diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 81a98d5..2440f80 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ into sub-items in `todo.md` before starting it. Per chunk:
 1. Fresh worktree off updated `origin/main`; implement tests-first (§10).
 2. Run the larv-review flow until it passes and CI is green. A reviewer launch states the latest
    gate result (commit and outcome); a reviewer does not re-run `ci.sh` or the tests when a
-   result for the commit under review already exists — re-run only what its own findings or
-   fixes invalidate.
+   result exists for the commit under review, or when the diff since that result cannot affect
+   it (docs-only) — re-run only what its own findings or fixes invalidate.
 3. Merge the PR (standing authorization, this repo only), check the box in `todo.md`, report,
    stop. The next chunk gets a fresh session.
 
diff --git a/spec/flavour.md b/spec/flavour.md
index 8d4e4e8..b6bed7a 100644
--- a/spec/flavour.md
+++ b/spec/flavour.md
@@ -76,17 +76,18 @@ valid — no attributes. A bare value matches `[A-Za-z0-9_-]+`; any other value
 with JSON string escaping (`\"` `\\` `\n` `\t` `\uXXXX`, …) — total over
 Unicode, and raw newlines never appear inside quotes. All values are strings at the grammar
 level; each node's section assigns types. Canonical form orders keys alphabetically, spells
-values bare wherever allowed, and inside quotes escapes only what it must, using the shortest
-escape form.
+values bare wherever allowed, inside quotes escapes only what it must using the shortest escape
+form, and omits empty `{attrs}` except where the `{` itself claims the directive
+(`:hardBreak{}`).
 
 **Escaping**: the emitter backslash-escapes whatever literal text would otherwise parse as
 directive syntax — the leading `:` of a would-be directive, `]` inside content; a backslash
 before `:` in input always yields a literal colon.
 
 **Malformed directives are error results**, named: an unclosed container at end of input, a body
-fence line of the container's length or longer, a bare colon-run line outside any container, an
-inline `[content]` or `{attrs}` left unclosed at end of line, unparseable or duplicate-keyed
-attrs, invalid JSON in an opaque carry. Never a silent literal-text fallback — a typo that
+fence line of the container's length or longer, a bare colon-run line outside any container or
+shorter than the fence it would close, an inline `[content]` or `{attrs}` left unclosed at end of
+line, unparseable or duplicate-keyed attrs, invalid JSON in an opaque carry. Never a silent literal-text fallback — a typo that
 reparses as prose is the silent loss §2 refuses.
 
 ## The opaque carry (AGENTS.md §3)