From 559922e3270ea9a39beccc3da939dd8a2a9495ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lilleman auf Larv <lilleman@larvit.se>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 22:37:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Answer the architecture review: emit-only spellings move
 down, and the tables drop markdown's words

---
 AGENTS.md                                     |  3 +
 src/adf/block-directives.ts                   | 80 ++++++++++---------
 src/adf/inline-directives.ts                  |  8 +-
 src/markdown/block-directive-arguments.ts     | 11 +++
 src/markdown/commonmark-grammar.ts            | 11 +++
 src/markdown/directive-attributes.ts          |  5 ++
 src/markdown/emit/adf-to-markdown.ts          | 10 +--
 .../{ => emit}/block-directive-spelling.ts    | 20 ++---
 .../{ => emit}/destination-spelling.ts        |  4 +-
 .../emit/inline-directive-spelling.ts         |  9 +++
 src/markdown/emit/inline-line.ts              |  6 +-
 src/markdown/emit/line-escaping.ts            | 19 +++--
 src/markdown/inline-directive-spelling.ts     |  9 ---
 todo.md                                       | 12 +--
 14 files changed, 125 insertions(+), 82 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/markdown/block-directive-arguments.ts
 rename src/markdown/{ => emit}/block-directive-spelling.ts (57%)
 rename src/markdown/{ => emit}/destination-spelling.ts (94%)
 create mode 100644 src/markdown/emit/inline-directive-spelling.ts
 delete mode 100644 src/markdown/inline-directive-spelling.ts

diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index f934f73..f88b32f 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ live Atlassian APIs; property-generated ADF trees; the CommonMark spec suite aga
 - No casts: `as`, `as unknown as`, non-null `!`. A boundary owes a type guard validating the
   fields it claims (`isAdfDocument`); past it everything is typed. Make invalid states
   unrepresentable.
+- `src/adf/` holds ADF's own knowledge and imports no format. Each format directory (`markdown/`,
+  `html/`) parts into `emit/` (ADF→format) and `parse/` (format→ADF), its root holding only what
+  both directions read.
 - The attribute vocabulary is ADF's: `adf/` walks it and narrows each value to its kind, and a
   format spells the narrowed value. A spelling that re-checks the type is the check's second copy.
 - Explicit over implicit; descriptive names; no catch-all files (`utils`, `helpers`, `misc`); a
diff --git a/src/adf/block-directives.ts b/src/adf/block-directives.ts
index 04912a2..f750afd 100644
--- a/src/adf/block-directives.ts
+++ b/src/adf/block-directives.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import type { AttributeVocabulary } from './attribute-vocabulary.ts'
 
 export type BlockDirective = {
-  argument?: string
   attributes: AttributeVocabulary
-  body: 'block' | 'code' | 'inline' | 'none'
+  contentModel: 'block' | 'code' | 'inline' | 'none'
 }
 
 const cellAttributes: AttributeVocabulary = {
@@ -42,48 +41,53 @@ const mediaAttributes: AttributeVocabulary = {
 
 const syncBlockAttributes: AttributeVocabulary = { localId: 'string', resourceId: 'string' }
 
