From cd0a4cb0e8124411cdaa7f469c735f387521c15e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lilleman auf Larv <lilleman@larvit.se>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 11:09:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Read the node tables backwards, a directive to the node and
 marks it names

---
 AGENTS.md                                     |   6 +-
 corpus/errors/directive-adf-reserved.error    |   1 +
 corpus/errors/directive-adf-reserved.md       |   3 +
 corpus/errors/directive-attribute-order.error |   1 +
 corpus/errors/directive-attribute-order.md    |   1 +
 .../errors/directive-attribute-unknown.error  |   1 +
 corpus/errors/directive-attribute-unknown.md  |   3 +
 corpus/errors/directive-body-on-leaf.error    |   1 +
 corpus/errors/directive-body-on-leaf.md       |   3 +
 corpus/errors/directive-content-slot.error    |   1 +
 corpus/errors/directive-content-slot.md       |   1 +
 .../errors/directive-value-uncanonical.error  |   1 +
 corpus/errors/directive-value-uncanonical.md  |   1 +
 spec/flavour.md                               | 120 ++++++++++--------
 src/adf/attribute-vocabulary.ts               |  14 +-
 src/adf/block-directives.ts                   |   2 +-
 src/adf/document.ts                           |   2 +-
 src/adf/inline-directives.ts                  |   8 +-
 src/corpus.test.ts                            |  21 +++
 src/markdown/block-directive-marks.ts         |  23 ++++
 src/markdown/directive-syntax.test.ts         |  37 ++++--
 src/markdown/directive-syntax.ts              |  66 ++++++----
 src/markdown/emit/block-directive-spelling.ts |  13 +-
 src/markdown/parse/blocks.test.ts             |   2 +-
 src/markdown/parse/blocks.ts                  |   2 +-
 src/markdown/parse/directive-nodes.ts         |  91 +++++++++++++
 src/markdown/parse/inline-content.ts          |  10 +-
 src/markdown/parse/markdown-to-adf.test.ts    |  88 ++++++++++++-
 src/markdown/parse/markdown-to-adf.ts         |  52 ++++++--
 src/spec.test.ts                              | 103 +++++++++++++++
 todo.md                                       |  20 ++-
 31 files changed, 558 insertions(+), 140 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 corpus/errors/directive-adf-reserved.error
 create mode 100644 corpus/errors/directive-adf-reserved.md
 create mode 100644 corpus/errors/directive-attribute-order.error
 create mode 100644 corpus/errors/directive-attribute-order.md
 create mode 100644 corpus/errors/directive-attribute-unknown.error
 create mode 100644 corpus/errors/directive-attribute-unknown.md
 create mode 100644 corpus/errors/directive-body-on-leaf.error
 create mode 100644 corpus/errors/directive-body-on-leaf.md
 create mode 100644 corpus/errors/directive-content-slot.error
 create mode 100644 corpus/errors/directive-content-slot.md
 create mode 100644 corpus/errors/directive-value-uncanonical.error
 create mode 100644 corpus/errors/directive-value-uncanonical.md
 create mode 100644 src/markdown/block-directive-marks.ts
 create mode 100644 src/markdown/parse/directive-nodes.ts
 create mode 100644 src/spec.test.ts

diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 165fcc6..5e5b018 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -89,7 +89,11 @@ direction hits it. A claim code names the spelling claimed, never the node that
 a malformed `:::table` is a `malformed-directive`. A cause the carry answers gets no code: a mark no
 spelling writes rides the carry with its node. A directive whose name reads back to no node is
 `unknown-directive-name` rather than a claim code — the spelling is well formed, and telling that
-apart from a typo is what a consumer switches on when a later MINOR gives the name meaning. A
+apart from a typo is what a consumer switches on when a later MINOR gives the name meaning. What
+the grammar itself refuses stays a claim code, key order among it; a well-formed directive the
+node tables refuse — an attribute a node does not hold or spells elsewhere, a value outside its
+kind or its canonical spelling, an argument or a body its content model does not take — is
+`unsupported-node-shape`, the emitter's code for the same mismatch read the other way. A
 refusal found before its position is known — the block walk's, a directive reader's — is a
 `ConvertFault`, the code and message without the path; the node walk attaches the path as it
 descends, so a document reports its first error in document order.
diff --git a/corpus/errors/directive-adf-reserved.error b/corpus/errors/directive-adf-reserved.error
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f35411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corpus/errors/directive-adf-reserved.error
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+malformed-directive
diff --git a/corpus/errors/directive-adf-reserved.md b/corpus/errors/directive-adf-reserved.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..867275e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corpus/errors/directive-adf-reserved.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+:::adf
+{"type":"rule"}
+:::
diff --git a/corpus/errors/directive-attribute-order.error b/corpus/errors/directive-attribute-order.error
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f35411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corpus/errors/directive-attribute-order.error
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+malformed-directive
diff --git a/corpus/errors/directive-attribute-order.md b/corpus/errors/directive-attribute-order.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c7ad5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corpus/errors/directive-attribute-order.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+::media {type=file id=a-1}
diff --git a/corpus/errors/directive-attribute-unknown.error b/corpus/errors/directive-attribute-unknown.error
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a811539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corpus/errors/directive-attribute-unknown.error
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+unsupported-node-shape
diff --git a/corpus/errors/directive-attribute-unknown.md b/corpus/errors/directive-attribute-unknown.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e812626
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corpus/errors/directive-attribute-unknown.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+:::panel info {bogus=1}
+Part.
+:::
diff --git a/corpus/errors/directive-body-on-leaf.error b/corpus/errors/directive-body-on-leaf.error
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a811539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corpus/errors/directive-body-on-leaf.error
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+unsupported-node-shape
diff --git a/corpus/errors/directive-body-on-leaf.md b/corpus/errors/directive-body-on-leaf.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f6b9ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corpus/errors/directive-body-on-leaf.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+:::rule
+Part.
+:::
diff --git a/corpus/errors/directive-content-slot.error b/corpus/errors/directive-content-slot.error
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a811539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corpus/errors/directive-content-slot.error
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+unsupported-node-shape
diff --git a/corpus/errors/directive-content-slot.md b/corpus/errors/directive-content-slot.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8bce7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corpus/errors/directive-content-slot.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Part :mention[@Mikael]{id=b1c2}.
diff --git a/corpus/errors/directive-value-uncanonical.error b/corpus/errors/directive-value-uncanonical.error
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a811539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corpus/errors/directive-value-uncanonical.error
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+unsupported-node-shape
diff --git a/corpus/errors/directive-value-uncanonical.md b/corpus/errors/directive-value-uncanonical.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de317da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corpus/errors/directive-value-uncanonical.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+::rule {localId="a-1"}
diff --git a/spec/flavour.md b/spec/flavour.md
index 14ae16a..26a6a96 100644
--- a/spec/flavour.md
+++ b/spec/flavour.md
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ quoted value holds `}` unescaped. All values are strings at the grammar level; e
 assigns types.
 Canonical form orders keys alphabetically, spells values bare wherever allowed, escapes inside
 quotes in the shortest form each escape has, and omits empty `{attrs}` except where the `{` itself
-claims the directive (`:hardBreak{}`).
+claims the directive (`:hardBreak{}`). Input reads that spelling alone: keys out of order, a value
+quoted where bare carries it, an escape longer than it need be, and a number or `json` value
+outside its canonical JSON spelling are each a named error naming the spelling to write instead.
 
 **Escaping**: the emitter backslash-escapes whatever literal text would otherwise parse as
 directive syntax — the leading `:` of a would-be directive, `]` inside content, a `{` right
@@ -179,21 +181,21 @@ CommonMark spells `blockquote`, `bulletList`, `codeBlock`, `heading`, `listItem`
 cannot — `localId` (string) on any of them, marks, and the values below — takes the directive
 form.
 
-- `blockquote`, `bulletList`, `listItem` — containers, block body; no attributes beyond `localId`.
+- `blockquote`, `bulletList`, `listItem` — containers, block body. Attributes: `localId` (string).
 - `codeBlock` — container, body one fenced code block whose info string is the language and whose
-  content is the node's. Attributes: `hideLineNumbers` (boolean), `language` (string), `localId`,
-  `uniqueId` (string), `wrap` (boolean). A language no info string carries back — empty, the
-  reserved `adf`, or holding a backtick, a backslash, a control character, edge whitespace or an
-  entity reference — rides the `language` attribute instead and the fence carries no info string;
-  writing both is a named error.
-- `heading` — container, inline body. Attributes: `level` (number), `localId`. `level` is the `#`
-  count, so a heading carrying none, or one that is no whole number from 1 to 6, has no CommonMark
-  spelling.
-- `orderedList` — container of `listItem`, block body. Attributes: `localId`, `order` (number).
-  `order` is the first marker, so a list carrying none, one that is no whole number from 0, or one
-  whose markers would run past 999999999, has no CommonMark spelling.
-- `paragraph` — container, inline body; no attributes beyond `localId`.
-- `rule` — leaf; no attributes beyond `localId`.
