diff --git a/packages/bruno-cli/src/commands/run.js b/packages/bruno-cli/src/commands/run.js
index 9b4fe111..809d84ab 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-cli/src/commands/run.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-cli/src/commands/run.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 const { exists, isFile } = require('../utils/filesystem');
 const { runSingleRequest } = require('../runner/run-single-request');
 const { bruToEnvJson, getEnvVars } = require('../utils/bru');
+const { rpad } = require('../utils/common');
 
 const command = 'run <filename>';
 const desc = 'Run a request';
@@ -55,11 +56,41 @@ const handler = async function (argv) {
     const _isFile = await isFile(filename);
     if(_isFile) {
       console.log(chalk.yellow('Running Request \n'));
-      await runSingleRequest(filename, collectionPath, collectionVariables, envVars);
-      console.log(chalk.green('\nDone!'));
+      const {
+        assertionResults,
+        testResults
+      } = await runSingleRequest(filename, collectionPath, collectionVariables, envVars);
+
+      // display assertion results and test results summary
+      const totalAssertions = assertionResults.length;
+      const passedAssertions = assertionResults.filter((result) => result.status === 'pass').length;
+      const failedAssertions = totalAssertions - passedAssertions;
+
+      const totalTests = testResults.length;
+      const passedTests = testResults.filter((result) => result.status === 'pass').length;
+      const failedTests = totalTests - passedTests;
+      const maxLength = 12;
+
+      let assertSummary = `${rpad('Tests:', maxLength)} ${chalk.green(`${passedTests} passed`)}`;
+      if (failedTests > 0) {
+        assertSummary += `, ${chalk.red(`${failedTests} failed`)}`;
+      }
+      assertSummary += `, ${totalTests} total`;
+
+      let testSummary = `${rpad('Assertions:', maxLength)} ${chalk.green(`${passedAssertions} passed`)}`;
+      if (failedAssertions > 0) {
+        testSummary += `, ${chalk.red(`${failedAssertions} failed`)}`;
+      }
+      testSummary += `, ${totalAssertions} total`;
+
+      console.log("\n" + chalk.bold(assertSummary));
+      console.log(chalk.bold(testSummary));
+
+      console.log(chalk.dim(chalk.grey('Ran all requests.')));
     }
   } catch (err) {
-    // console.error(err.message);
+    console.log("Something went wrong");
+    console.error(chalk.red(err.message));
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/run-single-request.js b/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/run-single-request.js
index b0380548..b89c6c6d 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/run-single-request.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/run-single-request.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const FormData = require('form-data');
 const axios = require('axios');
 const prepareRequest = require('./prepare-request');
 const interpolateVars = require('./interpolate-vars');
-const { ScriptRuntime, TestRuntime, VarsRuntime } = require('@usebruno/js');
+const { ScriptRuntime, TestRuntime, VarsRuntime, AssertRuntime } = require('@usebruno/js');
 const { bruToJson } = require('../utils/bru');
 const { stripExtension } = require('../utils/filesystem');
 
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ const runSingleRequest = async function (filename, collectionPath, collectionVar
     // run request
     const response = await axios(request);
 
+    console.log(chalk.green(stripExtension(filename)) + chalk.dim(` (${response.status} ${response.statusText})`));
+
     // run post-response vars
     const postResponseVars = get(bruJson, 'request.vars.res');
     if(postResponseVars && postResponseVars.length) {
@@ -58,7 +60,24 @@ const runSingleRequest = async function (filename, collectionPath, collectionVar
     const responseScriptFile = get(bruJson, 'request.script.res');
     if(responseScriptFile && responseScriptFile.length) {
       const scriptRuntime = new ScriptRuntime();
-      scriptRuntime.runResponseScript(responseScriptFile, response, envVariables, collectionVariables, collectionPath);
+      scriptRuntime.runResponseScript(responseScriptFile, request, response, envVariables, collectionVariables, collectionPath);
+    }
+
+    // run assertions
+    let assertionResults = [];
+    const assertions = get(bruJson, 'request.assert');
+    if(assertions && assertions.length) {
+      const assertRuntime = new AssertRuntime();
+      assertionResults = assertRuntime.runAssertions(assertions, request, response, envVariables, collectionVariables, collectionPath);
+
+      each(assertionResults, (r) => {
+        if(r.status === 'pass') {
+          console.log(chalk.green(`   ✓ `) + chalk.dim(`assert: ${r.lhsExpr}: ${r.rhsExpr}`));
+        } else {
+          console.log(chalk.red(`   ✕ `) + chalk.red(`assert: ${r.lhsExpr}: ${r.rhsExpr}`));
+          console.log(chalk.red(`      ${r.error}`));
+        }
+      });
     }
 
