diff --git a/src/components/frontend/operations/PageShell.tsx b/src/components/frontend/operations/PageShell.tsx
index 68cf4cb..dc8685f 100644
--- a/src/components/frontend/operations/PageShell.tsx
+++ b/src/components/frontend/operations/PageShell.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ import { ClassificationStrip } from "./ClassificationStrip";
  * Responsive page shell for operations surfaces: header with title + optional
  * classification-style subtitle line, then the content area. Server-renderable
  * (no hooks); pairs with the strategic primitives on task-9 role surfaces.
+ *
+ * Not a page container: callers place it inside the standard page wrapper
+ * (`mx-auto max-w-7xl px-4 py-6`) so the shell's content shares one left edge
+ * with the sibling cards rendered below it.
  */
 export function PageShell({
   title,
@@ -16,7 +20,7 @@ export function PageShell({
   children: ReactNode;
 }) {
   return (
-    <div data-slot="page-shell" className="mx-auto flex w-full max-w-7xl flex-col gap-4 px-4 py-6">
+    <div data-slot="page-shell" className="flex flex-col gap-4">
       <header className="flex flex-col gap-1">
         <h1 className="text-xl font-bold tracking-tight text-foreground">{title}</h1>
         {meta ? <ClassificationStrip left={meta} right="Polaris // Ops" /> : null}