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diff --git a/firefly_cli/output.py b/firefly_cli/output.py
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+# Copyright (C) 2026 Danilo M. <danix@danix.xyz>  GPL-2.0-only
+import json
+import sys
+
+def unwrap(resp):
+    """Flatten Firefly's JSON:API envelope to plain id+attributes objects."""
+    def flat(item):
+        out = {"id": item.get("id")}
+        out.update(item.get("attributes", {}))
+        return out
+    data = resp.get("data", resp)
+    if isinstance(data, list):
+        return [flat(i) for i in data]
+    if isinstance(data, dict) and "attributes" in data:
+        return flat(data)
+    return data
+
+def emit(data, human=False, stream=None):
+    stream = stream or sys.stdout
+    if not human:
+        json.dump(data, stream, indent=2, default=str)
+        stream.write("\n")
+        return
+    rows = data if isinstance(data, list) else [data]
+    if not rows:
+        stream.write("(no results)\n")
+        return
+    cols = list(rows[0].keys())
+    widths = {c: max(len(c), *(len(str(r.get(c, ""))) for r in rows)) for c in cols}
+    stream.write("  ".join(c.ljust(widths[c]) for c in cols) + "\n")
+    for r in rows:
+        stream.write("  ".join(str(r.get(c, "")).ljust(widths[c]) for c in cols) + "\n")
+
+def emit_error(message, stream=None):
+    stream = stream or sys.stderr
+    json.dump({"error": message}, stream)
+    stream.write("\n")
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_output.py b/tests/unit/test_output.py
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+import io, json, unittest
+from contextlib import redirect_stdout
+from firefly_cli.output import unwrap, emit
+
+class TestOutput(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_unwrap_list_returns_clean_objects(self):
+        resp = {"data": [
+            {"id": "1", "type": "accounts", "attributes": {"name": "Checking"}},
+            {"id": "2", "type": "accounts", "attributes": {"name": "Savings"}},
+        ]}
+        self.assertEqual(unwrap(resp),
+            [{"id": "1", "name": "Checking"}, {"id": "2", "name": "Savings"}])
+
+    def test_unwrap_single_object(self):
+        resp = {"data": {"id": "5", "type": "accounts",
+                         "attributes": {"name": "Wallet"}}}
+        self.assertEqual(unwrap(resp), {"id": "5", "name": "Wallet"})
+
+    def test_emit_json_default(self):
+        buf = io.StringIO()
+        with redirect_stdout(buf):
+            emit([{"id": "1", "name": "x"}], human=False)
+        self.assertEqual(json.loads(buf.getvalue()), [{"id": "1", "name": "x"}])
+
+    def test_emit_human_table_contains_values(self):
+        buf = io.StringIO()
+        with redirect_stdout(buf):
+            emit([{"id": "1", "name": "Checking"}], human=True)
+        out = buf.getvalue()
+        self.assertIn("Checking", out)
+        self.assertIn("id", out)