     // run tests
@@ -70,7 +89,6 @@ const runSingleRequest = async function (filename, collectionPath, collectionVar
       testResults = get(result, 'results', []);
     }
 
-    console.log(chalk.green(stripExtension(filename)) + chalk.dim(` (${response.status} ${response.statusText})`));
     if(testResults && testResults.length) {
       each(testResults, (testResult) => {
         if(testResult.status === 'pass') {
@@ -80,6 +98,11 @@ const runSingleRequest = async function (filename, collectionPath, collectionVar
         }
       });
     }
+
+    return {
+      assertionResults,
+      testResults
+    };
   } catch (err) {
     console.log(chalk.red(stripExtension(filename)) + chalk.dim(` (${err.message})`));
   }
diff --git a/packages/bruno-cli/src/utils/common.js b/packages/bruno-cli/src/utils/common.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..152c287c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bruno-cli/src/utils/common.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+const lpad = (str, width) => {
+  let paddedStr = str;
+  while (paddedStr.length < width) {
+    paddedStr = ' ' + paddedStr;
+  }
+  return paddedStr;
+};
+
+const rpad = (str, width) => {
+  let paddedStr = str;
+  while (paddedStr.length < width) {
+    paddedStr = paddedStr + ' ';
+  }
+  return paddedStr;
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  lpad,
+  rpad
+};
diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
index b675ae11..5a15f4d4 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow, watcher, lastOpenedCollections) => {
       const responseScript = get(request, 'script.res');
       if(responseScript && responseScript.length) {
         const scriptRuntime = new ScriptRuntime();
-        const result = scriptRuntime.runResponseScript(responseScript, response, envVars, collectionVariables, collectionPath);
+        const result = scriptRuntime.runResponseScript(responseScript, request, response, envVars, collectionVariables, collectionPath);
 
         mainWindow.webContents.send('main:script-environment-update', {
           environment: result.environment,
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow, watcher, lastOpenedCollections) => {
           const responseScript = get(request, 'script.res');
           if(responseScript && responseScript.length) {
             const scriptRuntime = new ScriptRuntime();
-            const result = scriptRuntime.runResponseScript(responseScript, response, envVars, collectionVariables, collectionPath);
+            const result = scriptRuntime.runResponseScript(responseScript, request, response, envVars, collectionVariables, collectionPath);
 
             mainWindow.webContents.send('main:script-environment-update', {
               environment: result.environment,
diff --git a/packages/bruno-js/src/index.js b/packages/bruno-js/src/index.js
index a703682d..fe6447cf 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-js/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-js/src/index.js
@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
-const {
-  ScriptRuntime
-} = require('./script-runtime');
-
-const {
-  TestRuntime
-} = require('./test-runtime');
-
-const {
-  VarsRuntime
-} = require('./vars-runtime');
+const ScriptRuntime = require('./runtime/script-runtime');
+const TestRuntime = require('./runtime/test-runtime');
+const VarsRuntime = require('./runtime/vars-runtime');
+const AssertRuntime = require('./runtime/assert-runtime');
 