+  content is the node's. Attributes: `hideLineNumbers` (boolean), `language` (string), `localId`
+  (string), `uniqueId` (string), `wrap` (boolean). A language no info string carries back — empty,
+  the reserved `adf`, or holding a backtick, a backslash, a control character, edge whitespace or
+  an entity reference — rides the `language` attribute instead and the fence carries no info
+  string; writing both is a named error.
+- `heading` — container, inline body. Attributes: `level` (number), `localId` (string). `level` is
+  the `#` count, so a heading carrying none, or one that is no whole number from 1 to 6, has no
+  CommonMark spelling.
+- `orderedList` — container of `listItem`, block body. Attributes: `localId` (string), `order`
+  (number). `order` is the first marker, so a list carrying none, one that is no whole number
+  from 0, or one whose markers would run past 999999999, has no CommonMark spelling.
+- `paragraph` — container, inline body. Attributes: `localId` (string).
+- `rule` — leaf. Attributes: `localId` (string).
 
 ````
 :::codeBlock {localId=01a03d5c-9b21-73f4-8e6a-0c47b1d9e2f8 wrap=true}
@@ -205,9 +207,10 @@ fn main() {}
 
 ### Panel
 
-Container; the arg is `panelType` (`custom` `error` `info` `note` `success` `tip` `warning`).
-Attributes: `localId` (string), `panelColor` (string), `panelIcon` (string), `panelIconId`
-(string), `panelIconText` (string) — the editor writes the last four for `custom` panels.
+- `panel` — container; the arg is `panelType` (`custom` `error` `info` `note` `success` `tip`
+  `warning`). Attributes: `localId` (string), `panelColor` (string), `panelIcon` (string),
+  `panelIconId` (string), `panelIconText` (string) — the editor writes the last four for `custom`
+  panels.
 
 ```
 :::panel warning
@@ -217,8 +220,8 @@ Check the collation before importing.
 
 ### Expand
 
-`expand` and `nestedExpand`: containers, no arg — same syntax, two node types, the name picks
-which. Attributes: `localId` (string), `title` (string).
+- `expand`, `nestedExpand` — containers, no arg; same syntax, two node types, the name picks
+  which. Attributes: `localId` (string), `title` (string).
 
 ```
 :::expand {title="Full build log"}
@@ -236,7 +239,7 @@ which. Attributes: `localId` (string), `title` (string).
   `layout` (`align-end` `align-start` `center` `full-width` `wide` `wrap-left` `wrap-right`),
   `localId` (string), `width` (number), `widthType` (`percentage` `pixel`).
 - `caption` — container, inline body. Attributes: `localId` (string).
-- `mediaGroup` — container of `::media` leaves, no attributes.
+- `mediaGroup` — container of `::media` leaves. Attributes: none.
 
 ```
 ::::mediaSingle {layout=center width=50}
@@ -306,11 +309,13 @@ Bolt M8
 :::::
 ```
 
-Attributes — `table`: `displayMode` (`default` `fixed`), `isNumberColumnEnabled` (boolean),
-`layout` (`align-end` `align-start` `center` `default` `full-width` `wide`), `localId`
-(string), `width` (number, pixels). `tableRow`: `localId` (string). `tableCell` and
-`tableHeader`: `background` (string), `colspan` (number), `colwidth` (json, one pixel width per
-spanned column), `localId` (string), `rowspan` (number), `valign` (`bottom` `middle` `top`).
+- `table` — container of `tableRow` containers. Attributes: `displayMode` (`default` `fixed`),
+  `isNumberColumnEnabled` (boolean), `layout` (`align-end` `align-start` `center` `default`
+  `full-width` `wide`), `localId` (string), `width` (number, pixels).
+- `tableRow` — container of cells. Attributes: `localId` (string).
+- `tableCell`, `tableHeader` — containers, block body. Attributes: `background` (string),
+  `colspan` (number), `colwidth` (json, one pixel width per spanned column), `localId` (string),
+  `rowspan` (number), `valign` (`bottom` `middle` `top`).
 
 ### Task and decision lists
 
@@ -318,7 +323,8 @@ spanned column), `localId` (string), `rowspan` (number), `valign` (`bottom` `mid
   Attributes: `localId` (string).
 - `taskItem` — container, inline body; the arg is the state (`DONE` `TODO`). Attributes:
   `localId` (string).
-- `blockTaskItem` — container, block body; arg and attributes as `taskItem`.
+- `blockTaskItem` — container, block body; the arg is the state as `taskItem`. Attributes:
+  `localId` (string).
 - `decisionList` — container of `decisionItem` directives. Attributes: `localId` (string).
 - `decisionItem` — container, inline body. Attributes: `localId` (string), `state` (string —
   free-form; the editor writes `DECIDED`).
@@ -336,9 +342,9 @@ Ship it
 
 ### Layout
 
-`layoutSection` — container of `layoutColumn` containers; attributes: `localId` (string).
-`layoutColumn` — container, block body; attributes: `localId` (string), `valign` (`bottom`
-`middle` `top`), `width` (number — percent).
+- `layoutSection` — container of `layoutColumn` containers. Attributes: `localId` (string).
+- `layoutColumn` — container, block body. Attributes: `localId` (string), `valign` (`bottom`
+  `middle` `top`), `width` (number — percent).
 
 ```
 ::::layoutSection
@@ -353,10 +359,11 @@ Right.
 
 ### Extensions
 
-`extension` — leaf. `bodiedExtension` — container, block body. `multiBodiedExtension` —
-container of `extensionFrame` containers; `extensionFrame` — container, block body, no
-attributes. The other three share: `extensionKey` (string), `extensionType` (string), `layout`
-(`default` `full-width` `wide`), `localId` (string), `parameters` (json), `text` (string).
+- `extension`, `bodiedExtension`, `multiBodiedExtension` — a leaf, a container with a block body,
+  and a container of `extensionFrame` containers. Attributes: `extensionKey` (string),
+  `extensionType` (string), `layout` (`default` `full-width` `wide`), `localId` (string),
+  `parameters` (json), `text` (string).
+- `extensionFrame` — container, block body. Attributes: none.
 
 ```
 ::extension {extensionKey=toc extensionType="com.atlassian.confluence.macro.core" parameters="{\"maxLevel\":2}"}
@@ -364,8 +371,8 @@ attributes. The other three share: `extensionKey` (string), `extensionType` (str
 
 ### Sync blocks
 
-`syncBlock` — leaf. `bodiedSyncBlock` — container, block body. Attributes: `localId` (string),
-`resourceId` (string).
+- `syncBlock`, `bodiedSyncBlock` — a leaf and a container with a block body. Attributes:
+  `localId` (string), `resourceId` (string).
 
 ```
 ::syncBlock {localId=0198f3a2-af74-7e91-b26c-70b15f4d9ec3 resourceId="ari:cloud:confluence:site/page/123"}
@@ -381,18 +388,19 @@ is a named error, and so is a `text` key in `{attrs}`. An enclosing mark spellin
 into the slot. The rest take no content, `:text` included; content on a node that takes none is a
 named error.
 
-- `date` — `localId` (string), `timestamp` (string, epoch milliseconds).
-- `emoji` — `id` (string), `localId` (string), `shortName` (string, `:name:`), `text` (string).
-- `hardBreak` — `localId` (string), `text` (string).
-- `inlineCard` — `data` (json), `localId` (string), `url` (string); real payloads carry one or
-  the other.
-- `mediaInline` — `alt` (string), `collection` (string), `data` (json), `height` (number), `id`
-  (string), `localId` (string), `occurrenceKey` (string), `type` (`file` `image` `link`), `width`
-  (number).
-- `mention` — `accessLevel` (`APPLICATION` `CONTAINER` `NONE` `SITE`), `id` (string), `localId`
-  (string), `text` (string), `userType` (`APP` `DEFAULT` `SPECIAL`).
-- `status` — `color` (`blue` `green` `neutral` `purple` `red` `yellow`), `localId` (string),
-  `style` (string), `text` (string).
+- `date` — Attributes: `localId` (string), `timestamp` (string, epoch milliseconds).
+- `emoji` — Attributes: `id` (string), `localId` (string), `shortName` (string, `:name:`), `text`
+  (string).
+- `hardBreak` — Attributes: `localId` (string), `text` (string).
+- `inlineCard` — Attributes: `data` (json), `localId` (string), `url` (string); real payloads
+  carry one or the other.
+- `mediaInline` — Attributes: `alt` (string), `collection` (string), `data` (json), `height`
+  (number), `id` (string), `localId` (string), `occurrenceKey` (string), `type` (`file` `image`
+  `link`), `width` (number).
+- `mention` — Attributes: `accessLevel` (`APPLICATION` `CONTAINER` `NONE` `SITE`), `id` (string),
+  `localId` (string), `text` (string), `userType` (`APP` `DEFAULT` `SPECIAL`).
+- `status` — Attributes: `color` (`blue` `green` `neutral` `purple` `red` `yellow`), `localId`
+  (string), `style` (string), `text` (string).
