AGENTS.md

@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@ The error surface is a contract too. `ConvertError` is `{ code, message, path }`
 closed list a consumer may switch exhaustively, the message free text, the path the node's position
 from the document root. Adding, removing or renaming a code is breaking, so a milestone meeting a
 new failure cause reuses a code where one fits; the list is complete at `0.1.0`. A code names the
-cause; where one cause recurs across node types, one code covers them all and `path` and `message`
+cause; where one cause recurs across node types or across directions, one code covers them all and
-say which. A claim code names the spelling claimed, never the node that spelling would have built:
+`path` and `message` say which — `unsupported-nesting-depth` is the 500-level guard whichever
+direction hits it. A claim code names the spelling claimed, never the node that spelling would have built:
 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.
 
@@ -141,7 +142,9 @@ live Atlassian APIs; property-generated ADF trees; the CommonMark spec suite aga
 - `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 what both
   directions read. A construct's reader lives in that root beside the regex the emitter escapes
-  against, so the two cannot drift; a reader with no emit counterpart goes in `parse/`.
+  against, so the two cannot drift; a reader with no emit counterpart goes in `parse/`. A rule both
+  directions must answer alike — whether a list marker interrupts a paragraph — is one function
+  there too, never a copy per direction, however conservative the copy would be.
 - 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

corpus/errors/claim-after-blockquote.error

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+malformed-directive

corpus/errors/claim-after-blockquote.md

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+> Part.
+:::

corpus/errors/nesting-depth.error

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+unsupported-nesting-depth

corpus/errors/nesting-depth.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 

corpus/normalization/lazy-continuation.json

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{
+  "content": [
+    {
+      "content": [
+        {
+          "content": [
+            {
+              "text": "Ship it then tell them",
+              "type": "text"
+            }
+          ],
+          "type": "paragraph"
+        }
+      ],
+      "type": "blockquote"
+    },
+    {
+      "content": [
+        {
+          "content": [
+            {
+              "content": [
+                {
+                  "text": "Torque the bolts lazily",
+                  "type": "text"
+                }
+              ],
+              "type": "paragraph"
+            }
+          ],
+          "type": "listItem"
+        }
+      ],
+      "type": "bulletList"
+    }
+  ],
+  "type": "doc",
+  "version": 1
+}

corpus/normalization/lazy-continuation.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+> Ship it
+then tell them
+
+- Torque
+  the bolts
+lazily

corpus/normalization/loose-list.json

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+{
+  "content": [
+    {
+      "content": [
+        {
+          "content": [
+            {
+              "content": [
+                {
+                  "text": "Bolt M8",
+                  "type": "text"
+                }
+              ],
+              "type": "paragraph"
+            }
+          ],
+          "type": "listItem"
+        },
+        {
+          "content": [
+            {
+              "content": [
+                {
+                  "text": "Nut M8",
+                  "type": "text"
+                }
+              ],
+              "type": "paragraph"
+            }
+          ],
+          "type": "listItem"
+        }
+      ],
+      "type": "bulletList"
+    },
+    {
+      "content": [
+        {
+          "text": "Then:",
+          "type": "text"
+        }
+      ],
+      "type": "paragraph"
+    },
+    {
+      "content": [
+        {
+          "content": [
+            {
+              "content": [
+                {
+                  "text": "Washer M8",
+                  "type": "text"
+                }
+              ],
+              "type": "paragraph"
+            },
+            {
+              "attrs": {
+                "order": 1
+              },
+              "content": [
+                {
+                  "content": [
+                    {
+                      "content": [
+                        {
+                          "text": "Fibre",
+                          "type": "text"
+                        }
+                      ],
+                      "type": "paragraph"
+                    }
+                  ],
+                  "type": "listItem"
+                }
+              ],
+              "type": "orderedList"
+            }
+          ],
+          "type": "listItem"
+        }
+      ],
+      "type": "bulletList"
+    }
+  ],
+  "type": "doc",
+  "version": 1
+}

corpus/normalization/loose-list.md

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+* Bolt M8
+
+* Nut M8
+
+Then:
+
++ Washer M8
+  1) Fibre

corpus/round-trip/commonmark-subset/code-block.json

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
       },
       "content": [
         {
-          "text": "SELECT id\nFROM part\nWHERE qty > 0;",
+          "text": "SELECT id\nFROM part\nWHERE qty > 0;\n- 1. the markers a container start would claim",
           "type": "text"
         }
       ],

