diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
index ecce161c8e..252f498bd6 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     "fs-extra": "^9.0.0",
     "git-url-parse": "^11.4.4",
     "globby": "^11.0.0",
+    "handlebars": "^4.7.6",
     "helmet": "^4.0.0",
     "isomorphic-git": "^1.8.0",
     "jsonschema": "^1.2.6",
@@ -66,9 +67,9 @@
     "@types/mock-fs": "^4.13.0",
     "@types/supertest": "^2.0.8",
     "mock-fs": "^4.13.0",
+    "msw": "^0.21.2",
     "supertest": "^4.0.2",
-    "yaml": "^1.10.0",
-    "msw": "^0.21.2"
+    "yaml": "^1.10.0"
   },
   "files": [
     "dist",
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.ts
index d3b2c098c7..fb1f4ab422 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.ts
@@ -63,11 +63,17 @@ export class TaskAgent implements Task {
     });
   }
 
-  async complete(result: CompletedTaskState): Promise<void> {
+  async complete(
+    result: CompletedTaskState,
+    metadata?: JsonObject,
+  ): Promise<void> {
     await this.storage.completeTask({
       taskId: this.state.taskId,
       status: result === 'failed' ? 'failed' : 'completed',
-      eventBody: { message: `Run completed with status: ${result}` },
+      eventBody: {
+        message: `Run completed with status: ${result}`,
+        ...metadata,
+      },
     });
     this.isDone = true;
     if (this.heartbeatTimeoutId) {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.ts
index 66d1331c5c..51260aef7d 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { TaskBroker, Task } from './types';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import path from 'path';
 import { TemplateActionRegistry } from './TemplateConverter';
+import * as handlebars from 'handlebars';
 
 type Options = {
   logger: Logger;
@@ -55,7 +56,11 @@ export class TaskWorker {
         `Starting up work with ${task.spec.steps.length} steps`,
       );
 
-      const outputs: { [name: string]: JsonValue } = {};
+      const templateCtx: {
+        steps: {
+          [stepName: string]: { output: { [outputName: string]: JsonValue } };
+        };
+      } = { steps: {} };
 
       for (const step of task.spec.steps) {
         const metadata = { stepId: step.id };
@@ -87,8 +92,24 @@ export class TaskWorker {
             throw new Error(`Action '${step.action}' does not exist`);
           }
 
-          // TODO: substitute any placeholders with output from previous steps
-          const parameters = step.parameters!;
+          const parameters: { [name: string]: JsonValue } = {};
+          for (const [name, maybeTemplateStr] of Object.entries(
+            step.parameters ?? {},
+          )) {
+            if (typeof maybeTemplateStr === 'string') {
+              const value = handlebars.compile(maybeTemplateStr, {
+                noEscape: true,
+                strict: true,
+                data: false,
+                preventIndent: true,
+              })(templateCtx);
+              parameters[name] = value;
+            } else {
+              parameters[name] = maybeTemplateStr;
+            }
+          }
+
+          const stepOutputs: { [name: string]: JsonValue } = {};
 
           await action.handler({
             logger,
@@ -96,10 +117,12 @@ export class TaskWorker {
             parameters,
             workspacePath,
             output(name: string, value: JsonValue) {
-              outputs[name] = value;
+              stepOutputs[name] = value;
             },
           });
 
+          templateCtx.steps[step.id] = { output: stepOutputs };
+
           await task.emitLog(`Finished step ${step.name}`, {
             ...metadata,
             status: 'completed',
@@ -112,9 +135,24 @@ export class TaskWorker {
           throw error;
         }
       }
-      await task.complete('completed');
+
+      const output = Object.fromEntries(
+        Object.entries(task.spec.output).map(([name, templateStr]) => {
+          const value = handlebars.compile(templateStr, {
+            noEscape: true,
+            strict: true,
+            data: false,
+            preventIndent: true,
+          })(templateCtx);
+          return [name, value];
+        }),
+      );
+
+      await task.complete('completed', { output });
     } catch (error) {
-      await task.complete('failed');
+      await task.complete('failed', {
+        error: { name: error.name, message: error.message },
+      });
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TemplateConverter.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TemplateConverter.ts
index 9c5df52c5e..48f31f73f2 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TemplateConverter.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TemplateConverter.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,13 @@ export function templateEntityToSpec(
     },
   });
 
-  return { steps };
+  return {
+    steps,
+    output: {
+      remoteUrl: '{{ steps.publish.output.remoteUrl }}',
+      catalogInfoUrl: '{{ steps.publish.output.catalogInfoUrl }}',
+    },
+  };
 }
 
 type ActionContext = {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/types.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/types.ts
index 783528dbdf..ae18a59e41 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/types.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export type TaskSpec = {
     action: string;
     parameters?: { [name: string]: JsonValue };
   }>;
+  output: { [name: string]: string };
 };
 
 export type DispatchResult = {
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ export interface Task {
   spec: TaskSpec;
   done: boolean;
   emitLog(message: string, metadata?: JsonValue): Promise<void>;
-  complete(result: CompletedTaskState): Promise<void>;
+  complete(result: CompletedTaskState, metadata?: JsonValue): Promise<void>;
   getWorkspaceName(): Promise<string>;
 }