 
 ```
 :status[In review]{color=yellow} — :mention[@Mikael]{id=01a032c3-7a7c-775f-a730-2d79351338b4}
@@ -415,14 +423,16 @@ the rest plain text; `markdownToAdf` merges adjacent text nodes carrying identic
 ## Marks
 
 An inline node's marks ride the spelling wrapped around them, never the block sections' reserved
-`marks` key. `code`, `em`, `link`, `strike` and `strong` keep their markdown spellings, which hold
-no attributes beyond `link`'s `href` and `title`, and are not directive names: `:em[x]` is a named
-error. The other four are inline directives, content required non-empty:
+`marks` key. `code`, `em`, `link`, `strike` and `strong` keep their markdown spellings, and are
+not directive names: `:em[x]` is a named error. The other four are inline directives, content
+required non-empty.
 
-- `border` — `color` (string, `#rrggbb` or `#rrggbbaa`), `size` (number, 1–3).
-- `subsup` — `type` (`sub` `sup`).
-- `textColor` — `color` (string, `#rrggbb`).
-- `underline` — no attributes.
+- `border` — Attributes: `color` (string, `#rrggbb` or `#rrggbbaa`), `size` (number, 1–3).
+- `code`, `em`, `strike`, `strong` — Attributes: none.
+- `link` — Attributes: `href` (string), `title` (string).
+- `subsup` — Attributes: `type` (`sub` `sup`).
+- `textColor` — Attributes: `color` (string, `#rrggbb`).
+- `underline` — Attributes: none.
 
 A spelling adds its mark to every inline node it wraps, and nesting is the marks array in order,
 outermost first: `_:underline[x]_` gives marks `[em, underline]`, `:underline[_x_]` the reverse.
diff --git a/src/adf/attribute-vocabulary.ts b/src/adf/attribute-vocabulary.ts
index 8c8fde5..b88a00d 100644
--- a/src/adf/attribute-vocabulary.ts
+++ b/src/adf/attribute-vocabulary.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 import type { AdfAttributes } from './document.ts'
 import type { JsonValue } from '../json-value.ts'
 
-type AttributeKind = 'boolean' | 'json' | 'number' | 'string'
+export type AttributeKind = 'boolean' | 'json' | 'number' | 'string'
 
 export type AttributeVocabulary = Readonly<Record<string, AttributeKind>>
 
-export type VocabularyPair =
-  | { key: string; kind: 'boolean'; value: boolean }
-  | { key: string; kind: 'json'; value: JsonValue }
-  | { key: string; kind: 'number'; value: number }
-  | { key: string; kind: 'string'; value: string }
+export type VocabularyValue =
+  | { kind: 'boolean'; value: boolean }
+  | { kind: 'json'; value: JsonValue }
+  | { kind: 'number'; value: number }
+  | { kind: 'string'; value: string }
+
+export type VocabularyPair = VocabularyValue & { key: string }
 
 export function vocabularyPairs(attrs: AdfAttributes, vocabulary: AttributeVocabulary, spelledElsewhere: readonly string[]): VocabularyPair[] | undefined {
   const pairs: VocabularyPair[] = []
diff --git a/src/adf/block-directives.ts b/src/adf/block-directives.ts
index f750afd..5b33d9e 100644
--- a/src/adf/block-directives.ts
+++ b/src/adf/block-directives.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const mediaAttributes: AttributeVocabulary = {
 
 const syncBlockAttributes: AttributeVocabulary = { localId: 'string', resourceId: 'string' }
 
-const blockDirectives = {
+export const blockDirectives = {
   blockTaskItem: { attributes: localIdAttributes, contentModel: 'block' },
   blockquote: { attributes: localIdAttributes, contentModel: 'block' },
   bodiedExtension: { attributes: extensionAttributes, contentModel: 'block' },
diff --git a/src/adf/document.ts b/src/adf/document.ts
index 7502f23..fc696c9 100644
--- a/src/adf/document.ts
+++ b/src/adf/document.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export function isAdfDocument(value: unknown): value is AdfDocument {
   return !('content' in value) || isNodeArray(value['content'])
 }
 
-function isAdfMark(value: unknown): value is AdfMark {
+export function isAdfMark(value: unknown): value is AdfMark {
   if (!isRecord(value) || !holdsOnly(value, markKeys)) return false
   if (typeof value['type'] !== 'string') return false
   return !('attrs' in value) || isAttributes(value['attrs'])
diff --git a/src/adf/inline-directives.ts b/src/adf/inline-directives.ts
index 75ab247..6636b2f 100644
--- a/src/adf/inline-directives.ts
+++ b/src/adf/inline-directives.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ export type InlineDirective = {
   textAttribute?: string
 }
 
-const inlineDirectives: Readonly<Record<string, InlineDirective>> = {
+export const inlineDirectives: Readonly<Record<string, InlineDirective>> = {
   date: { attributes: { localId: 'string', timestamp: 'string' } },
-  emoji: { attributes: { id: 'string', localId: 'string', shortName: 'string' }, textAttribute: 'text' },
+  emoji: { attributes: { id: 'string', localId: 'string', shortName: 'string', text: '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' }, textAttribute: 'text' },
-  status: { attributes: { color: 'string', localId: 'string', style: 'string' }, textAttribute: 'text' },
+  mention: { attributes: { accessLevel: 'string', id: 'string', localId: 'string', text: 'string', userType: 'string' }, textAttribute: 'text' },
+  status: { attributes: { color: 'string', localId: 'string', style: 'string', text: 'string' }, textAttribute: 'text' },
 }
 
 export function inlineDirective(type: string): InlineDirective | undefined {
diff --git a/src/corpus.test.ts b/src/corpus.test.ts
index 9a38e98..e22652a 100644
--- a/src/corpus.test.ts
+++ b/src/corpus.test.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ const roundTripRoot = join(corpusRoot, 'round-trip')
 const unspellableRoot = join(corpusRoot, 'unspellable')
 
 const emittingDirectories = ['block-nodes', 'combinations', 'commonmark-subset', 'inline-nodes', 'opaque-carry']
+// A directory joins once every fixture in it reads back to its document.
+const parsingDirectories = ['commonmark-subset']
 
 function directoryNames(root: string): string[] {
   return readdirSync(root, { withFileTypes: true })
@@ -88,6 +90,25 @@ for (const directory of emittingDirectories) {
   }
 }
 
+test('every parsing directory emits the markdown it reads back', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    parsingDirectories.filter((directory) => emittingDirectories.includes(directory)),
+    parsingDirectories,
+  )
+})
+
+for (const directory of parsingDirectories) {
+  for (const name of fixtureNames(directory, '.md')) {
+    test(`${directory}/${name} reads its markdown back to the document beside it`, () => {
+      const expected: unknown = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(roundTripRoot, directory, `${name}.json`), 'utf8'))
+      assert.ok(isAdfDocument(expected), `${name}.json is not an ADF document`)
+      const result = markdownToAdf(readFileSync(join(roundTripRoot, directory, `${name}.md`), 'utf8'))
+      assert.ok(result.ok, result.ok ? '' : `${result.error.code}: ${result.error.message}`)
+      assert.deepEqual(result.value, expected)
+    })
+  }
+}
+
 function roundTripFixtures(): { name: string; path: string }[] {
   return emittingDirectories.flatMap((directory) =>
     fixtureNames(directory, '.json').map((name) => ({ name: `${directory}/${name}`, path: join(roundTripRoot, directory, `${name}.json`) })),
diff --git a/src/markdown/block-directive-marks.ts b/src/markdown/block-directive-marks.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dffda09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/markdown/block-directive-marks.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import type { AdfMark } from '../adf/document.ts'
+import type { JsonValue } from '../json-value.ts'
+import { isAdfMark } from '../adf/document.ts'
+import { serializeCanonicalJson } from '../canonical-json.ts'
+
+export const marksAttribute = 'marks'
+
+export function markValues(marks: readonly AdfMark[]): JsonValue {
+  return marks.map((mark) => {
+    const attrs = mark.attrs ?? {}
+    return Object.keys(attrs).length === 0 ? { type: mark.type } : { attrs, type: mark.type }
+  })
+}
+
+export function readMarkValues(value: JsonValue): AdfMark[] | undefined {
+  if (!Array.isArray(value) || value.length === 0) return undefined
+  const marks: AdfMark[] = []
+  for (const item of value) {
+    if (!isAdfMark(item)) return undefined
+    marks.push(item)
+  }
+  return serializeCanonicalJson(markValues(marks), 'compact') === serializeCanonicalJson(value, 'compact') ? marks : undefined
+}
diff --git a/src/markdown/directive-syntax.test.ts b/src/markdown/directive-syntax.test.ts
index d198971..da5395b 100644
--- a/src/markdown/directive-syntax.test.ts
+++ b/src/markdown/directive-syntax.test.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
 import test from 'node:test'
 
-import type { DirectiveLine } from './directive-syntax.ts'
+import type { DirectiveAttributes, DirectiveLine } from './directive-syntax.ts'
 import { largestNesting } from '../nesting.ts'
 import { readDirectiveLine, readInlineDirective } from './directive-syntax.ts'
 
-function attributes(...pairs: [string, string][]): ReadonlyMap<string, string> {
-  return new Map(pairs)
+// A pair the input spells bare reads its own text back; a quoted one names the spelling beside it.
