diff --git a/internal/trace/writer.go b/internal/trace/writer.go
index 4dfad4a..0aa4ff0 100644
--- a/internal/trace/writer.go
+++ b/internal/trace/writer.go
@@ -13,16 +13,17 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Step struct {
-	Index      int                        `json:"step"`
-	Timestamp  time.Time                  `json:"timestamp"`
-	Screen     string                     `json:"screen,omitempty"`
-	Snapshots  map[string]json.RawMessage `json:"snapshots,omitempty"`
-	Action     *Action                    `json:"action,omitempty"`
-	Exceptions []Exception                `json:"exceptions,omitempty"`
-	Violations []string                   `json:"violations,omitempty"`
-	Hierarchy  *hierarchy.Tree            `json:"hierarchy,omitempty"`
-	Residuals  map[string]json.RawMessage `json:"residuals,omitempty"`
-	Metrics    *Metrics                   `json:"metrics,omitempty"`
+	Index         int                        `json:"step"`
+	Timestamp     time.Time                  `json:"timestamp"`
+	Screen        string                     `json:"screen,omitempty"`
+	Snapshots     map[string]json.RawMessage `json:"snapshots,omitempty"`
+	Action        *Action                    `json:"action,omitempty"`
+	Exceptions    []Exception                `json:"exceptions,omitempty"`
+	Violations    []string                   `json:"violations,omitempty"`
+	Hierarchy     *hierarchy.Tree            `json:"hierarchy,omitempty"`
+	Residuals     map[string]json.RawMessage `json:"residuals,omitempty"`
+	Metrics       *Metrics                   `json:"metrics,omitempty"`
+	HTMLAvailable bool                       `json:"html_available,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type Metrics struct {
@@ -143,6 +144,30 @@ func (w *Writer) writePNG(name string, png []byte) error {
 	return os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(directory, name), png, 0o644)
 }
 
+// WriteHTML stores the page HTML for `stepIndex` under `<dir>/html/`. Empty
+// payloads are skipped so the directory only exists when there is real
+// content to render in the inspect UI.
+func (w *Writer) WriteHTML(stepIndex int, html []byte) error {
+	return w.writeHTML(fmt.Sprintf("step-%05d.html", stepIndex), html)
+}
+
+// WriteHTMLAfter writes the post-action HTML, paired with the post-action
+// screenshot.
+func (w *Writer) WriteHTMLAfter(stepIndex int, html []byte) error {
+	return w.writeHTML(fmt.Sprintf("step-%05d-after.html", stepIndex), html)
+}
+
+func (w *Writer) writeHTML(name string, html []byte) error {
+	if len(html) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	directory := filepath.Join(w.directory, "html")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(directory, 0o755); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("mkdir html: %w", err)
+	}
+	return os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(directory, name), html, 0o644)
+}
+
 func (w *Writer) Close() error {
 	w.mutex.Lock()
 	defer w.mutex.Unlock()
diff --git a/internal/trace/writer_test.go b/internal/trace/writer_test.go
index 454656c..ad39e07 100644
--- a/internal/trace/writer_test.go
+++ b/internal/trace/writer_test.go
@@ -269,6 +269,65 @@ func TestWriteAfterClose_Errors(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestWriteHTML_WritesToHTMLDir(t *testing.T) {
+	directory := t.TempDir()
+	writer, _ := NewWriter(directory)
+	defer writer.Close()
+
+	html := []byte("<!doctype html><html><body>hi</body></html>")
+	if err := writer.WriteHTML(3, html); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := writer.WriteHTMLAfter(3, html); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	got, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(directory, "html", "step-00003.html"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("step-00003 missing: %v", err)
+	}
+	if string(got) != string(html) {
+		t.Errorf("html bytes wrong: %q", got)
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(directory, "html", "step-00003-after.html")); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("step-00003-after missing: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWriteHTML_EmptyByteSliceIsNoop(t *testing.T) {
+	directory := t.TempDir()
+	writer, _ := NewWriter(directory)
+	defer writer.Close()
+
+	if err := writer.WriteHTML(1, nil); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(directory, "html")); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		t.Errorf("html dir should not exist after empty write")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStep_HTMLAvailableRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
+	directory := t.TempDir()
+	writer, _ := NewWriter(directory)
+	defer writer.Close()
+
+	if err := writer.WriteStep(Step{Index: 1, HTMLAvailable: true}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := writer.WriteStep(Step{Index: 2}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	body, _ := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(directory, "trace.jsonl"))
+	lines := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(body)), "\n")
+	if !strings.Contains(lines[0], `"html_available":true`) {
+		t.Errorf("html_available missing in step 1: %s", lines[0])
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(lines[1], "html_available") {
+		t.Errorf("html_available should be omitted when false: %s", lines[1])
+	}
+}
+
 func TestNewWriter_CreatesNestedDirectory(t *testing.T) {
 	parent := t.TempDir()
 	target := filepath.Join(parent, "runs", "2026-04-17T22-30-00")