diff --git a/understand-anything-plugin/packages/core/src/__tests__/schema.test.ts b/understand-anything-plugin/packages/core/src/__tests__/schema.test.ts
index d81759bdf..2c29f24c5 100644
--- a/understand-anything-plugin/packages/core/src/__tests__/schema.test.ts
+++ b/understand-anything-plugin/packages/core/src/__tests__/schema.test.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,42 @@ describe("schema validation", () => {
     expect(result.issues).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  it.each([
+    ["codebase", "codebase"],
+    ["knowledge", "knowledge"],
+    ["bogus", undefined],
+    [undefined, undefined],
+  ] as const)("carries kind=%j through validation as %j", (input, expected) => {
+    const graph = structuredClone(validGraph);
+    if (input === undefined) {
+      delete (graph as any).kind;
+    } else {
+      (graph as any).kind = input;
+    }
+
+    const result = validateGraph(graph);
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.data!.kind).toBe(expected);
+  });
+
+  it("emits an auto-corrected issue when kind is out of enum", () => {
+    const graph = structuredClone(validGraph);
+    (graph as any).kind = "bogus";
+
+    const result = validateGraph(graph);
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.data!.kind).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(result.issues).toContainEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({ level: "auto-corrected", category: "out-of-range", path: "kind" })
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("does not emit a kind issue when kind is omitted", () => {
+    const result = validateGraph(validGraph);
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.issues).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
   it("rejects graph with missing required fields", () => {
     const incomplete = { version: "1.0.0" };
     const result = validateGraph(incomplete);
diff --git a/understand-anything-plugin/packages/core/src/schema.ts b/understand-anything-plugin/packages/core/src/schema.ts
index 71b9cd8ab..8134bf693 100644
--- a/understand-anything-plugin/packages/core/src/schema.ts
+++ b/understand-anything-plugin/packages/core/src/schema.ts
@@ -650,8 +650,24 @@ export function validateGraph(data: unknown): ValidationResult {
     }
   }
 
+  // Preserve a valid `kind` enum value; an out-of-enum value is dropped with
+  // an auto-corrected issue so a typo / stale extractor value is surfaced
+  // rather than silently narrowed to undefined.
+  const validKind = fixed.kind === "codebase" || fixed.kind === "knowledge"
+    ? (fixed.kind as "codebase" | "knowledge")
+    : undefined;
+  if (fixed.kind !== undefined && validKind === undefined) {
+    issues.push({
+      level: "auto-corrected",
+      category: "out-of-range",
+      message: `"kind" ${JSON.stringify(fixed.kind)} is not one of "codebase" | "knowledge" — dropped`,
+      path: "kind",
+    });
+  }
+
   const graph = {
     version: typeof fixed.version === "string" ? fixed.version : "1.0.0",
+    ...(validKind !== undefined ? { kind: validKind } : {}),
     project: projectResult.data,
     nodes: validNodes,
     edges: validEdges,
diff --git a/understand-anything-plugin/packages/dashboard/src/App.tsx b/understand-anything-plugin/packages/dashboard/src/App.tsx
index cd1b33c79..359917b3c 100644
--- a/understand-anything-plugin/packages/dashboard/src/App.tsx
+++ b/understand-anything-plugin/packages/dashboard/src/App.tsx
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ function Dashboard({ accessToken }: { accessToken: string }) {
         if (result.success && result.data) {
           setGraph(result.data);
           setGraphIssues(result.issues);
-          if ((data as Record<string, unknown>).kind === "knowledge") {
+          if (result.data.kind === "knowledge") {
             useDashboardStore.getState().setViewMode("knowledge");
             useDashboardStore.getState().setIsKnowledgeGraph(true);
           }