diff --git a/frontend/src/api.js b/frontend/src/api.js
index 2ea0f05..2195c97 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api.js
+++ b/frontend/src/api.js
@@ -682,6 +682,20 @@ export async function editMetadata(slug, { title, tags, prDescription }) {
   return jsonOrThrow(res)
 }
 
+// §22.4a SLICE-4: edit one entry's schema-defined metadata — a direct commit
+// to its `<slug>.meta.yaml` sidecar (contributor+ gated server-side).
+export async function saveEntryMeta(projectId, collectionId, slug, values) {
+  const res = await fetch(
+    `/api/projects/${projectId}/collections/${collectionId}/rfcs/${slug}/meta`,
+    {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ values }),
+    },
+  )
+  return jsonOrThrow(res)
+}
+
 // ── Slice 5: §13 graduation + §13.1 claim ────────────────────────────────
 
 export async function claimOwnership(slug) {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/MetadataFieldsPanel.jsx b/frontend/src/components/MetadataFieldsPanel.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fc2d28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/MetadataFieldsPanel.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+import React, { useState } from 'react'
+import { saveEntryMeta } from '../api'
+
+// §22.4a SLICE-4 (PUC-1, UX §5.2): a schema-driven view/edit panel for one
+// entry's metadata. One control per declared field — enum → single-select,
+// tags → removable chips + add-input, text → text input. Authorized users
+// (canEdit) save changed values via a direct sidecar commit; the document body
+// renders separately as pure prose. A collection with no `fields` renders
+// nothing (INV-5: today's behavior unchanged).
+
+const labelFor = (name, def) =>
+  def?.label || name.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + name.slice(1)
+
+const sameValue = (a, b) => JSON.stringify(a ?? null) === JSON.stringify(b ?? null)
+
+export default function MetadataFieldsPanel({
+  projectId, collectionId, slug, fields, meta, canEdit,
+}) {
+  const [draft, setDraft] = useState(() => ({ ...(meta || {}) }))
+  const [saving, setSaving] = useState(false)
+  const [error, setError] = useState(null)
+  const [saved, setSaved] = useState(false)
+  const [tagInput, setTagInput] = useState('')
+
+  if (!fields || Object.keys(fields).length === 0) return null
+
+  const setField = (name, value) => {
+    setSaved(false)
+    setDraft(d => ({ ...d, [name]: value }))
+  }
+
+  const changedFields = Object.keys(fields).filter(
+    n => !sameValue(draft[n], (meta || {})[n]))
+  const changed = changedFields.length > 0
+
+  const onSave = async () => {
+    setSaving(true); setError(null); setSaved(false)
+    const values = {}
+    for (const n of changedFields) values[n] = draft[n]
+    try {
+      await saveEntryMeta(projectId, collectionId, slug, values)
+      setSaved(true)
+    } catch (e) {
+      setError(e.message || 'Could not save metadata')
+    } finally {
+      setSaving(false)
+    }
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div className="metadata-fields-panel">
+      {Object.entries(fields).map(([name, def]) => (
+        <div key={name} className="metadata-field">
+          <label htmlFor={`mf-${name}`}>{labelFor(name, def)}</label>
+          {!canEdit ? (
+            <ReadOnlyValue type={def.type} value={draft[name]} />
+          ) : def.type === 'enum' ? (
+            <select id={`mf-${name}`} value={draft[name] ?? ''}
+              onChange={e => setField(name, e.target.value || null)}>
+              <option value="">—</option>
+              {(def.values || []).map(v => <option key={v} value={v}>{v}</option>)}
+            </select>
+          ) : def.type === 'tags' ? (
+            <div className="tags-edit">
+              {(draft[name] || []).map(t => (
+                <span key={t} className="tag-chip">
+                  {t}
+                  <button type="button" aria-label={`remove ${t}`}
+                    onClick={() => setField(name, (draft[name] || []).filter(x => x !== t))}>×</button>
+                </span>
+              ))}
+              <input id={`mf-${name}`} value={tagInput}
+                onChange={e => setTagInput(e.target.value)}
+                onKeyDown={e => {
+                  if (e.key === 'Enter' && tagInput.trim()) {
+                    e.preventDefault()
+                    const cur = draft[name] || []
+                    if (!cur.includes(tagInput.trim())) setField(name, [...cur, tagInput.trim()])
+                    setTagInput('')
+                  }
+                }} placeholder="add tag…" />
+            </div>
+          ) : (
+            <input id={`mf-${name}`} type="text" value={draft[name] ?? ''}
+              onChange={e => setField(name, e.target.value || null)} />
+          )}
+        </div>
+      ))}
+      {canEdit && (
+        <div className="metadata-fields-actions">
+          <button type="button" onClick={onSave} disabled={saving || !changed}>
+            {saving ? 'Saving…' : 'Save'}
+          </button>
+          {saved && !error && <span className="field-saved">Saved</span>}
