diff --git a/internal/bundle/bundle.go b/internal/bundle/bundle.go
index 73f0b67..52ac3dc 100644
--- a/internal/bundle/bundle.go
+++ b/internal/bundle/bundle.go
@@ -62,11 +62,15 @@ func Load(root string) (*Bundle, error) {
 		relPath = filepath.ToSlash(relPath)
 
 		// Reserved filenames are loaded separately; they may lack frontmatter.
+		// ParseReserved reads the file once and tolerates a missing frontmatter
+		// block (e.g. generated index.md), but still surfaces malformed
+		// frontmatter and other errors rather than silently dropping the file.
 		if concept.ReservedNames[strings.ToLower(d.Name())] {
-			c, perr := concept.Parse(path, relPath)
-			if perr == nil {
-				b.Reserved = append(b.Reserved, c)
+			c, perr := concept.ParseReserved(path, relPath)
+			if perr != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("parse reserved %s: %w", relPath, perr)
 			}
+			b.Reserved = append(b.Reserved, c)
 			return nil
 		}
 
diff --git a/internal/bundle/bundle_test.go b/internal/bundle/bundle_test.go
index 2e53902..20382e3 100644
--- a/internal/bundle/bundle_test.go
+++ b/internal/bundle/bundle_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 package bundle
 
 import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/okfcli/okf/internal/concept"
+	"github.com/okfcli/okf/internal/index"
 )
 
 func TestLoad_ValidBundle(t *testing.T) {
@@ -64,3 +70,108 @@ func TestLoad_FrontmatterParsed(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("tags len = %d, want 3", len(c.Frontmatter.Tags))
 	}
 }
+
+// TestLoad_ReservedIndexNoFrontmatter verifies that a reserved index.md file
+// without YAML frontmatter (as generated by `okf index`) is still loaded into
+// Reserved with a correct ID, Path, and raw Body content.
+func TestLoad_ReservedIndexNoFrontmatter(t *testing.T) {
+	tmp := t.TempDir()
+
+	// Write a concept file with frontmatter so the bundle is non-empty.
+	conceptDir := filepath.Join(tmp, "tables")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(conceptDir, 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("mkdir tables: %v", err)
+	}
+	conceptContent := "---\ntype: BigQuery Table\ntitle: Events\n---\n\nEvent data.\n"
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(conceptDir, "events_.md"), []byte(conceptContent), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write concept: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Write an index.md WITHOUT frontmatter (as `okf index` generates).
+	indexPath := filepath.Join(conceptDir, "index.md")
+	indexContent := "# Index\n\n- [events_](events_.md)\n"
+	if err := os.WriteFile(indexPath, []byte(indexContent), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write index: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	b, err := Load(tmp)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Load failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	var found *concept.Concept
+	for _, r := range b.Reserved {
+		if r.ID == "tables/index" {
+			found = r
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if found == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected Reserved to contain tables/index, got %d entries", len(b.Reserved))
+	}
+
+	// Path should be the absolute path to index.md.
+	absIndex, _ := filepath.Abs(indexPath)
+	if found.Path != absIndex {
+		t.Errorf("Path = %q, want %q", found.Path, absIndex)
+	}
+
+	// Body should contain the raw file content.
+	if found.Body != indexContent {
+		t.Errorf("Body = %q, want %q", found.Body, indexContent)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestLoad_GeneratedIndexIsDiscoverable is an end-to-end regression test for
+// the user-visible symptom: after `okf index` generates index.md files (which
+// have no frontmatter), reloading the bundle must expose them in b.Reserved so
+// runIndex reports a non-empty indexes_written. Previously these files were
+// silently dropped and the index command reported zero indexes.
+func TestLoad_GeneratedIndexIsDiscoverable(t *testing.T) {
+	tmp := t.TempDir()
+
+	conceptDir := filepath.Join(tmp, "tables")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(conceptDir, 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("mkdir tables: %v", err)
+	}
+	conceptContent := "---\ntype: BigQuery Table\ntitle: Events\n---\n\nEvent data.\n"
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(conceptDir, "events_.md"), []byte(conceptContent), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write concept: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Generate index.md files the same way `okf index` does.
+	if err := index.Generate(tmp); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("index.Generate: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	b, err := Load(tmp)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Load failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Mirror runIndex's collection logic.
+	var indexFiles []string
+	for _, r := range b.Reserved {
+		if r.ID == "index" || strings.HasSuffix(r.ID, "/index") {
+			indexFiles = append(indexFiles, r.Path)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(indexFiles) == 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected at least one generated index in Reserved, got %d reserved entries", len(b.Reserved))
+	}
+
+	// The tables/ subdirectory index must be among them and carry its body.
+	var tablesIndex *concept.Concept
+	for _, r := range b.Reserved {
+		if r.ID == "tables/index" {
+			tablesIndex = r
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if tablesIndex == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected Reserved to contain tables/index")
+	}
+	if tablesIndex.Body == "" {
+		t.Error("generated index Body is empty, want raw index content")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/concept/concept.go b/internal/concept/concept.go
index 6e376da..085eca8 100644
--- a/internal/concept/concept.go
+++ b/internal/concept/concept.go
@@ -76,6 +76,31 @@ func ParseBytes(raw []byte, relPath, absPath string) (*Concept, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
+// ParseReserved reads and parses a reserved document (index.md, log.md) from
+// path. Unlike Parse, a missing frontmatter block is not an error: such files
+// (e.g. those generated by `okf index`) are returned as a Concept with empty
+// Frontmatter and the raw file content as Body, so callers can still discover
+// them. The file is read exactly once. Malformed-but-present frontmatter still
+// returns an error rather than being silently dropped.
+func ParseReserved(path, relPath string) (*Concept, error) {
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("read %s: %w", path, err)
+	}
+	c, err := ParseBytes(raw, relPath, path)
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, ErrNoFrontmatter) {
+			return &Concept{
+				ID:   conceptID(relPath),
+				Path: path,
+				Body: string(raw),
+			}, nil
+		}
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return c, nil
+}
+
 // ConceptID converts a relative file path to a concept ID by stripping the .md
 // suffix and normalizing separators to forward slashes.
 // e.g. "tables/users.md" -> "tables/users"