diff --git a/src/components/insights/health-score-card.tsx b/src/components/insights/health-score-card.tsx
index f2a3725b8..54a2e410c 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/health-score-card.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/health-score-card.tsx
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ export function HealthScoreCard({
           the bottom, and the card fills the row down to the
           "Wirkt mein Medikament?" chip — closing Marc's "Karte hört
           bei der Trennlinie auf" report against v1.4.36. */}
-      <div className="grid flex-1 grid-rows-[auto_auto_auto_auto_auto_1fr_auto] gap-3">
+      <div className="grid flex-1 grid-rows-[auto_auto_auto_auto_auto_1fr_auto] gap-3.5">
         <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-2">
           <div className="flex min-w-0 items-center gap-2">
             <p
@@ -382,14 +382,20 @@ export function HealthScoreCard({
 
         <ul
           data-slot="health-score-card-components"
-          className="space-y-1.5 border-t pt-3"
+          // v1.8.5 W4a — the always-visible "Zusammensetzung" breakdown is
+          // the natural place to add weight to the Health-Score card so it
+          // fills the hero-row height instead of leaving the right column
+          // short and bottom-empty. Loosen the row rhythm (`space-y-2.5` vs
+          // `space-y-1.5`) and the divider stride (`pt-3.5`) so the four
+          // component bars read as a richer block; no new data, no new row.
+          className="space-y-2.5 border-t pt-3.5"
         >
           {componentEntries.map(({ key, label, value }) => (
             <li
               key={key}
               data-slot="health-score-card-component-row"
               data-component={key}
-              className="flex items-center gap-2 text-[11px]"
+              className="flex items-center gap-2 text-xs"
             >
               {/* v1.4.25 W3 — widened label column from w-16 (64px) to
                   w-24 (96px) so the longest German label
@@ -399,7 +405,7 @@ export function HealthScoreCard({
                 {label}
               </span>
               <div
-                className="bg-muted/50 h-1 flex-1 overflow-hidden rounded-full"
+                className="bg-muted/50 h-1.5 flex-1 overflow-hidden rounded-full"
                 aria-hidden="true"
               >
                 <div
diff --git a/src/components/insights/hero-strip.tsx b/src/components/insights/hero-strip.tsx
index 8dcef0aa1..83180be62 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/hero-strip.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/hero-strip.tsx
@@ -262,7 +262,13 @@ export function HeroStrip({
           {coachEnabled && (
             <div
               data-slot="insights-hero-strip-prompts"
-              className="border-border/50 border-t pt-4"
+              // v1.8.5 W4a — condense the "Coach fragen" band so the left
+              // column stops out-running the Health-Score card on the
+              // right. Tighter top padding (`pt-3` vs `pt-4`) plus a
+              // `mt-auto` push pins the chip strip to the bottom of the
+              // left column, so the recovered slack lands between the meta
+              // row and the prompts instead of stacking the column tall.
+              className="border-border/50 mt-auto border-t pt-3"
             >
               {/*
                * v1.4.20 phase B2b — chip clicks open the Coach drawer
diff --git a/src/components/insights/insight-status-card.tsx b/src/components/insights/insight-status-card.tsx
index c3e2b30d7..24f0f261f 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/insight-status-card.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/insight-status-card.tsx
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export function InsightStatusCard({
         aria-busy="true"
         aria-live="polite"
         data-testid="insight-status-card-preparing"
+        className="gap-2 py-4 md:gap-3 md:py-5"
       >
         <CardHeader className="pb-2">
           <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
@@ -88,7 +89,12 @@ export function InsightStatusCard({
     // (`text-sm` → 0.875 rem) so the post-load swap reflows by less
     // than a row.
     return (
-      <Card aria-busy="true" aria-live="polite" data-testid="insight-status-card-loading">
+      <Card
+        aria-busy="true"
+        aria-live="polite"
+        data-testid="insight-status-card-loading"
+        className="gap-2 py-4 md:gap-3 md:py-5"
+      >
         <CardHeader className="pb-2">
           <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
             <div className="bg-muted h-5 w-5 animate-pulse rounded motion-reduce:animate-none" />
@@ -108,7 +114,7 @@ export function InsightStatusCard({
 
