diff --git a/samples/CliHostSampleApp/DemoCliCommand.cs b/samples/CliHostSampleApp/DemoCliCommand.cs
index 2c5b8537..acef22a5 100644
--- a/samples/CliHostSampleApp/DemoCliCommand.cs
+++ b/samples/CliHostSampleApp/DemoCliCommand.cs
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 using CreativeCoders.Cli.Core;
+using CreativeCoders.SysConsole.Core;
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
+using Spectre.Console;
 
 namespace CliHostSampleApp;
 
 [UsedImplicitly]
 [CliCommand([DemoCommandGroup.Name, "do"]
     , AlternativeCommands = ["demo1"])]
-public class DemoCliCommand : ICliCommand
+public class DemoCliCommand(IAnsiConsole ansiConsole) : ICliCommand
 {
     public Task<CommandResult> ExecuteAsync()
     {
         Console.WriteLine("Hello World from cli command !");
 
+        ansiConsole.WriteLines("Test", 1234.ToString());
+
         return Task.FromResult(new CommandResult());
     }
 }
diff --git a/source/Cli/CreativeCoders.Cli.Hosting/DefaultCliHost.cs b/source/Cli/CreativeCoders.Cli.Hosting/DefaultCliHost.cs
index 87cd1c6d..05ade4f4 100644
--- a/source/Cli/CreativeCoders.Cli.Hosting/DefaultCliHost.cs
+++ b/source/Cli/CreativeCoders.Cli.Hosting/DefaultCliHost.cs
@@ -135,6 +135,13 @@ public async Task<CliResult> RunAsync(string[] args)
         }
         catch (CliCommandConstructionFailedException e)
         {
+            var abortException = FindAbortException(e.InnerException);
+
+            if (abortException != null)
+            {
+                return HandleCommandAbortException(abortException);
+            }
+
             _ansiConsole.Markup(
                 $"[red]Error creating command: {e.InnerException?.Message ?? "Unknown error"}[/] ");
 
@@ -156,12 +163,7 @@ public async Task<CliResult> RunAsync(string[] args)
         }
         catch (CliCommandAbortException e)
         {
-            if (e.PrintMessage)
-            {
-                _ansiConsole.MarkupLine(e.IsError ? $"[red]{e.Message}[/]" : $"[yellow]{e.Message}[/]");
-            }
-
-            return new CliResult(e.ExitCode);
+            return HandleCommandAbortException(e);
         }
         catch (CliExitException e)
         {
@@ -171,6 +173,33 @@ public async Task<CliResult> RunAsync(string[] args)
         }
     }
 
+    private static CliCommandAbortException? FindAbortException(Exception? exception)
+    {
+        var e = exception;
+
+        while (e != null)
+        {
+            if (e is CliCommandAbortException abortException)
+            {
+                return abortException;
+            }
+
+            e = e.InnerException;
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private CliResult HandleCommandAbortException(CliCommandAbortException e)
+    {
+        if (e.PrintMessage)
+        {
+            _ansiConsole.MarkupLine(e.IsError ? $"[red]{e.Message}[/]" : $"[yellow]{e.Message}[/]");
+        }
+
+        return new CliResult(e.ExitCode);
+    }
+
     private async Task ExecuteHelpPreProcessorsAsync(string[] args)
     {
         CliProcessorExecutionCondition[] conditions =
diff --git a/source/SysConsole/CreativeCoders.SysConsole.Core/AnsiConsoleExtensions.cs b/source/SysConsole/CreativeCoders.SysConsole.Core/AnsiConsoleExtensions.cs
index 19531e17..ffcb62d4 100644
--- a/source/SysConsole/CreativeCoders.SysConsole.Core/AnsiConsoleExtensions.cs
+++ b/source/SysConsole/CreativeCoders.SysConsole.Core/AnsiConsoleExtensions.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ public static IAnsiConsolePrint PrintBlock(this IAnsiConsole ansiConsole, bool c
         return new AnsiConsolePrint(ansiConsole);
     }
 
-    [PublicAPI]
     public static IAnsiConsole Write<T>(this IAnsiConsole ansiConsole, T value, Color foregroundColor,
         Color? backgroundColor = null)
     {
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ public static IAnsiConsole Write<T>(this IAnsiConsole ansiConsole, T value, Colo
         return ansiConsole;
     }
 
-    [PublicAPI]
     public static IAnsiConsole WriteLine<T>(this IAnsiConsole ansiConsole, T value, Color foregroundColor,
         Color? backgroundColor = null)
     {
@@ -45,7 +43,6 @@ public static IAnsiConsole WriteLine<T>(this IAnsiConsole ansiConsole, T value,
         return ansiConsole;
     }
 
