diff --git a/scripts/brain/src/cli.ts b/scripts/brain/src/cli.ts
index 2e121dd..f8add96 100644
--- a/scripts/brain/src/cli.ts
+++ b/scripts/brain/src/cli.ts
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ function runReconcile(_flags: Record<string, string>): void {
 }
 
 function renderDiffMd(diff: ProfileDiff): string {
-  const lines = ["# Pending profile diff", "", "> Operator-gated. Review, then `brain consolidate --apply --diff brain/pending-diff.json --confirm`.", ""];
+  const lines = ["---", "type: PendingDiff", "---", "", "# Pending profile diff", "", "> Operator-gated. Review, then `brain consolidate --apply --diff brain/pending-diff.json --confirm`.", ""];
   const section = (title: string, items: string[]) => {
     lines.push(`## ${title} (${items.length})`, "");
     for (const i of items) lines.push(`- ${i}`);
diff --git a/scripts/brain/src/profile.ts b/scripts/brain/src/profile.ts
index 0d86004..ae6346e 100644
--- a/scripts/brain/src/profile.ts
+++ b/scripts/brain/src/profile.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ export function serializeProfile(doc: ProfileDoc): string {
   const lines: string[] = [
     "---",
     "type: Profile",
+    "title: Profile",
+    "description: Two-layer semantic profile (static and dynamic) - the distilled who-you-are.",
     "---",
     "",
     "# Profile",
diff --git a/scripts/brain/src/scaffold.ts b/scripts/brain/src/scaffold.ts
index 4a60eb9..1c27b72 100644
--- a/scripts/brain/src/scaffold.ts
+++ b/scripts/brain/src/scaffold.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ okf_version: 0.1
 function operationsSeed(): string {
   return `---
 type: Operations
+title: Operations
+description: Plans, ideas, and the current-direction anchor - the operations centre.
 ---
 # Operations
 
diff --git a/scripts/brain/tests/consolidate-cli.test.ts b/scripts/brain/tests/consolidate-cli.test.ts
index fdd3abd..d2744f1 100644
--- a/scripts/brain/tests/consolidate-cli.test.ts
+++ b/scripts/brain/tests/consolidate-cli.test.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ describe("brain consolidate CLI (SC5)", () => {
     assert.equal(diff.additions.length, 1);
   });
 
+  test("--propose writes pending-diff.md in OKF-compatible form (type: PendingDiff)", () => {
+    // The pending-diff is a transient operator-review artifact that lives in the
+    // brain/ bundle, so it must carry a type or okf-check fails the whole bundle
+    // mid-propose. (docs/okf-convergence-brief.md Stage-1 deferred item.)
+    runCli(root, ["consolidate", "--propose", "--candidates", candidatesFile(root, [validCand])]);
+    const block = readFileSync(pendingMd(root), "utf8").match(/^---\n([\s\S]*?)\n---\n/);
+    assert.ok(block, "pending-diff.md leads with a frontmatter block");
+    assert.match(block![1], /^type:\s*PendingDiff\s*$/m, "pending-diff.md is type PendingDiff");
+  });
+
   test("--propose REJECTS a malformed candidate (missing field), no write", () => {
     const { code } = runCli(root, ["consolidate", "--propose", "--candidates", candidatesFile(root, [{ key: "x", value: "y" }])]);
     assert.notEqual(code, 0, "non-zero exit on malformed candidate");
diff --git a/scripts/brain/tests/okf-conform.test.ts b/scripts/brain/tests/okf-conform.test.ts
index f63eed7..8a68220 100644
--- a/scripts/brain/tests/okf-conform.test.ts
+++ b/scripts/brain/tests/okf-conform.test.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,19 @@ describe("brain/ bundle is OKF-compatible form (Stage 1)", () => {
     assert.equal(frontmatterType(text), "Operations");
   });
 
+  test("concept files carry the cheap recommended fields (title + description)", () => {
+    // OKF recommends title/description; they are free (constant) here and give a
+    // foreign agent a human label without a clock (timestamp/resource stay out —
+    // a timestamp would break the pure serializer; resource is N/A for an internal
+    // concept). okf-check still only REQUIRES type; these clear its warnings.
+    for (const sub of ["brain/profile.md", "brain/operations.md"]) {
+      const block = readFileSync(join(root, sub), "utf8").match(/^---\n([\s\S]*?)\n---\n/);
+      assert.ok(block, `${sub} has a frontmatter block`);
+      assert.match(block![1], /^title:\s*\S/m, `${sub} has a title`);
+      assert.match(block![1], /^description:\s*\S/m, `${sub} has a description`);
+    }
+  });
+
   test("each directory level under brain/ has its own index.md (progressive disclosure)", () => {
     assert.ok(existsSync(join(root, "brain/index.md")), "brain/index.md");
     assert.ok(existsSync(join(root, "brain/journal/index.md")), "brain/journal/index.md");