diff --git a/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/compiler.rs b/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/compiler.rs
index 1a102f0..0c5a08e 100644
--- a/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/compiler.rs
+++ b/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/compiler.rs
@@ -155,7 +155,10 @@ struct CompiledRemoteInstitution {
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, JsonSchema, PartialEq)]
 struct CompiledGlobalAgencyCatalog {
-    #[schemars(length(max = 32))]
+    // The model proposes a bounded candidate pool. Local grounding owns the
+    // actual 32-cell admission limit because unsupported index fragments must
+    // not consume canonical agency capacity.
+    #[schemars(length(max = 64))]
     institutions: Vec<CompiledRemoteInstitution>,
     gaps: Vec<String>,
 }
@@ -1332,8 +1335,10 @@ fn ground_global_agency_catalog(
     mut catalog: CompiledGlobalAgencyCatalog,
     receipts: &[VaultEvidenceReceipt],
 ) -> Result<(CompiledGlobalAgencyCatalog, Vec<String>)> {
-    if catalog.institutions.len() > 32 {
-        return Err(anyhow!("global agency catalog exceeds 32 institutions"));
+    if catalog.institutions.len() > 64 {
+        return Err(anyhow!(
+            "global agency candidate pool exceeds 64 institutions"
+        ));
     }
     if catalog.institutions.is_empty() && catalog.gaps.is_empty() {
         return Err(anyhow!(
@@ -1437,6 +1442,16 @@ fn ground_global_agency_catalog(
         }
         admitted.push(institution);
     }
+    if admitted.len() > 32 {
+        let overflow = admitted.len() - 32;
+        admitted.truncate(32);
+        grounding_gaps.push(format!(
+            "{overflow} grounded remote agency candidates exceeded the 32-institution simulation catalog capacity"
+        ));
+        catalog.gaps.push(format!(
+            "{overflow} additional source-grounded institutions were omitted at this horizon because the remote agency catalog is capped at 32; they remain available for on-demand compilation."
+        ));
+    }
     catalog.institutions = admitted;
     if !omitted_names.is_empty() {
         catalog.gaps.push(format!(
@@ -3163,6 +3178,56 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(grounded.gaps[0].contains("1 remote agency candidates"));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn global_agency_capacity_applies_after_grounding() {
+        let excerpt = (0..33)
+            .map(|index| format!("Institution {index} protects route {index}."))
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+            .join("\n");
+        let receipts = vec![VaultEvidenceReceipt {
+            schema: "ghostlight.vault_evidence_receipt.v1".into(),
+            id: "vault:many-powers".into(),
+            provider: "fixture".into(),
+            query_hash: "sha256:many-powers".into(),
+            witnesses: vec![SourceWitness {
+                source_id: "AetheriaLore:many-powers.md".into(),
+                exact_locator: "many-powers.md:1-33".into(),
+                content_hash: "sha256:many-powers".into(),
+                excerpt,
+                authority_lane: "aetheria.canon_worldbuilding".into(),
+                temporal_scope: "fixture".into(),
+            }],
+            retrieved_at: Utc::now(),
+        }];
+        let catalog = CompiledGlobalAgencyCatalog {
+            institutions: (0..33)
+                .map(|index| CompiledRemoteInstitution {
+                    name: format!("Institution {index}"),
+                    mandate: format!("Institution {index} protects route {index}."),
+                    evidence_receipt_ids: vec![],
+                })
+                .collect(),
+            gaps: vec![],
+        };
+
+        let (grounded, private_gaps) = ground_global_agency_catalog(catalog, &receipts).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(grounded.institutions.len(), 32);
+        assert_eq!(grounded.institutions[0].name, "Institution 0");
+        assert_eq!(grounded.institutions[31].name, "Institution 31");
+        assert!(grounded.gaps.iter().any(|gap| gap.contains("capped at 32")));
+        assert!(
+            private_gaps
+                .iter()
+                .any(|gap| gap.contains("exceeded the 32-institution"))
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn global_agency_schema_allows_bounded_pre_grounding_candidates() {
+        let schema = serde_json::to_value(schema_for!(CompiledGlobalAgencyCatalog)).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(schema["properties"]["institutions"]["maxItems"], 64);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn global_evidence_never_demotes_direct_local_authority() {
         let global = vec![VaultEvidenceReceipt {
diff --git a/notes/ghostlight-current-system-map.md b/notes/ghostlight-current-system-map.md
index 0b320aa..f04ef41 100644
--- a/notes/ghostlight-current-system-map.md
+++ b/notes/ghostlight-current-system-map.md
@@ -371,6 +371,12 @@ they do not become canonical institutions or canon-candidate records. Admitted
 remote institutions receive deterministic coarse profiles with distinct
 authority and explicit unknown facets. The Pro agency stage profiles only local
 actors, populations, and institutions where semantic subdivision is useful.
+The model schema permits a bounded pool of 64 candidates so provider overage
+and ungrounded index fragments can reach local judgment. Exact grounding runs
+before the 32-institution simulation capacity is applied; excess grounded
+candidates become an approval-visible on-demand-compilation gap. Raw proposal
+count therefore cannot consume canonical capacity or abort an otherwise valid
+world compile.
 
 The Aetheria Vault adapter derives document authority from the exact source
 path before any model sees a witness. `Worldbuilding` is reusable canon;