corpus/round-trip/commonmark-subset/code-block.md

@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 SELECT id
 FROM part
 WHERE qty > 0;
+- 1. the markers a container start would claim
 ```

corpus/round-trip/commonmark-subset/nested-list-separation.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- Torque the bolts
+
+  2. Then sign off

corpus/unspellable/nested-list-tight.error

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-unspellable-line-start

package.json

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "node": ">=24"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "node --test --experimental-test-coverage --test-coverage-exclude=\"src/**/*.test.ts\" --test-coverage-branches=96 --test-coverage-functions=100 --test-coverage-lines=100 \"src/**/*.test.ts\"",
+    "test": "node --test --experimental-test-coverage --test-coverage-exclude=\"src/**/*.test.ts\" --test-coverage-branches=97 --test-coverage-functions=100 --test-coverage-lines=100 \"src/**/*.test.ts\"",
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
   },
   "devDependencies": {

spec/flavour.md

@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ normalizes to it through the round-trip.
 - Bullet lists `- `; ordered lists incrementing `1.` `2.` `3.`, the first number the node's
   `order` attribute. Continuation lines align with the first character after the marker
   (two spaces for `- `, three for `1. `); blank lines inside an item are empty lines, none
-  between a nested list and a CommonMark block above it. Blank lines between items normalize
+  between a nested list and a CommonMark block above it — one wherever the nested list's own
+  marker cannot interrupt a paragraph (an ordered list whose first number is not 1, or a list
+  whose first item is empty), whatever block sits above it. Blank lines between items normalize
   away; ADF does not record tightness.
 - Blockquotes prefix lines with `> `; a blank line inside a blockquote is a bare `>`.
 - ATX headings (`#` … `######`); setext input normalizes to ATX.
@@ -92,7 +94,8 @@ above.
 **Claiming at block level**, symmetric with inline: a line whose leading run of two or more
 colons is followed immediately by a name character is claimed and must parse fully as a container
 opening or a leaf, else it is a named error. A bare colon-run line is a closing fence while a
-container is open, a named error otherwise.
+container is open, a named error otherwise. A claimed line also ends a lazy continuation: the
+blockquote or list item whose paragraph CommonMark would fold it into closes instead.
 
 **Attributes**: `{key=value key2="two words"}`. `{attrs}` is optional in every form, and `{}` is
 valid — no attributes. A bare value matches `[A-Za-z0-9_-]+`; any other value is double-quoted

src/markdown/commonmark-grammar.ts

@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ const atxHeadingOpener = /^(#{1,6})(?:[ \t]|$)/
 const codeFenceOpener = /^(`{3,}|~{3,})/
 const directiveClaim = /^:{2,}(?:[A-Za-z0-9]|[ \t]*$)/
 const pipeClaim = /^\|/
+const bulletListOpener = /^[*+-](?:[ \t]|$)/
 // A superset of what the parser claims: over-escaping a line is safe, under-escaping one breaks the round-trip.
-const firstCharacterOpeners = [atxHeadingOpener, /^>/, /^[*+-](?:[ \t]|$)/, codeFenceOpener, /^:{2,}/, pipeClaim]
+const firstCharacterOpeners = [atxHeadingOpener, /^>/, bulletListOpener, codeFenceOpener, /^:{2,}/, pipeClaim]
 const htmlConstructs = [/^<[!?]/, /^<\/?[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9-]*(?:[\s/>]|$)/, /^<[^\s<>@]+@[^\s<>@]+>/]
-const orderedListOpener = /^(\d{1,9})[.)](?:[ \t]|$)/
+const orderedListOpener = /^(\d{1,9})([.)])(?:[ \t]|$)/
 const setextUnderline = /^(=+|-+)[ \t]*$/
 const thematicBreak = /^(?:(?:\*[ \t]*){3,}|(?:-[ \t]*){3,}|(?:_[ \t]*){3,})$/
 const unicodeWhitespace = /[\t\n\f\r \p{Zs}]/u
@@ -86,6 +87,20 @@ export function isUnicodeWhitespace(character: string): boolean {
   return unicodeWhitespace.test(character)
 }
 
+// `start` is the list's first number, `undefined` for a bullet.
+export function listMarker(line: string): { delimiter: string; start: number | undefined; width: number } | undefined {
+  const ordered = orderedListOpener.exec(line)
+  if (ordered !== null) {
+    const digits = ordered[1] ?? ''
+    return { delimiter: ordered[2] ?? '', start: Number(digits), width: digits.length + 1 }
+  }
+  return bulletListOpener.test(line) ? { delimiter: line.charAt(0), start: undefined, width: 1 } : undefined
+}
+
+export function markerInterruptsParagraph(start: number | undefined, empty: boolean): boolean {
+  return !empty && (start === undefined || start === 1)
+}
+
 export function openingCodeFence(line: string): { info: string; marker: string } | undefined {
   const marker = codeFenceOpener.exec(line)?.[1]
   if (marker === undefined) return undefined

src/markdown/emit/adf-to-markdown.test.ts

@@ -130,9 +130,13 @@ test('refuses a line whose start block parsing would claim', () => {
   assert.equal(code(adfToMarkdown(document(paragraph({ marks: [{ type: 'code' }], text: '```', type: 'text' })))), 'unspellable-line-start')
 })
 
-test('refuses two adjacent lists of the same kind', () => {
+test('refuses two adjacent lists of the same kind, the marker spelling being what merges', () => {
   const list: AdfNode = { content: [{ content: [paragraph({ text: 'x', type: 'text' })], type: 'listItem' }], type: 'bulletList' }
   assert.equal(code(adfToMarkdown(document(list, list))), 'unspellable-adjacent-lists')
