diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/sku-catalog-refresh.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/sku-catalog-refresh.yaml
index 31d19e7..7a358f2 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/sku-catalog-refresh.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/sku-catalog-refresh.yaml
@@ -61,8 +61,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python3 tools/refresh_sku_catalog.py --discover -v 2>&1 \
             | tee /tmp/discover.log
-          NEW_COUNT=$(grep -oE '^[0-9]+ SKUs present in API' /tmp/discover.log \
-            | head -1 | awk '{print $1}' || echo "0")
+          NEW_COUNT=$(sed -n 's/^DISCOVER_MISSING_COUNT=\([0-9]\+\)$/\1/p' \
+            /tmp/discover.log | tail -1)
+          echo "Parsed new_count='${NEW_COUNT}'"
           echo "new_count=${NEW_COUNT:-0}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Upload logs as artifact
diff --git a/tools/refresh_sku_catalog.py b/tools/refresh_sku_catalog.py
index 3d50009..0038480 100644
--- a/tools/refresh_sku_catalog.py
+++ b/tools/refresh_sku_catalog.py
@@ -385,6 +385,8 @@ def discover_catalog(verbose=False):
 
     missing = discover_missing_skus(api_map, sku_map, verbose=verbose)
     print_missing_skus(missing, limit=None if verbose else 40)
+    # Machine-readable summary for CI/automation — always last line on stdout.
+    print("\nDISCOVER_MISSING_COUNT={}".format(len(missing)))
     return 0