diff --git a/src/profiles/researcher.ts b/src/profiles/researcher.ts
index ba866bf..a66468d 100644
--- a/src/profiles/researcher.ts
+++ b/src/profiles/researcher.ts
@@ -410,6 +410,15 @@ function parseResearcherEvents(events: SandboxEvent[]): ResearchOutput {
     const data = isRecord(event.data) ? event.data : {}
     if (type === 'result' || type === 'final' || type === 'research.result') {
       const direct = coerceResearchOutput(data.result ?? data.output ?? data)
+      // opencode reports the agent's terminal answer in `finalText` (not result/output).
+      // Parse it too, and prefer it when `direct` is an all-empty shape — otherwise an
+      // event carrying both `{items:[],citations:[],proposedWrites:[]}` and a rich
+      // finalText would silently drop the real answer.
+      const finalText = pickString(data.finalText)
+      const fenced = finalText ? extractFencedJson(finalText) : undefined
+      const fromFinalText = fenced ? coerceResearchOutput(fenced) : undefined
+      if (direct && !isEmptyOutput(direct)) return direct
+      if (fromFinalText) return fromFinalText
       if (direct) return direct
     }
   }
@@ -417,7 +426,7 @@ function parseResearcherEvents(events: SandboxEvent[]): ResearchOutput {
     const event = events[i]
     if (!event) continue
     const data = isRecord(event.data) ? event.data : {}
-    const text = pickString(data.text) ?? pickString(data.delta)
+    const text = pickString(data.text) ?? pickString(data.delta) ?? pickString(data.finalText)
     if (!text) continue
     const fenced = extractFencedJson(text)
     if (!fenced) continue
@@ -431,6 +440,11 @@ function isRecord(value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> {
   return value !== null && typeof value === 'object' && !Array.isArray(value)
 }
 
+/** A coerced output that carries no items, citations, or proposed writes. */
+function isEmptyOutput(o: ResearchOutput): boolean {
+  return o.items.length === 0 && o.citations.length === 0 && o.proposedWrites.length === 0
+}
+
 function pickString(value: unknown): string | undefined {
   return typeof value === 'string' && value.length > 0 ? value : undefined
 }
diff --git a/tests/profiles/researcher.test.ts b/tests/profiles/researcher.test.ts
index e49076d..03312f2 100644
--- a/tests/profiles/researcher.test.ts
+++ b/tests/profiles/researcher.test.ts
@@ -399,6 +399,65 @@ describe('loose-output passthrough', () => {
     const parsed = adapter.parse([{ type: 'noise', data: { random: 1 } }])
     expect(parsed).toEqual({ items: [], citations: [], proposedWrites: [] })
   })
+
+  it('parses a result event whose answer is only in finalText (opencode)', () => {
+    const { output: adapter } = researcherProfile()
+    const payload = {
+      items: [item()],
+      citations: [{ url: 'https://x.com/1', quote: 'q', confidence: 0.8 }],
+      proposedWrites: [{ kind: 'insert', namespace: 'cust_42', item: item() }],
+    }
+    // opencode puts the terminal answer in `finalText`, not `result`/`output`.
+    const events: SandboxEvent[] = [
+      {
+        type: 'result',
+        data: { finalText: `done:\n\`\`\`json\n${JSON.stringify(payload)}\n\`\`\`\n` },
+      },
+    ]
+    const parsed = adapter.parse(events)
+    expect(parsed.items).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(parsed.citations).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(parsed.proposedWrites).toHaveLength(1)
+  })
+
+  it('mines fenced JSON from finalText in the text-scan fallback', () => {
+    const { output: adapter } = researcherProfile()
+    const payload = { items: [item()], citations: [], proposedWrites: [] }
+    const events: SandboxEvent[] = [
+      { type: 'message', data: { finalText: `\`\`\`json\n${JSON.stringify(payload)}\n\`\`\`` } },
+    ]
+    const parsed = adapter.parse(events)
+    expect(parsed.items).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(parsed.citations).toHaveLength(0)
+    expect(parsed.proposedWrites).toHaveLength(0)
+  })
+
+  it('falls through to empty when finalText carries plain prose (no fenced JSON)', () => {
+    const { output: adapter } = researcherProfile()
+    const events: SandboxEvent[] = [
+      { type: 'result', data: { finalText: 'I could not find anything relevant.' } },
+    ]
+    expect(adapter.parse(events)).toEqual({ items: [], citations: [], proposedWrites: [] })
+  })
+
+  it('prefers a rich finalText over an all-empty direct result shape on the same event', () => {
+    const { output: adapter } = researcherProfile()
+    const payload = { items: [item()], citations: [], proposedWrites: [] }
+    // Same event carries BOTH an empty typed shape and a rich finalText — the empty
+    // shape must not shadow the real answer.
+    const events: SandboxEvent[] = [
+      {
+        type: 'result',
+        data: {
+          items: [],
+          citations: [],
+          proposedWrites: [],
+          finalText: `\`\`\`json\n${JSON.stringify(payload)}\n\`\`\``,
+        },
+      },
+    ]
+    expect(adapter.parse(events).items).toHaveLength(1)
+  })
 })
 
 describe('multiHarnessResearcherFanout', () => {