docs: add website design conventions to project instructions

Agents editing the website had no written guide to the site's layout model, width caps, font sizing, or peer-element consistency, so those conventions weren't applied to new changes. Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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 - One entry per commit when adding or deleting entries. Exceptions: a prune sweep is one commit per section, its body listing each removal with its reason; format, wording, or categorization changes may be bundled. Cross-section re-homes ride the originating audit's commit (both sides of the move in one diff).
 - Resources sections are not project entries: out of audit scope, and the website never parses them.
 - Sponsor placement never influences which projects get listed — see [SPONSORSHIP.md](SPONSORSHIP.md).
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+## Website
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+- Model the layout on https://www.placestoread.xyz: the whole list on one page, dense rows, a row that expands inline with its content aligned to the Name column, sorting by column headers, full-text search, tags that filter, a divider under the header row instead of a strong top border, a solid dark footer, and minimal decoration. Keep that model (no card grid, modal details, or pagination) unless the maintainer asks, and keep green out of the palette.
+- `.section-shell` (`--shell-max: 84rem`) is the only width cap: sections, tables, rows, CTAs, and paragraphs stay uncapped, since the maintainer reads on wide screens and prose-width advice like 65-75ch doesn't apply. Remove inner `max-width` rules you come across, and ask with a concrete reason before adding one.
+- Pick font sizes one step larger than feels right (`--text-base` over `--text-sm`, 1.75rem over 1.5rem for a heading), and shrink an existing size only when the maintainer asks: they asked for bigger type 11 times across 8 sessions and never for smaller.
+- When you style one link, tag, or label, give its peers the same style in the same change: hero, nav, footer, project, and sponsor links share hover styles, and tag variants build on `.tag`.