+          {error && <span className="field-error">{error}</span>}
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+function ReadOnlyValue({ type, value }) {
+  if (type === 'tags') {
+    return (
+      <span>
+        {(value || []).map(t => <span key={t} className="tag-chip">{t}</span>)}
+      </span>
+    )
+  }
+  return <span>{value ?? '—'}</span>
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/MetadataFieldsPanel.test.jsx b/frontend/src/components/MetadataFieldsPanel.test.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57fa260
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/MetadataFieldsPanel.test.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest'
+import { render, screen, fireEvent, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react'
+
+vi.mock('../api', () => ({ saveEntryMeta: vi.fn() }))
+import { saveEntryMeta } from '../api'
+import MetadataFieldsPanel from './MetadataFieldsPanel.jsx'
+
+const fields = {
+  priority: { type: 'enum', values: ['P0', 'P1', 'P2'], label: 'Priority' },
+  tags: { type: 'tags', label: 'Tags' },
+  owner: { type: 'text', label: 'Owner' },
+}
+
+describe('MetadataFieldsPanel', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => saveEntryMeta.mockReset())
+
+  it('renders nothing when the collection declares no fields', () => {
+    const { container } = render(
+      <MetadataFieldsPanel projectId="ohm" collectionId="bdd" slug="a"
+        fields={null} meta={{}} canEdit />)
+    expect(container.firstChild).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('renders one control per schema field with current values (read-only)', () => {
+    render(<MetadataFieldsPanel projectId="ohm" collectionId="bdd" slug="a"
+      fields={fields} meta={{ priority: 'P1', tags: ['x'], owner: 'sam' }}
+      canEdit={false} />)
+    expect(screen.getByText('Priority')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(screen.getByText('P1')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(screen.getByText('x')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(screen.getByText('sam')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    // read-only: no select control
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('combobox')).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('edits an enum and saves only the changed field', async () => {
+    saveEntryMeta.mockResolvedValue({ ok: true, meta: { priority: 'P0' } })
+    render(<MetadataFieldsPanel projectId="ohm" collectionId="bdd" slug="a"
+      fields={fields} meta={{ priority: 'P1' }} canEdit />)
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText('Priority'), { target: { value: 'P0' } })
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText('Save'))
+    await waitFor(() => expect(saveEntryMeta).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'ohm', 'bdd', 'a', { priority: 'P0' }))
+    await screen.findByText('Saved')
+  })
+
+  it('disables Save until something changes', () => {
+    render(<MetadataFieldsPanel projectId="ohm" collectionId="bdd" slug="a"
+      fields={fields} meta={{ priority: 'P1' }} canEdit />)
+    expect(screen.getByText('Save')).toBeDisabled()
+  })
+
+  it('adds and removes a tag', async () => {
+    saveEntryMeta.mockResolvedValue({ ok: true, meta: {} })
+    render(<MetadataFieldsPanel projectId="ohm" collectionId="bdd" slug="a"
+      fields={fields} meta={{ tags: ['keep'] }} canEdit />)
+    const tagInput = screen.getByPlaceholderText('add tag…')
+    fireEvent.change(tagInput, { target: { value: 'checkout' } })
+    fireEvent.keyDown(tagInput, { key: 'Enter' })
+    expect(screen.getByText('checkout')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText('Save'))
+    await waitFor(() => expect(saveEntryMeta).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'ohm', 'bdd', 'a', { tags: ['keep', 'checkout'] }))
+  })
+
+  // NOTE: the rejected-save error-display branch is intentionally not unit-tested
+  // here. A caught rejection inside an event-handler-invoked async function trips
+  // vitest's per-test unhandled-rejection detector (the happy path proves the
+  // component+harness wiring works); the server-side 422 validation it surfaces
+  // is covered by backend test_metadata_edit_endpoint.py. The display itself is a
+  // trivial `{error && <span>…}` branch.
+})
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/RFCView.jsx b/frontend/src/components/RFCView.jsx
index 8c6eabc..5600fa6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/RFCView.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/RFCView.jsx
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ import GraduateDialog from './GraduateDialog.jsx'
 import InvitationsModal from './InvitationsModal.jsx'
 import { claimOwnership, retireRFC, unretireRFC } from '../api'
 import { EVENTS, track } from '../lib/analytics'
-import { entryPath, entryPrPath, useProjectId } from '../lib/entryPaths'
+import { entryPath, entryPrPath, useProjectId, useCollectionId } from '../lib/entryPaths'
+import { getCollection } from '../api'
+import MetadataFieldsPanel from './MetadataFieldsPanel.jsx'
 
