diff --git a/frontend/src/api/client.ts b/frontend/src/api/client.ts
index 980cc66..baf3bba 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/client.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/api/client.ts
@@ -705,3 +705,14 @@ export interface ProfileObservationEntry {
 
 export const listProfileObservations = () =>
   apiGet<{ observations: ProfileObservationEntry[] }>('/api/profile/observations')
+
+
+// ── Tasks ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+import type { Note as Task } from '../types/note'
+
+/** Manually trigger a consolidation pass for a task. Returns the freshly-
+ *  updated task with new body + consolidated_at. Bypasses the user's
+ *  auto_consolidate_tasks setting. */
+export const consolidateTask = (id: number) =>
+  apiPost<Task>(`/api/tasks/${id}/consolidate`, {})
diff --git a/frontend/src/types/note.ts b/frontend/src/types/note.ts
index 1e7c414..bceb8e2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/types/note.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/types/note.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ export interface Note {
   id: number;
   title: string;
   body: string;
+  description: string | null;
+  consolidated_at: string | null;
   tags: string[];
   parent_id: number | null;
   parent_title?: string | null;
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/TaskEditorView.vue b/frontend/src/views/TaskEditorView.vue
index 1521181..d60f618 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/TaskEditorView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/TaskEditorView.vue
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ const toast = useToastStore();
 
 const title = ref("");
 const body = ref("");
+const description = ref("");
+const consolidatedAt = ref<string | null>(null);
 const tags = ref<string[]>([]);
 const status = ref<TaskStatus>("todo");
 const priority = ref<TaskPriority>("none");
@@ -186,6 +188,7 @@ const { suggestedTags, appliedTags, suggestingTags, fetchTagSuggestions, applyTa
 
 let savedTitle = "";
 let savedBody = "";
+let savedDescription = "";
 let savedTags: string[] = [];
 let savedStatus: TaskStatus = "todo";
 let savedPriority: TaskPriority = "none";
@@ -198,6 +201,7 @@ function markDirty() {
   dirty.value =
     title.value !== savedTitle ||
     body.value !== savedBody ||
+    description.value !== savedDescription ||
     JSON.stringify(tags.value) !== JSON.stringify(savedTags) ||
     status.value !== savedStatus ||
     priority.value !== savedPriority ||
@@ -270,6 +274,8 @@ onMounted(async () => {
     if (store.currentTask) {
       title.value = store.currentTask.title;
       body.value = store.currentTask.body;
+      description.value = store.currentTask.description ?? "";
+      consolidatedAt.value = store.currentTask.consolidated_at ?? null;
       tags.value = [...(store.currentTask.tags || [])];
       status.value = store.currentTask.status as TaskStatus;
       priority.value = store.currentTask.priority as TaskPriority;
@@ -286,6 +292,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
       recurrenceRule.value = noteTask.recurrence_rule ?? null;
       savedTitle = title.value;
       savedBody = body.value;
+      savedDescription = description.value;
       savedTags = [...tags.value];
       savedStatus = status.value;
       savedPriority = priority.value;
@@ -312,6 +319,7 @@ async function save() {
     const data = {
       title: title.value,
       body: body.value,
+      description: description.value,
       tags: tags.value,
       status: status.value,
       priority: priority.value,
@@ -325,6 +333,7 @@ async function save() {
       await store.updateTask(taskId.value!, data);
       savedTitle = title.value;
       savedBody = body.value;
+      savedDescription = description.value;
       savedTags = [...tags.value];
       savedStatus = status.value;
       savedPriority = priority.value;
@@ -377,6 +386,7 @@ async function doAutoSave() {
     await store.updateTask(taskId.value!, {
       title: title.value,
       body: body.value,
+      description: description.value,
       tags: tags.value,
       status: status.value,
       priority: priority.value,
@@ -388,6 +398,7 @@ async function doAutoSave() {
     } as Record<string, unknown>);
     savedTitle = title.value;
     savedBody = body.value;
+    savedDescription = description.value;
     savedTags = [...tags.value];
     savedStatus = status.value;
     savedPriority = priority.value;
@@ -431,7 +442,19 @@ useEditorGuards(dirty, save);
         @keydown.ctrl.e.prevent="tiptapEditor?.commands.focus()"
       />
 
