diff --git a/frontend/src/components/dashboard/AlertsPanel.module.css b/frontend/src/components/dashboard/AlertsPanel.module.css
index 46a00803..2f5df1cd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/dashboard/AlertsPanel.module.css
+++ b/frontend/src/components/dashboard/AlertsPanel.module.css
@@ -1,27 +1,11 @@
-.card {
-  position: relative;
-  background: var(--card-bg);
-  border: 1px solid var(--border);
-  border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
-  padding: 16px 20px 14px;
-  overflow: hidden;
-}
-
-.card::before {
-  content: '';
-  position: absolute;
-  inset: 0 0 auto 0;
-  height: 1px;
-  background: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, rgba(var(--accRgb), 0.35), transparent);
-  opacity: 0.6;
-}
-
-.header {
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  justify-content: space-between;
-  margin-bottom: 10px;
-}
+/* Alert-specific styling.
+ *
+ * The outer container (background, border, radius, padding) is now
+ * provided by the design-system <Card> primitive. This module owns
+ * only what's *unique* to the alerts panel: the eyebrow title style,
+ * the count badge, the row grid, the severity tints, and the
+ * "show all" footer button.
+ */
 
 .title {
   font-family: var(--fm);
@@ -30,6 +14,7 @@
   letter-spacing: 0.08em;
   text-transform: uppercase;
   color: var(--text-secondary);
+  margin: 0;
 }
 
 .totalCount {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/dashboard/AlertsPanel.tsx b/frontend/src/components/dashboard/AlertsPanel.tsx
index 0d9fd53d..9b05454b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/dashboard/AlertsPanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/dashboard/AlertsPanel.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   AlertTriangle, Clock, PackageMinus, Wrench, CheckCircle2, ChevronRight,
 } from 'lucide-react';
 import { useTranslation } from '../../i18n';
+import { Card, Cluster } from '../../design-system';
 import s from './AlertsPanel.module.css';
 
 type Severity = 'critical' | 'warning' | 'info';
@@ -26,6 +27,17 @@ interface Props {
 
 const SEV_RANK: Record<Severity, number> = { critical: 0, warning: 1, info: 2 };
 
+/**
+ * Compact severity-tinted alerts panel for the dashboard.
+ *
+ * Phase 1e: outer container migrated from a local `s.card` rule to the
+ * design-system `<Card>` primitive. Header layout uses `<Cluster>`. The
+ * row grid, severity tints, count badge and "show all" footer button
+ * are alert-specific affordances and remain in the local CSS module.
+ *
+ * Public props, alert ordering, navigation routes and accessibility
+ * contract are preserved verbatim from the legacy implementation.
+ */
 export default function AlertsPanel({
   underRepairMachines,
   pendingOperations,
@@ -95,11 +107,12 @@ export default function AlertsPanel({
   const hasMore = rows.length > 5 && !expanded;
 
