diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 9ae36c25d..4da0c6ad3 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "hyperframes",
   "description": "HyperFrames by HeyGen. Write HTML, render video. Compositions, GSAP and runtime adapter animations, captions, voiceovers, audio-reactive visuals, and website-to-video capture for HyperFrames.",
-  "version": "0.7.40",
+  "version": "0.7.41",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.codex-plugin/plugin.json b/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
index 2242188f2..eda3dd14b 100644
--- a/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "hyperframes",
-  "version": "0.7.40",
+  "version": "0.7.41",
   "description": "Write HTML, render video. Compositions, Tailwind v4 styles, GSAP and runtime adapter animations, captions, voiceovers, audio-reactive visuals, and website-to-video capture for HyperFrames.",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
diff --git a/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json b/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
index 6c3c0f711..17b5d3203 100644
--- a/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "$schema": "https://cursor.com/schemas/cursor-plugin/plugin.json",
   "name": "hyperframes",
   "displayName": "HyperFrames by HeyGen",
-  "version": "0.7.40",
+  "version": "0.7.41",
   "description": "Write HTML, render video. Compositions, Tailwind v4 styles, GSAP and runtime adapter animations, captions, voiceovers, audio-reactive visuals, and website-to-video capture for HyperFrames.",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
diff --git a/docs/changelog.mdx b/docs/changelog.mdx
index bf8971b39..5ba0efbfd 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.mdx
+++ b/docs/changelog.mdx
@@ -8,6 +8,25 @@ Recent HyperFrames releases, including user-facing features, fixes, and migratio
 
 {/* New release entries are prepended by `bun run changelog:draft <version> --write`. */}
 
+<Update
+  label="HyperFrames v0.7.41"
+  description="Released - 2026-07-07"
+  tags={["Release", "Media Use", "Engine"]}
+>
+This release makes media-use smarter about reusing existing assets instead of regenerating work, with more forgiving prompt matching and a more precise assets scan. It also fixes a render-engine edge case by pre-creating `__render_frame__` sibling directories during session initialization.
+
+## Features
+
+- **Media Use:** Agent-driven asset reuse (candidates + reuse) ([35e54cae1](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/35e54cae1978e04d09ab4cc7c8627cdecdcf6421))
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **Engine:** Pre-create __render_frame__ siblings in initializeSession ([76204ec63](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/76204ec6308a235eb0b77557d0a52657952572f4), [#2006](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2006))
+- **Media Use:** Forgiving prompt matching + precise assets/ scan ([b5383ded4](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/b5383ded4249aca8f7d2fba2e2ab11e7beb2e751))
+
+[View the full commit range](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.7.40...v0.7.41).
+</Update>
+
 <Update
   label="HyperFrames v0.7.40"
   description="Released - 2026-07-07"
diff --git a/packages/aws-lambda/package.json b/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
index 9eab23842..2b6cdc3a2 100644
--- a/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
+++ b/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/aws-lambda",
-  "version": "0.7.40",
+  "version": "0.7.41",
   "description": "AWS Lambda adapter for HyperFrames distributed rendering — handler, client-side SDK, and CDK construct.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 5970ef91c..060358da9 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/cli",
-  "version": "0.7.40",
+  "version": "0.7.41",
   "description": "HyperFrames CLI — create, preview, and render HTML video compositions",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 79d1b052d..94a976f69 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/core",
-  "version": "0.7.40",
+  "version": "0.7.41",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/engine/package.json b/packages/engine/package.json
index e18ef9aec..67a011150 100644
--- a/packages/engine/package.json
+++ b/packages/engine/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/engine",
-  "version": "0.7.40",
+  "version": "0.7.41",
   "description": "Seekable web page to video rendering engine (Puppeteer + FFmpeg)",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/gcp-cloud-run/package.json b/packages/gcp-cloud-run/package.json
index 1e3cfc8e5..12911505c 100644
--- a/packages/gcp-cloud-run/package.json
+++ b/packages/gcp-cloud-run/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/gcp-cloud-run",
-  "version": "0.7.40",
+  "version": "0.7.41",
   "description": "Google Cloud Run + Workflows adapter for HyperFrames distributed rendering — request handler, client-side SDK, and Terraform module.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/lint/package.json b/packages/lint/package.json
index 2406d59c5..aa71fdced 100644
--- a/packages/lint/package.json
+++ b/packages/lint/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/lint",
-  "version": "0.7.40",
+  "version": "0.7.41",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/parsers/package.json b/packages/parsers/package.json
index 169b398f7..ef1905138 100644
--- a/packages/parsers/package.json
+++ b/packages/parsers/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/parsers",
-  "version": "0.7.40",
+  "version": "0.7.41",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/player/package.json b/packages/player/package.json
index c50dfa867..72a190c5e 100644
--- a/packages/player/package.json
+++ b/packages/player/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/player",
-  "version": "0.7.40",
+  "version": "0.7.41",
   "description": "Embeddable web component for HyperFrames compositions",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/producer/package.json b/packages/producer/package.json
index e8de748b9..fe0529eab 100644
--- a/packages/producer/package.json
+++ b/packages/producer/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/producer",
-  "version": "0.7.40",
+  "version": "0.7.41",
   "description": "HTML-to-video rendering engine using Chrome's BeginFrame API",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/sdk/package.json b/packages/sdk/package.json
index 4577530b4..5aee5ac91 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/package.json
+++ b/packages/sdk/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/sdk",
-  "version": "0.7.40",
+  "version": "0.7.41",
   "description": "Headless, framework-neutral HyperFrames composition editing engine",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/shader-transitions/package.json b/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
index 96d836365..e6b6c2a73 100644
--- a/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
+++ b/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/shader-transitions",
-  "version": "0.7.40",
+  "version": "0.7.41",
   "description": "WebGL shader transitions for HyperFrames compositions",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/studio-server/package.json b/packages/studio-server/package.json
index 9ec602350..60925d17e 100644
--- a/packages/studio-server/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio-server/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio-server",
-  "version": "0.7.40",
+  "version": "0.7.41",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/studio/package.json b/packages/studio/package.json
index ad02a1451..8678af3db 100644
--- a/packages/studio/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio",
-  "version": "0.7.40",
+  "version": "0.7.41",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/releases/v0.7.41.md b/releases/v0.7.41.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..820a81aef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/v0.7.41.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# HyperFrames v0.7.41
+
+Released on 2026-07-07.
+
+This release makes media-use smarter about reusing existing assets instead of regenerating work, with more forgiving prompt matching and a more precise assets scan. It also fixes a render-engine edge case by pre-creating `__render_frame__` sibling directories during session initialization.
+
+## Features
+
+- **Media Use:** Agent-driven asset reuse (candidates + reuse) ([35e54cae1](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/35e54cae1978e04d09ab4cc7c8627cdecdcf6421))
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **Engine:** Pre-create **render_frame** siblings in initializeSession ([76204ec63](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/76204ec6308a235eb0b77557d0a52657952572f4), [#2006](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2006))
+- **Media Use:** Forgiving prompt matching + precise assets/ scan ([b5383ded4](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/b5383ded4249aca8f7d2fba2e2ab11e7beb2e751))
+
+## Full changelog
+
+https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.7.40...v0.7.41