diff --git a/src/lib/db.ts b/src/lib/db.ts
index 5155e55..0736b5d 100644
--- a/src/lib/db.ts
+++ b/src/lib/db.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ export interface User {
   created_at: string;
   last_seen_at: string | null;
   active: number;
+  title: string | null;            // job title, e.g. 'VP Engineering'
+  cab_joined_date: string | null;  // ISO date; only set for role='cab'. Falls back to created_at when null.
+  slug: string | null;             // URL handle, kebab-case, unique. Auto-generated on createUser.
 }
 
 export type UserPublic = Omit<User, 'password_hash'>;
@@ -69,10 +72,13 @@ export interface AttendanceSummary {
 
 // ── Connection ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-// Persist across Vite HMR reloads in dev
+// Persist across Vite HMR reloads in dev. Override BIFROST_DB_PATH for tests
+// (use ':memory:'); defaults to bifrost.db in the project root.
+const DB_PATH = process.env.BIFROST_DB_PATH ?? join(process.cwd(), 'bifrost.db');
+
 const g = globalThis as typeof globalThis & { __bifrost_db?: Database.Database };
 if (!g.__bifrost_db) {
-  g.__bifrost_db = new Database(join(process.cwd(), 'bifrost.db'));
+  g.__bifrost_db = new Database(DB_PATH);
   g.__bifrost_db.pragma('journal_mode = WAL');
   g.__bifrost_db.pragma('foreign_keys = ON');
 }
@@ -94,7 +100,7 @@ export function getUserById(id: number): User | null {
 
 export function getUserPublicById(id: number): UserPublic | null {
   return db.prepare(
-    'SELECT id,email,name,organisation,role,bio,created_at,last_seen_at,active FROM users WHERE id = ? AND active = 1'
+    'SELECT id,email,name,organisation,role,bio,created_at,last_seen_at,active,title,cab_joined_date,slug FROM users WHERE id = ? AND active = 1'
   ).get(id) as UserPublic | null;
 }
 
@@ -105,9 +111,11 @@ export function createUser(data: {
   organisation: string;
   role: Role;
 }): number {
+  const slug = generateUniqueSlug(data.name);
+  const cabJoined = data.role === 'cab' ? new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 10) : null;
   const r = db.prepare(
-    'INSERT INTO users (email,password_hash,name,organisation,role) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?)'
-  ).run(data.email, data.password_hash, data.name, data.organisation, data.role);
+    'INSERT INTO users (email,password_hash,name,organisation,role,slug,cab_joined_date) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?)'
+  ).run(data.email, data.password_hash, data.name, data.organisation, data.role, slug, cabJoined);
   return Number(r.lastInsertRowid);
 }
 
@@ -129,10 +137,38 @@ export function deactivateUser(id: number): void {
 
 export function getAllUsersPublic(): UserPublic[] {
   return db.prepare(
-    'SELECT id,email,name,organisation,role,bio,created_at,last_seen_at,active FROM users ORDER BY organisation,name'
+    'SELECT id,email,name,organisation,role,bio,created_at,last_seen_at,active,title,cab_joined_date,slug FROM users ORDER BY organisation,name'
   ).all() as UserPublic[];
 }
 
+export function getUserBySlug(slug: string): UserPublic | null {
+  return db.prepare(
+    'SELECT id,email,name,organisation,role,bio,created_at,last_seen_at,active,title,cab_joined_date,slug FROM users WHERE slug = ? AND active = 1'
+  ).get(slug) as UserPublic | null;
+}
+
+// ── Slugs ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+export function slugifyName(name: string): string {
+  return name
+    .toLowerCase()
+    .normalize('NFKD').replace(/[̀-ͯ]/g, '') // strip diacritics
+    .replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, '-')
+    .replace(/^-+|-+$/g, '');
+}
+
+/** Returns a slug guaranteed not to collide with any existing user. */
+export function generateUniqueSlug(name: string): string {
+  const base = slugifyName(name) || 'member';
+  let candidate = base;
+  let n = 1;
+  while (db.prepare('SELECT 1 FROM users WHERE slug = ?').get(candidate)) {
+    n += 1;
+    candidate = `${base}-${n}`;
+  }
+  return candidate;
+}
+
 // ── Sessions ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 export function createDbSession(id: string, userId: number, expiresAt: string): void {