+  const carried: AdfNode = { ...list, attrs: { unknown: 'x' } }
+  assert.ok(markdown(adfToMarkdown(document(carried, carried))).includes('```\n\n```adf\n'))
+  assert.ok(markdown(adfToMarkdown(document(carried, list))).endsWith('```\n\n- x\n'))
+  assert.ok(markdown(adfToMarkdown(document(list, carried))).startsWith('- x\n\n```adf\n'))
 })
 
 test('carries a node type no section spells', () => {
@@ -159,8 +163,8 @@ test('breaks a mark run at the node it carries', () => {
 test('refuses a carried node nested deeper than the emitter carries', () => {
   let node: AdfNode = { type: 'blockCard' }
   for (let depth = 0; depth < 600; depth += 1) node = { content: [node], type: 'blockCard' }
-  assert.equal(code(adfToMarkdown(document(node))), 'unsupported-node-shape')
+  assert.equal(code(adfToMarkdown(document(node))), 'unsupported-nesting-depth')
-  assert.equal(code(adfToMarkdown(document(paragraph(node)))), 'unsupported-node-shape')
+  assert.equal(code(adfToMarkdown(document(paragraph(node)))), 'unsupported-nesting-depth')
 })
 
 test('refuses a node whose content model the canonical form cannot emit', () => {
@@ -261,19 +265,24 @@ test('refuses a node carrying one mark type twice', () => {
   assert.equal(code(adfToMarkdown(document(paragraph({ marks: [em, em], text: 'x', type: 'text' })))), 'unsupported-node-shape')
 })
 
-test('refuses a nested list the tight spelling would swallow', () => {
+test('parts a nested list the tight spelling would swallow from the block above it', () => {
   const item = (...content: AdfNode[]): AdfNode => ({ content, type: 'listItem' })
   const text = (value: string): AdfNode => ({ content: [{ text: value, type: 'text' }], type: 'paragraph' })
   const outer = (...content: AdfNode[]): AdfDocument => document({ content: [item(...content)], type: 'bulletList' })
   const ordered: AdfNode = { attrs: { order: 2 }, content: [item(text('b'))], type: 'orderedList' }
-  assert.equal(code(adfToMarkdown(outer(text('a'), ordered))), 'unspellable-line-start')
+  assert.equal(markdown(adfToMarkdown(outer(text('a'), ordered))), '- a\n\n  2. b\n')
-  assert.equal(code(adfToMarkdown(outer(text('a'), { content: [item()], type: 'bulletList' }))), 'unspellable-line-start')
+  assert.equal(markdown(adfToMarkdown(outer(text('a'), { ...ordered, attrs: { order: 1 } }))), '- a\n  1. b\n')
+  assert.equal(markdown(adfToMarkdown(outer(text('a'), { content: [item()], type: 'bulletList' }))), '- a\n\n  -\n')
   assert.equal(markdown(adfToMarkdown(outer(text('a'), { content: [item(text('b'))], type: 'bulletList' }))), '- a\n  - b\n')
+  const list: AdfNode = { content: [item(text('b'))], type: 'bulletList' }
+  const panel: AdfNode = { attrs: { panelType: 'info' }, content: [text('p')], type: 'panel' }
+  assert.equal(markdown(adfToMarkdown(outer(panel, list))), '- :::panel info\n  p\n  :::\n\n  - b\n')
+  assert.ok(markdown(adfToMarkdown(outer(text('a'), { ...list, attrs: { unknown: 'x' } }))).startsWith('- a\n\n  ```adf\n'))
 })
 
 test('refuses marks and attributes nested deeper than the emitter carries', () => {
   const marks: AdfMark[] = Array.from({ length: 600 }, (_, index) => ({ type: index % 2 === 0 ? 'em' : 'strong' }))
-  assert.equal(code(adfToMarkdown(document(paragraph({ marks, text: 'x', type: 'text' })))), 'unsupported-node-shape')
+  assert.equal(code(adfToMarkdown(document(paragraph({ marks, text: 'x', type: 'text' })))), 'unsupported-nesting-depth')
   let attrs: AdfMark['attrs'] = { depth: 'x' }
   for (let depth = 0; depth < 600; depth += 1) attrs = { depth: attrs }
   assert.equal(code(adfToMarkdown(document(paragraph({ marks: [{ attrs, type: 'em' }], text: 'x', type: 'text' })))), 'not-an-adf-document')
@@ -380,7 +389,10 @@ test('spells one code span over a run of code-marked nodes', () => {
 test('refuses a document nested deeper than the emitter carries', () => {
   let node: AdfNode = paragraph({ text: 'x', type: 'text' })
   for (let depth = 0; depth < 600; depth += 1) node = { content: [node], type: 'blockquote' }
-  assert.equal(code(adfToMarkdown(document(node))), 'unsupported-node-shape')
+  assert.equal(code(adfToMarkdown(document(node))), 'unsupported-nesting-depth')
+  let carried: AdfNode = paragraph({ text: 'x', type: 'text' })
+  for (let depth = 0; depth < 500; depth += 1) carried = { content: [carried], type: 'blockquote' }
+  assert.ok(adfToMarkdown(document(carried)).ok)
 })
 
 test('emits an empty list item without trailing whitespace', () => {

src/markdown/emit/adf-to-markdown.ts

@@ -7,20 +7,19 @@ import { carriesOnly, isAdfDocument } from '../../adf/document.ts'
 import { emitInlineLine } from './inline-line.ts'
 import { failure, success, type ConvertErrorPath, type Result } from '../../result.ts'
 import { fencedCodeBlock } from '../backtick-runs.ts'
-import { holdsControlCharacter, holdsEntityReference, holdsNullCharacter, isThematicBreak } from '../commonmark-grammar.ts'
+import { holdsControlCharacter, holdsEntityReference, holdsNullCharacter, isThematicBreak, markerInterruptsParagraph } from '../commonmark-grammar.ts'
 import { largestNesting } from '../../nesting.ts'
 import { spellDirectiveHeader } from './block-directive-spelling.ts'
 import { tryImage } from './image.ts'
 import { tryPipeTable } from './pipe-table.ts'
 
 type BlockContainer = 'directive' | 'document' | 'list-item'
-type BlockSpelling = 'commonmark' | 'directive'
+type BlockSpelling = 'commonmark' | 'directive' | 'list'
 type EmittedBody = { fenceColons: number; text: string }
