diff --git a/app/(app)/create/components/ApplicableScopeField.tsx b/app/(app)/create/components/ApplicableScopeField.tsx
index 035593f..e31ef3e 100644
--- a/app/(app)/create/components/ApplicableScopeField.tsx
+++ b/app/(app)/create/components/ApplicableScopeField.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 "use client";
 
 /**
- * Shared "Applicable Scope" field used by the `decision-approaches` and
- * `conflict-management` create flow modals. Pairs an `InputLabel` with a
- * horizontally-wrapping list of toggle-chips plus an inline "+ Add" affordance
- * that reveals a pill text input for creating new scope values.
+ * Shared "Applicable Scope" field used by the `decision-approaches` create-flow
+ * modal. Pairs an `InputLabel` with a horizontally-wrapping list of
+ * toggle-chips plus an inline "+ Add" affordance that reveals a pill text input
+ * for creating new scope values. Conflict management uses
+ * `ModalTextAreaField` instead (Figma `20874:172292`).
  */
 
 import { memo, useState } from "react";
diff --git a/app/(app)/create/components/methodEditFields/ConflictManagementEditFields.tsx b/app/(app)/create/components/methodEditFields/ConflictManagementEditFields.tsx
index 3c0da4f..ddb1d47 100644
--- a/app/(app)/create/components/methodEditFields/ConflictManagementEditFields.tsx
+++ b/app/(app)/create/components/methodEditFields/ConflictManagementEditFields.tsx
@@ -7,11 +7,33 @@
  */
 
 import { memo, useCallback } from "react";
+import { formatConflictApplicableScopeForTextarea } from "../../../../../lib/create/ruleSectionsFromMethodSelections";
 import { useMessages } from "../../../../contexts/MessagesContext";
 import ModalTextAreaField from "../ModalTextAreaField";
-import ApplicableScopeField from "../ApplicableScopeField";
 import type { ConflictManagementDetailEntry } from "../../types";
 
+function conflictScopeTextareaValue(value: ConflictManagementDetailEntry): string {
+  return formatConflictApplicableScopeForTextarea(
+    value.selectedApplicableScope,
+    value.applicableScope,
+  );
+}
+
+function conflictDetailWithScopeTextarea(
+  value: ConflictManagementDetailEntry,
+  text: string,
+): ConflictManagementDetailEntry {
+  const lines = text
+    .split("\n")
+    .map((s) => s.trim())
+    .filter((s) => s.length > 0);
+  return {
+    ...value,
+    applicableScope: lines,
+    selectedApplicableScope: [...lines],
+  };
+}
+
 export interface ConflictManagementEditFieldsProps {
   value: ConflictManagementDetailEntry;
   onChange: (_next: ConflictManagementDetailEntry) => void;
@@ -41,22 +63,12 @@ function ConflictManagementEditFieldsComponent({
         value={value.corePrinciple}
         onChange={(v) => patch("corePrinciple", v)}
       />
-      <ApplicableScopeField
+      <ModalTextAreaField
         label={t.sectionHeadings.applicableScope}
-        addLabel={t.scopeAddButtonLabel}
-        scopes={value.applicableScope}
-        selectedScopes={value.selectedApplicableScope}
-        onToggleScope={(scope) =>
-          patch(
-            "selectedApplicableScope",
-            value.selectedApplicableScope.includes(scope)
-              ? value.selectedApplicableScope.filter((s) => s !== scope)
-              : [...value.selectedApplicableScope, scope],
-          )
-        }
-        onAddScope={(scope) =>
-          patch("applicableScope", [...value.applicableScope, scope])
-        }
+        value={conflictScopeTextareaValue(value)}
+        placeholder={t.applicableScopePlaceholder}
+        onChange={(v) => onChange(conflictDetailWithScopeTextarea(value, v))}
+        rows={4}
       />
       <ModalTextAreaField
         label={t.sectionHeadings.processProtocol}
diff --git a/app/(app)/create/screens/card/ConflictManagementScreen.tsx b/app/(app)/create/screens/card/ConflictManagementScreen.tsx
index 17d0e4e..ba37c52 100644
--- a/app/(app)/create/screens/card/ConflictManagementScreen.tsx
+++ b/app/(app)/create/screens/card/ConflictManagementScreen.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * Card click opens the Figma "Add Approach" create modal (node `20874-172292`)
  * with four controls rendered by {@link ConflictManagementEditFields}: Core
- * Principle, Applicable Scope (capsules), Process Protocol, and Restoration
+ * Principle, Applicable Scope (text area), Process Protocol, and Restoration
  * & Fallbacks. The same field set is reused on `/create/final-review` — see
  * `FinalReviewChipEditModal`. Confirm persists both the chip selection and
  * any user edits as a `conflictManagementDetailsById[id]` override.
diff --git a/app/components/cards/TemplateReviewCard/TemplateChipDetailModal.tsx b/app/components/cards/TemplateReviewCard/TemplateChipDetailModal.tsx
index 8a3ca5c..aa4dbeb 100644
--- a/app/components/cards/TemplateReviewCard/TemplateChipDetailModal.tsx
+++ b/app/components/cards/TemplateReviewCard/TemplateChipDetailModal.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import ContentLockup from "../../type/ContentLockup";
 import ModalTextAreaField from "../../../(app)/create/components/ModalTextAreaField";
 import { useMessages, useTranslation } from "../../../contexts/MessagesContext";
 import type { TemplateChipDetail } from "../../../../lib/create/templateReviewMapping";
+import { formatConflictApplicableScopeForTextarea } from "../../../../lib/create/ruleSectionsFromMethodSelections";
 