-    [PublicAPI]
     public static void PrintTable<T>(this IAnsiConsole ansiConsole, IEnumerable<T> items,
         TableColumnDef<T>[] columns, Action<Table>? configureTable = null)
     {
@@ -83,4 +80,24 @@ public static void PrintTable<T>(this IAnsiConsole ansiConsole, IEnumerable<T> i
 
         ansiConsole.Write(table);
     }
+
+    public static IAnsiConsole WriteLines(this IAnsiConsole ansiConsole, params string[] lines)
+    {
+        foreach (var line in lines)
+        {
+            ansiConsole.WriteLine(line);
+        }
+
+        return ansiConsole;
+    }
+
+    public static IAnsiConsole MarkupLines(this IAnsiConsole ansiConsole, params string[] lines)
+    {
+        foreach (var line in lines)
+        {
+            ansiConsole.MarkupLine(line);
+        }
+
+        return ansiConsole;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/source/SysConsole/CreativeCoders.SysConsole.Core/AnsiConsoleStringExtensions.cs b/source/SysConsole/CreativeCoders.SysConsole.Core/AnsiConsoleStringExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c5cfad4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/SysConsole/CreativeCoders.SysConsole.Core/AnsiConsoleStringExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+using JetBrains.Annotations;
+using Spectre.Console;
+
+namespace CreativeCoders.SysConsole.Core;
+
+[ExcludeFromCodeCoverage]
+[PublicAPI]
+public static class AnsiConsoleStringExtensions
+{
+    public static string ToErrorMarkup(this string text)
+    {
+        return $"[red]{text}[/]";
+    }
+
+    public static string ToSuccessMarkup(this string text)
+    {
+        return $"[green]{text}[/]";
+    }
+
+    public static string ToWarningMarkup(this string text)
+    {
+        return $"[yellow]{text}[/]";
+    }
+
+    public static string ToInfoMarkup(this string text)
+    {
+        return $"[blue]{text}[/]";
+    }
+
+    public static string ToWhiteMarkup(this string text)
+    {
+        return $"[white]{text}[/]";
+    }
+
+    public static string ToBoldMarkup(this string text)
+    {
+        return $"[bold]{text}[/]";
+    }
+
+    public static string ToItalicMarkup(this string text)
+    {
+        return $"[italic]{text}[/]";
+    }
+
+    public static string ToUnderlineMarkup(this string text)
+    {
+        return $"[underline]{text}[/]";
+    }
+
+    public static string ToStrikethroughMarkup(this string text)
+    {
+        return $"[strikethrough]{text}[/]";
+    }
+
+    public static string ToLinkMarkup(this string text, string url = "")
+    {
+        return string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(url)
+            ? $"[link]{text}[/]"
+            : $"[link={url}]{text}[/]";
+    }
+
+    public static string ToEscapedMarkup(this string text)
+    {
+        return Markup.Escape(text);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/CreativeCoders.Cli.Tests/Hosting/DefaultCliHostTests.cs b/tests/CreativeCoders.Cli.Tests/Hosting/DefaultCliHostTests.cs
index 95f859ae..b6e7c3dc 100644
--- a/tests/CreativeCoders.Cli.Tests/Hosting/DefaultCliHostTests.cs
+++ b/tests/CreativeCoders.Cli.Tests/Hosting/DefaultCliHostTests.cs
@@ -650,6 +650,44 @@ public async Task RunAsync_WhenCommandCreationFails_PrintsErrorAndReturnsExitCod
             .Be(CliExitCodes.CommandCreationFailed);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RunAsync_WhenCommandCreationFailsWithAbort_PrintsErrorAndReturnsExitCodeFromAbort()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var args = new[] { "run" };
+
+        var ansiConsole = A.Fake<IAnsiConsole>();
+        var commandStore = A.Fake<ICliCommandStore>();
+        var serviceProvider = A.Fake<IServiceProvider>();
+        var helpHandler = A.Fake<ICliCommandHelpHandler>();
+
+        SetupServiceProvider(serviceProvider, null);
+
+        A.CallTo(() => helpHandler.ShouldPrintHelp(args))
+            .Returns(false);
+
+        var commandInfo = new CliCommandInfo
+        {
+            CommandAttribute = new CliCommandAttribute(["run"]),
+            CommandType = typeof(FailingCommandWithAbort)
+        };
+
+        var commandNode = new CliCommandNode(commandInfo, "run", null);
+
+        A.CallTo(() => commandStore.FindCommandNode(args))
+            .Returns(new FindCommandNodeResult<CliCommandNode>(commandNode, []));
+
+        var host = new DefaultCliHost(ansiConsole, commandStore, serviceProvider, helpHandler, [], []);
+
+        // Act
+        var result = await host.RunAsync(args);
+
+        // Assert
+        result.ExitCode
+            .Should()
+            .Be(FailingCommandWithAbort.ExitCode);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task RunAsync_WithOptionsValidation_ExecutesAndReturnsResult()
     {
@@ -863,6 +901,22 @@ public Task<CommandResult> ExecuteAsync()
         }
     }
 
+    private sealed class FailingCommandWithAbort : ICliCommand
+    {
+        public const int ExitCode = 123876;
+
+        [UsedImplicitly]
+        public FailingCommandWithAbort()
+        {
+            throw new CliCommandAbortException("Failure in constructor", ExitCode);
+        }
+
+        public Task<CommandResult> ExecuteAsync()
+        {
+            return Task.FromResult(new CommandResult());
+        }
+    }
+
     private sealed class DummyCommandWithErrorAbortException : ICliCommand
     {
         public const int ExitCode = 12349876;