diff --git a/docs/guides/media.mdx b/docs/guides/media.mdx
index 3e13dae9ed5..71c33128e3b 100644
--- a/docs/guides/media.mdx
+++ b/docs/guides/media.mdx
@@ -63,6 +63,16 @@ Watch once from beginning to end and check:
 - voice clarity on ordinary headphones and laptop speakers;
 - missing files, temporary URLs, and late-loading media.
 
+## Reuse an approved recipe
+
+Ask the agent to save an approved video's design and storyboard as a named
+recipe for later projects. Saving the same name again creates a new version
+and archives the previous project version.
+
+If the new version has no `BRIEF.md`, importing that recipe into another
+project does not restore the older brief. The earlier brief remains available
+in the archived version.
+
 ## Choose a media task
 
 <CardGroup cols={2}>
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/media-use/lib/recipe-store.mjs b/packages/cli/src/media-use/lib/recipe-store.mjs
index 44b95ecafe2..9e1ac57487c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/media-use/lib/recipe-store.mjs
+++ b/packages/cli/src/media-use/lib/recipe-store.mjs
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ export function freezeRecipe({ projectDir, name, workflow, blocks }) {
     const userDir = join(userRecipesDir(), slug);
     mkdirSync(userDir, { recursive: true });
     cpSync(dir, userDir, NON_ASCII_SAFE_DIR_COPY);
+    if (!briefSkeleton) rmSync(join(userDir, "brief-skeleton.md"), { force: true });
   } catch {
     // The project-tier freeze already landed.
   }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/media-use/lib/recipe-store.test.mjs b/packages/cli/src/media-use/lib/recipe-store.test.mjs
index 2bf751dca8e..e33fa78fa5f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/media-use/lib/recipe-store.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/cli/src/media-use/lib/recipe-store.test.mjs
@@ -318,6 +318,30 @@ test("re-freezing bumps the version and archives the old folder", () => {
   });
 });
 
+test("re-freezing without a brief does not import the previous version's brief", () => {
+  withSandbox(({ project, root }) => {
+    writeFileSync(join(project, "BRIEF.md"), BRIEF);
+    freezeRecipe({ projectDir: project, name: "promo" });
+
+    rmSync(join(project, "BRIEF.md"));
+    const frozen = freezeRecipe({
+      projectDir: project,
+      name: "promo",
+      workflow: "product-launch-video",
+    });
+    assert.equal(frozen.version, 2);
+    assert.equal(frozen.briefSkeleton, false);
+    assert.ok(existsSync(join(project, ".media/recipes/promo@v1/brief-skeleton.md")));
+
+    const fresh = join(root, "fresh-project");
+    mkdirSync(fresh, { recursive: true });
+    const used = useRecipe({ projectDir: fresh, name: "promo" });
+    assert.equal(used.recipe.version, 2);
+    assert.equal(used.briefSkeletonPath, undefined);
+    assert.ok(!existsSync(join(fresh, ".media/recipes/promo/brief-skeleton.md")));
+  });
+});
+
 test("list merges tiers (project wins), filters by workflow, skips archives", () => {
   withSandbox(({ project, root }) => {
     freezeRecipe({ projectDir: project, name: "promo", workflow: "product-launch-video" });
diff --git a/skills-manifest.json b/skills-manifest.json
index 75aabb96626..43ab65ba261 100644
--- a/skills-manifest.json
+++ b/skills-manifest.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
       "files": 13
     },
     "media-use": {
-      "hash": "6550641984b19843",
+      "hash": "a1e407b34da1e96a",
       "files": 116
     },
     "remotion-to-hyperframes": {
diff --git a/skills/media-use/scripts/lib/recipe-store.mjs b/skills/media-use/scripts/lib/recipe-store.mjs
index 44b95ecafe2..9e1ac57487c 100644
--- a/skills/media-use/scripts/lib/recipe-store.mjs
+++ b/skills/media-use/scripts/lib/recipe-store.mjs
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ export function freezeRecipe({ projectDir, name, workflow, blocks }) {
     const userDir = join(userRecipesDir(), slug);
     mkdirSync(userDir, { recursive: true });
     cpSync(dir, userDir, NON_ASCII_SAFE_DIR_COPY);
+    if (!briefSkeleton) rmSync(join(userDir, "brief-skeleton.md"), { force: true });
   } catch {
     // The project-tier freeze already landed.
   }