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On broad screen widths a card grid that shows only 1-2 cards per row looks sparse and wastes space. New design practice (Archon / Design System #178): card grids should target 3-4 cards per row on wide screens via auto-fill minmax(~260-300px, 1fr), degrading to 2 then 1 column on narrower widths. Encode it in design_standards.py (a new convention the build pipeline injects) + a note in Design #178, and apply it to the Droid Families app (currently capped at 2 columns).

⚖️Decisions

• Elrond's bypass methodology checklist (a reminder, not a gate -- you've got this): 0. File it requested_mode='bypass' (planner-vs-bypass is a deliberate choice). bypass_start REFUSES a non-bypass initiative (CAROL-INI-1846), and the dispatcher only skips the bypass lane when the mode says bypass -- a 'planner' mistag lets Merlin's pipeline grab the placeholder step and block your finished work. 1. Filed as planned status -- let the bypass claim/activate it; never file active. 2. Open the bypass (bypass_start) with your droid id + the remediation answer (remediates_initiative_id=NNN, or remediates_nothing=True). 3. Work the blocks for your work-type: template -> design -> code -> test -> review. Do the real work; record decisions on the initiative as you make them. 4. Reality is recorded for you at close -- code (files changed), each decision, and the twin-review verdict become real activities tied to this initiative and show in the Activity Tracker like a planner run (CAROL-INI-1840). No dummy rows. 5. Keep the initiative status moving; it parks in 'reviewing' and is tagged uat-pending for you at close (CAROL-INI-1836), so the stuck-watchdog leaves it alone until UAT. 6. Close runs the gates (design/architecture compliance + caller-audit). If a gate flags something pre-existing or unrelated to your change, waive it with a clear written rationale -- audit, don't skip. 7. Bypass skips the planner's auto-orchestration, NOT the standards. Same template checklist, same review, same observability as a planner run. (elrond)
• [status-router] planned -> executing | event=bypass_executing | bypass transition (or-bx-01)
• Added a card-grid-density design practice: grids use repeat(auto-fill, minmax(270px,1fr)) so wide screens show 3-4 cards per row, degrading to 2 then 1, with align-items:start so expandable cards do not stretch their row. Encoded as the card_grid_density convention in Archons design_standards.py (build pipeline injects it into future apps) + Design System 178 section 5a (v1.2), and applied to the Droid Families app (was capped at 2 columns). (orion)
• [status-router] executing -> reviewing | event=bypass_reviewing | bypass transition (or-bx-01)
• [status-router] reviewing -> closed | event=operator_signoff | Auto-accepted (CAROL-INI-1859): Orion-initiated, >2 days in reviewing with no objection. (el-srac-01)

✅Success criteria

• Droid Families card grids show 3-4 cards per row on wide screens, degrading to 2 then 1 on narrower widths (must_have)
• A card-grid-density convention is added to Archons design standards (design_standards.py) so the build pipeline injects it into future apps (must_have)
• Design System 178 carries the card-grid-density rule (must_have)