   if (!hasProvider) {
     return (
-      <Card className="opacity-60">
+      <Card className="gap-2 py-4 opacity-60 md:gap-3 md:py-5">
         <CardHeader className="pb-2">
           <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
             {icon}
@@ -126,7 +132,7 @@ export function InsightStatusCard({
 
   if (!text) {
     return (
-      <Card>
+      <Card className="gap-2 py-4 md:gap-3 md:py-5">
         <CardHeader className="pb-2">
           <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
             {icon}
@@ -150,7 +156,14 @@ export function InsightStatusCard({
     // on the success card closes the load→loaded transition signal.
     <Card
       aria-live="polite"
-      className="animate-insight-in border-l-dracula-purple border-l-2"
+      // v1.8.5 W4a — the `Card` primitive ships `gap-4 md:gap-6` as the flex
+      // gap between header and content, which floated the "Einschätzung"
+      // heading ~16-24 px above its prose. Override to `gap-2 md:gap-3` (the
+      // `CardHeader`'s own `pb-2` does not touch the flex gap) and trim the
+      // shell padding to `py-4 md:py-5` so the assessment block reads tight
+      // in the denser sub-page rhythm. The same override lands on every
+      // status variant below so the gap is consistent across states.
+      className="animate-insight-in border-l-dracula-purple gap-2 border-l-2 py-4 md:gap-3 md:py-5"
     >
       <CardHeader className="pb-2">
         <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
diff --git a/src/components/insights/metric-target-summary.tsx b/src/components/insights/metric-target-summary.tsx
index b2733a0a8..9844d67e9 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/metric-target-summary.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/metric-target-summary.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { Target } from "lucide-react";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/use-auth";
 import { queryKeys } from "@/lib/query-keys";
 import { useTranslations } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
-import { Card, CardContent } from "@/components/ui/card";
 
 /**
  * v1.8.0 — surface the numeric target range + in-target share on each
@@ -143,31 +142,39 @@ export function MetricTargetSummary({ slug }: MetricTargetSummaryProps) {
     : null;
 
   return (
-    <Card data-slot="metric-target-summary">
-      <CardContent className="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-x-4 gap-y-2 py-3">
-        <div className="flex items-center gap-2.5">
-          <Target
-            className="text-dracula-green size-4 shrink-0"
-            aria-hidden="true"
-          />
-          <div className="space-y-0.5">
-            <p className="text-sm font-medium">{rangeLabel}</p>
-            {sharePct != null ? (
-              <p className="text-muted-foreground text-xs">
-                {t("insights.subPage.target.inTargetShare", {
-                  pct: sharePct,
-                })}
-              </p>
-            ) : null}
-          </div>
+    // v1.8.5 W4a — demote the target summary from a full bordered `Card`
+    // (which carried the primitive's `py-4 md:py-6` shell padding around a
+    // `py-3` content block — far too much vertical reserve for one line of
+    // range text) to a compact inline band. The green target glyph, the
+    // range string, the in-target share, and the "adjust" link all stay;
+    // only the wrapper shell changes so the block reads as a strip, not a
+    // card, in the tightened sub-page rhythm.
+    <div
+      data-slot="metric-target-summary"
+      className="bg-muted/30 flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-x-4 gap-y-1.5 rounded-lg px-3 py-2"
+    >
+      <div className="flex items-center gap-2.5">
+        <Target
+          className="text-dracula-green size-4 shrink-0"
+          aria-hidden="true"
+        />
+        <div className="space-y-0.5">
+          <p className="text-sm font-medium">{rangeLabel}</p>
+          {sharePct != null ? (
+            <p className="text-muted-foreground text-xs">
+              {t("insights.subPage.target.inTargetShare", {
+                pct: sharePct,
+              })}
+            </p>
+          ) : null}
         </div>
-        <Link
-          href="/targets"
-          className="text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground focus-visible:ring-ring/50 inline-flex min-h-11 items-center rounded-sm px-1 text-xs font-medium underline-offset-4 transition-colors hover:underline focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none"
-        >
-          {t("insights.subPage.target.adjustLink")}
-        </Link>
-      </CardContent>
-    </Card>
+      </div>
+      <Link
+        href="/targets"
+        className="text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground focus-visible:ring-ring/50 inline-flex min-h-11 items-center rounded-sm px-1 text-xs font-medium underline-offset-4 transition-colors hover:underline focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none"
+      >
+        {t("insights.subPage.target.adjustLink")}
+      </Link>
+    </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/components/insights/sub-page-shell.tsx b/src/components/insights/sub-page-shell.tsx
index b26575fe0..52f662488 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/sub-page-shell.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/sub-page-shell.tsx
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ export function SubPageShell({
   }, [focusOnMount]);
 
