diff --git a/src/app/coach/page.tsx b/src/app/coach/page.tsx
index 77e3efe36..23363d12e 100644
--- a/src/app/coach/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/coach/page.tsx
@@ -61,7 +61,14 @@ export default function CoachPage() {
   return (
     <div
       data-slot="coach-page"
-      className="flex h-[calc(100dvh-13rem)] min-h-[28rem] flex-col overflow-hidden rounded-2xl border"
+      // v1.18.1 (W-COACH-UI C1/C3) — the card was capped at
+      // `100dvh-13rem`, leaving a band of wasted space below it on a
+      // standalone route that no longer carries the Insights tab strip.
+      // Claim the page height down to a comfortable bottom gutter so the
+      // thread + rail fill the viewport, and lift the card with a soft
+      // shadow so it reads as one contained surface rather than a thin
+      // outline.
+      className="bg-card flex h-[calc(100dvh-8rem)] min-h-[32rem] flex-col overflow-hidden rounded-2xl border shadow-sm"
     >
       <CoachConversation
         surface="page"
diff --git a/src/components/insights/__tests__/layout-coach-fab.test.tsx b/src/components/insights/__tests__/layout-coach-fab.test.tsx
index 95d0a3758..92bb3d3e8 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/__tests__/layout-coach-fab.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/__tests__/layout-coach-fab.test.tsx
@@ -58,13 +58,16 @@ describe("<LayoutCoachFab>", () => {
     // Fixed bottom-right, above the mobile bottom-nav band. The plain
     // desktop offset kicks in at `md:` — the same breakpoint where the
     // bottom-nav hides (`md:hidden`) — so the FAB never floats mid-air
-    // in the 768-1023px band. The right inset mirrors the desktop
-    // bottom inset so the corner gap is even.
+    // in the 768-1023px band. v1.18.1 (C5) — the corner inset is
+    // symmetric: right equals bottom at each breakpoint (`right-6`
+    // mobile-band / `md:right-8` desktop mirrors `md:bottom-8`).
     expect(html).toContain("fixed right-6");
+    expect(html).toContain("md:right-8");
     expect(html).toContain(
       "bottom-[calc(env(safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+5rem)]",
     );
-    expect(html).toContain("md:bottom-6");
+    expect(html).toContain("md:bottom-8");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("md:bottom-6");
     expect(html).not.toContain("lg:bottom-6");
   });
 
diff --git a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/coach-conversation.tsx b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/coach-conversation.tsx
index 81869d47f..abbeb801f 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/coach-conversation.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/coach-conversation.tsx
@@ -291,12 +291,23 @@ export function CoachConversation({
     >
       <header
         data-slot="coach-conversation-header"
-        className="border-border/70 flex flex-row items-center gap-2 border-b p-3 sm:gap-3 sm:p-4"
+        // v1.18.1 (W-COACH-UI C2/C4) — the header used to crowd a bare
+        // leading ghost-icon flush against the avatar (the "minimal"
+        // element the maintainer disliked). The surface-toggle now sits
+        // in its own leading cluster separated by a hairline divider, the
+        // avatar steps up to `size-9`, and the band locks to `h-14` so
+        // its bottom border shares the horizontal line with the body's
+        // rail-tray strip + history-rail heading one row below.
+        className="border-border/70 flex h-14 shrink-0 flex-row items-center gap-2.5 border-b px-3 sm:px-4"
       >
-        {leadingHeaderActions}
+        {leadingHeaderActions ? (
+          <div className="border-border/60 -ml-1 flex items-center gap-1 pr-1 sm:border-r sm:pr-2.5">
+            {leadingHeaderActions}
+          </div>
+        ) : null}
         <div
           aria-hidden="true"
-          className="from-dracula-purple to-dracula-pink flex size-8 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-gradient-to-br"
+          className="from-dracula-purple to-dracula-pink flex size-9 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-gradient-to-br shadow-sm"
         >
           <Sparkles className="text-background size-4" />
         </div>
diff --git a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/coach-drawer-body.tsx b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/coach-drawer-body.tsx
index f8ba32ce7..a4fc9a33a 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/coach-drawer-body.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/coach-drawer-body.tsx
@@ -53,9 +53,13 @@ export function CoachDrawerBody({
   return (
     <div
       data-slot="coach-drawer-body"
+      // v1.18.1 (W-COACH-UI C1/C3) — the inline history rail was a
+      // tight 260 px gutter; widen it to 300 px (lg) / 340 px (xl) so
+      // the conversation list breathes and the centre thread keeps the
+      // remaining width. Without a rail the body is a single column.
