diff --git a/lib/roast/cogs/agent/providers/claude/tool_use.rb b/lib/roast/cogs/agent/providers/claude/tool_use.rb
index 024d6157..0d6404a5 100644
--- a/lib/roast/cogs/agent/providers/claude/tool_use.rb
+++ b/lib/roast/cogs/agent/providers/claude/tool_use.rb
@@ -141,6 +141,31 @@ def format_grep
               modifiers.empty? ? base : "#{base} (#{modifiers})"
             end
 
+            # Formats a Write tool-use line.
+            #
+            # Input fields:
+            #   :file_path (String) – absolute path to write   [required]
+            #   :content   (String) – full file contents       [required]
+            #
+            # Output: 'WRITE <file_path> "<preview>" (+<n> lines)', where
+            # <preview> is the first line of :content (stripped, truncated to
+            # TRUNCATE_LIMIT chars) and <n> is the total number of lines written
+            # (singular " line" when <n> is 1). The count is always shown.
+            #
+            # Examples:
+            #   WRITE /app/models/user.rb "class User < ApplicationRecord" (+10 lines)
+            #   WRITE /config/app.yml "enabled: true" (+1 line)
+            #
+            #: () -> String
+            def format_write
+              file_path, content = input.values_at(:file_path, :content)
+              lines = content.to_s.lines
+              preview = truncate(lines.first.to_s.strip)
+              count = lines.length
+              line_label = count == 1 ? "line" : "lines"
+              "WRITE #{file_path} \"#{preview}\" (+#{count} #{line_label})"
+            end
+
             #: () -> String
             def format_unknown
               "UNKNOWN [#{name}] #{input.inspect}"
diff --git a/test/roast/cogs/agent/providers/claude/tool_use_test.rb b/test/roast/cogs/agent/providers/claude/tool_use_test.rb
index 83bcf3d3..905ac5a6 100644
--- a/test/roast/cogs/agent/providers/claude/tool_use_test.rb
+++ b/test/roast/cogs/agent/providers/claude/tool_use_test.rb
@@ -165,6 +165,34 @@ class ToolUseTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
               assert_equal "GREP \"#{truncated}\" #{long}", output
             end
 
+            # format_write
+
+            test "format_write shows the preview and a singular count for one line" do
+              tool_use = ToolUse.new(name: :write, input: { file_path: "/a.rb", content: "hello" })
+
+              output = tool_use.format
+
+              assert_equal "WRITE /a.rb \"hello\" (+1 line)", output
+            end
+
+            test "format_write strips the preview and counts every line" do
+              tool_use = ToolUse.new(name: :write, input: { file_path: "/a.rb", content: "  def foo\n  bar\n  baz" })
+
+              output = tool_use.format
+
+              assert_equal "WRITE /a.rb \"def foo\" (+3 lines)", output
+            end
+
+            test "format_write truncates the preview" do
+              long = "a" * (ToolUse::TRUNCATE_LIMIT + 10)
+              truncated = "#{"a" * (ToolUse::TRUNCATE_LIMIT - 3)}..."
+              tool_use = ToolUse.new(name: :write, input: { file_path: "/a.rb", content: long })
+
+              output = tool_use.format
+
+              assert_equal "WRITE /a.rb \"#{truncated}\" (+1 line)", output
+            end
+
             test "format calls format_unknown for unknown tool" do
               tool_use = ToolUse.new(name: :unknown_tool, input: { arg: "value" })