diff --git a/cmd/hgctl/config/gateway_config.go b/cmd/hgctl/config/gateway_config.go
index 6a4fd4be90..2aa9683209 100644
--- a/cmd/hgctl/config/gateway_config.go
+++ b/cmd/hgctl/config/gateway_config.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/alibaba/higress/pkg/cmd/hgctl/kubernetes"
 	"github.com/alibaba/higress/pkg/cmd/options"
+	"istio.io/istio/istioctl/pkg/writer/envoy/configdump"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 )
@@ -61,6 +62,23 @@ func NewDefaultGetEnvoyConfigOptions() *GetEnvoyConfigOptions {
 	}
 }
 
+func setupConfigdumpEnvoyConfigWriter(debug []byte, stdout io.Writer) (*configdump.ConfigWriter, error) {
+	cw := &configdump.ConfigWriter{Stdout: stdout}
+	err := cw.Prime(debug)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return cw, nil
+}
+
+func GetEnvoyConfigWriter(config *GetEnvoyConfigOptions, stdout io.Writer) (*configdump.ConfigWriter, error) {
+	configDump, err := retrieveConfigDump(config.PodName, config.PodNamespace, config.BindAddress, config.IncludeEds)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return setupConfigdumpEnvoyConfigWriter(configDump, stdout)
+}
+
 func GetEnvoyConfig(config *GetEnvoyConfigOptions) ([]byte, error) {
 	configDump, err := retrieveConfigDump(config.PodName, config.PodNamespace, config.BindAddress, config.IncludeEds)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -144,14 +162,12 @@ func formatGatewayConfig(configDump any, output string) ([]byte, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
 	if output == "yaml" {
 		out, err = yaml.JSONToYAML(out)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
-
 	return out, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/hgctl/common.go b/pkg/cmd/hgctl/common.go
index e08813998c..2ed51b815e 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/hgctl/common.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/hgctl/common.go
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 package hgctl
 
 const (
-	yamlOutput  = "yaml"
-	jsonOutput  = "json"
-	flagsOutput = "flags"
+	summaryOutput = "short"
+	yamlOutput    = "yaml"
+	jsonOutput    = "json"
+	flagsOutput   = "flags"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/hgctl/config_cluster.go b/pkg/cmd/hgctl/config_cluster.go
index 2a8eab2564..074034ead0 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/hgctl/config_cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/hgctl/config_cluster.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/alibaba/higress/cmd/hgctl/config"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"istio.io/istio/istioctl/pkg/writer/envoy/configdump"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/util"
 )
 
@@ -49,17 +50,23 @@ func runClusterConfig(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if len(args) != 0 {
 		podName = args[0]
 	}
-	envoyConfig, err := config.GetEnvoyConfig(&config.GetEnvoyConfigOptions{
+	configWriter, err := config.GetEnvoyConfigWriter(&config.GetEnvoyConfigOptions{
 		PodName:         podName,
 		PodNamespace:    podNamespace,
 		BindAddress:     bindAddress,
 		Output:          output,
 		EnvoyConfigType: config.ClusterEnvoyConfigType,
 		IncludeEds:      true,
-	})
+	}, c.OutOrStdout())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	_, err = fmt.Fprintln(c.OutOrStdout(), string(envoyConfig))
-	return err
+	switch output {
+	case summaryOutput:
+		return configWriter.PrintClusterSummary(configdump.ClusterFilter{})
+	case jsonOutput, yamlOutput:
+		return configWriter.PrintClusterDump(configdump.ClusterFilter{}, output)
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("output format %q not supported", output)
+	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/hgctl/config_cmd.go b/pkg/cmd/hgctl/config_cmd.go
index 19f71078fd..42cd2bc5d9 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/hgctl/config_cmd.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/hgctl/config_cmd.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func newConfigCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	flags := cfgCommand.Flags()
 	options.AddKubeConfigFlags(flags)
 
-	cfgCommand.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&output, "output", "o", "json", "One of 'yaml' or 'json'")
+	cfgCommand.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&output, "output", "o", "json", "Output format: one of json|yaml|short")
 	cfgCommand.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&podNamespace, "namespace", "n", "higress-system", "Namespace where envoy proxy pod are installed.")
 
 	return cfgCommand
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/hgctl/config_listener.go b/pkg/cmd/hgctl/config_listener.go
index 143875fd29..22c5c25b6a 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/hgctl/config_listener.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/hgctl/config_listener.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/alibaba/higress/cmd/hgctl/config"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"istio.io/istio/istioctl/pkg/writer/envoy/configdump"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/util"
 )
 
@@ -49,17 +50,23 @@ func runListenerConfig(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if len(args) != 0 {
 		podName = args[0]
 	}
-	envoyConfig, err := config.GetEnvoyConfig(&config.GetEnvoyConfigOptions{
+	configWriter, err := config.GetEnvoyConfigWriter(&config.GetEnvoyConfigOptions{
 		PodName:         podName,
 		PodNamespace:    podNamespace,
 		BindAddress:     bindAddress,
 		Output:          output,
 		EnvoyConfigType: config.ListenerEnvoyConfigType,
 		IncludeEds:      true,
-	})
+	}, c.OutOrStdout())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	_, err = fmt.Fprintln(c.OutOrStdout(), string(envoyConfig))
-	return err
+	switch output {
+	case summaryOutput:
+		return configWriter.PrintListenerSummary(configdump.ListenerFilter{Verbose: true})
+	case jsonOutput, yamlOutput:
+		return configWriter.PrintListenerDump(configdump.ListenerFilter{Verbose: true}, output)
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("output format %q not supported", output)
+	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/hgctl/config_route.go b/pkg/cmd/hgctl/config_route.go
index 66be5a11e5..cba78cb700 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/hgctl/config_route.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/hgctl/config_route.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/alibaba/higress/cmd/hgctl/config"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"istio.io/istio/istioctl/pkg/writer/envoy/configdump"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/util"
 )
 
@@ -49,17 +50,23 @@ func runRouteConfig(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if len(args) != 0 {
 		podName = args[0]
 	}
-	envoyConfig, err := config.GetEnvoyConfig(&config.GetEnvoyConfigOptions{
+	configWriter, err := config.GetEnvoyConfigWriter(&config.GetEnvoyConfigOptions{
 		PodName:         podName,
 		PodNamespace:    podNamespace,
 		BindAddress:     bindAddress,
 		Output:          output,
 		EnvoyConfigType: config.RouteEnvoyConfigType,
 		IncludeEds:      true,
-	})
+	}, c.OutOrStdout())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	_, err = fmt.Fprintln(c.OutOrStdout(), string(envoyConfig))
-	return err
+	switch output {
+	case summaryOutput:
+		return configWriter.PrintRouteSummary(configdump.RouteFilter{Verbose: true})
+	case jsonOutput, yamlOutput:
+		return configWriter.PrintRouteDump(configdump.RouteFilter{Verbose: true}, output)
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("output format %q not supported", output)
+	}
 }