diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 64a5f5a..e469e53 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 
 - Support for Kilo Code. Thank you [@shahrukhkhan489](https://github.com/shahrukhkhan489) with [#394](https://github.com/github/spec-kit/pull/394).
-- Support for Auggie CLI. Thank you [@hungthai1401](https://github.com/hungthai1401) with [#137](https://github.com/github/spec-kit/pull/137)
+- Support for Auggie CLI. Thank you [@hungthai1401](https://github.com/hungthai1401) with [#137](https://github.com/github/spec-kit/pull/137).
 - Agent folder security notice displayed after project provisioning completion, warning users that some agents may store credentials or auth tokens in their agent folders and recommending adding relevant folders to `.gitignore` to prevent accidental credential leakage.
 
 ### Changed
 
 - Warning displayed to ensure that folks are aware that they might need to add their agent folder to `.gitignore`.
+- Cleaned up the `check` command output.
 
 ## [0.0.12] - 2025-09-21
 
diff --git a/src/specify_cli/__init__.py b/src/specify_cli/__init__.py
index 220697c..cae96ac 100644
--- a/src/specify_cli/__init__.py
+++ b/src/specify_cli/__init__.py
@@ -357,13 +357,13 @@ def run_command(cmd: list[str], check_return: bool = True, capture: bool = False
         return None
 
 
-def check_tool_for_tracker(tool: str, install_hint: str, tracker: StepTracker) -> bool:
+def check_tool_for_tracker(tool: str, tracker: StepTracker) -> bool:
     """Check if a tool is installed and update tracker."""
     if shutil.which(tool):
         tracker.complete(tool, "available")
         return True
     else:
-        tracker.error(tool, f"not found - {install_hint}")
+        tracker.error(tool, "not found")
         return False
 
 
@@ -1071,25 +1071,25 @@ def check():
     tracker.add("qwen", "Qwen Code CLI")
     tracker.add("code", "Visual Studio Code")
     tracker.add("code-insiders", "Visual Studio Code Insiders")
-    tracker.add("cursor-agent", "Cursor IDE agent (optional)")
-    tracker.add("windsurf", "Windsurf IDE (optional)")
-    tracker.add("kilocode", "Kilo Code IDE (optional)")
+    tracker.add("cursor-agent", "Cursor IDE agent")
+    tracker.add("windsurf", "Windsurf IDE")
+    tracker.add("kilocode", "Kilo Code IDE")
     tracker.add("opencode", "opencode")
     tracker.add("codex", "Codex CLI")
-    tracker.add("auggie", "Auggie CLI (optional)")
+    tracker.add("auggie", "Auggie CLI")
     
-    git_ok = check_tool_for_tracker("git", "https://git-scm.com/downloads", tracker)
-    claude_ok = check_tool_for_tracker("claude", "https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code/setup", tracker)  
-    gemini_ok = check_tool_for_tracker("gemini", "https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli", tracker)
-    qwen_ok = check_tool_for_tracker("qwen", "https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code", tracker)
-    code_ok = check_tool_for_tracker("code", "https://code.visualstudio.com/", tracker)
-    code_insiders_ok = check_tool_for_tracker("code-insiders", "https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders/", tracker)
-    cursor_ok = check_tool_for_tracker("cursor-agent", "https://cursor.sh/", tracker)
-    windsurf_ok = check_tool_for_tracker("windsurf", "https://windsurf.com/", tracker)
-    kilocode_ok = check_tool_for_tracker("kilocode", "https://kilocode.com/", tracker)
-    opencode_ok = check_tool_for_tracker("opencode", "https://opencode.ai/", tracker)
-    codex_ok = check_tool_for_tracker("codex", "https://github.com/openai/codex", tracker)
-    auggie_ok = check_tool_for_tracker("auggie", "https://auggie.io/", tracker)
+    git_ok = check_tool_for_tracker("git", tracker)
+    claude_ok = check_tool_for_tracker("claude", tracker)  
+    gemini_ok = check_tool_for_tracker("gemini", tracker)
+    qwen_ok = check_tool_for_tracker("qwen", tracker)
+    code_ok = check_tool_for_tracker("code", tracker)
+    code_insiders_ok = check_tool_for_tracker("code-insiders", tracker)
+    cursor_ok = check_tool_for_tracker("cursor-agent", tracker)
+    windsurf_ok = check_tool_for_tracker("windsurf", tracker)
+    kilocode_ok = check_tool_for_tracker("kilocode", tracker)
+    opencode_ok = check_tool_for_tracker("opencode", tracker)
+    codex_ok = check_tool_for_tracker("codex", tracker)
+    auggie_ok = check_tool_for_tracker("auggie", tracker)
 
     console.print(tracker.render())