diff --git a/muxplex/tests/test_cli.py b/muxplex/tests/test_cli.py
index 2716096..338137a 100644
--- a/muxplex/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/muxplex/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -2053,3 +2053,37 @@ def test_doctor_tls_nudge_hidden_on_localhost(capsys, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     assert "muxplex setup-tls" not in out, (
         f"TLS nudge must NOT appear in doctor output when host is 127.0.0.1, got: {out!r}"
     )
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# task-1-pypi-metadata: pyproject.toml metadata tests
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_pyproject_has_authors():
+    import tomllib
+    pyproject = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2] / "pyproject.toml"
+    data = tomllib.loads(pyproject.read_text())
+    authors = data["project"].get("authors", [])
+    assert len(authors) >= 1
+    assert "name" in authors[0]
+    assert "email" in authors[0]
+
+
+def test_pyproject_has_classifiers():
+    import tomllib
+    pyproject = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2] / "pyproject.toml"
+    data = tomllib.loads(pyproject.read_text())
+    classifiers = data["project"].get("classifiers", [])
+    assert len(classifiers) >= 3
+    texts = " ".join(classifiers)
+    assert "License" in texts
+    assert "Python :: 3" in texts
+
+
+def test_pyproject_has_keywords():
+    import tomllib
+    pyproject = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2] / "pyproject.toml"
+    data = tomllib.loads(pyproject.read_text())
+    keywords = data["project"].get("keywords", [])
+    assert len(keywords) >= 3
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 06f7167..4f45926 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,20 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 description = "Web-based tmux session dashboard — access all your tmux sessions from any browser"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { text = "MIT" }
+authors = [{name = "Brian Krabach", email = "brian@krabach.com"}]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+    "Topic :: System :: Systems Administration",
+    "Topic :: Terminals :: Terminal Emulators/X Terminals",
+    "Environment :: Web Environment",
+    "Framework :: FastAPI",
+]
+keywords = ["tmux", "terminal", "dashboard", "web", "session-manager"]
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
     "fastapi>=0.115.0",