diff --git a/src/servers/api/tasks/execute-download.ts b/src/servers/api/tasks/execute-download.ts
index 3f26f255..74b2071b 100644
--- a/src/servers/api/tasks/execute-download.ts
+++ b/src/servers/api/tasks/execute-download.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
+import { writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { reclipInfo, reclipPlaylist, reclipDownloadOne, type ReclipInfo } from '../../reclip-client';
 
+// Write a per-item description sidecar next to its media file — same base name, `.txt` (e.g.
+// "Song Name.mp3" → "Song Name.txt"). Best-effort; skipped when the description is empty.
+async function writeDescriptionSidecar(dir: string, mediaFilename: string, description: string): Promise<void> {
+  const desc = description.trim();
+  if (!desc) return;
+  const base = mediaFilename.replace(/\.[^./\\]+$/, ''); // strip the media extension only
+  try {
+    await writeFile(join(dir, `${base}.txt`), desc, 'utf8');
+  } catch {
+    /* best-effort — a missing sidecar shouldn't fail the download */
+  }
+}
+
 // The download-job executor — pure scripting, no agent. Two phases:
 //   1. metadata — fetch each item's info (title + validity); keep the ones that resolve, skip the errors
 //                 (private / deleted / unavailable). The title is required: ReClip names the output file
@@ -80,12 +95,12 @@ export async function executeDownload(params: ExecuteDownloadParams): Promise<vo
   progress.phase = 'metadata';
   progress.meta.total = urls.length;
   emit(true);
-  const valid: Array<{ url: string; title: string }> = [];
+  const valid: Array<{ url: string; title: string; description: string }> = [];
   for (const u of urls) {
     checkAbort();
     const info = await reclipInfo(u).catch((): ReclipInfo => ({ error: 'fetch failed' }));
     if (info && !info.error) {
-      valid.push({ url: u, title: info.title ?? '' });
+      valid.push({ url: u, title: info.title ?? '', description: info.description ?? '' });
       progress.meta.done++;
     } else {
       progress.meta.failed++;
@@ -109,6 +124,9 @@ export async function executeDownload(params: ExecuteDownloadParams): Promise<vo
         audioOnly,
         title: item.title,
         signal: params.abortSignal,
+        // Filename is known before the file transfers — write the description sidecar alongside it, in
+        // parallel with the download stream. Same base name guarantees they pair up.
+        onFilename: (filename) => void writeDescriptionSidecar(absDir, filename, item.description),
       });
       progress.dl.done++;
     } catch {
diff --git a/src/servers/reclip-client.ts b/src/servers/reclip-client.ts
index 213a5394..1135ca2a 100644
--- a/src/servers/reclip-client.ts
+++ b/src/servers/reclip-client.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const sleep = (ms: number) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
 
 export type ReclipInfo = {
   title?: string;
+  description?: string;
   thumbnail?: string;
   duration?: number;
   uploader?: string;
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ type DownloadOpts = {
   audioOnly: boolean;
   title?: string; // optional override; omit and ReClip names the file from the video title itself
   onPhase?: (phase: 'transferring') => void;
+  onFilename?: (filename: string) => void; // fired as soon as the final filename is known (before streaming)
   signal?: { aborted: boolean };
 };
 
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ export async function reclipDownloadOne(opts: DownloadOpts): Promise<string> {
     }
   }
 
+  opts.onFilename?.(filename); // exact name known — the caller can write a sidecar while we stream
   opts.onPhase?.('transferring');
 
   // Stream the finished file into the destination folder (filename is title-sanitized by ReClip).