-const blockDirectives: Readonly<Record<string, BlockDirective>> = {
-  blockTaskItem: { argument: 'state', attributes: localIdAttributes, body: 'block' },
-  blockquote: { attributes: localIdAttributes, body: 'block' },
-  bodiedExtension: { attributes: extensionAttributes, body: 'block' },
-  bodiedSyncBlock: { attributes: syncBlockAttributes, body: 'block' },
-  bulletList: { attributes: localIdAttributes, body: 'block' },
-  caption: { attributes: localIdAttributes, body: 'inline' },
+const blockDirectives = {
+  blockTaskItem: { attributes: localIdAttributes, contentModel: 'block' },
+  blockquote: { attributes: localIdAttributes, contentModel: 'block' },
+  bodiedExtension: { attributes: extensionAttributes, contentModel: 'block' },
+  bodiedSyncBlock: { attributes: syncBlockAttributes, contentModel: 'block' },
+  bulletList: { attributes: localIdAttributes, contentModel: 'block' },
+  caption: { attributes: localIdAttributes, contentModel: 'inline' },
   codeBlock: {
     attributes: { hideLineNumbers: 'boolean', language: 'string', localId: 'string', uniqueId: 'string', wrap: 'boolean' },
-    body: 'code',
+    contentModel: 'code',
   },
-  decisionItem: { attributes: { localId: 'string', state: 'string' }, body: 'inline' },
-  decisionList: { attributes: localIdAttributes, body: 'block' },
-  expand: { attributes: expandAttributes, body: 'block' },
-  extension: { attributes: extensionAttributes, body: 'none' },
-  extensionFrame: { attributes: {}, body: 'block' },
-  heading: { attributes: { level: 'number', localId: 'string' }, body: 'inline' },
-  layoutColumn: { attributes: { localId: 'string', valign: 'string', width: 'number' }, body: 'block' },
-  layoutSection: { attributes: localIdAttributes, body: 'block' },
-  listItem: { attributes: localIdAttributes, body: 'block' },
-  media: { attributes: mediaAttributes, body: 'none' },
-  mediaGroup: { attributes: {}, body: 'block' },
-  mediaSingle: { attributes: { layout: 'string', localId: 'string', width: 'number', widthType: 'string' }, body: 'block' },
-  multiBodiedExtension: { attributes: extensionAttributes, body: 'block' },
-  nestedExpand: { attributes: expandAttributes, body: 'block' },
-  orderedList: { attributes: { localId: 'string', order: 'number' }, body: 'block' },
+  decisionItem: { attributes: { localId: 'string', state: 'string' }, contentModel: 'inline' },
+  decisionList: { attributes: localIdAttributes, contentModel: 'block' },
+  expand: { attributes: expandAttributes, contentModel: 'block' },
+  extension: { attributes: extensionAttributes, contentModel: 'none' },
+  extensionFrame: { attributes: {}, contentModel: 'block' },
+  heading: { attributes: { level: 'number', localId: 'string' }, contentModel: 'inline' },
+  layoutColumn: { attributes: { localId: 'string', valign: 'string', width: 'number' }, contentModel: 'block' },
+  layoutSection: { attributes: localIdAttributes, contentModel: 'block' },
+  listItem: { attributes: localIdAttributes, contentModel: 'block' },
+  media: { attributes: mediaAttributes, contentModel: 'none' },
+  mediaGroup: { attributes: {}, contentModel: 'block' },
+  mediaSingle: { attributes: { layout: 'string', localId: 'string', width: 'number', widthType: 'string' }, contentModel: 'block' },
+  multiBodiedExtension: { attributes: extensionAttributes, contentModel: 'block' },
+  nestedExpand: { attributes: expandAttributes, contentModel: 'block' },
+  orderedList: { attributes: { localId: 'string', order: 'number' }, contentModel: 'block' },
   panel: {
-    argument: 'panelType',
     attributes: { localId: 'string', panelColor: 'string', panelIcon: 'string', panelIconId: 'string', panelIconText: 'string' },
-    body: 'block',
+    contentModel: 'block',
   },
-  paragraph: { attributes: localIdAttributes, body: 'inline' },
-  rule: { attributes: localIdAttributes, body: 'none' },
-  syncBlock: { attributes: syncBlockAttributes, body: 'none' },
-  table: { attributes: { displayMode: 'string', isNumberColumnEnabled: 'boolean', layout: 'string', localId: 'string', width: 'number' }, body: 'block' },
-  tableCell: { attributes: cellAttributes, body: 'block' },
-  tableHeader: { attributes: cellAttributes, body: 'block' },
-  tableRow: { attributes: localIdAttributes, body: 'block' },
-  taskItem: { argument: 'state', attributes: localIdAttributes, body: 'inline' },
-  taskList: { attributes: localIdAttributes, body: 'block' },
-}
+  paragraph: { attributes: localIdAttributes, contentModel: 'inline' },
+  rule: { attributes: localIdAttributes, contentModel: 'none' },
+  syncBlock: { attributes: syncBlockAttributes, contentModel: 'none' },
+  table: { attributes: { displayMode: 'string', isNumberColumnEnabled: 'boolean', layout: 'string', localId: 'string', width: 'number' }, contentModel: 'block' },
+  tableCell: { attributes: cellAttributes, contentModel: 'block' },
+  tableHeader: { attributes: cellAttributes, contentModel: 'block' },
+  tableRow: { attributes: localIdAttributes, contentModel: 'block' },
+  taskItem: { attributes: localIdAttributes, contentModel: 'inline' },
+  taskList: { attributes: localIdAttributes, contentModel: 'block' },
+} satisfies Readonly<Record<string, BlockDirective>>
+
+export type BlockType = keyof typeof blockDirectives
 
