diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e68edda..3dd85d1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsup",
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
-    "test": "node --import tsx --test test/*.test.js test/adapters/*.test.js"
+    "test": "node --import tsx --test test/*.test.js test/**/*.test.js"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/src/core/formatter.ts b/src/core/formatter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b12ecd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/formatter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+export interface FormatPayloadOptions {
+  maxDepth?: number; // Maximum depth before collapsing inner objects (default: 4)
+  maxArrayItems?: number; // Maximum array items to show before truncating (default: 10)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Safely format and truncate deep JSON structures to prevent terminal spam.
+ */
+export function formatPayload(data: any, options: FormatPayloadOptions = {}, currentDepth: number = 1): any {
+  const maxDepth = options.maxDepth != null ? options.maxDepth : 4;
+  const maxArrayItems = options.maxArrayItems != null ? options.maxArrayItems : 10;
+
+  if (data === null || data === undefined) {
+    return data;
+  }
+
+  if (typeof data !== 'object') {
+    return data;
+  }
+
+  if (currentDepth > maxDepth) {
+    if (Array.isArray(data)) {
+      return `[Array(${data.length})]`;
+    }
+    return '[Object]';
+  }
+
+  if (Array.isArray(data)) {
+    if (data.length > maxArrayItems) {
+      const truncatedSlice = data
+        .slice(0, maxArrayItems)
+        .map((item) => formatPayload(item, options, currentDepth + 1));
+      return [...truncatedSlice, `... ${data.length - maxArrayItems} more items` as any];
+    }
+    return data.map((item) => formatPayload(item, options, currentDepth + 1));
+  }
+
+  const result: Record<string, any> = {};
+  for (const key of Object.keys(data)) {
+    result[key] = formatPayload(data[key], options, currentDepth + 1);
+  }
+  return result;
+}
diff --git a/src/core/stream.ts b/src/core/stream.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de747a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/stream.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import type { IncomingMessage, ServerResponse } from 'node:http';
+
+export interface StreamCaptureOptions {
+  maxBodySize?: number; // Maximum bytes to capture before dropping further chunks (default: 1024)
+}
+
+export interface CapturedStreamResult {
+  body: string;
+  truncated: boolean;
+  sizeBytes: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Utility to safely collect raw stream body chunks up to maxBodySize limit.
+ */
+export function createStreamCapturer(maxBodySize: number = 1024) {
+  let chunks: Buffer[] = [];
+  let currentSize = 0;
+  let truncated = false;
+
+  return {
+    onData(chunk: any) {
+      if (truncated) return;
+      const buf = Buffer.isBuffer(chunk) ? chunk : Buffer.from(chunk);
+      currentSize += buf.length;
+
+      if (currentSize > maxBodySize) {
+        const allowedBytes = maxBodySize - (currentSize - buf.length);
+        if (allowedBytes > 0) {
+          chunks.push(buf.subarray(0, allowedBytes));
+        }
+        truncated = true;
+      } else {
+        chunks.push(buf);
+      }
+    },
+    getResult(): CapturedStreamResult {
+      const buffer = Buffer.concat(chunks);
+      let bodyText = '';
+      try {
+        bodyText = buffer.toString('utf-8');
+      } catch {
+        bodyText = '[Binary Data]';
+      }
+      return {
+        body: bodyText,
+        truncated,
+        sizeBytes: currentSize,
+      };
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/middleware.ts b/src/middleware.ts
index 72b11da..7a898fe 100644
--- a/src/middleware.ts
+++ b/src/middleware.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import store from './store.ts';
 import { getSystemMetrics } from './system.ts';
 import { redactHeaders, generateCurl } from './utils.ts';
 import type { AlertOptions } from './store.ts';
+import { createStreamCapturer } from './core/stream.ts';
+import { formatPayload } from './core/formatter.ts';
 
 export interface ExpressLensOptions {
   logAnalytics?: boolean;
@@ -9,6 +11,9 @@ export interface ExpressLensOptions {
   colorize?: boolean;
   ignoreRoutes?: (string | RegExp)[];
   slowThresholdMs?: number;
+  maxBodySize?: number;
+  maxDepth?: number;
+  maxArrayItems?: number;
   redactHeaders?: string[];
   alerts?: AlertOptions;
 }
diff --git a/test/core/formatter.test.js b/test/core/formatter.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de76181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core/formatter.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import test from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert';
+import { formatPayload } from '../../src/core/formatter.ts';
+
+test('Payload Formatter Suite', async (t) => {
+  await t.test('collapses objects exceeding maxDepth', () => {
+    const deepObj = { level1: { level2: { level3: { level4: { level5: 'hidden' } } } } };
+    const formatted = formatPayload(deepObj, { maxDepth: 3 });
+
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(formatted, {
+      level1: { level2: { level3: '[Object]' } }
+    });
+  });
+
+  await t.test('truncates array items exceeding maxArrayItems', () => {
+    const arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12];
+    const formatted = formatPayload(arr, { maxArrayItems: 5 });
+
+    assert.strictEqual(formatted.length, 6);
+    assert.strictEqual(formatted[5], '... 7 more items');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/core/stream.test.js b/test/core/stream.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd39ce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core/stream.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import test from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert';
+import { createStreamCapturer } from '../../src/core/stream.ts';
+
+test('Stream Capturer Suite', async (t) => {
+  await t.test('captures small chunks within limit', () => {
+    const capturer = createStreamCapturer(1024);
+    capturer.onData('Hello ');
+    capturer.onData('World!');
+
+    const result = capturer.getResult();
+    assert.strictEqual(result.body, 'Hello World!');
+    assert.strictEqual(result.truncated, false);
+    assert.strictEqual(result.sizeBytes, 12);
+  });
+
+  await t.test('truncates payload exceeding maxBodySize', () => {
+    const capturer = createStreamCapturer(10);
+    capturer.onData('1234567890EXTRA_DATA');
+
+    const result = capturer.getResult();
+    assert.strictEqual(result.body, '1234567890');
+    assert.strictEqual(result.truncated, true);
+    assert.strictEqual(result.sizeBytes, 20);
+  });
+});