diff --git a/packages/opencode/script/build.ts b/packages/opencode/script/build.ts
index 0c0fc491061..4fcef9bc7c8 100755
--- a/packages/opencode/script/build.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/script/build.ts
@@ -331,6 +331,8 @@ for (const item of targets) {
         version: Script.version,
         os: [item.os],
         cpu: [item.arch],
+        keywords: pkg.keywords, // kilocode_change
+        private: pkg.private, // kilocode_change
         // kilocode_change start
         repository: {
           type: "git",
diff --git a/packages/opencode/script/publish.ts b/packages/opencode/script/publish.ts
index 32fc84028bf..126f43a34ca 100755
--- a/packages/opencode/script/publish.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/script/publish.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ await Bun.file(`./dist/${pkg.name}/package.json`).write(
       },
       version: version,
       license: pkg.license,
+      keywords: pkg.keywords, // kilocode_change
+      private: pkg.private, // kilocode_change
       optionalDependencies: binaries,
       // kilocode_change start
       repository: {
diff --git a/script/upstream/transforms/transform-package-json.test.ts b/script/upstream/transforms/transform-package-json.test.ts
index 227ff2e4964..60e6d46e09f 100644
--- a/script/upstream/transforms/transform-package-json.test.ts
+++ b/script/upstream/transforms/transform-package-json.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { expect, test } from "bun:test"
-import { fixCatalog, fixScripts, mergeWithNewestVersions } from "./transform-package-json"
+import { fixCatalog, fixMetadata, fixScripts, mergeWithNewestVersions } from "./transform-package-json"
 
 test("fixScripts preserves Kilo-only root scripts from base", () => {
   const ours = {
@@ -85,6 +85,17 @@ test("fixCatalog is a no-op when catalog is absent", () => {
   expect(changes.length).toBe(0)
 })
 
+test("fixMetadata preserves opencode publish metadata from base", () => {
+  const ours = { keywords: ["cli", "kilo", "opencode"], private: false }
+  const pkg: Record<string, unknown> = { keywords: ["opencode"], private: true }
+  const changes: string[] = []
+  fixMetadata(pkg, "packages/opencode/package.json", ours, changes)
+  expect(pkg.keywords).toEqual(ours.keywords)
+  expect(pkg.private).toBe(false)
+  expect(changes).toContain("keywords: preserved from base")
+  expect(changes).toContain("private: preserved from base")
+})
+
 test("mergeWithNewestVersions preserves ours' key order so kilo-only deps don't relocate", () => {
   // Regression: when ours has a kilo-only dep in the middle (e.g. rotating-file-stream
   // alphabetically between npm-package-arg and semver) and theirs lacks it, the merge
diff --git a/script/upstream/transforms/transform-package-json.ts b/script/upstream/transforms/transform-package-json.ts
index e65432cd219..20fa0b280a3 100644
--- a/script/upstream/transforms/transform-package-json.ts
+++ b/script/upstream/transforms/transform-package-json.ts
@@ -289,6 +289,24 @@ export function fixCatalog(pkg: Record<string, unknown>, path: string, changes:
   }
 }
 
+export function fixMetadata(
+  pkg: Record<string, unknown>,
+  path: string,
+  ours: Record<string, unknown> | null,
+  changes: string[],
+): void {
+  if (path !== "packages/opencode/package.json") return
+  if (!ours) return
+  if (Array.isArray(ours.keywords) && JSON.stringify(pkg.keywords) !== JSON.stringify(ours.keywords)) {
+    pkg.keywords = ours.keywords
+    changes.push("keywords: preserved from base")
+  }
+  if (typeof ours.private === "boolean" && pkg.private !== ours.private) {
+    pkg.private = ours.private
+    changes.push("private: preserved from base")
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Check if file is a package.json
  */
@@ -431,6 +449,8 @@ export async function transformPackageJson(file: string, options: PackageJsonOpt
         changes.push(`repository: preserved Kilo's repository configuration`)
       }
 
+      fixMetadata(pkg, relativePath, ourPkg, changes)
+
       // 7. Handle workspaces for root package.json
       // Kilo has removed hosted platform packages (console/*, slack, etc.)
       // so we need to preserve Kilo's workspace configuration instead of taking upstream's
@@ -649,6 +669,8 @@ export async function transformAllPackageJson(options: PackageJsonOptions = {}):
           changes.push(`repository: preserved Kilo's repository configuration`)
         }
 
+        fixMetadata(pkg, path, kiloPkg, changes)
+
         // 7. Handle workspaces for root package.json
         // Kilo has removed hosted platform packages (console/*, slack, etc.)
         // so we need to preserve Kilo's workspace configuration instead of taking upstream's
@@ -793,6 +815,7 @@ export async function reconcilePackageJsonFromRefs(
     if (!ourPkg) return { file, action: "skipped", changes: [], dryRun }
     pkg = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(ourPkg))
   }
+  if (!pkg) return { file, action: "skipped", changes: [], dryRun }
 
   const relativePath = file.replace(process.cwd() + "/", "")
   const newName = TRANSFORM_PACKAGE_NAMES[relativePath]
@@ -857,6 +880,8 @@ export async function reconcilePackageJsonFromRefs(
       changes.push(`repository: preserved Kilo's repository configuration`)
     }
 
+    fixMetadata(pkg, relativePath, ourPkg, changes)
+
     const ourWs = ourPkg.workspaces as { packages?: string[]; catalog?: Record<string, string> } | undefined
     const theirWs = pkg.workspaces as { packages?: string[]; catalog?: Record<string, string> } | undefined