 export function blockDirective(type: string): BlockDirective | undefined {
-  return Object.hasOwn(blockDirectives, type) ? blockDirectives[type] : undefined
+  return isBlockType(type) ? blockDirectives[type] : undefined
+}
+
+function isBlockType(type: string): type is BlockType {
+  return Object.hasOwn(blockDirectives, type)
 }
diff --git a/src/adf/inline-directives.ts b/src/adf/inline-directives.ts
index 73d5e08..75ab247 100644
--- a/src/adf/inline-directives.ts
+++ b/src/adf/inline-directives.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ import type { AttributeVocabulary } from './attribute-vocabulary.ts'
 
 export type InlineDirective = {
   attributes: AttributeVocabulary
-  slot?: string
+  textAttribute?: string
 }
 
 const inlineDirectives: Readonly<Record<string, InlineDirective>> = {
   date: { attributes: { localId: 'string', timestamp: 'string' } },
-  emoji: { attributes: { id: 'string', localId: 'string', shortName: 'string' }, slot: 'text' },
+  emoji: { attributes: { id: 'string', localId: 'string', shortName: 'string' }, textAttribute: 'text' },
   hardBreak: { attributes: { localId: 'string', text: 'string' } },
   inlineCard: { attributes: { data: 'json', localId: 'string', url: 'string' } },
   mediaInline: {
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ const inlineDirectives: Readonly<Record<string, InlineDirective>> = {
       width: 'number',
     },
   },
-  mention: { attributes: { accessLevel: 'string', id: 'string', localId: 'string', userType: 'string' }, slot: 'text' },
-  status: { attributes: { color: 'string', localId: 'string', style: 'string' }, slot: 'text' },
+  mention: { attributes: { accessLevel: 'string', id: 'string', localId: 'string', userType: 'string' }, textAttribute: 'text' },
+  status: { attributes: { color: 'string', localId: 'string', style: 'string' }, textAttribute: 'text' },
 }
 
 export function inlineDirective(type: string): InlineDirective | undefined {
diff --git a/src/markdown/block-directive-arguments.ts b/src/markdown/block-directive-arguments.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee86d95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/markdown/block-directive-arguments.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import type { BlockType } from '../adf/block-directives.ts'
+
+const blockArguments: Readonly<Record<string, string>> = {
+  blockTaskItem: 'state',
+  panel: 'panelType',
+  taskItem: 'state',
+} satisfies Partial<Record<BlockType, string>>
+
+export function blockArgument(type: string): string | undefined {
+  return blockArguments[type]
+}
diff --git a/src/markdown/commonmark-grammar.ts b/src/markdown/commonmark-grammar.ts
index 2fd77a6..022b654 100644
--- a/src/markdown/commonmark-grammar.ts
+++ b/src/markdown/commonmark-grammar.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 export type LinePosition = 'first' | 'later'
 
+const asciiPunctuation = /[!"#$%&'()*+,\-./:;<=>?@[\\\]^_`{|}~]/
+const htmlConstructs = [/^<[!?]/, /^<\/?[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9-]*(?:[\s/>]|$)/, /^<[^\s<>@]+@[^\s<>@]+>/]
+
 const controlCharacterRange = '\\u0000-\\u001f\\u007f'
 const autolinkSource = `[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9+.-]{1,31}:[^\\s<>${controlCharacterRange}]*`
 const nullCharacterSource = '\\u0000'
@@ -42,6 +45,10 @@ export function holdsNullCharacter(text: string): boolean {
   return nullCharacter.test(text)
 }
 
