diff --git a/skills/hourlog/SKILL.md b/skills/hourlog/SKILL.md
index 69a2ec7..715a5e8 100644
--- a/skills/hourlog/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/hourlog/SKILL.md
@@ -43,20 +43,25 @@ missing step if not.
 python3 <skill-dir>/scripts/scan-activity.py --week last
 ```
 
-Reports one line per project per day: suggested hours, share of the day, active
-minutes, and the hour range they fell in. The unit is a 5-minute slot in which
-at least one message was written, deduplicated per project — so a 40-subagent
-swarm on one project counts once, and two projects worked in parallel each keep
-their own slots. Message counts would let one overnight autonomous run outweigh
-a real morning.
+Prints a table: one row per day, one column per project, hours in each cell.
+That table is the deliverable — show it as-is rather than restating it.
 
-Two things in the output need judgement, not arithmetic:
+The unit behind it is a 5-minute slot in which at least one message was
+written, deduplicated per project — so a 40-subagent swarm on one project
+counts once, and two projects worked in parallel each keep their own slots.
+Message counts would let one overnight autonomous run outweigh a real morning.
 
-- **`outside working hours` lines.** Activity at 02:00 is usually an unattended
-  run, not work. Discount it unless the user says otherwise.
-- **`unmapped:` lines.** A path with no rule. Either it is a new client
-  directory the config is missing — say so and ask — or it is personal work
-  that belongs in `exclude`. Never guess it into a client project.
+Add `--json` for the evidence behind each cell: active minutes, share, hour
+range, and which hours fell outside working hours. Read it before proposing
+anything, and note two things there:
+
+- **Hours flagged `outside_workday`.** Activity at 02:00 is usually an
+  unattended run, not work. If most of a project's minutes came from 21h-02h,
+  its share is inflated — say so and shift the split.
+- **`unmapped` entries.** A path with no rule, excluded from the split, so the
+  affected days are wrong rather than merely incomplete. Either it is a new
+  client directory the config is missing — say so and ask — or it is personal
+  work that belongs in `exclude`. Never guess it into a client project.
 
 ## 2. Propose the hours
 
@@ -71,13 +76,8 @@ job is the judgement it cannot do:
 
 - One project at 85% or more: round it up to the whole day rather than leaving
   a token 1h on the other.
-- Discount hours flagged `outside`. If most of a project's minutes came from
-  21h-02h, its share is inflated by an unattended run — say so and shift the
-  split rather than passing the number through.
-- Days marked `under 30min, treat as empty` get nothing proposed.
-- An `unmapped:` line with real minutes means the split is wrong, not just
-  incomplete: those minutes were excluded from the division. Resolve the
-  mapping before proposing hours for that day.
+- Days marked `*` in the table get nothing proposed.
+- Correct the split for the two things flagged in step 1 before proposing it.
 
 Never scale a day *down* because its transcripts are thin. A quiet day is a
 normal working day unless the user says it was not, or the timesheet already
@@ -100,9 +100,13 @@ planned hours) or absent. That splits the proposal in two:
 
 ## 4. Show the table, then ask
 
-One row per project per day: date, weekday, project, proposed hours, what the
-timesheet currently says, and the action (confirm / adjust / add / skip).
-Flag every row where the evidence was weak or outside working hours.
+The scan's table, one row per day and one column per project, with the
+timesheet's current hours beside each proposed cell where the two differ. Mark
+any day that needs a new entry rather than a confirmation.
+
+Keep it to that table plus a line for anything you had to judge — a discounted
+overnight run, an unmapped path, a day you left empty. No commentary on days
+that were straightforward.
 
 Then ask once, plainly, whether to submit. Wait for an answer. Silence, a
 timeout, or "user may be away" is not approval — leave the timesheet alone and
diff --git a/skills/hourlog/scripts/scan-activity.py b/skills/hourlog/scripts/scan-activity.py
index 6e5fdf2..d297349 100755
--- a/skills/hourlog/scripts/scan-activity.py
+++ b/skills/hourlog/scripts/scan-activity.py
@@ -242,29 +242,41 @@ def main():
         print()
         return 0
 
-    print(f"{since} .. {until}  ({nfiles} sessions, {mins}-min slots, "
-          f"{cfg['timezone']}, {cfg['nominal_day_hours']}h day)")
-    print("hours are a suggested split of a full day, not measured time\n")
-    label_w = max([12] + [len(p["project"]) for e in report
-                          for p in e["projects"]])
+    cols = [p for p in dict.fromkeys(
+        x["project"] for e in report for x in e["projects"])
+        if not p.startswith("unmapped:")]
+    widths = [max(len(c), 6) for c in cols]
+    head = "day         " + "  ".join(
+        f"{c:>{w}}" for c, w in zip(cols, widths)) + "   total"
+    print(head)
+    print("-" * len(head))
+
+    totals = collections.Counter()
+    flagged = False
     for e in report:
-        if not e["projects"]:
-            continue
-        note = "  — under 30min, treat as empty" if e["thin"] else ""
-        print(f"{e['date']} {e['weekday']}   "
-              f"{e['total_active_minutes']}min active{note}")
-        for p in e["projects"]:
-            out = ""
-            if p["outside_workday"]:
-                out = "  outside " + ",".join(
-                    f"{h:02d}h" for h in p["outside_workday"])
-            print(f"  {p['project']:<{label_w}} "
-                  f"{fmt_hours(p['suggested_hours']):>6}  "
-                  f"{p['share']*100:3.0f}%  {p['active_minutes']:>4}min  "
-                  f"{p['first_hour']:02d}-{p['last_hour']:02d}h{out}")
-        print()
+        hours = {p["project"]: p["suggested_hours"] for p in e["projects"]}
+        day_sum = sum(hours.get(c, 0) for c in cols)
+        cells = "  ".join(
+            f"{fmt_hours(hours[c]) if hours.get(c) else '—':>{w}}"
+            for c, w in zip(cols, widths))
+        mark = " *" if e["thin"] and e["total_active_minutes"] else ""
+        flagged = flagged or bool(mark)
+        print(f"{e['date']} {e['weekday']}  {cells}  "
+              f"{fmt_hours(day_sum) if day_sum else '—':>5}{mark}")
+        for c in cols:
+            totals[c] += hours.get(c, 0)
+
+    print("-" * len(head))
+    print("total       " + "  ".join(
+        f"{fmt_hours(totals[c]):>{w}}" for c, w in zip(cols, widths)) +
+        f"  {fmt_hours(sum(totals.values())):>5}")
+
+    if flagged:
+        print("\n* under 30min of activity — treat as empty unless you know "
+              "otherwise")
     if unmapped:
-        print("unmapped paths — add them to the config or the exclude list:")
+        print("\nunmapped paths, excluded from the split — add them to the "
+              "config or the exclude list:")
         for u in unmapped:
             print("   ", u)
     return 0