new tasks, model pricing, auto quantisation, etc...

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+# US-043 — Dashboard model search and model cards
+
+Status: planned
+Priority: Medium (post-deploy polish)
+Stage: Idea
+
+## Context
+
+The dashboard shows nodes/routes/billing but nothing model-centric. Operators
+and testers should be able to search for a model and see, per model, a card
+with what the network knows about it.
+
+## Scope
+
+- **Search**: query box hitting a new tracker endpoint that proxies the HF Hub
+  search API (server-side, so the dashboard stays CSP-clean and unauthenticated
+  browsers aren't rate-limited) merged with the tracker's own model presets and
+  currently-served models.
+- **Model card** per result:
+  - name, architecture, params, layer count (reuse `model_metadata_for`,
+    which now handles nested `text_config` — US layer-detection fix)
+  - coverage on the network: which layer ranges are served, by how many nodes,
+    coverage gaps (the Coverage Map already exists on the tracker)
+  - price per 1K tokens, availability (routable now? single-hop or pipeline?)
+  - memory footprint per quantization where known (bf16 / GGUF sizes)
+  - action: "request this model" — flags demand so node operators (or
+    auto-shard assignment) know what to load next
+- Featured models section driven by the curated catalog (`CURATED_MODELS`),
+  including GGUF entries once US-042 lands.
+
+## Acceptance criteria
+
+- Searching a HF repo id or free text returns results without the browser
+  calling HF directly
+- A served model's card shows live coverage and a working "chat now" state
+- An unserved model's card shows the "request" action and estimated memory
+  per quant
+- `python -m pytest` passes from repo root