 module.exports = {
   ScriptRuntime,
   TestRuntime,
-  VarsRuntime
+  VarsRuntime,
+  AssertRuntime
 };
diff --git a/packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/assert-runtime.js b/packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/assert-runtime.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..646de880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/assert-runtime.js
@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+const _ = require('lodash');
+const chai = require('chai');  
+const { nanoid } = require('nanoid');
+const Bru = require('../bru');
+const BrunoRequest = require('../bruno-request');
+const { evaluateJsExpression, createResponseParser } = require('../utils');
+
+const { expect } = chai;
+
+/**
+ * Assertion operators
+ * 
+ * eq          : equal to
+ * neq         : not equal to
+ * like        : like
+ * gt          : greater than
+ * gte         : greater than or equal to
+ * lt          : less than
+ * lte         : less than or equal to
+ * in          : in
+ * notIn       : not in
+ * contains    : contains
+ * notContains : not contains
+ * count       : count
+ * length      : length
+ * matches     : matches
+ * notMatches  : not matches
+ * startsWith  : starts with
+ * endsWith    : ends with
+ * between     : between
+ * isEmpty     : is empty
+ * isNull      : is null
+ * isUndefined : is undefined
+ * isDefined   : is defined
+ * isTruthy    : is truthy
+ * isFalsy     : is falsy
+ * isJson      : is json
+ * isNumber    : is number
+ * isString    : is string
+ * isBoolean   : is boolean
+ */
+const parseAssertionOperator = (str = '') => {
+  if(!str || typeof str !== 'string' || str.length) {
+    return {
+      operator: 'eq',
+      value: str
+    };
+  }
+
+  const operators = [
+    'eq', 'neq', 'like', 'gt', 'gte', 'lt', 'lte', 'in', 'notIn',
+    'contains', 'notContains', 'count', 'length', 'matches', 'notMatches',
+    'startsWith', 'endsWith', 'between', 'isEmpty', 'isNull', 'isUndefined',
+    'isDefined', 'isTruthy', 'isFalsy', 'isJson', 'isNumber', 'isString', 'isBoolean'
+  ];
+
+  const [operator, ...rest] = str.trim().split(' ');
+  const value = rest.join(' ');
+
+  if(operators.includes(operator)) {
+    return {
+      operator,
+      value
+    };
+  }
+
+  return {
+    operator: 'eq',
+    value: str
+  };
+};
+
+class AssertRuntime {
+  runAssertions(assertions, request, response, envVariables, collectionVariables, collectionPath) {
+    const enabledAssertions = _.filter(assertions, (a) => a.enabled);
+    if(!enabledAssertions.length) {
+      return [];
+    }
+
+    const bru = new Bru(envVariables, collectionVariables);
+    const req = new BrunoRequest(request);
+    const res = createResponseParser(response);
+
+    const bruContext = {
+      bru,
+      req,
+      res
+    };
+
+    const context = {
+      ...envVariables,
+      ...collectionVariables,
+      ...bruContext
+    }
+
+    const assertionResults = [];
+
+    // parse assertion operators
+    for (const v of enabledAssertions) {
+      const lhsExpr = v.name;
+      const rhsExpr = v.value;
+      const {
+        operator,
+        value: rhsOperand
+      } = parseAssertionOperator(rhsExpr);
+
+      try {
+        const lhs = evaluateJsExpression(lhsExpr, context);
+        const rhs = evaluateJsExpression(rhsOperand, context);
+
+        switch(operator) {
+          case 'eq':
+            expect(lhs).to.equal(rhs);
+            break;
+          case 'neq':
+            expect(lhs).to.not.equal(rhs);
+            break;
+          case 'like':
+            expect(lhs).to.match(new RegExp(rhs));
+            break;
+          case 'gt':
+            expect(lhs).to.be.greaterThan(rhs);
+            break;
+          case 'gte':
+            expect(lhs).to.be.greaterThanOrEqual(rhs);
+            break;
+          case 'lt':
+            expect(lhs).to.be.lessThan(rhs);
+            break;
+          case 'lte':
+            expect(lhs).to.be.lessThanOrEqual(rhs);
+            break;
+          case 'in':
+            expect(lhs).to.be.oneOf(rhs);
+            break;
+          case 'notIn':
+            expect(lhs).to.not.be.oneOf(rhs);
+            break;
+          case 'contains':
+            expect(lhs).to.include(rhs);
+            break;
+          case 'notContains':
+            expect(lhs).to.not.include(rhs);
+            break;
+          case 'count':
+            expect(lhs).to.have.lengthOf(rhs);
+            break;
+          case 'length':
+            expect(lhs).to.have.lengthOf(rhs);
+            break;
+          case 'matches':
+            expect(lhs).to.match(new RegExp(rhs));
+            break;
+          case 'notMatches':
+            expect(lhs).to.not.match(new RegExp(rhs));
+            break;
+          case 'startsWith':
+            expect(lhs).to.startWith(rhs);
+            break;
+          case 'endsWith':
+            expect(lhs).to.endWith(rhs);
+            break;
+          case 'between':
+            const [min, max] = value.split(' ');
+            expect(lhs).to.be.within(min, max);
+            break;
+          case 'isEmpty':
+            expect(lhs).to.be.empty;
+            break;
+          case 'isNull':
+            expect(lhs).to.be.null;
+            break;
+          case 'isUndefined':
+            expect(lhs).to.be.undefined;
+            break;
+          case 'isDefined':
+            expect(lhs).to.not.be.undefined;
+            break;
+          case 'isTruthy':
+            expect(lhs).to.be.true;
+            break;
+          case 'isFalsy':
+            expect(lhs).to.be.false;
+            break;
+          case 'isJson':
+            expect(lhs).to.be.json;
+            break;
+          case 'isNumber':
+            expect(lhs).to.be.a('number');
+            break;
+          case 'isString':
+            expect(lhs).to.be.a('string');
+            break;
+          case 'isBoolean':
+            expect(lhs).to.be.a('boolean');
+            break;
+          default:
+            expect(lhs).to.equal(rhs);
+            break;
+        }
+
+        assertionResults.push({
+          lhsExpr,
+          rhsExpr,
+          rhsOperand,
+          operator,
+          status: 'pass'
+        });
+      }
+      catch (err) {
+        assertionResults.push({
+          lhsExpr,
+          rhsExpr,
+          rhsOperand,
+          operator,
+          status: 'fail',
+          error: err.message
+        });
+      }
+    }
+
+    return assertionResults;
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = AssertRuntime;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/bruno-js/src/script-runtime.js b/packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/script-runtime.js
similarity index 84%
rename from packages/bruno-js/src/script-runtime.js
rename to packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/script-runtime.js
index b8ef04cd..77a2b274 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-js/src/script-runtime.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/script-runtime.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 const { NodeVM } = require('vm2');
 const path = require('path');
-const Bru = require('./bru');
-const BrunoRequest = require('./bruno-request');
-const BrunoResponse = require('./bruno-response');
+const Bru = require('../bru');
+const BrunoRequest = require('../bruno-request');
+const BrunoResponse = require('../bruno-response');
 
