diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ad40c511d6..7c58b3cee8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 <h1 align="center">Recently updated Proof-of-Concepts</h1>
 
-> Live API + site: `/api/v1/index.json`, `/api/v1/top/today.json`, and Pages generated via `python scripts/build_all.py` for the new GitHub PoC discovery + scoring pipeline.
-
-
 ## 2025
 
 ### Latest 20 of 433 Repositories
diff --git a/docs/assets/site.js b/docs/assets/site.js
index 4c459f0716..ddf0a6dd37 100644
--- a/docs/assets/site.js
+++ b/docs/assets/site.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 (function(){
   let datasetPromise = null;
   let pocSet = null;
+  let descSet = null;
 
   function fetchDataset() {
     if (datasetPromise) return datasetPromise;
@@ -25,15 +26,19 @@
     return datasetPromise;
   }
 
-  async function ensurePocSet() {
-    if (pocSet) return pocSet;
+  async function ensureSets() {
+    if (pocSet && descSet) return { pocSet, descSet };
     const dataset = await fetchDataset();
-    pocSet = new Set(
-      dataset
-        .filter(item => Array.isArray(item.poc) && item.poc.length > 0)
-        .map(item => (item.cve || '').toUpperCase())
-    );
-    return pocSet;
+    pocSet = new Set();
+    descSet = new Set();
+    dataset.forEach(item => {
+      const cve = (item.cve || '').toUpperCase();
+      const desc = (item.desc || '').trim();
+      const hasPoc = Array.isArray(item.poc) && item.poc.length > 0;
+      if (hasPoc) pocSet.add(cve);
+      if (desc) descSet.add(cve);
+    });
+    return { pocSet, descSet };
   }
 
   function bindColumnFilters() {
@@ -52,59 +57,90 @@
     });
   }
 
-  async function filterTablesByPoc() {
-    const set = await ensurePocSet();
-    document.querySelectorAll('table[data-require-poc]').forEach(table => {
+  async function filterTablesByData() {
+    const { pocSet, descSet } = await ensureSets();
+    document.querySelectorAll('table[data-require-poc], table[data-require-desc]').forEach(table => {
       for (const row of Array.from(table.querySelectorAll('tbody tr'))) {
         const link = row.querySelector('a');
         const idText = (link ? link.textContent : row.textContent || '').trim().toUpperCase();
-        if (!set.has(idText)) {
+        const needsPoc = table.hasAttribute('data-require-poc');
+        const needsDesc = table.hasAttribute('data-require-desc');
+        const hasPoc = pocSet.has(idText);
+        const hasDesc = descSet.has(idText);
+        if ((needsPoc && !hasPoc) || (needsDesc && !hasDesc)) {
           row.remove();
         }
       }
     });
   }
 
-  function truncate(text, limit = 140) {
+  function truncate(text, limit = 160) {
     if (!text) return '';
     return text.length > limit ? `${text.slice(0, limit - 1)}…` : text;
   }
 
+  function parseRelativeDays(label) {
+    if (!label) return Infinity;
+    const lower = label.toLowerCase();
+    if (lower.includes('hour') || lower.includes('minute') || lower.includes('just')) return 0;
+    const match = lower.match(/(\d+)\s*day/);
+    return match ? parseInt(match[1], 10) : Infinity;
+  }
+
+  function parseTrendingMarkdown(text) {
+    const rows = [];
+    const regex = /^\|\s*(\d+)\s*⭐\s*\|\s*([^|]+)\|\s*\[([^\]]+)\]\(([^)]+)\)\s*\|\s*(.*?)\|$/;
+    text.split('\n').forEach(line => {
+      const trimmed = line.trim();
+      const m = regex.exec(trimmed);
+      if (!m) return;
+      const stars = parseInt(m[1], 10);
+      const updated = m[2].trim();
+      const name = m[3].trim();
+      const url = m[4].trim();
+      const desc = m[5].trim();
+      const ageDays = parseRelativeDays(updated);
+      rows.push({ stars, updated, name, url, desc, ageDays });
+    });
+    return rows;
+  }
+
   async function renderTrending() {
     const container = document.querySelector('[data-trending]');
     const tbody = document.getElementById('trending-body');
     if (!container || !tbody) return;
 
-    const data = await fetchDataset();
-    const trending = data
-      .filter(item => item && item.cve && Array.isArray(item.poc) && item.poc.length > 0)
-      .map(item => ({ cve: item.cve, desc: item.desc || 'No description available.', poc: item.poc }))
-      .sort((a, b) => {
-        const delta = (b.poc?.length || 0) - (a.poc?.length || 0);
-        if (delta !== 0) return delta;
-        return (b.cve || '').localeCompare(a.cve || '');
-      })
-      .slice(0, 12);
+    try {
+      const res = await fetch('/README.md', { cache: 'no-store' });
+      if (!res.ok) throw new Error('failed to load README');
+      const text = await res.text();
+      const entries = parseTrendingMarkdown(text)
+        .filter(item => item.ageDays <= 5)
+        .sort((a, b) => b.stars - a.stars)
+        .slice(0, 20);
 
