diff --git a/.mintignore b/.mintignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ce8a24b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mintignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Repo docs for contributors and agents, not published pages
+AGENTS.md
+CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
+.docs/
diff --git a/docs.json b/docs.json
index c06a7208..144b162f 100644
--- a/docs.json
+++ b/docs.json
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     { "source": "/browsers/pools/scaling", "destination": "/introduction/scale" },
     { "source": "/browsers/pools/policy-json", "destination": "/browsers/chrome-policies" },
     { "source": "/browsers/pools/overview", "destination": "/browsers/pools" },
+    { "source": "/browsers/scaling/pools", "destination": "/browsers/pools" },
     { "source": "/browsers/pools/faq", "destination": "/browsers/pools" },
     { "source": "/introduction", "destination": "/" },
     { "source": "/quickstart", "destination": "/start/quickstart" },
@@ -111,7 +112,10 @@
     ]
   },
   "seo": {
-    "indexing": "all"
+    "indexing": "all",
+    "metatags": {
+      "canonical": "https://www.kernel.sh/docs"
+    }
   },
   "navigation": {
     "tabs": [
diff --git a/index.mdx b/index.mdx
index 9bcacbdc..16fa4821 100644
--- a/index.mdx
+++ b/index.mdx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: "wrangle the wild web"
 sidebarTitle: "Introduction"
-description: ""
+description: "Run isolated cloud browsers for AI agents with KERNEL: drive Chromium with Playwright, CDP, or computer controls, and add stealth, proxies, managed auth, and replays"
 mode: "wide"
 ---
 
diff --git a/style.css b/style.css
index 6716638d..83516436 100644
--- a/style.css
+++ b/style.css
@@ -362,3 +362,10 @@ html.dark .cookbook-tag {
   width: 100% !important;
   max-width: 100% !important;
 }
+
+/* the landing page sets a frontmatter description for its meta description
+   tag but, unlike other pages, shows no subtitle under the title. mintlify
+   renders the description as a .prose div inside #header. */
+html[data-current-path="/"] #header > div.prose {
+  display: none !important;
+}