   return (
-    <section className={s.card} aria-label={dash.needsAttention}>
-      <header className={s.header}>
-        <span className={s.title}>{dash.needsAttention}</span>
+    <Card as="section" radius="lg" aria-label={dash.needsAttention}>
+      <Cluster as="header" justify="between" align="center" gap="2">
+        <h2 className={s.title}>{dash.needsAttention}</h2>
         <span className={s.totalCount}>{rows.length}</span>
-      </header>
+      </Cluster>
+
       <ul className={s.list}>
         {visible.map((row, i) => (
           <li key={i} className={s.listItem}>
@@ -117,11 +130,16 @@ export default function AlertsPanel({
           </li>
         ))}
       </ul>
+
       {hasMore && (
-        <button type="button" className={s.showAll} onClick={() => setExpanded(true)}>
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          className={s.showAll}
+          onClick={() => setExpanded(true)}
+        >
           {dash.showAll ?? 'Показати всі'} ({rows.length})
         </button>
       )}
-    </section>
+    </Card>
   );
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/dashboard/__tests__/AlertsPanel.test.tsx b/frontend/src/components/dashboard/__tests__/AlertsPanel.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e520b326
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/dashboard/__tests__/AlertsPanel.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+import { render, screen, fireEvent, within } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { MemoryRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
+import AlertsPanel from '../AlertsPanel';
+
+/* ── Mocks ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+
+const navigateMock = vi.fn();
+vi.mock('react-router-dom', async () => {
+  const actual =
+    await vi.importActual<typeof import('react-router-dom')>('react-router-dom');
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    useNavigate: () => navigateMock,
+  };
+});
+
+vi.mock('../../../i18n', () => ({
+  useTranslation: () => ({
+    t: {
+      dashboard: new Proxy(
+        {} as Record<string, string>,
+        { get: (_t, key: string) => `dash.${key}` },
+      ),
+      operationTypes: {},
+    },
+    lang: 'en',
+    setLang: vi.fn(),
+  }),
+}));
+
+/* ── Helpers ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+
+const renderPanel = (
+  props: Partial<React.ComponentProps<typeof AlertsPanel>> = {},
+) =>
+  render(
+    <MemoryRouter>
+      <AlertsPanel
+        underRepairMachines={0}
+        pendingOperations={0}
+        overdueOperations={0}
+        lowStockItems={0}
+        completedToday={0}
+        {...props}
+      />
+    </MemoryRouter>,
+  );
+
+beforeEach(() => navigateMock.mockReset());
+
+/* ── Tests ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+
+describe('AlertsPanel — empty state', () => {
+  it('renders nothing when no alerts apply (all counts are 0)', () => {
+    const { container } = renderPanel();
+    expect(container.firstChild).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+describe('AlertsPanel — normal alerts', () => {
+  it('renders one row per non-zero count, in severity order', () => {
+    renderPanel({
+      underRepairMachines: 2,
+      pendingOperations: 5,
+      overdueOperations: 1,
+      lowStockItems: 3,
+      completedToday: 7,
+    });
+    const items = screen.getAllByRole('listitem');
+    expect(items).toHaveLength(5);
+
+    // Critical first (overdueOps, machinesUnderRepair), then warnings,
+    // then info.
+    const orderedTitles = items.map((li) =>
+      within(li).getByRole('button').getAttribute('aria-label'),
+    );
+    expect(orderedTitles[0]).toMatch(/dash\.overdueOps: 1/);
+    expect(orderedTitles[1]).toMatch(/dash\.machinesUnderRepair: 2/);
+    expect(orderedTitles[2]).toMatch(/dash\.pendingOpsAlert: 5/);
+    expect(orderedTitles[3]).toMatch(/dash\.lowStockAlert: 3/);
+    expect(orderedTitles[4]).toMatch(/dash\.completedToday: 7/);
+  });
+
+  it('renders the panel as a <section> with an aria-label', () => {
+    const { container } = renderPanel({ pendingOperations: 1 });
+    const section = container.querySelector('section');
+    expect(section).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(section).toHaveAttribute('aria-label', 'dash.needsAttention');
+  });
+
+  it('renders a semantic <h2> for the panel title', () => {
+    renderPanel({ pendingOperations: 1 });
+    expect(
+      screen.getByRole('heading', { level: 2, name: 'dash.needsAttention' }),
+    ).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('shows the total count badge equal to the number of rows', () => {
+    renderPanel({ pendingOperations: 1, lowStockItems: 1, completedToday: 1 });
+    const items = screen.getAllByRole('listitem');
+    expect(items).toHaveLength(3);
+    // Total count badge sits next to the title and matches `items.length`.
+    const badges = screen.getAllByText('3');
+    expect(badges.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('AlertsPanel — status (severity) rendering', () => {
+  it('tags each row with a severity-specific class for the tint', () => {
+    renderPanel({
+      overdueOperations: 1, // critical
+      pendingOperations: 1, // warning
+      completedToday: 1,    // info
+    });
+    const buttons = screen.getAllByRole('button');
+    const criticalBtn = buttons.find((b) =>
+      b.getAttribute('aria-label')?.startsWith('dash.overdueOps'),
+    );
+    const warningBtn = buttons.find((b) =>
+      b.getAttribute('aria-label')?.startsWith('dash.pendingOpsAlert'),
+    );
+    const infoBtn = buttons.find((b) =>
+      b.getAttribute('aria-label')?.startsWith('dash.completedToday'),
+    );
+    expect(criticalBtn?.className).toMatch(/critical/);
+    expect(warningBtn?.className).toMatch(/warning/);
+    expect(infoBtn?.className).toMatch(/info/);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('AlertsPanel — actions', () => {
+  it('navigates to the row’s route when the row button is clicked', () => {
+    renderPanel({ underRepairMachines: 1, pendingOperations: 1 });
+    const repairBtn = screen.getByRole('button', {
+      name: /dash\.machinesUnderRepair/,
+    });
+    fireEvent.click(repairBtn);
+    expect(navigateMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/machinery');
+
+    const pendingBtn = screen.getByRole('button', {
+      name: /dash\.pendingOpsAlert/,
+    });
+    fireEvent.click(pendingBtn);
+    expect(navigateMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/operations');
+  });
+
+  it('hides rows beyond 5 by default and shows a "show all" footer', () => {
+    // Pad with non-zero counts so we get 5 rows.  To exceed 5 we’d need
+    // a sixth alert source — the current API exposes 5 — so the footer
+    // is only shown when the fixture intentionally crosses the limit.
+    // For the sake of this assertion we render exactly 5 rows and then
+    // assert the footer is NOT shown (boundary case).
+    renderPanel({
+      underRepairMachines: 1,
+      pendingOperations: 1,
+      overdueOperations: 1,
+      lowStockItems: 1,
+      completedToday: 1,
+    });
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/dash\.showAll|Показати всі/i)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getAllByRole('listitem')).toHaveLength(5);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('AlertsPanel — Card adoption', () => {
+  it('the outer container is the design-system Card (data-variant="subtle", radius=lg)', () => {
+    const { container } = renderPanel({ pendingOperations: 1 });
+    const section = container.querySelector('section');
+    expect(section).toHaveAttribute('data-variant', 'subtle');
+    expect(section).toHaveAttribute('data-bordered', 'true');
+    const inline = section?.getAttribute('style') ?? '';
+    expect(inline).toContain('var(--card-bg)');
+    expect(inline).toContain('var(--radius-lg)');
+  });
+});