+export function isAsciiPunctuation(character: string): boolean {
+  return asciiPunctuation.test(character)
+}
+
 export function isAutolink(text: string): boolean {
   return autolink.test(text)
 }
@@ -58,6 +65,10 @@ export function opensBracketedAutolink(text: string): boolean {
   return bracketedAutolink.test(text)
 }
 
+export function opensHtmlConstruct(text: string): boolean {
+  return htmlConstructs.some((construct) => construct.test(text))
+}
+
 export function startsEntityReference(text: string): boolean {
   return anchoredEntityReference.test(text)
 }
diff --git a/src/markdown/directive-attributes.ts b/src/markdown/directive-attributes.ts
index 5a27544..246a216 100644
--- a/src/markdown/directive-attributes.ts
+++ b/src/markdown/directive-attributes.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type { VocabularyPair } from '../adf/attribute-vocabulary.ts'
 import { serializeCanonicalJson } from '../canonical-json.ts'
 
 const bareToken = /^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$/
+const inlineDirectiveOpener = /^:[a-z][A-Za-z0-9]*[[{]/
 
 // spec/flavour.md, Attributes.
 const quotedEscapes = /[&<`|]/g
@@ -11,6 +12,10 @@ export function isBareToken(text: string): boolean {
   return bareToken.test(text)
 }
 
+export function opensInlineDirective(text: string): boolean {
+  return inlineDirectiveOpener.test(text)
+}
+
 export function spellAttributes(pairs: readonly (readonly [string, string])[]): string {
   if (pairs.length === 0) return ''
   const spelled = [...pairs].sort(([left], [right]) => (left < right ? -1 : 1)).map(([key, value]) => `${key}=${value}`)
diff --git a/src/markdown/emit/adf-to-markdown.ts b/src/markdown/emit/adf-to-markdown.ts
index c673dbb..4334c0e 100644
--- a/src/markdown/emit/adf-to-markdown.ts
+++ b/src/markdown/emit/adf-to-markdown.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { failure, success, type ConvertErrorPath, type Result } from '../../resu
 import { fencedCodeBlock } from '../backtick-runs.ts'
 import { holdsControlCharacter, holdsEntityReference, holdsNullCharacter, isThematicBreak } from '../commonmark-grammar.ts'
 import { largestNesting } from '../../nesting.ts'
-import { spellDirectiveHeader } from '../block-directive-spelling.ts'
+import { spellDirectiveHeader } from './block-directive-spelling.ts'
 import { tryImage } from './image.ts'
 import { tryPipeTable } from './pipe-table.ts'
 