       className={
         historyRail
-          ? "grid min-h-0 flex-1 grid-cols-1 lg:grid-cols-[260px_1fr]"
+          ? "grid min-h-0 flex-1 grid-cols-1 lg:grid-cols-[300px_1fr] xl:grid-cols-[340px_1fr]"
           : "grid min-h-0 flex-1 grid-cols-1"
       }
     >
@@ -65,7 +69,13 @@ export function CoachDrawerBody({
           data-slot="coach-drawer-history"
           className="border-border/70 hidden h-full min-h-0 border-r lg:flex lg:flex-col"
         >
-          <h2 className="border-border/70 text-muted-foreground border-b p-3 text-[11px] font-medium tracking-wide uppercase">
+          {/* v1.18.1 (W-COACH-UI C4) — the rail heading and the centre
+              column's rail-tray strip share one fixed `h-14` header band
+              with identical `border-b`, so the two dividers land on the
+              same horizontal line across the columns (the asymmetry the
+              maintainer flagged: a `p-3` text heading vs a `py-2` button
+              strip put the lines at different heights). */}
+          <h2 className="border-border/70 text-muted-foreground flex h-14 shrink-0 items-center border-b px-4 text-xs font-medium tracking-wide uppercase">
             {t("insights.coach.historyTitle")}
           </h2>
           <div className="min-h-0 flex-1 overflow-y-auto">{historyRail}</div>
@@ -80,10 +90,14 @@ export function CoachDrawerBody({
         {/* v1.4.27 R3d MB2 — rail-tray triggers lifted out of the
             absolute overlay into a sub-header strip so the buttons
             sit at a 44 px tap target and never overlay the first
-            message bubble. */}
+            message bubble.
+            v1.18.1 (W-COACH-UI C4) — fixed `h-14` so the strip's
+            bottom border aligns with the history rail heading divider
+            in the adjacent column (one continuous line, no restless
+            two-height split). */}
         <div
           data-slot="coach-drawer-rail-tray-strip"
-          className="border-border/70 flex items-center justify-between gap-2 border-b px-3 py-2"
+          className="border-border/70 flex h-14 shrink-0 items-center justify-between gap-2 border-b px-3"
         >
           <Button
             type="button"
diff --git a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/history-rail.tsx b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/history-rail.tsx
index 477d6f314..39390cf15 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/history-rail.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/history-rail.tsx
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ export function HistoryRail({
   return (
     <div
       data-slot="coach-history-rail"
-      className={cn("flex h-full min-h-0 flex-col gap-2 p-3", className)}
+      // v1.18.1 (W-COACH-UI C1/C3) — a touch more horizontal padding so
+      // the list rows clear the rail edge and the search field breathes.
+      className={cn("flex h-full min-h-0 flex-col gap-2.5 p-3.5", className)}
     >
       {/* v1.4.33 — promote the rail label from a `<span>` to a real
           `<h3>` so the drawer carries a semantic outline on desktop
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ export function HistoryRail({
           (the rail still has to stand alone on desktop). */}
       <h3
         data-slot="coach-history-rail-heading"
-        className="text-muted-foreground flex items-center gap-1.5 text-[11px] font-medium tracking-wide uppercase"
+        className="text-muted-foreground flex items-center gap-1.5 text-xs font-medium tracking-wide uppercase"
       >
         <MessagesSquare
           className="text-muted-foreground size-3.5"
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ export function HistoryRail({
           onChange={(e) => setFilter(e.target.value)}
           placeholder={t("insights.coach.historySearchPlaceholder")}
           data-slot="coach-history-search"
-          className="h-8 pl-7 text-xs"
+          className="h-9 pl-7 text-sm"
         />
       </div>
       <div
@@ -107,14 +109,14 @@ export function HistoryRail({
         {isLoading && conversations.length === 0 ? (
           <p
             data-slot="coach-history-loading"
-            className="text-muted-foreground px-2 py-3 text-xs"
+            className="text-muted-foreground px-2 py-3 text-sm"
           >
             {t("common.loading")}
           </p>
         ) : filtered.length === 0 ? (
           <p
             data-slot="coach-history-empty"
-            className="text-muted-foreground px-2 py-3 text-xs leading-relaxed"
+            className="text-muted-foreground px-2 py-3 text-sm leading-relaxed"
           >
             {t("insights.coach.historyEmpty")}
           </p>
@@ -128,8 +130,8 @@ export function HistoryRail({
                 data-slot="coach-history-item"
                 data-active={isActive ? "true" : undefined}
                 className={cn(
-                  "group flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-md px-2 py-1.5",
-                  "text-xs transition-colors",
+                  "group flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-lg px-2.5 py-2",
+                  "text-sm transition-colors",
                   isActive
                     ? "bg-dracula-purple/15 text-foreground"
                     : "text-muted-foreground hover:bg-muted/40 hover:text-foreground",
@@ -142,7 +144,7 @@ export function HistoryRail({
                   data-slot="coach-history-select"
                 >
                   <span className="block truncate font-medium">{c.title}</span>
-                  <span className="text-muted-foreground block text-[10px]">
+                  <span className="text-muted-foreground block text-[11px]">
                     {formatRelativeTime(c.updatedAt, t)}
                   </span>
                 </button>
diff --git a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/sources-rail.tsx b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/sources-rail.tsx
index a7280373c..2720f07eb 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/sources-rail.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/sources-rail.tsx
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export function SourcesRail({ className }: SourcesRailProps) {
       // column width: the switch rows used to push past the 280/320 px
       // container and paint a horizontal scrollbar under the rail.