 type EmittedBlock = EmittedBody & { spelling: BlockSpelling }
 type PlacedBlock = EmittedBlock & { node: AdfNode; path: ConvertErrorPath }
 
 const largestListMarker = 999999999
-const listTypes = ['bulletList', 'orderedList']
 
 export function adfToMarkdown(document: AdfDocument): Result<string> {
   if (!isAdfDocument(document)) return failure('not-an-adf-document', 'the value is not an ADF document', [])
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ export function adfToMarkdown(document: AdfDocument): Result<string> {
 }
 
 function emitBlocks(nodes: readonly AdfNode[], container: BlockContainer, path: ConvertErrorPath, depth: number): Result<EmittedBody> {
-  if (depth > largestNesting) return failure('unsupported-node-shape', `the document nests deeper than the ${largestNesting} levels the emitter carries`, path)
+  if (depth > largestNesting) return failure('unsupported-nesting-depth', `the document nests deeper than the ${largestNesting} levels the emitter carries`, path)
   const blocks: PlacedBlock[] = []
   for (const [index, node] of nodes.entries()) {
     const nodePath = [...path, 'content', index]
@@ -55,17 +54,12 @@ function emitBlocks(nodes: readonly AdfNode[], container: BlockContainer, path:
 }
 
 function separationBetween(previous: PlacedBlock, next: PlacedBlock, container: BlockContainer): Result<string> {
-  const plainPair = previous.spelling === 'commonmark' && next.spelling === 'commonmark'
+  const plainPair = previous.spelling !== 'directive' && next.spelling !== 'directive'
-  if (plainPair && listTypes.includes(next.node.type)) {
+  if (plainPair && next.spelling === 'list') {
-    if (previous.node.type === next.node.type) {
+    if (previous.spelling === 'list' && previous.node.type === next.node.type) {
       return failure('unspellable-adjacent-lists', `two adjacent ${next.node.type} nodes read back as one list`, next.path)
     }
-    if (container === 'list-item') {
+    if (container === 'list-item') return success(interruptsParagraph(next.node) ? '\n' : '\n\n')
-      if (!interruptsParagraph(next.node)) {
-        return failure('unspellable-line-start', `a ${next.node.type} that cannot interrupt the block above it has no tight spelling`, next.path)
-      }
-      return success('\n')
-    }
   }
   if (container !== 'directive' || plainPair) return success('\n\n')
   if (previous.spelling === 'directive' && next.spelling === 'directive') return success('\n')
@@ -77,8 +71,10 @@ function separationBetween(previous: PlacedBlock, next: PlacedBlock, container:
 }
 
 function interruptsParagraph(node: AdfNode): boolean {
-  if (node.type === 'orderedList') return false
+  const items = node.content ?? []
-  return ((node.content ?? [])[0]?.content ?? []).length > 0
+  const empty = (items[0]?.content ?? []).length === 0
+  if (node.type !== 'orderedList') return markerInterruptsParagraph(undefined, empty)
+  return markerInterruptsParagraph(listStart(node, items.length) ?? 0, empty)
 }
 
 function emitBlock(node: AdfNode, path: ConvertErrorPath, depth: number): Result<EmittedBlock> {
@@ -224,7 +220,7 @@ function emitList(node: AdfNode, path: ConvertErrorPath, depth: number): Result<
     fenceColons = Math.max(fenceColons, emitted.value.fenceColons)
     lines.push(emitted.value.text)
   }
-  return success({ fenceColons, spelling: 'commonmark', text: lines.join('\n') })
+  return success({ fenceColons, spelling: 'list', text: lines.join('\n') })
 }
 
 function listStart(node: AdfNode, items: number): number | undefined {

src/markdown/emit/inline-line.ts

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ function refuseContentAndText(node: AdfNode, path: ConvertErrorPath): Result<nul
 
 function emitRun(nodes: readonly AdfNode[], depth: number, firstIndex: number, context: InlineContext): Result<Emission> {
   if (depth > largestNesting) {
-    return failure('unsupported-node-shape', `the marks nest deeper than the ${largestNesting} levels the emitter carries`, context.path)
+    return failure('unsupported-nesting-depth', `the marks nest deeper than the ${largestNesting} levels the emitter carries`, context.path)
   }
   const runs = inlineRuns(nodes, depth, firstIndex, context.carried)
   const segments: InlineSegment[] = []

src/markdown/opaque-carry.ts

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export function carriedInline(node: AdfNode, path: ConvertErrorPath): Result<str
 
 function carriedJson(node: AdfNode, spelling: JsonSpelling, path: ConvertErrorPath): Result<string> {
   if (!isJsonValue(node)) {
-    return failure('unsupported-node-shape', `a carried node's JSON nests deeper than the ${largestNesting} levels the emitter carries`, path)
+    return failure('unsupported-nesting-depth', `a carried node's JSON nests deeper than the ${largestNesting} levels the emitter carries`, path)
   }
   return success(serializeCanonicalJson(node, spelling))
 }

src/markdown/parse/blocks.test.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ test('keeps the link reference definitions a paragraph gives up, the first of a
     ['a', { destination: '/url\\' }],
     ['b', { destination: '/b' }],
   ])
+  assert.deepEqual(definitions('> [a]: /url\n\n- [b]: /other\n'), [
+    ['a', { destination: '/url' }],
+    ['b', { destination: '/other' }],
+  ])
   assert.deepEqual(definitions('[\u00a0a]: /one\n[a]: /two\n'), [
     ['\u00a0a', { destination: '/one' }],
     ['a', { destination: '/two' }],

src/markdown/parse/blocks.ts