+type Pair = [string, string, string?]
+
+function attributes(...pairs: Pair[]): DirectiveAttributes {
+  return new Map(pairs.map(([key, text, spelling]) => [key, { spelling: spelling ?? text, text }]))
 }
 
-function header(colons: number, name: string, argument?: string, ...pairs: [string, string][]): { value: DirectiveLine } {
+function header(colons: number, name: string, argument?: string, ...pairs: Pair[]): { value: DirectiveLine } {
   return { value: { argument, attributes: attributes(...pairs), colons, kind: 'header', name } }
 }
 
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ function inline(text: string): unknown {
   return { attributes: read.value.attributes, content: read.value.content, length: read.value.length, name: read.value.name }
 }
 
-function spans(text: string, name: string, content: string | undefined, ...pairs: [string, string][]): void {
+function spans(text: string, name: string, content: string | undefined, ...pairs: Pair[]): void {
   assert.deepEqual(inline(text), { attributes: attributes(...pairs), content, length: text.length, name })
 }
 
@@ -48,15 +51,23 @@ test('reads the leaf and container forms, their argument and their attributes',
   assert.deepEqual(readDirectiveLine('::taskItem TODO'), header(2, 'taskItem', 'TODO'))
   assert.deepEqual(readDirectiveLine('::hardBreak {}'), header(2, 'hardBreak'))
   assert.deepEqual(readDirectiveLine('::media {id=a-1 type=file}'), header(2, 'media', undefined, ['id', 'a-1'], ['type', 'file']))
-  assert.deepEqual(readDirectiveLine('::panel info {panelColor="#ff0000"} '), header(2, 'panel', 'info', ['panelColor', '#ff0000']))
+  assert.deepEqual(readDirectiveLine('::panel info {panelColor="#ff0000"} '), header(2, 'panel', 'info', ['panelColor', '#ff0000', '"#ff0000"']))
   assert.deepEqual(readDirectiveLine(':::panel info'), header(3, 'panel', 'info'))
 })
 
 test('decodes a quoted attribute value, the escapes {attrs} reserves included', () => {
-  assert.deepEqual(readDirectiveLine('::extension {text="two words"}'), header(2, 'extension', undefined, ['text', 'two words']))
-  assert.deepEqual(readDirectiveLine('::extension {text="a\\u0060b\\u0026c\\u003cd\\u007ce"}'), header(2, 'extension', undefined, ['text', 'a`b&c<d|e']))
-  assert.deepEqual(readDirectiveLine('::extension {text="a\\"b\\\\c\\nd"}'), header(2, 'extension', undefined, ['text', 'a"b\\c\nd']))
-  assert.deepEqual(readDirectiveLine('::extension {text="}{"}'), header(2, 'extension', undefined, ['text', '}{']))
+  assert.deepEqual(readDirectiveLine('::extension {text="two words"}'), header(2, 'extension', undefined, ['text', 'two words', '"two words"']))
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    readDirectiveLine('::extension {text="a\\u0060b\\u0026c\\u003cd\\u007ce"}'),
+    header(2, 'extension', undefined, ['text', 'a`b&c<d|e', '"a\\u0060b\\u0026c\\u003cd\\u007ce"']),
+  )
+  assert.deepEqual(readDirectiveLine('::extension {text="a\\"b\\\\c\\nd"}'), header(2, 'extension', undefined, ['text', 'a"b\\c\nd', '"a\\"b\\\\c\\nd"']))
+  assert.deepEqual(readDirectiveLine('::extension {text="}{"}'), header(2, 'extension', undefined, ['text', '}{', '"}{"']))
+})
+
+test('names the {attrs} keys read out of the alphabetical order canonical form spells', () => {
+  assert.equal(fault('::media {type=file id=a-1}'), 'the {attrs} keys read in alphabetical order: id before type')
+  assert.deepEqual(readDirectiveLine('::media {id=a-1 type=file}'), header(2, 'media', undefined, ['id', 'a-1'], ['type', 'file']))
 })
 
 test('names the directive line no spelling reads', () => {
@@ -97,7 +108,7 @@ test('reads an inline directive only where a bracket or a brace follows the name
   assert.equal(inline(':mention @A'), 'unclaimed')
   spans(':mention[@A]', 'mention', '@A')
   spans(':date{timestamp=1756080000000}', 'date', undefined, ['timestamp', '1756080000000'])
-  spans(':emoji[]{shortName=":tada:"}', 'emoji', '', ['shortName', ':tada:'])
+  spans(':emoji[]{shortName=":tada:"}', 'emoji', '', ['shortName', ':tada:', '":tada:"'])
   spans(':underline[ a ]', 'underline', ' a ')
 })
 
@@ -107,10 +118,10 @@ test('binds an inline directive as a unit, its content balancing brackets like l
   spans(':underline[a `]` b]', 'underline', 'a `]` b')
   spans(':underline[a `b c]', 'underline', 'a `b c')
   spans(':underline[:status[x]{color=red}]', 'underline', ':status[x]{color=red}')
-  spans(':status[x]{color=red style="bold "}', 'status', 'x', ['color', 'red'], ['style', 'bold '])
+  spans(':status[x]{color=red style="bold "}', 'status', 'x', ['color', 'red'], ['style', 'bold ', '"bold "'])
   assert.deepEqual(inline(':underline[a]{}(b)'), { attributes: attributes(), content: 'a', length: 15, name: 'underline' })
   assert.deepEqual(inline(':underline[a] {}'), { attributes: attributes(), content: 'a', length: 13, name: 'underline' })
-  assert.deepEqual(inline(':text{text=" "} and more'), { attributes: attributes(['text', ' ']), content: undefined, length: 15, name: 'text' })
+  assert.deepEqual(inline(':text{text=" "} and more'), { attributes: attributes(['text', ' ', '" "']), content: undefined, length: 15, name: 'text' })
 })
 
 test('names the inline directive left unclosed at the end of its line', () => {
diff --git a/src/markdown/directive-syntax.ts b/src/markdown/directive-syntax.ts
index 09e5165..298dd7f 100644
--- a/src/markdown/directive-syntax.ts
+++ b/src/markdown/directive-syntax.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
+import type { AttributeKind, VocabularyPair, VocabularyValue } from '../adf/attribute-vocabulary.ts'
 import type { ConvertFault } from '../result.ts'
 import type { JsonValue } from '../json-value.ts'
-import type { VocabularyPair } from '../adf/attribute-vocabulary.ts'
 import { backslashEscape, claimsDirectiveLine } from './commonmark-grammar.ts'
 import { backtickRun, closingBacktickRun } from './backtick-runs.ts'
+import { isJsonValue } from '../json-value.ts'
 import { largestNesting } from '../nesting.ts'
 import { runLength } from './emphasis-matching.ts'
 import { serializeCanonicalJson } from '../canonical-json.ts'
 
-export type DirectiveAttributes = ReadonlyMap<string, string>
+// The value as the input spells it, beside the string the grammar decodes it to.