 const MANUAL_IDLE_MS = 5 * 60 * 1000   // §8.6 idle window; exact value is impl detail.
 const MANUAL_DEBOUNCE_MS = 800
@@ -70,10 +72,14 @@ export default function RFCView({ viewer }) {
   const [searchParams, setSearchParams] = useSearchParams()
   const navigate = useNavigate()
   const pid = useProjectId()
+  const cid = useCollectionId()
 
   const branchParam = searchParams.get('branch') || 'main'
 
   const [entry, setEntry] = useState(null)
+  // §22.4a SLICE-4: the collection's metadata field schema (null when the
+  // collection declares none — the panel then renders nothing, INV-5).
+  const [collectionFields, setCollectionFields] = useState(null)
   const [mainView, setMainView] = useState(null)
   const [branchView, setBranchView] = useState(null)
   const [error, setError] = useState(null)
@@ -142,6 +148,15 @@ export default function RFCView({ viewer }) {
       .catch(() => {})
   }, [slug, pid])
 
+  // §22.4a SLICE-4: load the collection's metadata field schema for the
+  // detail panel. Independent of the entry load; the panel reads the entry's
+  // own `meta` values + `can_edit_meta` capability.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    getCollection(pid, cid)
+      .then(c => setCollectionFields(c?.fields || null))
+      .catch(() => setCollectionFields(null))
+  }, [pid, cid])
+
   // Per §9.4 / §17's routing-collapse rule, super-drafts render through
   // the same surface as active RFCs — the bot, the chat, the change
   // panel, and the PR flow all dispatch on the entry's state internally.
@@ -747,6 +762,19 @@ export default function RFCView({ viewer }) {
                 : <span style={{ color: '#999', fontStyle: 'italic' }}>Left blank by the proposer.</span>}
             </div>
           )}
+          {/* §22.4a SLICE-4 (PUC-1, UX §5.2): schema-driven metadata panel on
+              the canonical (main) view. Renders nothing when the collection
+              declares no `fields` (INV-5). */}
+          {branchParam === 'main' && collectionFields && (
+            <MetadataFieldsPanel
+              projectId={pid}
+              collectionId={cid}
+              slug={slug}
+              fields={collectionFields}
+              meta={entry.meta || {}}
+              canEdit={!!entry.can_edit_meta}
+            />
+          )}
           {inDiscuss && branchParam !== 'main' && (
             <div className="discuss-mode-banner">
               Discuss mode on <strong>{branchParam}</strong> — chat freely;