@@ -1,22 +1,49 @@
 import type { LinkDefinition } from './link-reference-definitions.ts'
-import type { OpenHtmlBlock } from './html-blocks.ts'
+import {
-import { atxHeading, claimsDirectiveLine, claimsPipeLine, closingCodeFence, isThematicBreak, openingCodeFence, setextHeadingLevel } from '../commonmark-grammar.ts'
+  atxHeading,
+  claimsDirectiveLine,
+  claimsPipeLine,
+  closingCodeFence,
+  isThematicBreak,
+  listMarker,
+  markerInterruptsParagraph,
+  openingCodeFence,
+  setextHeadingLevel,
+} from '../commonmark-grammar.ts'
 import { openingHtmlBlock } from './html-blocks.ts'
 import { readLinkDefinitions } from './link-reference-definitions.ts'
 
 export type ClaimedConstruct = 'directive' | 'pipe-table'
 
-export type LeafBlock =
+export type Block =
+  | { blocks: Block[]; kind: 'blockquote' }
   | { construct: ClaimedConstruct; kind: 'claim' }
   | { construct: string; kind: 'html' }
+  | { items: Block[][]; kind: 'bulletList' }
+  | { items: Block[][]; kind: 'orderedList'; start: number }
   | { kind: 'code'; language: string; text: string }
   | { kind: 'heading'; level: number; text: string }
   | { kind: 'paragraph'; text: string }
   | { kind: 'rule' }
 
-export type ParsedBlocks = { blocks: LeafBlock[]; definitions: Map<string, LinkDefinition> }
+export type ParsedBlocks = { blocks: Block[]; definitions: Map<string, LinkDefinition> }
 
-type Walk = ParsedBlocks & { paragraph: string[] }
+type ListBlock = Extract<Block, { items: Block[][] }>
+
+type OpenContainer = Extract<Block, { kind: 'blockquote' }> | { blocks: Block[]; indentation: number; kind: 'item'; list: ListBlock; marker: string }
+
+type OpenLeaf =
+  | { closer: RegExp | undefined; construct: string; kind: 'html' }
+  | { held: string[]; kind: 'indented-code'; lines: string[] }
+  | { indentation: number; info: string; kind: 'fenced-code'; lines: string[]; marker: string }
+  | { kind: 'paragraph'; lines: string[] }
+
+type ContainerStart = { kind: 'blockquote'; rest: Line } | { fresh: boolean; indentation: number; kind: 'item'; list: ListBlock; marker: string; rest: Line }
+
+// The line from an absolute column on: a tab a cut splits keeps the stop it is measured against.
+type Line = { column: number; text: string }
+
+type Walk = ParsedBlocks & { leaf: OpenLeaf | undefined; stack: OpenContainer[] }
 
 const blankLine = /^[ \t]*$/
 const indentedCodeColumns = 4
@@ -24,50 +51,254 @@ const largestOpenerIndentation = 3
 const tabStop = 4
 
 export function parseBlocks(markdown: string): ParsedBlocks {
-  const lines = normalizeInput(markdown).split('\n')
+  const walk: Walk = { blocks: [], definitions: new Map(), leaf: undefined, stack: [] }
-  const walk: Walk = { blocks: [], definitions: new Map(), paragraph: [] }
+  for (const text of normalizeInput(markdown).split('\n')) readLine(walk, { column: 0, text })
-  let index = 0
+  closeLeaf(walk)
-  while (index < lines.length) {
-    const line = lines[index] ?? ''
-    if (blankLine.test(line)) {
-      closeParagraph(walk)
-      index += 1
-      continue
-    }
-    if (leadingColumns(line) >= indentedCodeColumns && walk.paragraph.length === 0) {
-      index = readIndentedCode(walk, lines, index)
-      continue
-    }
-    const opened = openBlock(walk, lines, index, line)
-    if (opened !== undefined) {
-      index = opened
-      continue
-    }
-    walk.paragraph.push(line.replace(/^[ \t]+/, ''))
-    index += 1
-  }
-  closeParagraph(walk)
   return { blocks: walk.blocks, definitions: walk.definitions }
 }
 
-function openBlock(walk: Walk, lines: readonly string[], index: number, line: string): number | undefined {
+function readLine(walk: Walk, line: Line): void {
+  const matched = matchContainers(walk, line)
+  // CommonMark: no container opens inside an open code or HTML block.
+  if (matched.depth === walk.stack.length && swallowsLines(walk.leaf)) {
+    readBlockLine(walk, matched.rest)
+    return
+  }
+  const paragraphOpen = matched.depth === walk.stack.length && walk.leaf?.kind === 'paragraph'
+  const opened = openContainers(walk, matched.rest, paragraphOpen, matched.depth)
+  if (!opened.opened && matched.depth < walk.stack.length) {
+    if (continuesLazily(walk, opened.rest)) {
+      appendParagraph(walk, opened.rest.text)
+      return
+    }
+    closeContainers(walk, matched.depth)
+  }
+  readBlockLine(walk, opened.rest)
+}
+
+function swallowsLines(leaf: OpenLeaf | undefined): boolean {
+  return leaf?.kind === 'fenced-code' || leaf?.kind === 'html'
+}
+
+function matchContainers(walk: Walk, line: Line): { depth: number; rest: Line } {
+  let depth = 0
+  let rest = line
+  for (const container of walk.stack) {
+    const next = continuesContainer(walk, container, rest)
+    if (next === undefined) break
+    depth += 1
+    rest = next
+  }
+  return { depth, rest }
+}
+
+function continuesContainer(walk: Walk, container: OpenContainer, line: Line): Line | undefined {
+  if (container.kind === 'blockquote') return blockquoteRest(removeColumns(line, largestOpenerIndentation))
+  // A list item begins with at most one blank line: an empty one gives the second up.
+  if (blankLine.test(line.text)) {
+    return container.blocks.length === 0 && walk.leaf === undefined ? undefined : { column: line.column, text: '' }
+  }
+  return leadingColumns(line) < container.indentation ? undefined : removeColumns(line, container.indentation)
+}
+
+function blockquoteRest(opener: Line): Line | undefined {
+  if (!opener.text.startsWith('>')) return undefined