@@ -117,14 +117,14 @@ function commonMarkText(text: string): EmittedBlock {
 function emitDirectiveBlock(node: AdfNode, directive: BlockDirective, path: ConvertErrorPath, depth: number): Result<EmittedBlock> {
   if (node.text !== undefined) return failure('unsupported-node-shape', `a ${node.type} carries no text`, path)
   const content = node.content ?? []
-  if (directive.body === 'none' && content.length > 0) return failure('unsupported-node-shape', `a ${node.type} holds no content`, path)
-  if (directive.body === 'code') return emitCodeDirective(node, directive, path)
+  if (directive.contentModel === 'none' && content.length > 0) return failure('unsupported-node-shape', `a ${node.type} holds no content`, path)
+  if (directive.contentModel === 'code') return emitCodeDirective(node, directive, path)
   const header = spellDirectiveHeader(node, directive)
   if (header === undefined) return commonMarkLine(carriedBlock(node, path))
-  if (directive.body === 'none' || (directive.body === 'inline' && content.length === 0)) {
+  if (directive.contentModel === 'none' || (directive.contentModel === 'inline' && content.length === 0)) {
     return success({ fenceColons: 2, spelling: 'directive', text: `::${header}` })
   }
-  const body = directive.body === 'inline' ? emitInlineBody(content, path) : emitBlocks(content, 'directive', path, depth + 1)
+  const body = directive.contentModel === 'inline' ? emitInlineBody(content, path) : emitBlocks(content, 'directive', path, depth + 1)
   if (!body.ok) return body
   const fenceColons = Math.max(3, body.value.fenceColons + 1)
   const fence = ':'.repeat(fenceColons)
diff --git a/src/markdown/block-directive-spelling.ts b/src/markdown/emit/block-directive-spelling.ts
similarity index 57%
rename from src/markdown/block-directive-spelling.ts
rename to src/markdown/emit/block-directive-spelling.ts
index 446486d..18c7ac9 100644
--- a/src/markdown/block-directive-spelling.ts
+++ b/src/markdown/emit/block-directive-spelling.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-import type { AdfMark, AdfNode } from '../adf/document.ts'
-import type { BlockDirective } from '../adf/block-directives.ts'
-import type { JsonValue } from '../json-value.ts'
-import { isBareToken, spellAttributes, spellJsonAttribute, spellVocabulary } from './directive-attributes.ts'
-import { vocabularyPairs } from '../adf/attribute-vocabulary.ts'
+import type { AdfMark, AdfNode } from '../../adf/document.ts'
+import type { BlockDirective } from '../../adf/block-directives.ts'
+import type { JsonValue } from '../../json-value.ts'
+import { blockArgument } from '../block-directive-arguments.ts'
+import { isBareToken, spellAttributes, spellJsonAttribute, spellVocabulary } from '../directive-attributes.ts'
+import { vocabularyPairs } from '../../adf/attribute-vocabulary.ts'
 
 export function spellDirectiveHeader(node: AdfNode, directive: BlockDirective, spelledByBody: readonly string[] = []): string | undefined {
-  const argument = spellArgument(node, directive)
+  const argumentAttribute = blockArgument(node.type)
+  const argument = spellArgument(node, argumentAttribute)
   if (argument === undefined) return undefined
-  const spelled = directive.argument === undefined ? spelledByBody : [directive.argument, ...spelledByBody]
+  const spelled = argumentAttribute === undefined ? spelledByBody : [argumentAttribute, ...spelledByBody]
   const pairs = vocabularyPairs(node.attrs ?? {}, directive.attributes, spelled)
   if (pairs === undefined) return undefined
   const spelledPairs = spellVocabulary(pairs)
@@ -17,8 +19,8 @@ export function spellDirectiveHeader(node: AdfNode, directive: BlockDirective, s
   return `${node.type}${argument}${attributes === '' ? '' : ` ${attributes}`}`
 }
 
-function spellArgument(node: AdfNode, directive: BlockDirective): string | undefined {
-  const value = directive.argument === undefined ? undefined : node.attrs?.[directive.argument]
+function spellArgument(node: AdfNode, argumentAttribute: string | undefined): string | undefined {
+  const value = argumentAttribute === undefined ? undefined : node.attrs?.[argumentAttribute]
   if (value === undefined) return ''
   if (typeof value !== 'string' || !isBareToken(value)) return undefined
   return ` ${value}`
diff --git a/src/markdown/destination-spelling.ts b/src/markdown/emit/destination-spelling.ts
similarity index 94%
rename from src/markdown/destination-spelling.ts
rename to src/markdown/emit/destination-spelling.ts
index 619f3ad..6baf8b3 100644
--- a/src/markdown/destination-spelling.ts
+++ b/src/markdown/emit/destination-spelling.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { failure, success, type ConvertErrorPath, type Result } from '../result.ts'
-import { holdsControlCharacter, holdsEntityReference } from './commonmark-grammar.ts'
+import { failure, success, type ConvertErrorPath, type Result } from '../../result.ts'
+import { holdsControlCharacter, holdsEntityReference } from '../commonmark-grammar.ts'
 
