diff --git a/orchestration/assets/products.py b/orchestration/assets/products.py
index 2c5fc15..9c2f337 100644
--- a/orchestration/assets/products.py
+++ b/orchestration/assets/products.py
@@ -222,6 +222,14 @@ def build_shared_source_asset(spec: SourceSpec) -> dg.AssetsDefinition:
     @dg.asset(
         key=src_key,
         group_name=spec.group,
+        description=(
+            f"Shared source asset: unifies the **{spec.source_key}** source for "
+            f"**{spec.parameter}** over scope `{spec.scope}`. Fetched once and "
+            f"unified for both summary and timeseries, so it carries summary "
+            f"records plus timeseries sites/observations. Shared by every product "
+            f"that needs this (parameter, scope, source), so the source is pulled "
+            f"once per run regardless of how many products consume it."
+        ),
         check_specs=[dg.AssetCheckSpec(name=_CHECK_NAME, asset=src_key)],
     )
     def _source_asset(
@@ -298,7 +306,21 @@ def _build_combine_asset(
     output_type = product["output_type"]
     ins = {_in_name(spec): dg.AssetIn(key=shared_source_key(spec)) for spec in specs}
 
-    @dg.asset(key=dg.AssetKey(pid), group_name=group, ins=ins)
+    _combine_description = (
+        f"**{product.get('title', pid)}** — product combine asset (`{output_type}`). "
+        f"{product.get('description', '').rstrip('.')}. Merges its "
+        f"{len(specs)} shared source asset(s), builds the OGC GeoJSON collection, "
+        f"and uploads it to GCS. Sources are read back from the GCS IO manager "
+        f"(materialized upstream in the same cohort run), so the combine never "
+        f"re-unifies them."
+    )
+
+    @dg.asset(
+        key=dg.AssetKey(pid),
+        group_name=group,
+        description=_combine_description,
+        ins=ins,
+    )
     def _combine_asset(
         context: dg.AssetExecutionContext,
         gcs: GCSResource,
@@ -427,6 +449,14 @@ def _build_geoserver_asset(product: dict, group: str) -> dg.AssetsDefinition:
     @dg.asset(
         key=gs_key,
         group_name=group,
+        description=(
+            f"GeoServer publish asset for **{product.get('title', pid)}**. "
+            f"Downloads the combined GeoJSON for `{pid}` from GCS, converts it to "
+            f"a GeoPackage, and publishes it as a GeoServer layer. Depends on the "
+            f"combine asset for ordering only (no data passed). Never raises — a "
+            f"publish failure fails the `{_GEOSERVER_CHECK_NAME}` check (WARN) "
+            f"rather than the run."
+        ),
         deps=[dg.AssetKey(pid)],
         check_specs=[dg.AssetCheckSpec(name=_GEOSERVER_CHECK_NAME, asset=gs_key)],
     )