 export interface TemplateChipDetailModalProps {
   isOpen: boolean;
@@ -235,9 +236,15 @@ function resolveChipContent(
               disabled
               rows={4}
             />
-            <ReadOnlyScopeField
+            <ModalTextAreaField
               label={cm.sectionHeadings.applicableScope}
-              scopes={preset.sections.applicableScope}
+              value={formatConflictApplicableScopeForTextarea(
+                [],
+                preset.sections.applicableScope,
+              )}
+              onChange={noop}
+              disabled
+              rows={4}
             />
             <ModalTextAreaField
               label={cm.sectionHeadings.processProtocol}
diff --git a/lib/create/ruleSectionsFromMethodSelections.ts b/lib/create/ruleSectionsFromMethodSelections.ts
index b0d1a4a..5cbafb6 100644
--- a/lib/create/ruleSectionsFromMethodSelections.ts
+++ b/lib/create/ruleSectionsFromMethodSelections.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,27 @@ export function formatScopePayload(val: unknown): string | null {
   return lines.join("\n");
 }
 
+/**
+ * Conflict-management applicable scope is a single textarea; preset JSON often
+ * splits one sentence across multiple strings (legacy chip fragments). Join
+ * with ", " for normal sentence display. Prefer non-empty `selectedApplicableScope`
+ * when present, otherwise `applicableScope`.
+ */
+export function formatConflictApplicableScopeForTextarea(
+  selectedApplicableScope: readonly string[],
+  applicableScope: readonly string[],
+): string {
+  const sel = selectedApplicableScope.filter(
+    (x): x is string => typeof x === "string" && x.trim().length > 0,
+  );
+  const app = applicableScope.filter(
+    (x): x is string => typeof x === "string" && x.trim().length > 0,
+  );
+  const parts = sel.length > 0 ? sel : app;
+  if (parts.length === 0) return "";
+  return parts.join(", ");
+}
+
 export function blocksFromKeyedRecord(
   sections: Record<string, unknown>,
   labelByKey: Record<string, string>,
diff --git a/messages/en/create/customRule/conflictManagement.json b/messages/en/create/customRule/conflictManagement.json
index 5f467a5..dbeea52 100644
--- a/messages/en/create/customRule/conflictManagement.json
+++ b/messages/en/create/customRule/conflictManagement.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     "restorationFallbacks": "Restoration & Fallbacks"
   },
   "scopeAddButtonLabel": "Add Applicable Scope",
+  "applicableScopePlaceholder": "Describe when and where this approach applies",
   "methods": [
     {
       "id": "peer-mediation",
diff --git a/stories/create-flow/ApplicableScopeField.stories.js b/stories/create-flow/ApplicableScopeField.stories.js
index 107417c..3dae965 100644
--- a/stories/create-flow/ApplicableScopeField.stories.js
+++ b/stories/create-flow/ApplicableScopeField.stories.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export default {
     docs: {
       description: {
         component:
-          "Shared 'Applicable Scope' field used by the `decision-approaches` and `conflict-management` create-flow modals. Pairs an `InputLabel` with a row of toggle-chips plus an inline pill input for adding new scope values.",
+          "Shared 'Applicable Scope' field used by the `decision-approaches` create-flow modal. Toggle-chips plus an inline pill input for adding new scope values. Conflict management uses `ModalTextAreaField` (see Figma `20874:172292`).",
       },
     },
   },
diff --git a/tests/unit/formatConflictApplicableScopeForTextarea.test.ts b/tests/unit/formatConflictApplicableScopeForTextarea.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca11a8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/formatConflictApplicableScopeForTextarea.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { formatConflictApplicableScopeForTextarea } from "../../lib/create/ruleSectionsFromMethodSelections";
+
+describe("formatConflictApplicableScopeForTextarea", () => {
+  it("joins legacy preset fragments with comma-space as one sentence", () => {
+    expect(
+      formatConflictApplicableScopeForTextarea(
+        [],
+        [
+          "Low-level friction",
+          "misunderstandings",
+          "and minor grievances between peers.",
+        ],
+      ),
+    ).toBe(
+      "Low-level friction, misunderstandings, and minor grievances between peers.",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("prefers selected scopes when non-empty", () => {
+    expect(
+      formatConflictApplicableScopeForTextarea(["only this"], ["a", "b"]),
+    ).toBe("only this");
+  });
+
+  it("returns empty string when both lists are empty", () => {
+    expect(formatConflictApplicableScopeForTextarea([], [])).toBe("");
+  });
+});