diff --git a/crates/ethos-cli/src/cmd/verify.rs b/crates/ethos-cli/src/cmd/verify.rs
index 3c55619..d24f70c 100644
--- a/crates/ethos-cli/src/cmd/verify.rs
+++ b/crates/ethos-cli/src/cmd/verify.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ use ethos_core::error::EthosError;
 use ethos_core::fingerprint::{is_fingerprint_form, source_fingerprint};
 use ethos_core::geom::QRect;
 use ethos_core::grounding::{
-    Capabilities, GroundingElement, GroundingSource, GroundingSpan, GroundingTable, PageGeometry,
-    ParserIdentity,
+    Capabilities, CoordinateOrigin, GroundingElement, GroundingSource, GroundingSpan,
+    GroundingTable, PageGeometry, ParserIdentity,
 };
 use ethos_core::model::Document;
 use ethos_core::verify_types::{
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ fn verification_report_summary_bytes(report: &VerificationReport) -> Result<Vec<
     let mut out = String::new();
     out.push_str("ethos verify summary\n");
     out.push_str(&format!("schema_version: {}\n", report.schema_version));
+    out.push_str(&format!(
+        "verification_config_sha256: {}\n",
+        report.verification_config_sha256
+    ));
     out.push_str(&format!(
         "all_evidence_grounded: {}\n",
         report.all_evidence_grounded
@@ -154,6 +158,10 @@ fn verification_report_summary_bytes(report: &VerificationReport) -> Result<Vec<
     if let Some(adapter_version) = report.grounding.parser.adapter_version.as_deref() {
         out.push_str(&format!("grounding_adapter_version: {adapter_version}\n"));
     }
+    out.push_str(&format!(
+        "grounding_capabilities: {}\n",
+        grounding_capabilities_label(report.grounding.capabilities)
+    ));
     out.push_str(&format!("checks_total: {}\n", report.checks.len()));
     for status in [
         CheckStatus::Grounded,
@@ -259,6 +267,26 @@ fn capability_limit_label(limit: CapabilityLimit) -> &'static str {
     }
 }
 
+fn grounding_capabilities_label(capabilities: Capabilities) -> String {
+    format!(
+        "spans={},char_offsets={},tables={},fingerprint={},coordinate_origin={},crop_support={}",
+        capabilities.spans,
+        capabilities.char_offsets,
+        capabilities.tables,
+        capabilities.fingerprint,
+        coordinate_origin_label(capabilities.coordinate_origin),
+        capabilities.crop_support
+    )
+}
+
+fn coordinate_origin_label(origin: CoordinateOrigin) -> &'static str {
+    match origin {
+        CoordinateOrigin::TopLeft => "top-left",
+        CoordinateOrigin::BottomLeft => "bottom-left",
+        CoordinateOrigin::Unknown => "unknown",
+    }
+}
+
 fn claim_kind_label(kind: ClaimKind) -> &'static str {
     match kind {
         ClaimKind::Quote => "quote",
diff --git a/crates/ethos-cli/tests/verify.rs b/crates/ethos-cli/tests/verify.rs
index 375f2f5..6cd7fd7 100644
--- a/crates/ethos-cli/tests/verify.rs
+++ b/crates/ethos-cli/tests/verify.rs
@@ -337,7 +337,13 @@ fn summary_format_reports_reason_before_fail_on_ungrounded_exit() {
     );
     let summary = String::from_utf8(output.stdout).expect("summary output is UTF-8");
     assert!(summary.contains("ethos verify summary\n"));
+    assert!(summary.contains(
+        "verification_config_sha256: 4bb224166a04a25fed2dd3ecdb9638ddcc5b398658532b73f1c0547e4983d0b0\n"
+    ));
     assert!(summary.contains("all_evidence_grounded: false\n"));
+    assert!(summary.contains(
+        "grounding_capabilities: spans=false,char_offsets=false,tables=false,fingerprint=false,coordinate_origin=unknown,crop_support=false\n"
+    ));
     assert!(summary.contains("checks_capability_blocked: 1\n"));
     assert!(summary.contains("capability_limits: missing_fingerprint,missing_spans,missing_char_offsets,missing_tables,unknown_coordinate_origin\n"));
     assert!(summary.contains("- v0001 status=capability_blocked reason=missing_table_capability kind=table_cell locator=table_id:odl-t1;cell:1,1 match_method=none\n"));
@@ -362,7 +368,13 @@ fn summary_format_reports_no_non_grounded_checks_for_grounded_input() {
     assert_eq!(output.status.code(), Some(0));
     assert_eq!(output.stderr, b"");
     let summary = String::from_utf8(output.stdout).expect("summary output is UTF-8");
+    assert!(summary.contains(
+        "verification_config_sha256: 4bb224166a04a25fed2dd3ecdb9638ddcc5b398658532b73f1c0547e4983d0b0\n"
+    ));
     assert!(summary.contains("all_evidence_grounded: true\n"));
+    assert!(summary.contains(
+        "grounding_capabilities: spans=true,char_offsets=true,tables=true,fingerprint=true,coordinate_origin=top-left,crop_support=false\n"
+    ));
     assert!(summary.contains("checks_grounded: 3\n"));
     assert!(summary.contains("capability_limits: none\n"));
     assert!(summary.contains("warnings: none\n"));
diff --git a/docs/demos/verify-alpha.md b/docs/demos/verify-alpha.md
index 4701ef1..b688a61 100644
--- a/docs/demos/verify-alpha.md
+++ b/docs/demos/verify-alpha.md
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ Golden report:
 examples/verify/goldens/native_grounded_report.json
 ```
 
+For terminal review, `--format summary` emits a compact text view with the verification config
+hash, declared grounding capabilities, check counts, warnings, and non-grounded check reasons.
+The JSON report remains the canonical artifact.
+
 ## Native Ethos Ungrounded Citations
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/examples/verify/README.md b/examples/verify/README.md
index 34e3a6d..2db496a 100644
--- a/examples/verify/README.md
+++ b/examples/verify/README.md
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ ethos verify schemas/examples/document.example.json \
   --format summary
 ```
 
+The summary includes the verification config hash, declared grounding capabilities, check counts,
+report warnings, and non-grounded check reasons.
+
 ## Native Ethos Ungrounded Citations
 
 ```bash