 // Inbuilt Library Support
 const atob = require('atob');
@@ -52,12 +52,14 @@ class ScriptRuntime {
     };
   }
 
-  runResponseScript(script, response, environment, collectionVariables, collectionPath) {
+  runResponseScript(script, request, response, environment, collectionVariables, collectionPath) {
     const bru = new Bru(environment, collectionVariables);
+    const req = new BrunoRequest(request);
     const res = new BrunoResponse(response);
 
     const context = {
       bru,
+      req,
       res
     };
     const vm = new NodeVM({
@@ -88,6 +90,4 @@ class ScriptRuntime {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = {
-  ScriptRuntime
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+module.exports = ScriptRuntime;
diff --git a/packages/bruno-js/src/test-runtime.js b/packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/test-runtime.js
similarity index 85%
rename from packages/bruno-js/src/test-runtime.js
rename to packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/test-runtime.js
index f1940d18..cbb1050f 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-js/src/test-runtime.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/test-runtime.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 const { NodeVM } = require('vm2');
 const chai = require('chai');  
 const path = require('path');
-const Bru = require('./bru');
-const BrunoRequest = require('./bruno-request');
-const BrunoResponse = require('./bruno-response');
-const Test = require('./test');
-const TestResults = require('./test-results');
+const Bru = require('../bru');
+const BrunoRequest = require('../bruno-request');
+const BrunoResponse = require('../bruno-response');
+const Test = require('../test');
+const TestResults = require('../test-results');
 
 // Inbuilt Library Support
 const atob = require('atob');
@@ -67,6 +67,4 @@ class TestRuntime {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = {
-  TestRuntime
-};
+module.exports = TestRuntime;
diff --git a/packages/bruno-js/src/vars-runtime.js b/packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/vars-runtime.js
similarity index 91%
rename from packages/bruno-js/src/vars-runtime.js
rename to packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/vars-runtime.js
index f4d5e0c8..fdc07d38 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-js/src/vars-runtime.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-js/src/runtime/vars-runtime.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const _ = require('lodash');
-const Bru = require('./bru');
-const BrunoRequest = require('./bruno-request');
-const { evaluateJsExpression, createResponseParser } = require('./utils');
+const Bru = require('../bru');
+const BrunoRequest = require('../bruno-request');
+const { evaluateJsExpression, createResponseParser } = require('../utils');
 
 class VarsRuntime {
   runPreRequestVars(vars, request, envVariables, collectionVariables, collectionPath) {
@@ -59,6 +59,4 @@ class VarsRuntime {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = {
-  VarsRuntime
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+module.exports = VarsRuntime;
diff --git a/packages/bruno-js/src/test-results.js b/packages/bruno-js/src/test-results.js
index 6f65d9b7..0d49c6ea 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-js/src/test-results.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-js/src/test-results.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const {nanoid} = require('nanoid');
+const { nanoid } = require('nanoid');
 
 class TestResults {
   constructor() {
diff --git a/packages/bruno-js/src/utils.js b/packages/bruno-js/src/utils.js
index 19355862..0f456325 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-js/src/utils.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-js/src/utils.js
@@ -5,10 +5,18 @@ const evaluateJsExpression = (expression, context) => {
   return fn(...Object.values(context));
 };
 
-const createResponseParser = (res = {}) => (expr)  => {
-  const output = jsonQuery(expr, { data: res.data });
+const createResponseParser = (response = {}) => {
+  const res = (expr)  => {
+    const output = jsonQuery(expr, { data: response.data });
+    return output ? output.value : null;
+  }
 
-  return output ? output.value : null;
+  res.status = response.status;
+  res.statusText = response.statusText;
+  res.headers = response.headers;
+  res.body = response.data;
+
+  return res;
 };
 
 module.exports = {