= maxLength) return text;
+  return `${text.slice(0, maxLength)}… [truncated, ${text.length - maxLength} more chars]`;
+}
+
 /**
  * Parse a Codex JSONL transcript file into TranscriptEntry[].
  *
  * Codex transcript format:
- * - User messages: { type: "event_msg", payload: { type: "user_message", message: "..." } }
- * - Assistant text: { type: "event_msg", payload: { type: "assistant_output_text", text: "..." } }
- * - Also check response_item for assistant messages
+ * - Legacy user messages: { type: "event_msg", payload: { type: "user_message", message: "..." } }
+ * - Legacy assistant text: { type: "event_msg", payload: { type: "assistant_output_text", text: "..." } }
+ * - response_item messages: { type: "response_item", payload: { type: "message", role: "user" | "assistant", content: [...] } }
+ *   - user content blocks use `type: "input_text"`
+ *   - assistant content blocks use `type: "output_text"` or `type: "text"`
+ * - response_item tool calls: { type: "response_item", payload: { type: "function_call", name, arguments, call_id } }
+ * - response_item tool results: { type: "response_item", payload: { type: "function_call_output", call_id, output } }
+ *
+ * The same turn is sometimes present in both the legacy and current shapes
+ * within one file; entries are deduped when an identical (role, content)
+ * pair recurs within a small line window.
  */
 export function parseTranscript(transcriptPath: string): TranscriptEntry[] {
   const entries: TranscriptEntry[] = [];
@@ -80,6 +118,18 @@ export function parseTranscript(transcriptPath: string): TranscriptEntry[] {
     return entries;
   }
 
+  function pushEntry(index: number, role: string, rawContent: string): void {
+    const cleaned = cleanContent(stripPrivateContent(rawContent));
+    if (!cleaned) return;
+
+    for (let j = entries.length - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
+      if (index - entries[j].index > DUPLICATE_LINE_WINDOW) break;
+      if (entries[j].role === role && entries[j].content === cleaned) return;
+    }
+
+    entries.push({ index, role, content: cleaned });
+  }
+
   try {
     const raw = readFileSync(transcriptPath, "utf-8");
     const lines = raw.split("\n");
@@ -97,6 +147,10 @@ export function parseTranscript(transcriptPath: string): TranscriptEntry[] {
             text?: string;
             role?: string;
             content?: unknown;
+            name?: string;
+            arguments?: string;
+            call_id?: string;
+            output?: unknown;
           };
         };
 
@@ -106,55 +160,33 @@ export function parseTranscript(transcriptPath: string): TranscriptEntry[] {
 
           // User message
           if (payload.type === "user_message" && payload.message) {
-            const cleaned = cleanContent(stripPrivateContent(payload.message));
-            if (cleaned && cleaned.length > 0) {
-              entries.push({
-                index: i,
-                role: "user",
-                content: cleaned,
-              });
-            }
+            pushEntry(i, "user", payload.message);
           }
 
           // Assistant output text
           if (payload.type === "assistant_output_text" && payload.text) {
-            const cleaned = cleanContent(stripPrivateContent(payload.text));
-            if (cleaned && cleaned.length > 0) {
-              entries.push({
-                index: i,
-                role: "assistant",
-                content: cleaned,
-              });
-            }
+            pushEntry(i, "assistant", payload.text);
           }
         }
 
-        // Handle response_item entries (assistant responses)
+        // Handle response_item entries
         if (parsed.type === "response_item" && parsed.payload) {
           const payload = parsed.payload;
-          if (payload.role === "assistant" && payload.content) {
-            const content = payload.content;
-            let text = "";
-
-            if (typeof content === "string") {
-              text = content;
-            } else if (Array.isArray(content)) {
-              // Extract text from content blocks
-              for (const block of content as Array<{ type?: string; text?: string }>) {
-                if (block.type === "output_text" && block.text) {
-                  text += block.text + "\n";
-                }
-              }
-            }
-
-            const cleaned = cleanContent(stripPrivateContent(text));
-            if (cleaned && cleaned.length > 0) {
-              entries.push({
-                index: i,
-                role: "assistant",
-                content: cleaned,
-              });
-            }
+
+          if (payload.role === "user" && payload.content) {
+            pushEntry(i, "user", extractTextBlocks(payload.content, ["input_text"]));
+          } else if (payload.role === "assistant" && payload.content) {
+            pushEntry(i, "assistant", extractTextBlocks(payload.content, ["output_text", "text"]));
+          } else if (payload.type === "function_call") {
+            const name = payload.name || "unknown_tool";
+            const args = truncateForCapture(payload.arguments ?? "");
+            pushEntry(i, "tool", `[tool_call] ${name}(${args})`);
+          } else if (payload.type === "function_call_output") {
+            const output =
+              typeof payload.output === "string"
+                ? payload.output
+                : JSON.stringify(payload.output ?? "");
+            pushEntry(i, "tool", `[tool_result] ${truncateForCapture(output)}`);
           }
         }
       } catch {
diff --git a/test/unit.mjs b/test/unit.mjs
index 0e30a5f..cc720b0 100644
--- a/test/unit.mjs
+++ b/test/unit.mjs
@@ -246,6 +246,153 @@ describe("cross-container result merging", () => {
   });
 });
 
