diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 849ddff..d63f61d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 dist/
+.github/outputs/
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7ca397a..18f8078 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [Unreleased]
 - Fix issue with code coverage information missing when test files are deleted (fgrosse/go-coverage-report#35)
 - Document permissions needed to use this action (fgrosse/go-coverage-report#32)
+- Add new `skip-comment` input to skip adding a comment to the PR (fgrosse/go-coverage-report#34)
 
 ## [v1.0.2] - 2024-06-11
 - Fix issue when coverage artifact contains more files than just the `coverage.txt` file (fgrosse/go-coverage-report#25)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae006a7..de282bf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -142,14 +142,22 @@ inputs:
     default: "github.com/${{ github.repository }}"
 
   trim:
-    description: Trim a prefix in the "Impacted Packages" column of the markdown report.
+    description: 'Trim a prefix in the "Impacted Packages" column of the markdown report.'
     required: false
+
+  skip-comment:
+    description: |
+      Skip creating or updating the pull request comment. This may be useful when you want
+      to generate the coverage report and modify it in your own scripts.
+    required: false
+    default: 'false'
 ```
 
 ### Outputs
 
-This action does not provide any outputs, but it will comment on your pull request
-with the summary of the code coverage changes.
+This action provides the following outputs:
+
+- `coverage_report`: The generated coverage report in Markdown format.
 
 ## Limitations
 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 6b59de2..0b75906 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -35,10 +35,22 @@ inputs:
     required: false
     default: "github.com/${{ github.repository }}"
 
+  skip-comment:
+    description: |
+      Skip creating or updating the pull request comment. This may be useful when you want
+      to generate the coverage report and modify it in your own scripts.
+    required: false
+    default: 'false'
+
   trim:
     description: Trim a prefix in the "Impacted Packages" column of the markdown report.
     required: false
 
+outputs:
+  coverage_report:
+    description: 'The generated coverage report in Markdown format.'
+    value: ${{ steps.coverage.outputs.coverage_report }}
+
 runs:
   using: "composite"
 
@@ -64,6 +76,7 @@ runs:
 
     - name: Code coverage report
       shell: bash
+      id: coverage
       run: $GITHUB_ACTION_PATH/scripts/github-action.sh "${{ github.repository }}" "${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}" "${{ github.run_id }}"
       env:
         GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
@@ -74,4 +87,5 @@ runs:
         COVERAGE_ARTIFACT_NAME: ${{ inputs.coverage-artifact-name }}
         COVERAGE_FILE_NAME: ${{ inputs.coverage-file-name }}
         ROOT_PACKAGE: ${{ inputs.root-package }}
+        SKIP_COMMENT: ${{ inputs.skip-comment }}
         TRIM_PACKAGE: ${{ inputs.trim }}
diff --git a/scripts/github-action.sh b/scripts/github-action.sh
index b0602b5..486fa25 100755
--- a/scripts/github-action.sh
+++ b/scripts/github-action.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ You can use the following environment variables to configure the script:
 - CHANGED_FILES_PATH: The path to the file containing the list of changed files (default: .github/outputs/all_modified_files.json)
 - ROOT_PACKAGE: The import path of the tested repository to add as a prefix to all paths of the changed files (optional)
 - TRIM_PACKAGE: Trim a prefix in the \"Impacted Packages\" column of the markdown report (optional)
+- SKIP_COMMENT: Skip creating or updating the pull request comment (default: false)
 "
 
 if [[ $# != 3 ]]; then
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@ fi
 GITHUB_REPOSITORY=$1
 GITHUB_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER=$2
 GITHUB_RUN_ID=$3
-
 GITHUB_WORKFLOW=${GITHUB_WORKFLOW:-CI}
 TARGET_BRANCH=${GITHUB_BASE_REF:-main}
 COVERAGE_ARTIFACT_NAME=${COVERAGE_ARTIFACT_NAME:-code-coverage}
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ OLD_COVERAGE_PATH=.github/outputs/old-coverage.txt
 NEW_COVERAGE_PATH=.github/outputs/new-coverage.txt
 COVERAGE_COMMENT_PATH=.github/outputs/coverage-comment.md
 CHANGED_FILES_PATH=${CHANGED_FILES_PATH:-.github/outputs/all_modified_files.json}
+SKIP_COMMENT=${SKIP_COMMENT:-false}
 
 if [[ -z ${GITHUB_REPOSITORY+x} ]]; then
     echo "Missing github_repository argument"
@@ -68,6 +69,13 @@ if [[ -z ${GITHUB_RUN_ID+x} ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+if [[ -z ${GITHUB_OUTPUT+x} ]]; then
+    echo "Missing GITHUB_OUTPUT environment variable"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+export GH_REPO="$GITHUB_REPOSITORY"
+
 start_group(){
     echo "::group::$*"
     { set -x; return; } 2>/dev/null
@@ -107,7 +115,20 @@ go-coverage-report \
 end_group
 
 if [ ! -s $COVERAGE_COMMENT_PATH ]; then
-  echo "::notice::No coverage report to comment"
+  echo "::notice::No coverage report to output"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# Output the coverage report as a multiline GitHub output parameter
+echo "Writing GitHub output parameter to \"$GITHUB_OUTPUT\""
+{
+  echo "coverage_report<<END_OF_COVERAGE_REPORT"
+  cat "$COVERAGE_COMMENT_PATH"
+  echo "END_OF_COVERAGE_REPORT"
+} >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+if [ "$SKIP_COMMENT" = "true" ]; then
+  echo "Skipping pull request comment (\$SKIP_COMMENT=true))"
   exit 0
 fi