+  return removeColumns({ column: opener.column + 1, text: opener.text.slice(1) }, 1)
+}
+
+function openContainers(walk: Walk, line: Line, paragraphOpen: boolean, depth: number): { opened: boolean; rest: Line } {
+  const unmatched = walk.stack[depth]
+  let opened = false
+  let rest = line
+  while (leadingColumns(rest) < indentedCodeColumns) {
+    const start = containerStart(rest, opened ? false : paragraphOpen, opened ? undefined : unmatched)
+    if (start === undefined) break
+    if (!opened) closeContainers(walk, depth)
+    opened = true
+    openContainer(walk, start)
+    rest = start.rest
+  }
+  return { opened, rest }
+}
+
+function containerStart(line: Line, paragraphOpen: boolean, enclosing: OpenContainer | undefined): ContainerStart | undefined {
   const opener = removeColumns(line, largestOpenerIndentation)
+  const blockquote = blockquoteRest(opener)
+  if (blockquote !== undefined) return { kind: 'blockquote', rest: blockquote }
+  if (isThematicBreak(opener.text)) return undefined
+  return itemStart(line, opener, paragraphOpen, enclosing)
+}
+
+function itemStart(line: Line, opener: Line, paragraphOpen: boolean, enclosing: OpenContainer | undefined): ContainerStart | undefined {
+  const marker = listMarker(opener.text)
+  if (marker === undefined) return undefined
+  const after: Line = { column: opener.column + marker.width, text: opener.text.slice(marker.width) }
+  const blank = blankLine.test(after.text)
+  if (paragraphOpen && !markerInterruptsParagraph(marker.start, blank)) return undefined
+  const spaces = leadingColumns(after)
+  const padding = blank || spaces > indentedCodeColumns ? 1 : spaces
+  const kind = marker.start === undefined ? 'bulletList' : 'orderedList'
+  const continued = enclosing?.kind === 'item' && enclosing.list.kind === kind && enclosing.marker === marker.delimiter
+  return {
+    fresh: !continued,
+    indentation: leadingColumns(line) + marker.width + padding,
+    kind: 'item',
+    list: continued ? enclosing.list : openList(marker.start),
+    marker: marker.delimiter,
+    rest: blank ? after : removeColumns(after, padding),
+  }
+}
+
+function openList(start: number | undefined): ListBlock {
+  return start === undefined ? { items: [], kind: 'bulletList' } : { items: [], kind: 'orderedList', start }
+}
+
+function openContainer(walk: Walk, start: ContainerStart): void {
+  const blocks: Block[] = []
+  if (start.kind === 'blockquote') {
+    const blockquote: OpenContainer = { blocks, kind: 'blockquote' }
+    currentBlocks(walk).push(blockquote)
+    walk.stack.push(blockquote)
+    return
+  }
+  if (start.fresh) currentBlocks(walk).push(start.list)
+  start.list.items.push(blocks)
+  walk.stack.push({ blocks, indentation: start.indentation, kind: 'item', list: start.list, marker: start.marker })
+}
+
+function closeContainers(walk: Walk, depth: number): void {
+  closeLeaf(walk)
+  walk.stack.length = depth
+}
+
+// A claimed line ends the lazy continuation CommonMark would fold it into (spec/flavour.md).
+function continuesLazily(walk: Walk, line: Line): boolean {
+  if (walk.leaf?.kind !== 'paragraph' || blankLine.test(line.text)) return false
+  if (leadingColumns(line) >= indentedCodeColumns) return true
+  const opener = removeColumns(line, largestOpenerIndentation).text
+  if (claimedConstruct(opener) !== undefined || isThematicBreak(opener)) return false
+  return atxHeading(opener) === undefined && openingCodeFence(opener) === undefined && openingHtmlBlock(opener, false) === undefined
+}
+
+function readBlockLine(walk: Walk, line: Line): void {
+  const leaf = walk.leaf
+  if (leaf?.kind === 'fenced-code') {
+    if (closingCodeFence(removeColumns(line, largestOpenerIndentation).text, leaf.marker)) closeLeaf(walk)
+    else leaf.lines.push(removeColumns(line, leaf.indentation).text)
+    return
+  }
+  if (leaf?.kind === 'html') {
+    if (leaf.closer === undefined ? blankLine.test(line.text) : leaf.closer.test(line.text)) closeLeaf(walk)
+    return
+  }
+  if (leaf?.kind === 'indented-code') {
+    if (readIndentedCodeLine(leaf, line)) return
+    closeLeaf(walk)
+  }
+  if (blankLine.test(line.text)) {
+    closeLeaf(walk)
+    return
+  }
+  if (walk.leaf === undefined && leadingColumns(line) >= indentedCodeColumns) {
+    walk.leaf = { held: [], kind: 'indented-code', lines: [removeColumns(line, indentedCodeColumns).text] }
+    return
+  }
+  openLeaf(walk, line)
+}
+
+function readIndentedCodeLine(leaf: Extract<OpenLeaf, { kind: 'indented-code' }>, line: Line): boolean {
+  if (blankLine.test(line.text)) {
+    leaf.held.push(removeColumns(line, indentedCodeColumns).text)
+    return true
+  }
+  if (leadingColumns(line) < indentedCodeColumns) return false
+  leaf.lines.push(...leaf.held, removeColumns(line, indentedCodeColumns).text)
+  leaf.held.length = 0
+  return true
+}
+
+function openLeaf(walk: Walk, line: Line): void {
+  const opener = removeColumns(line, largestOpenerIndentation).text
   const claimed = claimedConstruct(opener)
   if (claimed !== undefined) {
-    closeParagraph(walk)
+    closeLeaf(walk)
-    walk.blocks.push({ construct: claimed, kind: 'claim' })
+    currentBlocks(walk).push({ construct: claimed, kind: 'claim' })
-    return index + 1
+    return
   }
-  if (readLineBlock(walk, opener)) return index + 1
+  if (readLineBlock(walk, opener)) return
   const fence = openingCodeFence(opener)
   if (fence !== undefined) {
-    closeParagraph(walk)
+    closeLeaf(walk)