+export type DirectiveValue = { spelling: string; text: string }
+
+export type DirectiveAttributes = ReadonlyMap<string, DirectiveValue>
 
 export type DirectiveLine =
   | { argument: string | undefined; attributes: DirectiveAttributes; colons: number; kind: 'header'; name: string }
@@ -19,7 +23,7 @@ export type Read<T> = { fault: ConvertFault; value?: undefined } | { fault?: und
 
 type Attributes = { attributes: DirectiveAttributes; length: number }
 
-type AttributePair = { end: number; key: string; value: string }
+type AttributePair = { end: number; key: string; value: DirectiveValue }
 
 const bareTokenSource = '[A-Za-z0-9_-]+'
 const bareRun = new RegExp(bareTokenSource, 'y')
@@ -34,9 +38,19 @@ const rawReserved = new RegExp(reservedSource)
 const noAttributes: DirectiveAttributes = new Map()
 
 const nameFault = 'a directive name reads [a-z][A-Za-z0-9]*'
+const orderFault = 'the {attrs} keys read in alphabetical order'
 const pairFault = 'an attribute reads key=value, the value bare or double-quoted'
 const shapeFault = 'a directive line reads a name, one bare argument and {attrs}, one space apart'
 
+export function attributeValue(text: string, kind: AttributeKind): VocabularyValue | undefined {
+  if (kind === 'string') return { kind, value: text }
+  if (kind === 'boolean') return text === 'true' || text === 'false' ? { kind, value: text === 'true' } : undefined
+  const parsed = parseJson(text)
+  if (parsed === undefined) return undefined
+  if (kind === 'json') return { kind, value: parsed }
+  return typeof parsed === 'number' ? { kind, value: parsed } : undefined
+}
+
 export function isBareToken(text: string): boolean {
   return bareToken.test(text)
 }
@@ -77,6 +91,13 @@ export function spellStringAttribute(text: string): string {
   return isBareToken(text) ? text : quote(text)
 }
 
+export function spellAttributeValue(value: VocabularyValue): string {
+  if (value.kind === 'boolean') return `${value.value}`
+  if (value.kind === 'json') return spellJsonAttribute(value.value)
+  if (value.kind === 'number') return spellStringAttribute(JSON.stringify(value.value))
+  return spellStringAttribute(value.value)
+}
+
 export function spellVocabulary(pairs: readonly VocabularyPair[]): [string, string][] {
   return pairs.map((pair): [string, string] => [pair.key, spellAttributeValue(pair)])
 }
@@ -85,13 +106,6 @@ export function unknownDirectiveFault(name: string): ConvertFault {
   return { code: 'unknown-directive-name', message: `the directive name ${name} reads back to no node` }
 }
 
-function spellAttributeValue(pair: VocabularyPair): string {
-  if (pair.kind === 'boolean') return `${pair.value}`
-  if (pair.kind === 'json') return spellJsonAttribute(pair.value)
-  if (pair.kind === 'number') return spellStringAttribute(JSON.stringify(pair.value))
-  return spellStringAttribute(pair.value)
-}
-
 function quote(text: string): string {
   return JSON.stringify(text).replace(quotedEscapes, (character) => `\\u${escapeDigits(character)}`)
 }
@@ -192,8 +206,9 @@ function readCodeSpanEnd(text: string, index: number): number | undefined {
 }
 
 function readAttributes(text: string, index: number): Read<Attributes> {
-  const attributes = new Map<string, string>()
+  const attributes = new Map<string, DirectiveValue>()
   let cursor = index + 1
+  let previous = ''
   while (cursor < text.length && text.charAt(cursor) !== '}') {
     if (attributes.size > 0) {
       if (text.charAt(cursor) !== ' ') return { fault: malformedDirective(pairFault) }
@@ -201,8 +216,11 @@ function readAttributes(text: string, index: number): Read<Attributes> {
     }
     const pair = readAttributePair(text, cursor)
     if (pair.fault !== undefined) return { fault: pair.fault }
-    if (attributes.has(pair.value.key)) return { fault: malformedDirective(`the attribute key ${pair.value.key} is spelled twice`) }
-    attributes.set(pair.value.key, pair.value.value)
+    const key = pair.value.key
+    if (attributes.has(key)) return { fault: malformedDirective(`the attribute key ${key} is spelled twice`) }
+    if (key < previous) return { fault: malformedDirective(`${orderFault}: ${key} before ${previous}`) }
+    previous = key
+    attributes.set(key, pair.value.value)
     cursor = pair.value.end
   }
   if (text.charAt(cursor) !== '}') return { fault: malformedDirective('the {attrs} closing brace is missing') }
@@ -220,29 +238,29 @@ function readAttributePair(text: string, index: number): Read<AttributePair> {
     return { value: { end: quoted.value.end, key, value: quoted.value.value } }
   }
   bareRun.lastIndex = start
-  const value = bareRun.exec(text)?.[0]
-  if (value === undefined) return { fault: malformedDirective(pairFault) }
-  return { value: { end: start + value.length, key, value } }
+  const bare = bareRun.exec(text)?.[0]
+  if (bare === undefined) return { fault: malformedDirective(pairFault) }
+  return { value: { end: start + bare.length, key, value: { spelling: bare, text: bare } } }
 }
 
-function readQuotedValue(text: string, index: number): Read<{ end: number; value: string }> {
+function readQuotedValue(text: string, index: number): Read<{ end: number; value: DirectiveValue }> {
   let cursor = index + 1
   while (cursor < text.length && text.charAt(cursor) !== '"') cursor += text.charAt(cursor) === '\\' ? 2 : 1
   if (text.charAt(cursor) !== '"') return { fault: malformedDirective('the {attrs} quoted value is unclosed') }
-  const raw = text.slice(index, cursor + 1)
-  const character = rawReserved.exec(raw)?.[0]
+  const spelling = text.slice(index, cursor + 1)
+  const character = rawReserved.exec(spelling)?.[0]
   if (character !== undefined) {
     return { fault: malformedDirective(`a raw ${character} inside {attrs} breaks the directive: spell it \\u${escapeDigits(character)}`) }
   }
-  const value = parseJsonString(raw)
-  if (value === undefined) return { fault: malformedDirective('the {attrs} quoted value is not a JSON string') }
-  return { value: { end: cursor + 1, value } }
+  const parsed = parseJson(spelling)
+  if (typeof parsed !== 'string') return { fault: malformedDirective('the {attrs} quoted value is not a JSON string') }
+  return { value: { end: cursor + 1, value: { spelling, text: parsed } } }
 }
 
-function parseJsonString(raw: string): string | undefined {
+function parseJson(raw: string): JsonValue | undefined {
   try {
     const value: unknown = JSON.parse(raw)
-    return typeof value === 'string' ? value : undefined
+    return isJsonValue(value) ? value : undefined
   } catch {
     return undefined
   }
diff --git a/src/markdown/emit/block-directive-spelling.ts b/src/markdown/emit/block-directive-spelling.ts
index 62bebb7..05b5a0a 100644
--- a/src/markdown/emit/block-directive-spelling.ts
+++ b/src/markdown/emit/block-directive-spelling.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import type { AdfMark, AdfNode } from '../../adf/document.ts'
+import type { 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-syntax.ts'
+import { markValues, marksAttribute } from '../block-directive-marks.ts'
 import { vocabularyPairs } from '../../adf/attribute-vocabulary.ts'
 
 export function spellDirectiveHeader(node: AdfNode, directive: BlockDirective, spelledByBody: readonly string[] = []): string | undefined {
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export function spellDirectiveHeader(node: AdfNode, directive: BlockDirective, s
   if (pairs === undefined) return undefined
   const spelledPairs = spellVocabulary(pairs)
   const marks = node.marks ?? []
-  if (marks.length > 0) spelledPairs.push(['marks', spellJsonAttribute(markValues(marks))])
+  if (marks.length > 0) spelledPairs.push([marksAttribute, spellJsonAttribute(markValues(marks))])
   const attributes = spellAttributes(spelledPairs)
   return `${node.type}${argument}${attributes === '' ? '' : ` ${attributes}`}`
 }
@@ -25,10 +25,3 @@ function spellArgument(node: AdfNode, argumentAttribute: string | undefined): st
   if (typeof value !== 'string' || !isBareToken(value)) return undefined
   return ` ${value}`
 }
-
-function markValues(marks: readonly AdfMark[]): JsonValue {
-  return marks.map((mark) => {
-    const attrs = mark.attrs ?? {}
-    return Object.keys(attrs).length === 0 ? { type: mark.type } : { attrs, type: mark.type }
-  })
-}
diff --git a/src/markdown/parse/blocks.test.ts b/src/markdown/parse/blocks.test.ts
index 30f4156..93ac65e 100644
--- a/src/markdown/parse/blocks.test.ts
+++ b/src/markdown/parse/blocks.test.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ test('holds a directive container open until the fence that closes it', () => {
   assert.deepEqual(parseBlocks(':::panel info {panelColor="#ff0000"}\nPart.\n:::\n').blocks, [
     {
       argument: 'info',
-      attributes: new Map([['panelColor', '#ff0000']]),
+      attributes: new Map([['panelColor', { spelling: '"#ff0000"', text: '#ff0000' }]]),
       blocks: [{ kind: 'paragraph', text: 'Part.' }],
       kind: 'directive',
       name: 'panel',
diff --git a/src/markdown/parse/blocks.ts b/src/markdown/parse/blocks.ts
index c5b8689..c07bd21 100644
--- a/src/markdown/parse/blocks.ts
+++ b/src/markdown/parse/blocks.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export type Block =
 
 export type ParsedBlocks = { blocks: Block[]; definitions: Map<string, LinkDefinition> }
 
-type DirectiveBlock = Extract<Block, { kind: 'directive' }>
+export type DirectiveBlock = Extract<Block, { kind: 'directive' }>
 
 type ListBlock = Extract<Block, { items: Block[][] }>
 
diff --git a/src/markdown/parse/directive-nodes.ts b/src/markdown/parse/directive-nodes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a271526
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/markdown/parse/directive-nodes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import type { AdfAttributes, AdfMark, AdfNode } from '../../adf/document.ts'
+import type { AttributeVocabulary } from '../../adf/attribute-vocabulary.ts'