   return (
-    <div data-slot="insights-subpage" className="space-y-6">
-      <header className="space-y-2">
+    <div data-slot="insights-subpage" className="space-y-4 md:space-y-5">
+      <header className="space-y-1.5">
         <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2">
           <h1
             ref={headingRef}
@@ -129,9 +129,16 @@ export function SubPageShell({
         </div>
         {explainerMetric ? (
           // v1.8.4 — surface the explainer definition inline, reusing the
-          // exact body string the `?` popover reads. Muted caption styling
-          // matches the description paragraph below so the under-heading
-          // band reads as one calm block.
+          // exact body string the `?` popover reads.
+          //
+          // v1.8.5 W4a — render the explainer body as the *single* caption
+          // under the heading. Pre-v1.8.5 both this paragraph and the
+          // `description` below it stacked, so every metric page opened
+          // with two near-duplicative muted captions before any data — the
+          // root of the "airy / static under the heading" feel. The
+          // explainer body is the definition, so it wins; the description
+          // only renders when no explainer is set (the mother page and any
+          // future explainer-less sub-page).
           <p
             data-slot="metric-explainer-inline"
             className="text-muted-foreground text-sm leading-relaxed"
@@ -139,7 +146,7 @@ export function SubPageShell({
             {t(`insights.subPage.explainer.${explainerMetric}Body`)}
           </p>
         ) : null}
-        {description ? (
+        {description && !explainerMetric ? (
           <p className="text-muted-foreground text-sm">{description}</p>
         ) : null}
       </header>
diff --git a/src/components/insights/suggested-prompts.tsx b/src/components/insights/suggested-prompts.tsx
index bd117a85b..dce24bdb2 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/suggested-prompts.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/suggested-prompts.tsx
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ export function SuggestedPrompts({
   return (
     <div
       data-slot="insights-suggested-prompts"
-      className={cn("flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2", className)}
+      // v1.8.5 W4a — tighten the chip row gutter (`gap-1.5` vs `gap-2`) so
+      // the condensed Coach band reads as a dense, deliberate strip rather
+      // than an airy wrap. The chips themselves shrink their padding below.
+      className={cn("flex flex-wrap items-center gap-1.5", className)}
     >
       <span
         data-slot="insights-suggested-prompts-label"
@@ -84,10 +87,15 @@ export function SuggestedPrompts({
           type="button"
           onClick={() => onPick(prompt)}
           data-slot="insights-suggested-prompts-chip"
+          // v1.8.5 W4a — denser chips. The tap target stays comfortable
+          // (`min-h-9` ≈ 36 px, the WCAG/iOS floor) but the horizontal
+          // padding + type size drop a notch so five prompts pack into
+          // fewer rows and the left column stops towering over the
+          // Health-Score card.
           className={cn(
             "border-dracula-purple/18 hover:border-dracula-purple/40 hover:text-foreground",
-            "text-muted-foreground inline-flex min-h-11 items-center gap-1.5",
-            "rounded-full border bg-transparent px-3.5 py-2 text-[13px]",
+            "text-muted-foreground inline-flex min-h-9 items-center gap-1.5",
+            "rounded-full border bg-transparent px-3 py-1.5 text-xs",
             "transition-colors focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none",
             "focus-visible:ring-dracula-purple/50",
           )}