-    return readFencedCode(walk, lines, index + 1, fence, leadingColumns(line))
+    walk.leaf = { indentation: leadingColumns(line), info: fence.info, kind: 'fenced-code', lines: [], marker: fence.marker }
+    return
   }
-  const html = openingHtmlBlock(opener, walk.paragraph.length > 0)
+  const html = openingHtmlBlock(opener, walk.leaf?.kind === 'paragraph')
-  if (html === undefined) return undefined
+  if (html === undefined) {
-  closeParagraph(walk)
+    appendParagraph(walk, line.text)
-  return readHtmlBlock(walk, lines, index, html)
+    return
+  }
+  closeLeaf(walk)
+  walk.leaf = { closer: html.closer, construct: html.construct, kind: 'html' }
+  if (html.closer?.test(line.text) === true) closeLeaf(walk)
+}
+
+// A setext underline over a paragraph the definitions emptied is no heading: it opens the next block.
+function readLineBlock(walk: Walk, opener: string): boolean {
+  const level = walk.leaf?.kind === 'paragraph' ? setextHeadingLevel(opener) : undefined
+  if (level !== undefined) {
+    const text = takeParagraph(walk)
+    if (text !== undefined) {
+      currentBlocks(walk).push({ kind: 'heading', level, text })
+      return true
+    }
+  }
+  if (isThematicBreak(opener)) {
+    closeLeaf(walk)
+    currentBlocks(walk).push({ kind: 'rule' })
+    return true
+  }
+  const heading = atxHeading(opener)
+  if (heading === undefined) return false
+  closeLeaf(walk)
+  currentBlocks(walk).push({ kind: 'heading', level: heading.level, text: heading.text })
+  return true
+}
+
+function appendParagraph(walk: Walk, line: string): void {
+  const leaf = walk.leaf
+  const text = line.replace(/^[ \t]+/, '')
+  if (leaf?.kind === 'paragraph') leaf.lines.push(text)
+  else walk.leaf = { kind: 'paragraph', lines: [text] }
+}
+
+function closeLeaf(walk: Walk): void {
+  const leaf = walk.leaf
+  if (leaf === undefined) return
+  if (leaf.kind === 'paragraph') {
+    const text = takeParagraph(walk)
+    if (text !== undefined) currentBlocks(walk).push({ kind: 'paragraph', text })
+    return
+  }
+  walk.leaf = undefined
+  if (leaf.kind === 'html') currentBlocks(walk).push({ construct: leaf.construct, kind: 'html' })
+  else currentBlocks(walk).push({ kind: 'code', language: leaf.kind === 'fenced-code' ? leaf.info : '', text: leaf.lines.join('\n') })
+}
+
+function takeParagraph(walk: Walk): string | undefined {
+  const leaf = walk.leaf
+  if (leaf?.kind !== 'paragraph') return undefined
+  walk.leaf = undefined
+  const text = readLinkDefinitions(walk.definitions, leaf.lines.join('\n'))
+  return text === '' ? undefined : text
+}
+
+function currentBlocks(walk: Walk): Block[] {
+  return walk.stack.at(-1)?.blocks ?? walk.blocks
+}
+
+function claimedConstruct(opener: string): ClaimedConstruct | undefined {
+  if (claimsDirectiveLine(opener)) return 'directive'
+  return claimsPipeLine(opener) ? 'pipe-table' : undefined
 }
 
 function normalizeInput(markdown: string): string {
@@ -77,111 +308,28 @@ function normalizeInput(markdown: string): string {
     .replace(/\n$/, '')
 }
 
-function claimedConstruct(opener: string): ClaimedConstruct | undefined {
+function leadingColumns(line: Line): number {
-  if (claimsDirectiveLine(opener)) return 'directive'
-  return claimsPipeLine(opener) ? 'pipe-table' : undefined
-}
-
-// A setext underline over a paragraph the definitions emptied is no heading: it opens the next block.
-function readLineBlock(walk: Walk, opener: string): boolean {
-  const level = walk.paragraph.length === 0 ? undefined : setextHeadingLevel(opener)
-  if (level !== undefined) {
-    const text = takeParagraph(walk)
-    if (text !== undefined) {
-      walk.blocks.push({ kind: 'heading', level, text })
-      return true
-    }
-  }
-  if (isThematicBreak(opener)) {
-    closeParagraph(walk)
-    walk.blocks.push({ kind: 'rule' })
-    return true
-  }
-  const heading = atxHeading(opener)
-  if (heading === undefined) return false
-  closeParagraph(walk)
-  walk.blocks.push({ kind: 'heading', level: heading.level, text: heading.text })
-  return true
-}
-
-function readFencedCode(walk: Walk, lines: readonly string[], start: number, fence: { info: string; marker: string }, indentation: number): number {
-  const collected: string[] = []
-  let index = start
-  while (index < lines.length) {
-    const line = lines[index] ?? ''
-    index += 1
-    if (closingCodeFence(removeColumns(line, largestOpenerIndentation), fence.marker)) break
-    collected.push(removeColumns(line, indentation))
-  }
-  walk.blocks.push({ kind: 'code', language: fence.info, text: collected.join('\n') })
-  return index
-}
-
-function readIndentedCode(walk: Walk, lines: readonly string[], start: number): number {
-  const collected: string[] = []
-  const held: string[] = []
-  let index = start
-  let end = start
-  while (index < lines.length) {
-    const line = lines[index] ?? ''
-    index += 1
-    if (blankLine.test(line)) {
-      held.push(removeColumns(line, indentedCodeColumns))
-      continue
-    }
-    if (leadingColumns(line) < indentedCodeColumns) break
-    collected.push(...held, removeColumns(line, indentedCodeColumns))
-    held.length = 0
-    end = index
-  }
-  walk.blocks.push({ kind: 'code', language: '', text: collected.join('\n') })
-  return end
-}
-
-function readHtmlBlock(walk: Walk, lines: readonly string[], start: number, html: OpenHtmlBlock): number {
-  let index = start
-  while (index < lines.length) {
-    const line = lines[index] ?? ''
-    if (html.closer === undefined && blankLine.test(line)) break