+import type { BlockDirective } from '../../adf/block-directives.ts'
+import type { DirectiveAttributes, DirectiveSpan, DirectiveValue } from '../directive-syntax.ts'
+import { attributeValue, spellAttributeValue, unknownDirectiveFault } from '../directive-syntax.ts'
+import { blockArgument } from '../block-directive-arguments.ts'
+import { blockDirective } from '../../adf/block-directives.ts'
+import { carryName } from '../opaque-carry.ts'
+import { failure, faulted, success, type ConvertErrorPath, type Result } from '../../result.ts'
+import { inlineDirective } from '../../adf/inline-directives.ts'
+import { marksAttribute, readMarkValues } from '../block-directive-marks.ts'
+
+export type BlockDirectiveNode = { contentModel: BlockDirective['contentModel']; node: AdfNode }
+
+type Elsewhere = { key: string; place: string }
+
+export function readBlockDirectiveNode(
+  name: string,
+  argument: string | undefined,
+  attributes: DirectiveAttributes,
+  path: ConvertErrorPath,
+): Result<BlockDirectiveNode> {
+  if (name === carryName) {
+    return failure('malformed-directive', `the name ${carryName} is reserved for the opaque carry, whose block form is the fence`, path)
+  }
+  const directive = blockDirective(name)
+  if (directive === undefined) return faulted(unknownDirectiveFault(name), path)
+  const argumentKey = blockArgument(name)
+  const rest = new Map(attributes)
+  rest.delete(marksAttribute)
+  const elsewhere = argumentKey === undefined ? undefined : { key: argumentKey, place: 'as the directive argument' }
+  const attrs = readVocabulary(name, rest, directive.attributes, elsewhere, path)
+  if (!attrs.ok) return attrs
+  if (argument !== undefined) {
+    if (argumentKey === undefined) return failure('unsupported-node-shape', `a ${name} takes no argument`, path)
+    attrs.value[argumentKey] = argument
+  }
+  const spelled = attributes.get(marksAttribute)
+  const marks: Result<AdfMark[] | undefined> = spelled === undefined ? success(undefined) : readMarks(name, spelled, path)
+  if (!marks.ok) return marks
+  return success({ contentModel: directive.contentModel, node: directiveNode(name, attrs.value, marks.value) })
+}
+
+export function readInlineDirectiveNode(span: DirectiveSpan, path: ConvertErrorPath): Result<AdfNode> {
+  const directive = inlineDirective(span.name)
+  if (directive === undefined) return faulted(unknownDirectiveFault(span.name), path)
+  const slot = directive.textAttribute
+  if (span.content !== undefined) {
+    const message = slot === undefined ? `a ${span.name} takes no content` : `the content slot a ${span.name} spells its ${slot} attribute in is unsupported`
+    return failure('unsupported-node-shape', message, path)
+  }
+  const elsewhere = slot === undefined ? undefined : { key: slot, place: 'in the content slot' }
+  const attrs = readVocabulary(span.name, span.attributes, directive.attributes, elsewhere, path)
+  if (!attrs.ok) return attrs
+  return success(directiveNode(span.name, attrs.value, undefined))
+}
+
+function readVocabulary(
+  type: string,
+  attributes: DirectiveAttributes,
+  vocabulary: AttributeVocabulary,
+  elsewhere: Elsewhere | undefined,
+  path: ConvertErrorPath,
+): Result<AdfAttributes> {
+  const attrs: AdfAttributes = {}
+  for (const [key, spelled] of attributes) {
+    if (key === elsewhere?.key) return failure('unsupported-node-shape', `a ${type} spells its ${key} attribute ${elsewhere.place}`, path)
+    const kind = Object.hasOwn(vocabulary, key) ? vocabulary[key] : undefined
+    if (kind === undefined) return failure('unsupported-node-shape', `a ${type} holds no ${key} attribute`, path)
+    const read = attributeValue(spelled.text, kind)
+    if (read === undefined) return failure('unsupported-node-shape', `the ${key} attribute of a ${type} is a ${kind}`, path)
+    const spelling = spellAttributeValue(read)
+    if (spelling !== spelled.spelling) return failure('unsupported-node-shape', `a ${type} spells its ${key} attribute as ${key}=${spelling}`, path)
+    attrs[key] = read.value
+  }
+  return success(attrs)
+}
+
+function readMarks(type: string, spelled: DirectiveValue, path: ConvertErrorPath): Result<AdfMark[]> {
+  const read = attributeValue(spelled.text, 'json')
+  const marks = read === undefined || spellAttributeValue(read) !== spelled.spelling ? undefined : readMarkValues(read.value)
+  if (marks === undefined) {
+    return failure('unsupported-node-shape', `the ${marksAttribute} attribute of a ${type} is its marks array in canonical JSON`, path)
+  }
+  return success(marks)
+}
+
+function directiveNode(type: string, attrs: AdfAttributes, marks: readonly AdfMark[] | undefined): AdfNode {
+  const named = Object.keys(attrs).length === 0 ? { type } : { attrs, type }
+  return marks === undefined ? named : { ...named, marks: [...marks] }
+}
diff --git a/src/markdown/parse/inline-content.ts b/src/markdown/parse/inline-content.ts
index f22bb33..3a7b70b 100644
--- a/src/markdown/parse/inline-content.ts
+++ b/src/markdown/parse/inline-content.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import { delimiterFlags, matchEmphasis, runLength } from '../emphasis-matching.t
 import { failure, faulted, success, type ConvertErrorPath, type Result } from '../../result.ts'
 import { mergeAdjacentText } from '../../adf/editor-normal.ts'
 import { normalizeLabel, readInlineTarget, readLabel } from '../link-syntax.ts'
-import { readInlineDirective, unknownDirectiveFault } from '../directive-syntax.ts'
+import { readInlineDirective } from '../directive-syntax.ts'
+import { readInlineDirectiveNode } from './directive-nodes.ts'
 
 export type InlineContent = { image: AdfNode; nodes?: undefined } | { image?: undefined; nodes: AdfNode[] }
 
@@ -144,7 +145,12 @@ function readDirective(scan: Scan, index: number): Result<number> {
     scan.pending += ':'
     return success(index + 1)
   }
-  return faulted(directive.fault ?? unknownDirectiveFault(directive.value.name), scan.path)
+  if (directive.fault !== undefined) return faulted(directive.fault, scan.path)
+  const node = readInlineDirectiveNode(directive.value, scan.path)
+  if (!node.ok) return node
+  flush(scan, false)
+  pushNode(scan, node.value)
+  return success(index + directive.value.length)
 }
 
 function flush(scan: Scan, strip: boolean): void {
diff --git a/src/markdown/parse/markdown-to-adf.test.ts b/src/markdown/parse/markdown-to-adf.test.ts
index acb8652..50c506b 100644
--- a/src/markdown/parse/markdown-to-adf.test.ts
+++ b/src/markdown/parse/markdown-to-adf.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import test from 'node:test'
 
 import type { AdfDocument, AdfMark, AdfNode } from '../../adf/document.ts'
 import type { Result } from '../../result.ts'
+import { largestNesting } from '../../nesting.ts'
 import { markdownToAdf } from './markdown-to-adf.ts'
 
 const em: AdfMark = { type: 'em' }
@@ -134,16 +135,91 @@ test('claims a block-level colon run with no directive to parse it', () => {
   assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf(':: two\n')), [paragraph(':: two')])
 })
 
-test('reads the three directive forms, and names the node none of them reads back to', () => {
-  assert.equal(code(markdownToAdf('::rule\n')), 'unknown-directive-name')
-  assert.equal(code(markdownToAdf('   :::panel info\nx\n:::\n')), 'unknown-directive-name')
-  assert.equal(code(markdownToAdf('Part :mention[@A]{id=b1c2}.\n')), 'unknown-directive-name')
-  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf('::rule\n')), 'unknown-directive-name: the directive name rule reads back to no node')
-  assert.deepEqual(path(markdownToAdf('Part.\n\n::rule\n')), ['content', 1])
+test('reads the three directive forms into the nodes the tables name', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('::rule\n')), [{ type: 'rule' }])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('::paragraph\n')), [{ type: 'paragraph' }])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('   :::panel info\nPart.\n:::\n')), [
+    { attrs: { panelType: 'info' }, content: [paragraph('Part.')], type: 'panel' },
+  ])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf(':::blockquote\n:::\n')), [{ type: 'blockquote' }])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf(':::heading {level=2}\nPart.\n:::\n')), [{ attrs: { level: 2 }, content: [text('Part.')], type: 'heading' }])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('Part:hardBreak{}.\n')), [{ content: [text('Part'), hardBreak(), text('.')], type: 'paragraph' }])
+})
+
+test('names the directive name no node reads back to', () => {
+  assert.equal(code(markdownToAdf(':::widget info\nx\n:::\n')), 'unknown-directive-name')
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf('::widget\n')), 'unknown-directive-name: the directive name widget reads back to no node')
+  assert.equal(code(markdownToAdf(':widget[x]\n')), 'unknown-directive-name')
+  assert.deepEqual(path(markdownToAdf('Part.\n\n::widget\n')), ['content', 1])
   assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf('Part.\n:::x\n')), 'malformed-directive: a container fenced with 3 colons is unclosed')
   assert.deepEqual(path(markdownToAdf('Part.\n:::x\n')), ['content', 1])
 })
 
+test('names the reserved carry name a block directive spells', () => {
+  const reserved = 'malformed-directive: the name adf is reserved for the opaque carry, whose block form is the fence'
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf('::adf\n')), reserved)
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf(':::adf\nx\n:::\n')), reserved)
+})
+
+test('reads each attribute value as the type its section assigns', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('::media {height=10 id=a-1 type=file url="/x y" width="20.5"}\n')), [
+    { attrs: { height: 10, id: 'a-1', type: 'file', url: '/x y', width: 20.5 }, type: 'media' },
