Repo header: descriptions clamp to 2 lines with expand (apps API separates description from brief), and a clear crew status line: "paused at its ceiling" with a Raise button #6008

Owner, 2026-10-25: "the description is really long and looks bad on the forge. It should be small, then you can click it to expand, or the description should just be better. Also when I'm at the repo I should see clearly that the repo is locked at its cap."

Cause of the first: POST /api/v1/apps stores its description as both the repo description and issue #1's body, so a full brief became a wall of text in the repo header (trevato/scratchpad; the steward has since shortened it).

Done when:

1. Descriptions stay small.

- Clamped: a repo or app description shows at most 2 lines in the header and on every card (repo lists, home, the atlas), with a quiet "more" that expands in place. Descriptions render as plain text (no Markdown headings or lists in the header). - The API splits the two fields: POST /api/v1/apps takes description (≤ 160 chars, refused with a clear message when longer) and a separate brief that becomes issue #1. When only a long description is sent, it goes to the brief and the description becomes its first sentence. - A test: a 5,000-character description renders 2 lines with an expander, at 390 px and 1440 px.

1. Say clearly when the crew is stopped. At the top of the repo (and its app page), a status line whenever the crew isn't running freely:

- "Crew paused: at today's $40 ceiling ($43.07 spent). Resumes at 00:00 UTC." with a Raise ceiling button (for repo admins; it previews and applies the fleet op, with undo). - The same pattern for every other stop the autonomy tick knows: off, no crew, forge ceiling, parked by the breaker, waiting on a decision, each with its one fix. - Running state shown quietly: "Crew: 2 of 3 building · $19 of $300 today". - Spend early warnings: at 80% of the ceiling a soft notice, at 100% the paused line plus one notification to the owner (no repeats). - Tests: a repo at its ceiling shows the paused line and the button works.

Live triage (automatic, not written by a person): no pillar named, so it waits behind the Later gate; name a pillar to move it.

Parked by the crew: the check stayed red through 2 automatic tries (pull #6020 closed). Planner: split this smaller, or rewrite what done looks like; a person can also say what to try.