diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/Template.v1beta3.schema.json b/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/Template.v1beta3.schema.json
index beb0ca5e31..beb86f43cb 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/Template.v1beta3.schema.json
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/Template.v1beta3.schema.json
@@ -218,6 +218,33 @@
                       }
                     }
                   }
+                },
+                "text": {
+                  "type": "array",
+                  "description": "A list of text blobs, like output data from the template.",
+                  "items": {
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "required": [],
+                    "properties": {
+                      "title": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "description": "A user friendly display name for the text blob.",
+                        "examples": ["Output Data"],
+                        "minLength": 1
+                      },
+                      "icon": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "description": "A key representing a visual icon to be displayed in the UI.",
+                        "examples": ["dashboard"],
+                        "minLength": 1
+                      },
+                      "data": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "description": "The text blob to display in the UI.",
+                        "examples": ["{}"]
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
                 }
               },
               "additionalProperties": {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/api/types.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/api/types.ts
index b39555c14f..64bb0d05ac 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/api/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/api/types.ts
@@ -84,9 +84,17 @@ export type ScaffolderOutputLink = {
   entityRef?: string;
 };
 
+/** @public */
+export type ScaffolderOutputText = {
+  title?: string;
+  icon?: string;
+  data?: string;
+};
+
 /** @public */
 export type ScaffolderTaskOutput = {
   links?: ScaffolderOutputLink[];
+  text?: ScaffolderOutputText[];
 } & {
   [key: string]: unknown;
 };
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/TemplateOutputs/DefaultTemplateOutputs.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/TemplateOutputs/DefaultTemplateOutputs.tsx
index 4d908461b0..de52b62700 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/TemplateOutputs/DefaultTemplateOutputs.tsx
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/TemplateOutputs/DefaultTemplateOutputs.tsx
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import React from 'react';
-import { Box, Paper } from '@material-ui/core';
-import { LinkOutputs } from './LinkOutputs';
+import { InfoCard, MarkdownContent } from '@backstage/core-components';
 import { ScaffolderTaskOutput } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-react';
+import { Box, Paper } from '@material-ui/core';
+import React, { useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { LinkOutputs } from './LinkOutputs';
+import { TextOutputs } from './TextOutputs';
 
 /**
  * The DefaultOutputs renderer for the scaffolder task output
@@ -26,17 +28,47 @@ import { ScaffolderTaskOutput } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-react';
 export const DefaultTemplateOutputs = (props: {
   output?: ScaffolderTaskOutput;
 }) => {
-  if (!props.output?.links) {
+  const [textOutputIndex, setTextOutputIndex] = useState<number | undefined>();
+
+  const textOutput = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      textOutputIndex !== undefined
+        ? props.output?.text?.[textOutputIndex]
+        : null,
+    [props.output, textOutputIndex],
+  );
+
+  if (!props.output) {
     return null;
   }
 
   return (
-    <Box paddingBottom={2}>
-      <Paper>
-        <Box padding={2} justifyContent="center" display="flex" gridGap={16}>
-          <LinkOutputs output={props.output} />
+    <>
+      <Box paddingBottom={2}>
+        <Paper>
+          <Box padding={2} justifyContent="center" display="flex" gridGap={16}>
+            <TextOutputs
+              output={props.output}
+              index={textOutputIndex}
+              setIndex={setTextOutputIndex}
+            />
+            <LinkOutputs output={props.output} />
+          </Box>
+        </Paper>
+      </Box>
+      {textOutput ? (
+        <Box paddingBottom={2}>
+          <InfoCard
+            title={textOutput.title ?? 'Text Output'}
+            noPadding
+            titleTypographyProps={{ component: 'h2' }}
+          >
+            <Box padding={2} height="100%">
+              <MarkdownContent content={textOutput.data ?? ''} />
+            </Box>
+          </InfoCard>
         </Box>
-      </Paper>
-    </Box>
+      ) : null}
+    </>
   );
 };
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/TemplateOutputs/TextOutputs.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/TemplateOutputs/TextOutputs.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8600a281a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/TemplateOutputs/TextOutputs.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { IconComponent, useApp } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+import { Button } from '@material-ui/core';
+import WebIcon from '@material-ui/icons/Web';
+import React from 'react';
+import { ScaffolderTaskOutput } from '../../../api';
+
+export const TextOutputs = (props: {
+  output: ScaffolderTaskOutput;
+  index?: number;
+  setIndex?: (index: number | undefined) => void;
+}) => {
+  const {
+    output: { text = [] },
+    index,
+    setIndex,
+  } = props;
+
+  const app = useApp();
+
+  const iconResolver = (key?: string): IconComponent =>
+    app.getSystemIcon(key!) ?? WebIcon;
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      {text
+        .filter(({ data }) => data)
+        .map(({ title, icon }, i) => {
+          const Icon = iconResolver(icon);
+          return (
+            <Button
+              startIcon={<Icon />}
+              component="div"
+              color="primary"
+              onClick={() => setIndex?.(index !== i ? i : undefined)}
+              variant={index === i ? 'outlined' : undefined}
+            >
+              {title}
+            </Button>
+          );
+        })}
+    </>
+  );
+};