+  ])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf(':::table {isNumberColumnEnabled=true}\n:::\n')), [{ attrs: { isNumberColumnEnabled: true }, type: 'table' }])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf(':::tableCell {colwidth="[340,420]"}\n:::\n')), [{ attrs: { colwidth: [340, 420] }, type: 'tableCell' }])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('::rule {localId=a-1}\n')), [{ attrs: { localId: 'a-1' }, type: 'rule' }])
+})
+
+test('reads the reserved marks key as the node array it spells', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('::rule {marks="[{\\"type\\":\\"em\\"}]"}\n')), [{ marks: [em], type: 'rule' }])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('::rule {localId=a-1 marks="[{\\"attrs\\":{\\"mode\\":\\"wide\\"},\\"type\\":\\"breakout\\"}]"}\n')), [
+    { attrs: { localId: 'a-1' }, marks: [{ attrs: { mode: 'wide' }, type: 'breakout' }], type: 'rule' },
+  ])
+})
+
+test('names the marks key no marks array reads back from', () => {
+  const named = 'unsupported-node-shape: the marks attribute of a rule is its marks array in canonical JSON'
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf('::rule {marks="[]"}\n')), named)
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf('::rule {marks="[1]"}\n')), named)
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf('::rule {marks="{}"}\n')), named)
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf('::rule {marks=x}\n')), named)
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf('::rule {marks="[{\\"attrs\\":{},\\"type\\":\\"em\\"}]"}\n')), named)
+})
+
+test('names the attribute a node holds no reading for', () => {
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf('::rule {bogus=1}\n')), 'unsupported-node-shape: a rule holds no bogus attribute')
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf('::media {width=wide}\n')), 'unsupported-node-shape: the width attribute of a media is a number')
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf(':::table {isNumberColumnEnabled=yes}\n:::\n')), 'unsupported-node-shape: the isNumberColumnEnabled attribute of a table is a boolean')
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf('::media {width=true}\n')), 'unsupported-node-shape: the width attribute of a media is a number')
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf(':::tableCell {colwidth="[340,"}\n:::\n')), 'unsupported-node-shape: the colwidth attribute of a tableCell is a json')
+  const deep = `${'['.repeat(largestNesting + 2)}${']'.repeat(largestNesting + 2)}`
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf(`:::tableCell {colwidth="${deep}"}\n:::\n`)), 'unsupported-node-shape: the colwidth attribute of a tableCell is a json')
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf(':::panel info {panelType=note}\nx\n:::\n')), 'unsupported-node-shape: a panel spells its panelType attribute as the directive argument')
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf('Part :mention{id=b1c2 text=A}.\n')), 'unsupported-node-shape: a mention spells its text attribute in the content slot')
+})
+
+test('names the attribute value spelled outside the canonical form', () => {
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf('::rule {localId="a-1"}\n')), 'unsupported-node-shape: a rule spells its localId attribute as localId=a-1')
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf('::media {width="20.0"}\n')), 'unsupported-node-shape: a media spells its width attribute as width=20')
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf(':::tableCell {colwidth="[340, 420]"}\n:::\n')), 'unsupported-node-shape: a tableCell spells its colwidth attribute as colwidth="[340,420]"')
+})
+
+test('names the argument and the body a node takes no reading for', () => {
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf('::rule x\n')), 'unsupported-node-shape: a rule takes no argument')
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf(':::rule\nPart.\n:::\n')), 'unsupported-node-shape: a rule holds no content')
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf('::bulletList\n')), 'unsupported-node-shape: a bulletList spells its body in the container form :::bulletList')
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf(':::paragraph\n:::\n')), 'unsupported-node-shape: an empty paragraph is the leaf form ::paragraph')
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf(':::paragraph\nOne.\n\nTwo.\n:::\n')), 'unsupported-node-shape: a paragraph takes one paragraph as its body')
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf(':::paragraph\n---\n:::\n')), 'unsupported-node-shape: a paragraph takes one paragraph as its body')
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf(':::codeBlock\n```\nx\n```\n:::\n')), 'unsupported-node-shape: the fenced body of a codeBlock is unsupported')
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf(':::paragraph\n![a](/u)\n:::\n')), 'unmappable-image: no ADF node carries an image inside a paragraph')
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf('Part :date[now]{timestamp=1}.\n')), 'unsupported-node-shape: a date takes no content')
+  assert.equal(
+    content(markdownToAdf('Part :emoji[x]{shortName=":x:"}.\n')),
+    'unsupported-node-shape: the content slot a emoji spells its text attribute in is unsupported',
+  )
+})
+
 test('leaves the colon that opens no directive the text it is', () => {
   assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('At 10:30 :smile: today.\n')), [paragraph('At 10:30 :smile: today.')])
   assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('\\:mention[@A]\n')), [paragraph(':mention[@A]')])
diff --git a/src/markdown/parse/markdown-to-adf.ts b/src/markdown/parse/markdown-to-adf.ts
index 50e28a7..25aea81 100644
--- a/src/markdown/parse/markdown-to-adf.ts
+++ b/src/markdown/parse/markdown-to-adf.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import type { AdfDocument, AdfNode } from '../../adf/document.ts'
-import type { Block } from './blocks.ts'
+import type { Block, DirectiveBlock } from './blocks.ts'
 import type { LinkDefinitions } from './inline-content.ts'
 import { failure, faulted, success, type ConvertErrorPath, type Result } from '../../result.ts'
 import { largestNesting } from '../../nesting.ts'
 import { parseBlocks } from './blocks.ts'
 import { parseInlineContent } from './inline-content.ts'
-import { unknownDirectiveFault } from '../directive-syntax.ts'
+import { readBlockDirectiveNode } from './directive-nodes.ts'
 
 export function markdownToAdf(markdown: string): Result<AdfDocument> {
   const parsed = parseBlocks(markdown)
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function blockNode(block: Block, definitions: LinkDefinitions, path: ConvertErro
     case 'code':
       return success(codeBlockNode(block.language, block.text))
     case 'directive':
-      return faulted(unknownDirectiveFault(block.name), path)
+      return directiveNode(block, definitions, path, depth)
     case 'fault':
       return faulted(block.fault, path)
     case 'heading':
@@ -44,16 +44,42 @@ function blockNode(block: Block, definitions: LinkDefinitions, path: ConvertErro
     case 'orderedList':
       return listNode({ attrs: { order: block.start }, type: 'orderedList' }, block.items, definitions, path, depth)
     case 'paragraph':
-      return contentNode({ type: 'paragraph' }, block.text, definitions, path)
+      return paragraphNode(block.text, definitions, path)
     case 'rule':
       return success({ type: 'rule' })
   }
 }
 
+function directiveNode(block: DirectiveBlock, definitions: LinkDefinitions, path: ConvertErrorPath, depth: number): Result<AdfNode> {
+  const read = readBlockDirectiveNode(block.name, block.argument, block.attributes, path)
+  if (!read.ok) return read
+  const { contentModel, node } = read.value
+  const blocks = block.blocks
+  if (blocks === undefined) {
+    if (contentModel === 'none' || contentModel === 'inline') return success(node)
+    return failure('unsupported-node-shape', `a ${node.type} spells its body in the container form :::${node.type}`, path)
+  }
+  if (contentModel === 'none') return failure('unsupported-node-shape', `a ${node.type} holds no content`, path)
+  if (contentModel === 'code') return failure('unsupported-node-shape', `the fenced body of a ${node.type} is unsupported`, path)
+  if (contentModel === 'block') return containerNode(node, blocks, definitions, path, depth)
+  return inlineBodyNode(node, blocks, definitions, path)
+}
+
+function inlineBodyNode(node: AdfNode, blocks: readonly Block[], definitions: LinkDefinitions, path: ConvertErrorPath): Result<AdfNode> {
+  if (blocks.length === 0) return failure('unsupported-node-shape', `an empty ${node.type} is the leaf form ::${node.type}`, path)
+  const only = blocks.length === 1 ? blocks[0] : undefined
+  if (only?.kind !== 'paragraph') return failure('unsupported-node-shape', `a ${node.type} takes one paragraph as its body`, path)
+  return contentNode(node, only.text, definitions, path)
+}
+
 function containerNode(node: AdfNode, blocks: readonly Block[], definitions: LinkDefinitions, path: ConvertErrorPath, depth: number): Result<AdfNode> {
   const content = blockNodes(blocks, definitions, path, depth + 1)
   if (!content.ok) return content
-  return success(content.value.length === 0 ? node : { ...node, content: content.value })
+  return success(withContent(node, content.value))
+}
+
+function withContent(node: AdfNode, content: readonly AdfNode[]): AdfNode {
+  return content.length === 0 ? node : { ...node, content: [...content] }
 }
 
 function listNode(node: AdfNode, items: readonly Block[][], definitions: LinkDefinitions, path: ConvertErrorPath, depth: number): Result<AdfNode> {
@@ -71,13 +97,17 @@ function codeBlockNode(language: string, text: string): AdfNode {
   return text === '' ? node : { ...node, content: [{ text, type: 'text' }] }
 }
 
-// spec/flavour.md, The CommonMark image: only a paragraph gives an image the block it needs.