 export function spellDestination(href: string, path: ConvertErrorPath): Result<string> {
   if (holdsControlCharacter(href)) return failure('unspellable-link-destination', 'a link destination holds a control character', path)
diff --git a/src/markdown/emit/inline-directive-spelling.ts b/src/markdown/emit/inline-directive-spelling.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73866ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/markdown/emit/inline-directive-spelling.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import type { AdfNode } from '../../adf/document.ts'
+import type { InlineDirective } from '../../adf/inline-directives.ts'
+import { spellAttributes, spellVocabulary } from '../directive-attributes.ts'
+import { vocabularyPairs } from '../../adf/attribute-vocabulary.ts'
+
+export function spellInlineNodeAttributes(node: AdfNode, directive: InlineDirective): string | undefined {
+  const pairs = vocabularyPairs(node.attrs ?? {}, directive.attributes, directive.textAttribute === undefined ? [] : [directive.textAttribute])
+  return pairs === undefined ? undefined : spellAttributes(spellVocabulary(pairs))
+}
diff --git a/src/markdown/emit/inline-line.ts b/src/markdown/emit/inline-line.ts
index 76edfba..bd22c07 100644
--- a/src/markdown/emit/inline-line.ts
+++ b/src/markdown/emit/inline-line.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import { longestBacktickRun } from '../backtick-runs.ts'
 import { markSpelling, spellMarkAttributes } from '../mark-spellings.ts'
 import { serializeCanonicalJson } from '../../canonical-json.ts'
 import { spellAttributes, spellStringAttribute } from '../directive-attributes.ts'
-import { spellDestination, spellTitle } from '../destination-spelling.ts'
-import { spellInlineNodeAttributes } from '../inline-directive-spelling.ts'
+import { spellDestination, spellTitle } from './destination-spelling.ts'
+import { spellInlineNodeAttributes } from './inline-directive-spelling.ts'
 
 type EmittedLine = { line: string; segments: InlineSegment[] }
 
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ function emitInlineDirective(node: AdfNode, directive: InlineDirective, index: n
   if (!empty.ok) return empty
   const attributes = spellInlineNodeAttributes(node, directive)
   if (attributes === undefined) return success({ carry: { first: index, last: index } })
-  const slot = directive.slot === undefined ? undefined : node.attrs?.[directive.slot]
+  const slot = directive.textAttribute === undefined ? undefined : node.attrs?.[directive.textAttribute]
   if (slot === undefined) return success({ segments: [syntax(spellLeafDirective(node.type, attributes))] })
   if (typeof slot !== 'string') return success({ carry: { first: index, last: index } })
   if (/[\n\r]/.test(slot)) return failure('unspellable-whitespace', `a ${node.type} content slot holds a newline no inline directive spans`, path)
diff --git a/src/markdown/emit/line-escaping.ts b/src/markdown/emit/line-escaping.ts
index f84fde7..5591e4b 100644
--- a/src/markdown/emit/line-escaping.ts
+++ b/src/markdown/emit/line-escaping.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
-import { escapesLineClaim, opensBracketedAutolink, startsEntityReference, type LinePosition } from '../commonmark-grammar.ts'
 import { delimiterFlags, isWordCharacter, matchEmphasis } from '../emphasis-matching.ts'
+import {
+  escapesLineClaim,
+  isAsciiPunctuation,
+  opensBracketedAutolink,
+  opensHtmlConstruct,
+  startsEntityReference,
+  type LinePosition,
+} from '../commonmark-grammar.ts'
+import { opensInlineDirective } from '../directive-attributes.ts'
 
 export type EmphasisRole = 'close' | 'open'
 
@@ -21,9 +29,6 @@ type EmittedRun = { canClose: boolean; canOpen: boolean; character: string; deli
 
 const delimiters = ['*', '_', '`', '~']
 
