diff --git a/packages/api/src/routes/blog.ts b/packages/api/src/routes/blog.ts
index a545404..fd7f83d 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/routes/blog.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/routes/blog.ts
@@ -1550,7 +1550,8 @@ async function runLlmPipeline(
 
 // POST /api/blog/generate — Generate a new blog draft (returns immediately, LLM runs async)
 blogRouter.post("/generate", async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
-  const { topic, speed, form_factor, use_case, use_llm } = req.body as {
+  const { title: reqTitle, topic, speed, form_factor, use_case, use_llm } = req.body as {
+    title?: string;
     topic?: string;
     speed?: string;
     form_factor?: string;
@@ -1573,11 +1574,14 @@ blogRouter.post("/generate", async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
     const year = new Date().getFullYear();
     const template = templates[Math.floor(Math.random() * templates.length)];
 
-    const title = template.title
-      .replace("{YEAR}", String(year))
-      .replace("{SPEED}", speed || "400G/800G")
-      .replace("{FORM_FACTOR}", form_factor || "QSFP-DD/OSFP")
-      .replace("{USE_CASE}", use_case || "Data Center Interconnect");
+    // Use caller-provided title if given; fall back to template title
+    const title = (reqTitle && reqTitle.trim())
+      ? reqTitle.trim()
+      : template.title
+          .replace("{YEAR}", String(year))
+          .replace("{SPEED}", speed || "400G/800G")
+          .replace("{FORM_FACTOR}", form_factor || "QSFP-DD/OSFP")
+          .replace("{USE_CASE}", use_case || "Data Center Interconnect");
 
     const keywords = [
       ...template.seo_keywords,