-    </div><!-- /editor-header: title only -->
+      <div class="task-goal">
+        <label for="task-description" class="task-goal-label">Goal</label>
+        <textarea
+          id="task-description"
+          v-model="description"
+          placeholder="What are we trying to do here? (read-only context for the auto-summary)"
+          rows="2"
+          class="task-goal-input"
+          @input="markDirty"
+        ></textarea>
+      </div>
+
+    </div><!-- /editor-header: title + goal -->
 
     <!-- Two-column body: main (editor+log) | sidebar (metadata) -->
     <div class="task-body">
@@ -971,4 +994,38 @@ useEditorGuards(dirty, save);
     overflow-y: visible;
   }
 }
+
+/* ── Goal (description) input ─────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+.task-goal {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 0.25rem;
+  margin: 0.5rem 0 0.25rem;
+}
+.task-goal-label {
+  font-family: var(--font-display, "Fraunces", serif);
+  font-style: italic;
+  font-size: 0.78rem;
+  font-weight: 500;
+  letter-spacing: 0.04em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  color: var(--color-text-muted, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5));
+}
+.task-goal-input {
+  width: 100%;
+  resize: vertical;
+  min-height: 2.4rem;
+  padding: 0.5rem 0.6rem;
+  font: inherit;
+  font-size: 0.95rem;
+  line-height: 1.4;
+  color: var(--color-text, inherit);
+  background: var(--color-input-bg, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.03));
+  border: 1px solid var(--color-border, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08));
+  border-radius: var(--radius-md, 8px);
+}
+.task-goal-input:focus {
+  outline: none;
+  border-color: var(--color-primary, #6366f1);
+}
 </style>
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diff --git a/frontend/src/views/TaskViewerView.vue b/frontend/src/views/TaskViewerView.vue
index 20439d8..f9065ef 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/TaskViewerView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/TaskViewerView.vue
@@ -357,6 +357,22 @@ const subTaskProgress = computed(() => {
             @click="onTagClick"
           />
         </div>
+        <div
+          v-if="store.currentTask.description"
+          class="task-goal-display"
+        >
+          <h3 class="goal-label">Goal</h3>
+          <p class="goal-text">{{ store.currentTask.description }}</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div
+          v-if="store.currentTask.consolidated_at"
+          class="auto-summary-banner"
+        >
+          <span class="auto-summary-icon" aria-hidden="true">✦</span>
+          Auto-summarized from work logs.
+        </div>
+
         <div
           class="body prose"
           v-html="renderedBody"
@@ -807,4 +823,42 @@ const subTaskProgress = computed(() => {
 .skel-line { height: 0.9rem; }
 .skel-line--short { width: 50%; }
 .skel-line--medium { width: 78%; }
+
+/* ── Goal block + auto-summary banner ─────────────────────────────────────── */
+.task-goal-display {
+  border-left: 2px solid var(--color-border, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12));
+  padding: 0.4rem 0 0.4rem 0.9rem;
+  margin: 0.75rem 0 1.25rem;
+  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.02);
+}
+.goal-label {
+  font-family: var(--font-display, "Fraunces", serif);
+  font-style: italic;
+  font-size: 0.78rem;
+  font-weight: 500;
+  letter-spacing: 0.04em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  color: var(--color-text-muted, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5));
+  margin: 0 0 0.25rem;
+}
+.goal-text {
+  margin: 0;
+  font-size: 0.95rem;
+  line-height: 1.45;
+  color: var(--color-text, inherit);
+  white-space: pre-wrap;
+}
+.auto-summary-banner {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+  font-size: 0.78rem;
+  font-style: italic;
+  color: var(--color-text-muted, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.55));
+  margin: 0 0 0.75rem;
+}
+.auto-summary-icon {
+  color: var(--color-primary, #6366f1);
+  font-size: 0.85rem;
+}
 </style>