-    if (trending.length === 0) {
-      tbody.innerHTML = '<tr><td colspan="3" class="muted">No PoCs found yet.</td></tr>';
-      return;
+      if (entries.length === 0) {
+        tbody.innerHTML = '<tr><td colspan="4" class="muted">No recent PoCs with stars yet.</td></tr>';
+        return;
+      }
+
+      tbody.innerHTML = entries.map(item => {
+        return `<tr>
+          <td>${item.stars}⭐</td>
+          <td>${item.updated}</td>
+          <td><a href="${item.url}" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">${item.name}</a></td>
+          <td class="mono">${truncate(item.desc)}</td>
+        </tr>`;
+      }).join('');
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.warn('Trending render failed', err);
+      tbody.innerHTML = '<tr><td colspan="4" class="muted">Unable to load trending PoCs.</td></tr>';
     }
-
-    tbody.innerHTML = trending.map(item => {
-      const pocCount = item.poc ? item.poc.length : 0;
-      const safeDesc = truncate(item.desc, 160);
-      return `<tr>
-        <td class="cve-cell"><a href="/cve/?id=${item.cve}">${item.cve}</a></td>
-        <td>${pocCount}</td>
-        <td>${safeDesc}</td>
-      </tr>`;
-    }).join('');
   }
 
   document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
     bindColumnFilters();
-    filterTablesByPoc();
+    filterTablesByData();
     renderTrending();
   });
 })();
diff --git a/docs/epss/index.html b/docs/epss/index.html
index be98f4619c..f9197cdf44 100644
--- a/docs/epss/index.html
+++ b/docs/epss/index.html
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   </div>
   <input type="search" placeholder="Filter CVE" data-filter-table="epss-table" class="filter" />
   <div class="table-responsive">
-    <table class="list" id="epss-table">
+    <table class="list" id="epss-table" data-require-poc data-require-desc>
       <thead><tr><th>CVE</th><th>EPSS</th><th>Percentile</th><th>PoCs</th><th>Summary</th></tr></thead>
       <tbody>
         <tr>
@@ -112,4 +112,4 @@
     </div>
   </footer>
 </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>
diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index b65f9cba17..ed1501e461 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -57,15 +57,15 @@
 <section class="section">
   <div class="section-header">
     <h1>Trending PoCs</h1>
-    <span class="muted">Most linked PoCs across the catalog</span>
+    <span class="muted">Most starred PoCs in the past few days</span>
   </div>
   <div class="table-wrap" data-trending>
     <table>
       <thead>
-        <tr><th>CVE</th><th>PoCs</th><th>Description</th></tr>
+        <tr><th>Stars</th><th>Updated</th><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr>
       </thead>
       <tbody id="trending-body">
-        <tr><td colspan="3" class="muted">Loading trending PoCs…</td></tr>
+        <tr><td colspan="4" class="muted">Loading trending PoCs…</td></tr>
       </tbody>
     </table>
   </div>
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
     <span class="muted">Sorted by score</span>
   </div>
   <div class="table-wrap">
-    <table>
+    <table data-require-poc data-require-desc>
       <thead><tr><th>CVE</th><th>EPSS</th><th>Percentile</th><th>PoCs</th><th>Summary</th></tr></thead>
       <tbody>
         <tr>
diff --git a/docs/logic.js b/docs/logic.js
index b8c50d7f49..b99a05bc7c 100644
--- a/docs/logic.js
+++ b/docs/logic.js
@@ -60,11 +60,16 @@ function prepareDataset(raw) {
         const base = entry.desc || '';
         return replaceStrings.reduce((desc, str) => desc.replace(str, ''), base);
     };
-    return raw.map(entry => {
+    return raw
+      .filter(entry => {
+        const desc = (entry.desc || '').trim();
+        return desc && Array.isArray(entry.poc) && entry.poc.length > 0;
+      })
+      .map(entry => {
         const descCleaned = descKeyCleaned(entry);
         const searchText = `${entry.cve || ''} ${descCleaned}`.toLowerCase();
         return { ...entry, _searchText: searchText };
-    });
+      });
 }
 
 const controls = {
diff --git a/scripts/build_joined.py b/scripts/build_joined.py
index ee249618c7..c521655968 100644
--- a/scripts/build_joined.py
+++ b/scripts/build_joined.py
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ def enrich_kev(kev_items: List[Dict], epss_lookup: Dict[str, Dict], poc_index: D
             continue
         cve = cve.upper()
         epss_info = epss_lookup.get(cve, {})
-        poc_count = len(poc_index.get(cve, {}).get("poc", []))
+        poc_info = poc_index.get(cve)
+        if not poc_info or not poc_info.get("poc"):
+            continue
+        poc_count = len(poc_info["poc"])
         enriched.append(
             {
                 "cve": cve,
@@ -92,12 +95,16 @@ def build_high_epss_not_in_kev(
             epss_score = row.get("epss") or 0.0
             if epss_score < threshold:
                 continue
-            poc_count = len(poc_index.get(cve, {}).get("poc", []))
+            poc_info = poc_index.get(cve)
+            if not poc_info or not poc_info.get("poc"):
+                continue
+            poc_count = len(poc_info["poc"])
             output.append(
                 {
                     "cve": cve,
                     "epss": row.get("epss"),
                     "percentile": row.get("percentile"),
+                    "summary": truncate_description(poc_info.get("desc", "")),
                     "poc_count": poc_count,
                 }
             )
diff --git a/scripts/utils.py b/scripts/utils.py
index b225131602..198330caa6 100644
--- a/scripts/utils.py
+++ b/scripts/utils.py
@@ -107,10 +107,13 @@ def load_poc_index() -> Dict[str, Dict[str, object]]:
             cve = str(entry.get("cve", "")).upper()
             if not is_valid_cve(cve):
                 continue
+            desc = (entry.get("desc") or "").strip()
             poc_links = stable_unique(entry.get("poc", []) or [])
             poc_links = filter_links_by_blacklist(poc_links, blacklist)
+            if not desc or not poc_links:
+                continue
             mapping[cve] = {
-                "desc": entry.get("desc", ""),
+                "desc": desc,
                 "poc": poc_links,
             }
         return mapping