diff --git a/.claude/skills/cookbook-add-model/references/mintlify-authoring.md b/.claude/skills/cookbook-add-model/references/mintlify-authoring.md
index 74e96963a..76a62a419 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/cookbook-add-model/references/mintlify-authoring.md
+++ b/.claude/skills/cookbook-add-model/references/mintlify-authoring.md
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ table is a live reference.
     model name + intent — e.g. `Deploy <Model> with SGLang — …` — aim for ~150–160 chars, and
     pack secondary keywords (variants + sizes, `Mixture-of-Experts` / architecture, target
     GPUs). Phrase it as a value prop, not a generic "`<Model>` is a … model" intro.
+- **No `mode:` on a model page.** Leave it unset so Mintlify renders the default layout
+  *with* the right-hand "On this page" table of contents — every model page relies on this.
+  `mode: wide` drops that ToC; it's only for the category `intro.mdx` card-grid landing pages
+  (which have no ToC by design). The Deploy/Playground panels don't need the extra width —
+  they self-cap at `maxWidth: 900px` and center, which fits the default column fine. (Symptom
+  of a stray `mode: wide`: the page loses its right-hand ToC while its siblings keep theirs.)
 - Frontmatter MUST be the first thing in the file — no comment or blank line before the
   opening `---`.
 
diff --git a/.claude/skills/cookbook-add-model/templates/page.mdx.tmpl b/.claude/skills/cookbook-add-model/templates/page.mdx.tmpl
index bca82fb7f..9711f9e3b 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/cookbook-add-model/templates/page.mdx.tmpl
+++ b/.claude/skills/cookbook-add-model/templates/page.mdx.tmpl
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 title: __MODEL_DISPLAY__
 description: "__ONE_LINER__"
 tag: NEW
-mode: wide
 ---
 
 {/* TEMPLATE — instantiate via the cookbook-add-model skill, then DELETE this banner.
diff --git a/.claude/skills/cookbook-review-pr/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/cookbook-review-pr/SKILL.md
index fd8fc46f8..b4468cbec 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/cookbook-review-pr/SKILL.md
+++ b/.claude/skills/cookbook-review-pr/SKILL.md
@@ -96,8 +96,12 @@ than restating.
   Launch port must match client/curl port on the same page.
 
 ### 7. Frontmatter
-- Every new MDX page has `title:` and `metatags.description:` (a real one-line value prop,
-  not copied from another vendor).
+- Every new MDX page has `title:` and a **top-level** `description:` (a real one-line value
+  prop, not copied from another vendor) — NOT `metatags.description` (non-canonical; the
+  top-level field is what renders as the subtitle and SEO meta — see mintlify-authoring).
+- **No `mode: wide` on a model page** — it hides the right-hand "On this page" ToC that every
+  other model page has. Leave `mode` unset (the Deploy/Playground panels self-cap at 900px, so
+  the default column holds them fine). `mode: wide` belongs only on category `intro.mdx` grids.
 - `tag: NEW` only for genuine new launches; when one is added, stale `tag: NEW` on older
   pages should be dropped in the same PR (`grep -RlE "^tag: NEW" docs_new/cookbook/`).
 - MDX imports BOTH `Deployment` and `Playground` from `/src/snippets/...` (absolute).
diff --git a/docs_new/cookbook/autoregressive/DeepSeek/DeepSeek-V4.mdx b/docs_new/cookbook/autoregressive/DeepSeek/DeepSeek-V4.mdx
index b90c5bf95..06cb471cb 100644
--- a/docs_new/cookbook/autoregressive/DeepSeek/DeepSeek-V4.mdx
+++ b/docs_new/cookbook/autoregressive/DeepSeek/DeepSeek-V4.mdx
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 title: DeepSeek-V4
 description: "Deploy DeepSeek-V4 with SGLang — verified launch commands, benchmarks, and tuning for the Flash (284B) and Pro (1.6T) Mixture-of-Experts models."
 tag: NEW
-mode: wide
 ---
 
 ## Deployment