diff --git a/src/__tests__/alexandria-beta.test.ts b/src/__tests__/alexandria-beta.test.ts
index 3cc1456ea0..e84e17d4de 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/alexandria-beta.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/alexandria-beta.test.ts
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ it('preserves scoped next requests, pagination and discovery receipts', async ()
     output,
   ]);
   expect(result.code).toBe(0);
+  expect(result.stderr).not.toMatch(/Request ID:|Scrape ID:|Credits:/);
   expect(requests[0].body.alexandria).toEqual([next]);
   const parsed = JSON.parse(readFileSync(output, 'utf8'));
   const page = parsed.data.alexandria[0].data;
diff --git a/src/commands/alexandria.ts b/src/commands/alexandria.ts
index 77f57caa96..0ca1a11a71 100644
--- a/src/commands/alexandria.ts
+++ b/src/commands/alexandria.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export type AlexandriaOptions = {
   output?: string;
   json?: boolean;
   pretty?: boolean;
+  showReceipt?: boolean;
 };
 
 export function requireAlexandriaKey(apiKey?: string): void {
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ export async function requestAlexandria(
     throw new Error('Invalid --request-id.');
   requireAlexandriaKey(options.apiKey);
   // Print before execution so even an interrupted request can reuse its identity.
-  console.error(`Request ID: ${requestId}`);
+  if (options.showReceipt !== false) console.error(`Request ID: ${requestId}`);
   let envelope: Record<string, any>;
   try {
     const app = getClient({ apiKey: options.apiKey, apiUrl: options.apiUrl });
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ export async function requestAlexandria(
     envelope = apiFailure(error);
   }
   const receipt = receiptFor(envelope, 'scrape', requestId);
-  printReceipt(receipt, false);
+  if (options.showReceipt !== false) printReceipt(receipt, false);
   printRetry(envelope);
   return { ...envelope, requestId, receipt };
 }
diff --git a/src/commands/list.ts b/src/commands/list.ts
index 4f095a81f1..97ee1bfaec 100644
--- a/src/commands/list.ts
+++ b/src/commands/list.ts
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ export async function handleList(
             options: selectors,
           },
         ],
-        options
+        { ...options, showReceipt: false }
       );
       receipts.push({
         requestId: envelope.requestId,