       className={cn(
-        "flex h-full min-h-0 min-w-0 flex-col gap-3 overflow-x-hidden p-3",
+        "flex h-full min-h-0 min-w-0 flex-col gap-3 overflow-x-hidden p-3.5",
         className,
       )}
     >
@@ -113,8 +113,10 @@ export function SourcesRail({ className }: SourcesRailProps) {
         data-slot="coach-sources-rail-heading"
         // No horizontal inset — the heading sits flush with the row
         // boxes below it (headings and their content share one left
-        // edge across the Coach surfaces).
-        className="text-muted-foreground flex items-center gap-1.5 text-[11px] font-medium tracking-wide uppercase"
+        // edge across the Coach surfaces). v1.18.1 (W-COACH-UI C1/C4) —
+        // typography matched to the history-rail heading so the two rails
+        // read as one family.
+        className="text-muted-foreground flex items-center gap-1.5 text-xs font-medium tracking-wide uppercase"
       >
         <Eye className="text-muted-foreground size-3.5" aria-hidden="true" />
         {t("insights.coach.sourcesTitle")}
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ export function SourcesRail({ className }: SourcesRailProps) {
       <div data-slot="coach-sources-window" className="flex flex-col gap-1">
         <label
           htmlFor="coach-sources-window-select"
-          className="text-muted-foreground text-[10px] font-medium tracking-wide uppercase"
+          className="text-muted-foreground text-[11px] font-medium tracking-wide uppercase"
         >
           {t("insights.coach.windowLabel")}
         </label>
@@ -139,13 +141,13 @@ export function SourcesRail({ className }: SourcesRailProps) {
             id="coach-sources-window-select"
             data-slot="coach-sources-window-trigger"
             size="default"
-            className="h-9 text-xs"
+            className="h-9 text-sm"
           >
             <SelectValue />
           </SelectTrigger>
           <SelectContent>
             {WINDOW_OPTIONS.map((w) => (
-              <SelectItem key={w} value={w} className="text-xs">
+              <SelectItem key={w} value={w} className="text-sm">
                 {t(`insights.coach.window.${w}`)}
               </SelectItem>
             ))}
@@ -172,19 +174,19 @@ export function SourcesRail({ className }: SourcesRailProps) {
               data-active={checked ? "true" : "false"}
               className={cn(
                 "border-border/60 bg-muted/30 flex items-center gap-2.5",
-                "rounded-md border px-2.5",
-                "min-h-11 py-1.5",
+                "rounded-lg border px-3",
+                "min-h-11 py-2",
                 !checked && "opacity-60",
               )}
             >
               <div className="flex min-w-0 flex-1 flex-col">
                 <label
                   htmlFor={switchId}
-                  className="text-foreground cursor-pointer text-xs font-medium"
+                  className="text-foreground cursor-pointer text-sm font-medium"
                 >
                   {t(`insights.coach.cluster.${cluster}.label`)}
                 </label>
-                <span className="text-muted-foreground text-[10px] leading-snug">
+                <span className="text-muted-foreground text-[11px] leading-snug">
                   {t("insights.coach.sourcesMemberCount", {
                     count: memberCount,
                   })}
diff --git a/src/components/insights/layout-coach-fab.tsx b/src/components/insights/layout-coach-fab.tsx
index 144045537..c20b985ad 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/layout-coach-fab.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/layout-coach-fab.tsx
@@ -157,10 +157,15 @@ export function LayoutCoachFab() {
           // safe-area inset on mobile; plain bottom offset once the
           // bottom-nav hides (`md:hidden` on the nav, so `md:` here —
           // not `lg:` — keeps the FAB from floating mid-air 768-1023px).
-          // The right inset mirrors the desktop bottom inset so the
-          // corner gap is even.
-          "fixed right-6 z-40 size-14 rounded-full shadow-lg",
-          "bottom-[calc(env(safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+5rem)] md:bottom-6",
+          // v1.18.1 (W-COACH-UI C5) — the corner inset is now symmetric:
+          // the right inset equals the bottom inset at each breakpoint
+          // (`right-6`/`bottom-6` mobile-band, `md:right-8`/`md:bottom-8`
+          // desktop). The FAB was hugging the right edge (`right-6`)
+          // while the desktop bottom sat at the same `6`, but it read as
+          // off-centre against the larger mobile bottom band; pulling it
+          // a touch further left + matching both offsets evens the gap.
+          "fixed right-6 z-40 size-14 rounded-full shadow-lg md:right-8",
+          "bottom-[calc(env(safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+5rem)] md:bottom-8",
           // Dark glyph on the purple/pink gradient — white sat at
           // ≈2.3:1 against the gradient midpoint; the background token
           // reads ≈6.5:1.