diff --git a/cmd/spreadlab/main.go b/cmd/spreadlab/main.go
index 1ed00e8..62266ac 100644
--- a/cmd/spreadlab/main.go
+++ b/cmd/spreadlab/main.go
@@ -5,31 +5,47 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/JustinZeus/spreadlab/internal/engine"
 )
 
+// main stays a thin shell: the work lives in run, which takes its output
+// as an io.Writer so tests can capture it.
 func main() {
-	config := engine.DefaultConfig()
-	fmt.Printf("spreadlab: %d students, educate %d, forwarding probability %.2f\n",
-		config.NumStudents, config.NumEducated, config.ForwardProb)
-	fmt.Println("(illustrative, not validated)")
-	fmt.Println()
-
-	strategies := []engine.Strategy{
-		engine.StrategyNone,
-		engine.StrategyRandom,
-		engine.StrategyMostConnected,
-	}
-	for _, strategy := range strategies {
-		result, err := engine.RunScenario(config, strategy)
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "spreadlab:", err)
-			os.Exit(1)
-		}
-		fmt.Printf("%-15s educated=%3d reached=%3d/%d (%2.0f%%) in %d rounds\n",
-			result.Strategy, len(result.Educated), result.NumReached,
-			config.NumStudents, result.ReachedPct, result.NumRounds)
+	if err := run(os.Stdout); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "spreadlab:", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
+
+// run executes the three-scenario comparison in the default world and
+// writes the table to out. Formatting is pure string building; the single
+// write at the end is the only error to handle.
+func run(out io.Writer) error {
+	config := engine.DefaultConfig()
+	lines := []string{
+		fmt.Sprintf("spreadlab: %d students, educate %d, forwarding probability %.2f",
+			config.NumStudents, config.NumEducated, config.ForwardProb),
+		"(illustrative, not validated)",
+		"",
+	}
+	for _, strategy := range engine.AllStrategies() {
+		result, err := engine.RunScenario(config, strategy)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		lines = append(lines, formatResult(config, result))
+	}
+	_, err := fmt.Fprintln(out, strings.Join(lines, "\n"))
+	return err
+}
+
+// formatResult renders one scenario's outcome as a table row.
+func formatResult(config engine.Config, result engine.Result) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%-15s educated=%3d reached=%3d/%d (%2.0f%%) in %d rounds",
+		result.Strategy, len(result.Educated), result.NumReached,
+		config.NumStudents, result.ReachedPct, result.NumRounds)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/spreadlab/main_test.go b/cmd/spreadlab/main_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e882ba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/spreadlab/main_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// run writes to an io.Writer instead of straight to stdout precisely so
+// this test can hand it a buffer and inspect the output.
+func TestRunPrintsAllScenarios(t *testing.T) {
+	var output bytes.Buffer
+	if err := run(&output); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for _, want := range []string{"none", "random", "most-connected", "illustrative"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(output.String(), want) {
+			t.Errorf("output is missing %q:\n%s", want, output.String())
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/engine/scenario.go b/internal/engine/scenario.go
index 2e29bd2..e229cdd 100644
--- a/internal/engine/scenario.go
+++ b/internal/engine/scenario.go
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ const (
 	StrategyMostConnected Strategy = "most-connected"
 )
 
+// AllStrategies lists every strategy in display order. The CLI, and later
+// the API and frontend, read this one list; nothing redefines it.
+func AllStrategies() []Strategy {
+	return []Strategy{StrategyNone, StrategyRandom, StrategyMostConnected}
+}
+
 // Config fully describes one simulation world. It is the single source of
 // truth for parameters: API and frontend types will be generated from the
 // structs in this file, never redefined by hand. Identical configs produce