Card

Card layout CompositeSprite

Bordered surface with a resting stacked shadow. Content classes (label / value / delta) build KPI tiles; compose several in auto-grid so each card keeps a natural width instead of stretching full-bleed across the preview.

Layer: L2 host · Recipe: unset — see docs/agent/pick-a-surface.md. Curriculum: AGENTS.md; pick matrix: docs/agent/pick-a-surface.md; blast radius: CONSUMER_MAP.md.

Total Revenue
£1,250.00
+12.5% this month
Open invoices
18
−3 vs last week
Avg. days to pay
24
+2 days

Copy this

html
<!-- icons: include the icon sheet once per page (see the Setup section, #setup) -->
<div class="auto-grid" style="--grid-min: 11rem">
  <div class="card card-body">
    <div class="card-label">Total Revenue</div>
    <div class="card-value">£1,250.00</div>
    <div class="card-delta"><svg class="icon" aria-hidden="true"><use href="#i-trending-up"/></svg> +12.5% this month</div>
  </div>
  <div class="card card-body">
    <div class="card-label">Open invoices</div>
    <div class="card-value">18</div>
    <div class="card-delta"><svg class="icon" aria-hidden="true"><use href="#i-trending-down"/></svg> −3 vs last week</div>
  </div>
  <div class="card card-body">
    <div class="card-label">Avg. days to pay</div>
    <div class="card-value">24</div>
    <div class="card-delta"><svg class="icon" aria-hidden="true"><use href="#i-trending-up"/></svg> +2 days</div>
  </div>
</div>

Server exchange

This Hyperpart has no server exchange — it is presentation or client chrome only. htmx does not issue a request on this part's behalf. If you put an affordance (hx-*) on a control that uses this markup, that action's exchange belongs to the action, not this part. See Swap contract for host-owned envelopes.

Swap contract

Agent-visible HTMX topology (ADR-0054 / decision 0012). exchange envelope = what the response may re-emit relative to the persistent slot (body_only | outer | none | host_owned | document). dual-lock validates part markup only — not this envelope. Stem: stems/morph-safe-hypermedia.md; decision: docs/decisions/0012-swap-identity-contract.md.

No host HTMX exchange on this part — presentation or client chrome only. exchange envelope: n/a.

If a host wraps this markup in hx-*, that host owns the swap contract (sole identity + envelope). Prefer innerMorph / outerMorph for stable slots; replacement for flash; body-only responses under inner swaps.

Envelope response examples

This part has no owned exchange (envelope n/a). If a host adds hx-*, that host’s envelope applies — typically body_only:

html
<!-- Host wraps this presentation part with hx-* (host owns envelope) -->
<!-- Prefer: hx-swap="innerMorph" hx-target="#panel-body" -->
<!-- Server returns body_only interior for #panel-body -->
<div class="dz-stack">content…</div>

Do not re-own the slot:

html
<!-- WRONG: server returns the presentation root with a new id every poll -->
<div id="card-root" data-dz-region>…</div>

How to use it

No extended guidance authored yet — start from Copy this and the dependency chips (Primitive = markup only; controller = load listed JS; Endpoint = implement Server exchange).

Seams

  • copy the partial under Copy this; keep root class and data-* modifiers so the CSS/JS bundle matches
  • no Server exchange on this part — pure presentation or client chrome
  • satisfy the DOM contract tables (CI stop-ship)

DOM contract

What the emitted HTML must satisfy — the table is the required surface; Python under contracts/ is the package-internal dual-lock CI runs (tests/test_contracts.py), not an app route. Standalone HTMX4: implement the API so responses match this markup. Dazzle: the agent emits SSR that already satisfies it. Do not invent attrs outside these tables. For request/response wiring see Server exchange.

contracts/card.py

Required in the DOM: root .card (part card). Emit only these attributes — inventing extras is fine only if controllers ignore them; omitting required ones fails CI (tests/test_contracts.py).

NodeAttrConstraint
.card——

Module source

Import path is monorepo/package-local (from contracts._kit import …). Source-token form often uses data-*; gallery demos above are unprefixed. Do not copy this into app routes.

python
"""HYPERPART: card — bordered surface wrapping content.

Dual-lock unit is the surface root. Header/body/footer slots and BEM
token modifiers (``dz-card--radius-*`` etc.) are host-owned. Gallery KPI
tiles use ``dz-card`` + content classes; substrate ``Card`` emits
``dz-card`` + optional ``dz-card__header|body|footer``.
"""

from contracts._kit import DomContract, Node

DOM_CONTRACT = DomContract(
    part="card",
    root=".dz-card",
    nodes=(Node(".dz-card", attrs={}),),
)

__all__ = ["DOM_CONTRACT"]

Notes

A card is a surface, not a layout. One card in a full-width preview looks clumsy because the box stretches; real use is several cards in auto-grid (or a stack of content cards). Workspace dashboard cards add data-display for CLS height reservation — static KPI tiles omit it and size to content. Classes: card + card-body + card-label / card-value / card-delta.

Source files

Canonical registration in the registry. No dedicated controller — CSS for this part lives in the layered bundle.

site/registry.py · contracts/card.py

Composed of

Auto grid