-function contentNode(node: AdfNode, text: string, definitions: LinkDefinitions, path: ConvertErrorPath): Result<AdfNode> {
+// spec/flavour.md, The CommonMark image: only a plain paragraph gives an image the block it needs.
+function paragraphNode(text: string, definitions: LinkDefinitions, path: ConvertErrorPath): Result<AdfNode> {
   const content = parseInlineContent(text, definitions, path)
   if (!content.ok) return content
   const image = content.value.image
-  if (image !== undefined) {
-    return node.type === 'paragraph' ? success(image) : failure('unmappable-image', `no ADF node carries an image inside a ${node.type}`, path)
-  }
-  return success(content.value.nodes.length === 0 ? node : { ...node, content: content.value.nodes })
+  return success(image === undefined ? withContent({ type: 'paragraph' }, content.value.nodes) : image)
+}
+
+function contentNode(node: AdfNode, text: string, definitions: LinkDefinitions, path: ConvertErrorPath): Result<AdfNode> {
+  const content = parseInlineContent(text, definitions, path)
+  if (!content.ok) return content
+  if (content.value.image !== undefined) return failure('unmappable-image', `no ADF node carries an image inside a ${node.type}`, path)
+  return success(withContent(node, content.value.nodes))
 }
diff --git a/src/spec.test.ts b/src/spec.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4af0f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/spec.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { dirname, join } from 'node:path'
+import test from 'node:test'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+
+import type { AttributeKind, AttributeVocabulary } from './adf/attribute-vocabulary.ts'
+import { blockDirectives } from './adf/block-directives.ts'
+import { inlineDirectives } from './adf/inline-directives.ts'
+import { markAttributes } from './adf/mark-attributes.ts'
+
+type Declared = { attributes: AttributeVocabulary }
+
+const specPath = join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '..', 'spec', 'flavour.md')
+const introducer = 'Attributes: '
+const codeFence = /^`{3,}/
+const directiveName = /`([a-z][A-Za-z0-9]*)`/g
+const namedType = /^`([a-z][A-Za-z0-9]*)` \(([^)]*)\)/
+const owned = ' — '
+
+// Every node bullet of one section, its continuation lines folded in and its examples dropped.
+function bullets(heading: string): string[] {
+  const items: string[] = []
+  let fence: string | undefined
+  let item: string | undefined
+  let inside = false
+  for (const line of readFileSync(specPath, 'utf8').split('\n')) {
+    if (line.startsWith('## ')) inside = line === `## ${heading}`
+    if (!inside) continue
+    const marker = codeFence.exec(line)?.[0]
+    if (fence !== undefined) {
+      if (marker !== undefined && marker.length >= fence.length) fence = undefined
+      continue
+    }
+    if (marker !== undefined) {
+      fence = marker
+      continue
+    }
+    if (line.startsWith('- ')) {
+      if (item !== undefined) items.push(item)
+      item = line.slice(2)
+    } else if (item !== undefined && line.startsWith('  ')) item += ` ${line.trim()}`
+    else if (item !== undefined) {
+      items.push(item)
+      item = undefined
+    }
+  }
+  return items
+}
+
+function declarations(heading: string): Record<string, Declared> {
+  const declared: Record<string, Declared> = {}
+  for (const item of bullets(heading)) {
+    const cut = item.indexOf(owned)
+    assert.notEqual(cut, -1, `${heading}: the bullet ${item} names no node ahead of a ${owned.trim()}`)
+    const attributes = attributeList(heading, item.slice(cut))
+    for (const [, name] of item.slice(0, cut).matchAll(directiveName)) {
+      assert.equal(declared[name ?? ''], undefined, `${heading}: ${name ?? ''} is declared twice`)
+      declared[name ?? ''] = { attributes }
+    }
+  }
+  return declared
+}
+
+function attributeList(heading: string, prose: string): AttributeVocabulary {
+  const at = prose.indexOf(introducer)
+  assert.notEqual(at, -1, `${heading}: ${prose} lists no attributes`)
+  let rest = prose.slice(at + introducer.length)
+  if (rest.startsWith('none')) return {}
+  const attributes: Record<string, AttributeKind> = {}
+  for (;;) {
+    const pair = namedType.exec(rest)
+    assert.notEqual(pair, null, `${heading}: ${rest} reads no \`name\` (type) pair`)
+    attributes[pair?.[1] ?? ''] = attributeKind(heading, pair?.[2] ?? '')
+    rest = rest.slice(pair?.[0].length ?? 0)
+    if (!rest.startsWith(', ')) return attributes
+    rest = rest.slice(2)
+  }
+}
+
+// A parenthesized value set documents what payloads hold; the type stays string.
+function attributeKind(heading: string, parenthesized: string): AttributeKind {
+  const first = parenthesized.split(/[\s,]/)[0] ?? ''
+  if (first === 'boolean' || first === 'json' || first === 'number' || first === 'string') return first
+  assert.ok(first.startsWith('`'), `${heading}: ${first} is neither an attribute kind nor a value set`)
+  return 'string'
+}
+
+function vocabularies(table: Readonly<Record<string, Declared>>): Record<string, Declared> {
+  return Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(table).map(([type, entry]) => [type, { attributes: entry.attributes }]))
+}
+
+test('the block node table holds the attributes spec/flavour.md gives each node', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(declarations('Block nodes'), vocabularies(blockDirectives))
+})
+
+test('the inline node table holds the attributes spec/flavour.md gives each node', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(declarations('Inline nodes'), vocabularies(inlineDirectives))
+})
+
+test('the mark table holds the attributes spec/flavour.md gives each mark', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(declarations('Marks'), vocabularies(Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(markAttributes).map(([type, attributes]) => [type, { attributes }]))))
+})
diff --git a/todo.md b/todo.md
index ffd6790..fc42b7f 100644
--- a/todo.md
+++ b/todo.md
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ detail is settled at its own milestone.
         `spec/flavour.md`'s closing-fence sentence now says: a run reaching past the innermost
         leaves the fence it did not close a named error, which §2 prefers to closing more than the
         author wrote.
-  - [ ] **3g — The node tables read backwards.** `commonmark-subset/` reads back, the first
+  - [x] **3g — The node tables read backwards.** `commonmark-subset/` reads back, the first
         directory to. A parsed directive becomes its node: the name to the type and an unknown one
         to a named error, the arg to the attribute it names, each value to the type its section
         assigns, the body to `content`, the reserved `marks` key to the marks array. 3a's drift
@@ -302,11 +302,23 @@ detail is settled at its own milestone.
         the reserved `adf` name in block position needs an error of its own — 3f reports it as
         `unknown-directive-name`, which §8 makes the signal that a later MINOR may give the name
         meaning, and `adf` never will.
+        **Settled** (the maintainer, 2026-09-01): the reserved `adf` name in block position is a
+        `malformed-directive` — the grammar section states the reservation, so it is that spelling
+        the name breaks — and a well-formed directive the tables refuse is `unsupported-node-shape`,
+        the emitter's code for the same mismatch read the other way; AGENTS.md §8 carries the
+        split. And input reads canonical `{attrs}` alone, keys in order and every value spelled as
+        the emitter spells it, the error naming the spelling to write instead: §8 makes loosening a
+        MINOR, so strict is the reversible direction, as 3f already settled for spacing.
+        Two refusals land here for a later chunk to lift, on the same rule: the inline `[content]`
+        slot, which 3i opens for `emoji`, `mention` and `status`, and the `codeBlock` content
+        model's fenced body, 3h's. `Read<T>` stays where 3f left it — the node reader knows its
+        path and returns `Result`, so no second reader took it. The drift guard earned itself on
+        the way in: the spec's `text` attribute was missing from three inline table entries, which
+        the content slot spells and the vocabulary walk already passes over.
   - [ ] **3h — The block nodes.** `block-nodes/` reads back: the plain-versus-directive choice 2f
         settles, read from the other side; the `codeBlock` directive's fenced body and the
-        `language` attribute a bare fence leaves it; the media family's composition; both table
-        forms, the pipe table's cell split and its named errors; and the one paragraph an inline
-        body takes.
+        `language` attribute a bare fence leaves it; the media family's composition; and both
+        table forms, the pipe table's cell split and its named errors.
         **Settled** (the maintainer, 2026-08-27): 1d's last pick, the one
         `container-block-separation` holds — a CommonMark block and a directive block sit adjacent
         in a container body with no blank line between them. That reduces the three cases to one