diff --git a/craft/src/utils/apply-ai-response.test.ts b/craft/src/utils/apply-ai-response.test.ts
index 26a361d..b06e84a 100644
--- a/craft/src/utils/apply-ai-response.test.ts
+++ b/craft/src/utils/apply-ai-response.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, test, expect, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { sanitizeAiTree, __test } from './apply-ai-response';
+import type { SitesmithPatchOp } from '../types/sitesmith';
 
 describe('findNodeIdByAiNodeId', () => {
   const query = {
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ describe('applyPatch', () => {
       text: 'Old',
       style: { color: 'red', fontSize: '16px' },
     });
-    const ops = [
+    const ops: SitesmithPatchOp[] = [
       {
         op: 'update_props',
         node_id: 'ai-node-1',
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ describe('applyPatch', () => {
       text: 'Old',
       style: { color: 'red', fontSize: '16px' },
     });
-    const ops = [
+    const ops: SitesmithPatchOp[] = [
       {
         op: 'update_props',
         node_id: 'ai-node-1',
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ describe('applyPatch', () => {
     const { query, actions, propsById } = makeSingleNodeHarness('craft-1', 'ai-node-1', {
       style: { color: 'red', fontSize: '16px' },
     });
-    const ops = [
+    const ops: SitesmithPatchOp[] = [
       { op: 'update_props', node_id: 'ai-node-1', props: { style: { color: 'blue' } } },
     ];
     __test.applyPatch(actions, query, ops);
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ describe('applyPatch', () => {
   test('an op with an unknown resolvedName tree is skipped without throwing; other ops in the batch still apply', () => {
     const warnSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {});
     const { query, actions, propsById } = makeSingleNodeHarness('craft-1', 'ai-node-1', {});
-    const ops = [
+    const ops: SitesmithPatchOp[] = [
       {
         op: 'insert_after',
         node_id: 'ai-node-1',
diff --git a/craft/src/utils/apply-ai-response.ts b/craft/src/utils/apply-ai-response.ts
index 814208b..0891372 100644
--- a/craft/src/utils/apply-ai-response.ts
+++ b/craft/src/utils/apply-ai-response.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useEditor } from '@craftjs/core';
 import type { NodeTree } from '@craftjs/core';
 import { usePages } from '../state/PageContext';
-import { SitesmithResponse, SerializedTreeNode } from '../types/sitesmith';
+import { SitesmithResponse, SerializedTreeNode, SitesmithPatchOp } from '../types/sitesmith';
 import { sanitizeAiTree, flattenTreeForCraft } from './craft-tree';
 
 // Re-exported for existing callers/tests that import sanitizeAiTree from
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ export function useApplyAiResponse() {
 function applyPatch(
   actions: any,
   query: any,
-  ops: any[],
+  ops: SitesmithPatchOp[],
 ): { ok: boolean; message?: string } {
   for (const op of ops) {
     const id = findNodeIdByAiNodeId(query, op.node_id);
@@ -237,7 +237,12 @@ function applyPatch(
         break;
 
       default:
-        console.warn('sitesmith patch: unknown op', (op as any).op);
+        // Every SitesmithPatchOp variant is handled above, so `op` is typed
+        // `never` here at compile time — but the AI response is untrusted
+        // JSON (see useSitesmith.ts's `j: SendResult = await r.json()`), so
+        // a malformed/unrecognized `op` field can still reach this branch at
+        // runtime. Log the raw value rather than assuming a shape.
+        console.warn('sitesmith patch: unknown op', op);
     }
   }
   return { ok: true };