diff --git a/gitnexus-web/src/core/ingestion/tree-sitter-queries.ts b/gitnexus-web/src/core/ingestion/tree-sitter-queries.ts
index a7abb0a71..5cb2d46ff 100644
--- a/gitnexus-web/src/core/ingestion/tree-sitter-queries.ts
+++ b/gitnexus-web/src/core/ingestion/tree-sitter-queries.ts
@@ -347,6 +347,12 @@ export const PHP_QUERIES = `
 (method_declaration
   name: (name) @name) @definition.method
 
+; ── Class properties (including Eloquent $fillable, $casts, etc.) ────────────
+(property_declaration
+  (property_element
+    (variable_name
+      (name) @name))) @definition.property
+
 ; ── Imports: use statements ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
 ; Simple: use App\\Models\\User;
 (namespace_use_declaration
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/tree-sitter-queries.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/tree-sitter-queries.ts
index dc2756453..ff4f8f28f 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/tree-sitter-queries.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/tree-sitter-queries.ts
@@ -347,6 +347,12 @@ export const PHP_QUERIES = `
 (method_declaration
   name: (name) @name) @definition.method
 
+; ── Class properties (including Eloquent $fillable, $casts, etc.) ────────────
+(property_declaration
+  (property_element
+    (variable_name
+      (name) @name))) @definition.property
+
 ; ── Imports: use statements ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
 ; Simple: use App\\Models\\User;
 (namespace_use_declaration
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/workers/parse-worker.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/workers/parse-worker.ts
index 8c683c3b6..f4541d0d2 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/workers/parse-worker.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/workers/parse-worker.ts
@@ -424,6 +424,109 @@ const processBatch = (files: ParseWorkerInput[], onProgress?: (filesProcessed: n
   return result;
 };
 
+// ============================================================================
+// PHP Eloquent metadata extraction
+// ============================================================================
+
+/** Eloquent model properties whose array values are worth indexing */
+const ELOQUENT_ARRAY_PROPS = new Set(['fillable', 'casts', 'hidden', 'guarded', 'with', 'appends']);
+
+/** Eloquent relationship method names */
+const ELOQUENT_RELATIONS = new Set([
+  'hasMany', 'hasOne', 'belongsTo', 'belongsToMany',
+  'morphTo', 'morphMany', 'morphOne', 'morphToMany', 'morphedByMany',
+  'hasManyThrough', 'hasOneThrough',
+]);
+
+function findDescendant(node: any, type: string): any {
+  if (node.type === type) return node;
+  for (const child of (node.children ?? [])) {
+    const found = findDescendant(child, type);
+    if (found) return found;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+function extractStringContent(node: any): string | null {
+  if (!node) return null;
+  const content = node.children?.find((c: any) => c.type === 'string_content');
+  if (content) return content.text;
+  if (node.type === 'string_content') return node.text;
+  return null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * For a PHP property_declaration node, extract array values as a description string.
+ * Returns null if not an Eloquent model property or no array values found.
+ */
+function extractPhpPropertyDescription(propName: string, propDeclNode: any): string | null {
+  if (!ELOQUENT_ARRAY_PROPS.has(propName)) return null;
+
+  const arrayNode = findDescendant(propDeclNode, 'array_creation_expression');
+  if (!arrayNode) return null;
+
+  const items: string[] = [];
+  for (const child of (arrayNode.children ?? [])) {
+    if (child.type !== 'array_element_initializer') continue;
+    const children = child.children ?? [];
+    const arrowIdx = children.findIndex((c: any) => c.type === '=>');
+    if (arrowIdx !== -1) {
+      // key => value pair (used in $casts)
+      const key = extractStringContent(children[arrowIdx - 1]);
+      const val = extractStringContent(children[arrowIdx + 1]);
+      if (key && val) items.push(`${key}:${val}`);
+    } else {
+      // Simple value (used in $fillable, $hidden, etc.)
+      const val = extractStringContent(children[0]);
+      if (val) items.push(val);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return items.length > 0 ? items.join(', ') : null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * For a PHP method_declaration node, detect if it defines an Eloquent relationship.
+ * Returns description like "hasMany(Post)" or null.
+ */
+function extractEloquentRelationDescription(methodNode: any): string | null {
+  function findRelationCall(node: any): any {
+    if (node.type === 'member_call_expression') {
+      const children = node.children ?? [];
+      const objectNode = children.find((c: any) => c.type === 'variable_name' && c.text === '$this');
+      const nameNode = children.find((c: any) => c.type === 'name');
+      if (objectNode && nameNode && ELOQUENT_RELATIONS.has(nameNode.text)) return node;
+    }
+    for (const child of (node.children ?? [])) {
+      const found = findRelationCall(child);
+      if (found) return found;
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const callNode = findRelationCall(methodNode);
+  if (!callNode) return null;
+
+  const relType = callNode.children?.find((c: any) => c.type === 'name')?.text;
+  const argsNode = callNode.children?.find((c: any) => c.type === 'arguments');
+  let targetModel: string | null = null;
+  if (argsNode) {
+    const firstArg = argsNode.children?.find((c: any) => c.type === 'argument');
+    if (firstArg) {
+      const classConstant = firstArg.children?.find((c: any) =>
+        c.type === 'class_constant_access_expression'
+      );
+      if (classConstant) {
+        targetModel = classConstant.children?.find((c: any) => c.type === 'name')?.text ?? null;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (relType && targetModel) return `${relType}(${targetModel})`;
+  if (relType) return relType;
+  return null;
+}
+
 const processFileGroup = (
   files: ParseWorkerInput[],
   language: SupportedLanguages,
@@ -530,6 +633,15 @@ const processFileGroup = (
       const nodeName = nameNode.text;
       const nodeId = generateId(nodeLabel, `${file.path}:${nodeName}`);
 
+      let description: string | undefined;
+      if (language === SupportedLanguages.PHP) {
+        if (nodeLabel === 'Property' && captureMap['definition.property']) {
+          description = extractPhpPropertyDescription(nodeName, captureMap['definition.property']) ?? undefined;
+        } else if (nodeLabel === 'Method' && captureMap['definition.method']) {
+          description = extractEloquentRelationDescription(captureMap['definition.method']) ?? undefined;
+        }
+      }
+
       result.nodes.push({
         id: nodeId,
         label: nodeLabel,
@@ -540,6 +652,7 @@ const processFileGroup = (
           endLine: nameNode.endPosition.row,
           language: language,
           isExported: isNodeExported(nameNode, nodeName, language),
+          ...(description !== undefined ? { description } : {}),
         },
       });