+// ─── transcript parsing ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("Codex transcript parsing", () => {
+  const transcriptModule = new URL("../dist/services/transcript.js", import.meta.url).href;
+
+  function parseFixture(t, lines) {
+    const tmpDir = makeTmpDir();
+    t.after(() => rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true }));
+    const transcriptFile = join(tmpDir, "rollout.jsonl");
+    writeFileSync(transcriptFile, lines.map((l) => JSON.stringify(l)).join("\n"));
+
+    const script = `
+      import { parseTranscript } from ${JSON.stringify(transcriptModule)};
+      console.log(JSON.stringify(parseTranscript(process.argv[1])));
+    `;
+    const result = spawnSync("node", ["--input-type=module", "-e", script, transcriptFile], {
+      encoding: "utf-8",
+    });
+    assert.equal(result.status, 0, result.stderr);
+    return JSON.parse(result.stdout);
+  }
+
+  test("extracts response_item user messages from input_text blocks", (t) => {
+    const entries = parseFixture(t, [
+      {
+        type: "response_item",
+        payload: {
+          type: "message",
+          role: "user",
+          content: [{ type: "input_text", text: "Please use pnpm, not npm." }],
+        },
+      },
+    ]);
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      entries.map((e) => [e.role, e.content]),
+      [["user", "Please use pnpm, not npm."]],
+    );
+  });
+
+  test("extracts response_item assistant messages from output_text and text blocks", (t) => {
+    const entries = parseFixture(t, [
+      {
+        type: "response_item",
+        payload: {
+          type: "message",
+          role: "assistant",
+          content: [
+            { type: "output_text", text: "Got it," },
+            { type: "text", text: "switching to pnpm." },
+          ],
+        },
+      },
+    ]);
+    assert.deepEqual(entries.map((e) => e.role), ["assistant"]);
+    assert.equal(entries[0].content, "Got it,\nswitching to pnpm.");
+  });
+
+  test("captures function_call and function_call_output as bounded tool entries", (t) => {
+    const entries = parseFixture(t, [
+      {
+        type: "response_item",
+        payload: {
+          type: "function_call",
+          call_id: "call_1",
+          name: "run_command",
+          arguments: JSON.stringify({ cmd: "pnpm install" }),
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        type: "response_item",
+        payload: {
+          type: "function_call_output",
+          call_id: "call_1",
+          output: "a".repeat(1000),
+        },
+      },
+    ]);
+    assert.equal(entries.length, 2);
+    assert.equal(entries[0].role, "tool");
+    assert.ok(entries[0].content.startsWith("[tool_call] run_command("));
+    assert.ok(entries[0].content.includes("pnpm install"));
+    assert.equal(entries[1].role, "tool");
+    assert.ok(entries[1].content.startsWith("[tool_result] "));
+    // Bounded: the 1000-char output must not appear in full.
+    assert.ok(entries[1].content.length < 1000);
+    assert.ok(entries[1].content.includes("truncated"));
+  });
+
+  test("does not double-capture a turn logged as both event_msg and response_item", (t) => {
+    const entries = parseFixture(t, [
+      { type: "event_msg", payload: { type: "user_message", message: "What is 2+2?" } },
+      {
+        type: "response_item",
+        payload: {
+          type: "message",
+          role: "user",
+          content: [{ type: "input_text", text: "What is 2+2?" }],
+        },
+      },
+      { type: "event_msg", payload: { type: "assistant_output_text", text: "4" } },
+      {
+        type: "response_item",
+        payload: {
+          type: "message",
+          role: "assistant",
+          content: [{ type: "output_text", text: "4" }],
+        },
+      },
+    ]);
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      entries.map((e) => [e.role, e.content]),
+      [
+        ["user", "What is 2+2?"],
+        ["assistant", "4"],
+      ],
+    );
+  });
+
+  test("still parses legacy event_msg-only transcripts unchanged (regression guard)", (t) => {
+    const entries = parseFixture(t, [
+      { type: "event_msg", payload: { type: "user_message", message: "What is 2+2?" } },
+      { type: "event_msg", payload: { type: "assistant_output_text", text: "4" } },
+    ]);
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      entries.map((e) => [e.role, e.content]),
+      [
+        ["user", "What is 2+2?"],
+        ["assistant", "4"],
+      ],
+    );
+  });
+
+  test("an identical message repeated far apart is kept as two entries", (t) => {
+    const filler = Array.from({ length: 10 }, (_, idx) => ({
+      type: "event_msg",
+      payload: { type: "assistant_output_text", text: `filler ${idx}` },
+    }));
+    const entries = parseFixture(t, [
+      { type: "event_msg", payload: { type: "user_message", message: "retry" } },
+      ...filler,
+      { type: "event_msg", payload: { type: "user_message", message: "retry" } },
+    ]);
+    const retries = entries.filter((e) => e.content === "retry");
+    assert.equal(retries.length, 2);
+  });
+});
+
 // ─── session ids ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 describe("session ids", () => {