-const asciiPunctuation = /[!"#$%&'()*+,\-./:;<=>?@[\\\]^_`{|}~]/
-const htmlConstructs = [/^<[!?]/, /^<\/?[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9-]*(?:[\s/>]|$)/, /^<[^\s<>@]+@[^\s<>@]+>/]
-const inlineDirectiveOpener = /^:[a-z][A-Za-z0-9]*[[{]/
 const followsLinkText = /[([:]/
 
 export function assembleInlineLine(segments: readonly InlineSegment[], container: LineContainer): AssembledLine {
@@ -211,10 +216,10 @@ function claimsCharacter(
   const rest = scan.slice(index)
   if (inBrackets && (character === '[' || character === ']')) return true
   if (character === '|') return container === 'table-cell'
-  if (character === '\\') return asciiPunctuation.test(scan.charAt(index + 1))
+  if (character === '\\') return isAsciiPunctuation(scan.charAt(index + 1))
   if (character === '&') return startsEntityReference(rest)
-  if (character === '<') return opensBracketedAutolink(rest) || htmlConstructs.some((construct) => construct.test(rest))
-  if (character === ':') return inlineDirectiveOpener.test(rest)
+  if (character === '<') return opensBracketedAutolink(rest) || opensHtmlConstruct(rest)
+  if (character === ':') return opensInlineDirective(rest)
   if (character === '[') return opensLink(scan, escapings, index)
   if (character === '`') return opensCodeSpan(scan, index, escaped)
   if (character === '*' || character === '_' || character === '~') return claimsEmphasis(scan, index, escaped)
diff --git a/src/markdown/inline-directive-spelling.ts b/src/markdown/inline-directive-spelling.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a994d2f..0000000
--- a/src/markdown/inline-directive-spelling.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-import type { AdfNode } from '../adf/document.ts'
-import type { InlineDirective } from '../adf/inline-directives.ts'
-import { spellAttributes, spellVocabulary } from './directive-attributes.ts'
-import { vocabularyPairs } from '../adf/attribute-vocabulary.ts'
-
-export function spellInlineNodeAttributes(node: AdfNode, directive: InlineDirective): string | undefined {
-  const pairs = vocabularyPairs(node.attrs ?? {}, directive.attributes, directive.slot === undefined ? [] : [directive.slot])
-  return pairs === undefined ? undefined : spellAttributes(spellVocabulary(pairs))
-}
diff --git a/todo.md b/todo.md
index f457c9c..411b5e7 100644
--- a/todo.md
+++ b/todo.md
@@ -95,9 +95,10 @@ detail is settled at its own milestone.
           included, and a mark spelling that cannot open where it sits (`un**-real**istic`; the spec
           owes the carry a trigger). One mark vocabulary lands here, before 2e3 changes the
           attribute spelling: `emphasisSpellings`, `linkAttributes` and the `code`/`link` names join
-          `inline-directives.ts`, which holds four of the nine marks while the rest are branch
-          literals in the emitter — and the parser (3) needs every name to make `:em[x]` the named
-          error `spec/flavour.md` promises.
+          the mark table (3a parted it across `adf/mark-attributes.ts` and
+          `markdown/mark-spellings.ts`), which holds four of the nine marks while the rest are
+          branch literals in the emitter — and the parser (3) needs every name to make `:em[x]`
+          the named error `spec/flavour.md` promises.
     - [x] **2e3 — Attribute canonicalization and the quoted value's escape.**
           **Settled** (the maintainer, 2026-08-26): a quoted attribute value escapes `` ` ``, `&`,
           `<` and `|` as `\u0060`, `\u0026`, `\u003c` and `\u007c`, in every directive, block and
@@ -225,8 +226,9 @@ detail is settled at its own milestone.
         entity references decoding to their characters, code spans and the literal they hold —
         directive syntax and `~~` included — CommonMark's own hard breaks, a trailing backslash
         and two trailing spaces alike, a soft line break as one space, and the raw inline tag,
-        comment and processing instruction refused by name, recognized by the `htmlConstructs`
-        `markdown-escaping.ts` already escapes against, under 3b's one-table rule.
+        comment and processing instruction refused by name, recognized by the
+        `commonmark-grammar.ts` predicates the emitter already escapes against, under 3b's
+        one-table rule.
   - [ ] **3e — Emphasis and links.** `_`, `*` and `~~` runs through `matchEmphasis` to the `em`,
         `strong` and `strike` marks; links inline and reference, 3b's definitions resolved here,
         autolinks, and the image gap's named errors — a titled image, and one amid other text.