diff --git a/convex/lib/public.ts b/convex/lib/public.ts
index 33ed405aa..b3b019a0e 100644
--- a/convex/lib/public.ts
+++ b/convex/lib/public.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export type HydratableSkill = Pick<
   | 'canonicalSkillId'
   | 'forkOf'
   | 'latestVersionId'
+  | 'latestVersionSummary'
   | 'tags'
   | 'badges'
   | 'stats'
diff --git a/convex/lib/skillSearchDigest.test.ts b/convex/lib/skillSearchDigest.test.ts
index ef2c366e6..0cd3f988c 100644
--- a/convex/lib/skillSearchDigest.test.ts
+++ b/convex/lib/skillSearchDigest.test.ts
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ describe('extractDigestFields', () => {
 
     expect(digest).not.toHaveProperty('moderationEvidence')
     expect(digest).not.toHaveProperty('quality')
-    expect(digest).not.toHaveProperty('latestVersionSummary')
+    expect(digest).toHaveProperty('latestVersionSummary')
     expect(digest).not.toHaveProperty('moderationNotes')
     expect(digest).not.toHaveProperty('moderationSummary')
     expect(digest).not.toHaveProperty('resourceId')
diff --git a/convex/lib/skillSearchDigest.ts b/convex/lib/skillSearchDigest.ts
index 0b6e1d906..958e775e9 100644
--- a/convex/lib/skillSearchDigest.ts
+++ b/convex/lib/skillSearchDigest.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const SHARED_KEYS = [
   'canonicalSkillId',
   'forkOf',
   'latestVersionId',
+  'latestVersionSummary',
   'tags',
   'badges',
   'stats',
diff --git a/convex/schema.ts b/convex/schema.ts
index 41f202249..d1e494387 100644
--- a/convex/schema.ts
+++ b/convex/schema.ts
@@ -448,6 +448,17 @@ const skillSearchDigest = defineTable({
   canonicalSkillId: v.optional(v.id('skills')),
   forkOf: forkOfValidator,
   latestVersionId: v.optional(v.id('skillVersions')),
+  latestVersionSummary: v.optional(
+    v.object({
+      version: v.string(),
+      createdAt: v.number(),
+      changelog: v.string(),
+      changelogSource: v.optional(
+        v.union(v.literal('auto'), v.literal('user')),
+      ),
+      clawdis: v.optional(v.any()),
+    }),
+  ),
   tags: v.record(v.string(), v.id('skillVersions')),
   badges: badgesValidator,
   stats: statsValidator,
diff --git a/convex/skills.listPublicPageV2.test.ts b/convex/skills.listPublicPageV2.test.ts
index 4bc8c533e..d7c88d197 100644
--- a/convex/skills.listPublicPageV2.test.ts
+++ b/convex/skills.listPublicPageV2.test.ts
@@ -287,6 +287,48 @@ describe('skills.listPublicPageV2', () => {
     )
   })
 
+  it('falls back to db.get(latestVersionId) when latestVersionSummary is absent', async () => {
+    const oldRow = makeSkill('skills:old', 'old', 'users:1', 'skillVersions:1')
+    // Simulate a pre-backfill digest row without latestVersionSummary
+    delete (oldRow as Record<string, unknown>).latestVersionSummary
+
+    const paginateMock = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+      page: [oldRow],
+      continueCursor: 'next-cursor',
+      isDone: false,
+      pageStatus: null,
+      splitCursor: null,
+    })
+    const getMock = vi.fn(async (id: string) => {
+      if (id.startsWith('users:')) return makeUser(id)
+      if (id.startsWith('skillVersions:')) return makeVersion(id)
+      return null
+    })
+    const ctx = {
+      db: {
+        query: vi.fn(() => ({
+          withIndex: vi.fn(() => ({
+            order: vi.fn(() => ({ paginate: paginateMock })),
+          })),
+        })),
+        get: getMock,
+      },
+    }
+
+    const result = await listPublicPageV2Handler(ctx, {
+      paginationOpts: { cursor: null, numItems: 25 },
+      sort: 'downloads',
+      dir: 'desc',
+      highlightedOnly: false,
+      nonSuspiciousOnly: false,
+    })
+
+    expect(result.page).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(result.page[0]?.skill.slug).toBe('old')
+    // Should have fetched the version doc via db.get
+    expect(getMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('skillVersions:1')
+  })
+
   it('does not swallow non-cursor paginate errors', async () => {
     const paginateMock = vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error('database unavailable'))
     const ctx = {
@@ -333,6 +375,12 @@ function makeSkill(
     canonicalSkillId: undefined,
     forkOf: undefined,
     latestVersionId,
+    latestVersionSummary: {
+      version: '1.0.0',
+      createdAt: 1,
+      changelog: '',
+      changelogSource: 'user' as const,
+    },
     tags: {},
     badges: {},
     stats: {
diff --git a/convex/skills.ts b/convex/skills.ts
index dfe656b0e..aa4bb6f63 100644
--- a/convex/skills.ts
+++ b/convex/skills.ts
@@ -958,11 +958,7 @@ async function buildPublicSkillEntries(
   const entries = await Promise.all(
     skills.map(async (skill) => {
       // Use denormalized summary when available to avoid reading the full ~6KB version doc.
-      // HydratableSkill (from digest rows) won't have latestVersionSummary.
-      const summary =
-        'latestVersionSummary' in skill
-          ? (skill as Doc<'skills'>).latestVersionSummary
-          : undefined
+      const summary = skill.latestVersionSummary
       const hasSummary = includeVersion && summary
       const [latestVersionDoc, ownerInfo] = await Promise.all([
         includeVersion && !hasSummary && skill.latestVersionId