diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 260a1a0..65f1ac7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ interfaces; each entry says what moved. Milestones (M0, M1, …) are described i
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 ### Added
+- `slm runs list --json` prints full run statuses as a JSON array for scripts, optionally filtered
+  with `--project`; empty results produce `[]`.
 - Model cards open with Hugging Face Hub metadata (licence, library, task, tags), so an export can be
   uploaded as is. A new optional Project API hook, `model_card_info()`, gives the licence, subject tags
   and data statement; `abc_music` and `shakespeare_char` state theirs (ADR 0010). Export code version 4.
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 3bc712e..981c581 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ uv run slm pretrain abc_music/micro_v1 --set train.lr=6e-4
 uv run slm eval <run_id>
 uv run slm runs list                          # tokens done/target, GPU-hours, last checkpoint
 uv run slm runs list --project abc_music      # only runs for one project
+uv run slm runs list --json                   # full run statuses for scripts; accepts --project
 uv run slm runs compare <run_a> <run_b>
 uv run slm export <run_id> --name <model> --version <n>
 uv run slm serve --model <model>:<n>
diff --git a/src/slmkit/cli.py b/src/slmkit/cli.py
index 4fdaf62..c069f88 100644
--- a/src/slmkit/cli.py
+++ b/src/slmkit/cli.py
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ def _short(n: float) -> str:
 @_friendly_errors
 def runs_list(
     project: str | None = typer.Option(None, "--project", help="Only show runs for this project."),
+    as_json: bool = typer.Option(False, "--json", help="Print run statuses as a JSON array."),
 ) -> None:
     """Every run: progress, GPU-hours used and left, best validation loss, last checkpoint."""
     from slmkit.train.run import list_runs
@@ -364,6 +365,11 @@ def runs_list(
             if isinstance(st.get("experiment"), str)
             and st["experiment"].partition("/")[0] == project
         ]
+    if as_json:
+        import json
+
+        typer.echo(json.dumps([st for _, st in rows]))
+        return
     if not rows:
         message = (
             "no runs yet under $SLM_HOME/runs"
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_runs.py b/tests/unit/test_runs.py
index 37f8ebc..c1bcd74 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_runs.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_runs.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import json
 from pathlib import Path
 
+import pytest
 from typer.testing import CliRunner
 
 from slmkit.cli import app
@@ -43,3 +44,44 @@ def test_runs_list_can_filter_by_project(slm_home: Path) -> None:
     assert filtered.exit_code == 0, filtered.output
     assert "abc run" in all_runs.output and "chess run" in all_runs.output
     assert "abc run" in filtered.output and "chess run" not in filtered.output
+
+
+def test_runs_list_json_preserves_status_fields(slm_home: Path) -> None:
+    _write_status(slm_home, "run-abc123456789", "abc_music/micro_v1", "abc run")
+    _write_status(slm_home, "run-chess123456", "chess/nano", "chess run")
+
+    result = CliRunner().invoke(app, ["runs", "list", "--json"])
+
+    assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
+    statuses = json.loads(result.output)
+    expected = [json.loads(path.read_text()) for path in (slm_home / "runs").glob("*/status.json")]
+    assert sorted(statuses, key=lambda st: st["run_id"]) == sorted(
+        expected, key=lambda st: st["run_id"]
+    )
+
+
+def test_runs_list_json_can_filter_by_project(slm_home: Path) -> None:
+    _write_status(slm_home, "run-abc123456789", "abc_music/micro_v1", "abc run")
+    _write_status(slm_home, "run-chess123456", "chess/nano", "chess run")
+
+    result = CliRunner().invoke(app, ["runs", "list", "--json", "--project", "abc_music"])
+
+    assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
+    expected = json.loads((slm_home / "runs" / "run-abc123456789" / "status.json").read_text())
+    assert json.loads(result.output) == [expected]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "project, has_runs", [(None, False), ("abc_music", False), ("abc_music", True)]
+)
+def test_runs_list_json_empty_results(slm_home: Path, project: str | None, has_runs: bool) -> None:
+    if has_runs:
+        _write_status(slm_home, "run-chess123456", "chess/nano", "chess run")
+    args = ["runs", "list", "--json"]
+    if project is not None:
+        args += ["--project", project]
+
+    result = CliRunner().invoke(app, args)
+
+    assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
+    assert result.output.strip() == "[]"