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<!-- Hero -->
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  <div class="hero-icon"><i data-lucide="hexagon"></i></div>
  <h1>Explore Patterns</h1>
  <p class="hero-subtitle">A living library of proven solutions for building vital systems. Browse curated collections or explore by domain.</p>
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<!-- Curated Collections -->
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      <h2>Curated Collections</h2>
      <p>Guided paths through the pattern library. Each collection is a coherent set of patterns designed to work together.</p>
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        <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/commons-blueprint/" class="carousel-card">
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          <h3>The Commons Blueprint</h3>
          <p>41 foundational patterns for designing and building resilient, self-governing organizations from the ground up.</p>
          <div class="card-meta">41 Patterns — Explore Collection →</div>
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        <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/commons-engineer/" class="carousel-card">
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          <h3>The Commons Engineer</h3>
          <p>42 patterns for developing the capabilities, character, and community to see, design, build, and steward living systems.</p>
          <div class="card-meta">42 Patterns — Explore Collection →</div>
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      <h2>Commons Domains</h2>
      <p>Patterns are organized by the living systems they serve. Each domain represents a different scale of human endeavor.</p>
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      {% comment %}Count patterns per commons_domain (checking both classification and ontology nesting){% endcomment %}
      {% assign business_count = 0 %}{% assign urban_count = 0 %}{% assign ecology_count = 0 %}{% assign life_count = 0 %}
      {% for p in site.patterns %}
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        {% assign cd_class = p.classification.commons_domain %}
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        {% if cd contains 'business' or cd contains 'startup' or cd contains 'security' or cd contains 'platform' or cd_class contains 'business' or cd_class contains 'startup' or cd_class contains 'security' or cd_class contains 'platform' or cd_onto contains 'business' or cd_onto contains 'startup' or cd_onto contains 'security' or cd_onto contains 'platform' %}{% assign business_count = business_count | plus: 1 %}{% endif %}
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        {% if cd contains 'ecology' or cd_class contains 'ecology' or cd_onto contains 'ecology' %}{% assign ecology_count = ecology_count | plus: 1 %}{% endif %}
        {% if cd contains 'life' or cd_class contains 'life' or cd_onto contains 'life' %}{% assign life_count = life_count | plus: 1 %}{% endif %}
      {% endfor %}
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          <h3>Business</h3>
          <p>Patterns for designing vital organizations, governance models, value streams, and collaborative ecosystems.</p>
          <div class="card-meta">{{ business_count }} Patterns — Browse Domain →</div>
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          <h3>Urban</h3>
          <p>Patterns for cultivating resilient cities, neighborhoods, public spaces, and civic infrastructure.</p>
          <div class="card-meta">{{ urban_count }} Patterns — Browse Domain →</div>
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          <h3>Ecology</h3>
          <p>Patterns for stewarding regenerative ecosystems, bioregional economies, and natural commons.</p>
          <div class="card-meta">{{ ecology_count }} Patterns — Browse Domain →</div>
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          <h3>Life</h3>
          <p>Core patterns of living systems — the deep structures that underpin all other domains.</p>
          <div class="card-meta">{{ life_count }} Patterns — Browse Domain →</div>
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