-    index += 1
-    if (html.closer !== undefined && html.closer.test(line)) break
-  }
-  walk.blocks.push({ construct: html.construct, kind: 'html' })
-  return index
-}
-
-function closeParagraph(walk: Walk): void {
-  const text = takeParagraph(walk)
-  if (text !== undefined) walk.blocks.push({ kind: 'paragraph', text })
-}
-
-function takeParagraph(walk: Walk): string | undefined {
-  const text = readLinkDefinitions(walk.definitions, walk.paragraph.join('\n'))
-  walk.paragraph = []
-  return text === '' ? undefined : text
-}
-
-function leadingColumns(line: string): number {
   let columns = 0
-  for (const character of line) {
+  for (const character of line.text) {
     if (character === ' ') columns += 1
-    else if (character === '\t') columns += tabStop - (columns % tabStop)
+    else if (character === '\t') columns += tabStop - ((line.column + columns) % tabStop)
     else break
   }
   return columns
 }
 
 // CommonMark's tab stops: a tab the cut splits gives the columns it holds past the cut back as spaces.
-function removeColumns(line: string, columns: number): string {
+function removeColumns(line: Line, columns: number): Line {
-  let removed = 0
+  const target = line.column + columns
+  let column = line.column
   let index = 0
-  while (removed < columns && index < line.length) {
+  while (column < target && index < line.text.length) {
-    const character = line.charAt(index)
+    const character = line.text.charAt(index)
     if (character !== ' ' && character !== '\t') break
-    const width = character === ' ' ? 1 : tabStop - (removed % tabStop)
+    const width = character === ' ' ? 1 : tabStop - (column % tabStop)
     index += 1
-    if (removed + width > columns) return ' '.repeat(removed + width - columns) + line.slice(index)
+    if (column + width > target) return { column: target, text: ' '.repeat(column + width - target) + line.text.slice(index) }
-    removed += width
+    column += width
   }
-  return line.slice(index)
+  return { column, text: line.text.slice(index) }
 }

src/markdown/parse/markdown-to-adf.test.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,22 @@ function paragraph(value: string): AdfNode {
   return { content: [text(value)], type: 'paragraph' }
 }
 
+function item(...content: AdfNode[]): AdfNode {
+  return content.length === 0 ? { type: 'listItem' } : { content, type: 'listItem' }
+}
+
+function bulletList(...content: AdfNode[]): AdfNode {
+  return { content, type: 'bulletList' }
+}
+
+function orderedList(order: number, ...content: AdfNode[]): AdfNode {
+  return { attrs: { order }, content, type: 'orderedList' }
+}
+
+function quote(...content: AdfNode[]): AdfNode {
+  return content.length === 0 ? { type: 'blockquote' } : { content, type: 'blockquote' }
+}
+
 test('builds an empty document from input holding no block', () => {
   assert.deepEqual(markdownToAdf(''), { ok: true, value: { type: 'doc', version: 1 } })
   assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('\n \n\t\n')), [])
@@ -69,6 +85,7 @@ test('reads a fenced code block, its info string the language', () => {
   assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('~~~ a`b\n```\n~~~\n')), [{ attrs: { language: 'a`b' }, content: [text('```')], type: 'codeBlock' }])
   assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('``` a`b\n')), [paragraph('``` a`b')])
   assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('```\n``` x\n```\n')), [{ content: [text('``` x')], type: 'codeBlock' }])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('```\n- x\n> y\n```\n')), [{ content: [text('- x\n> y')], type: 'codeBlock' }])
 })
 
 test('strips the opening fence indentation from the content lines it holds', () => {
@@ -108,6 +125,7 @@ test('refuses the raw HTML no element mapping carries', () => {
   assert.equal(code(markdownToAdf('<span foo="bar">\n')), 'unmappable-html')
   assert.deepEqual(path(markdownToAdf('Part.\n\n<div>\n')), ['content', 1])
   assert.equal(code(markdownToAdf('<div>\nx\n\n:::\n')), 'unmappable-html')
+  assert.equal(code(markdownToAdf('<div>\n- x\n</div>\n')), 'unmappable-html')
 })
 
 test('swallows an HTML block ahead of the claim a line inside it would make', () => {
@@ -140,3 +158,84 @@ test('normalizes the line endings and the null character CommonMark replaces', (
   assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('```\r\nx\r\n```\r\n')), [{ content: [text('x')], type: 'codeBlock' }])
   assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('a\u0000b\n')), [paragraph('a\ufffdb')])
 })
+
+test('reads a blockquote and the blocks its prefix carries', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('> Ship it.\n>\n> Then tell them.\n')), [quote(paragraph('Ship it.'), paragraph('Then tell them.'))])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('>Ship it.\n')), [quote(paragraph('Ship it.'))])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('   > > Deep.\n')), [quote(quote(paragraph('Deep.')))])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('>\n')), [quote()])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('> One.\n\n> Two.\n')), [quote(paragraph('One.')), quote(paragraph('Two.'))])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('Part.\n> Ship it.\n')), [paragraph('Part.'), quote(paragraph('Ship it.'))])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('    > Code.\n')), [{ content: [text('> Code.')], type: 'codeBlock' }])
+})
+
+test('reads a bullet list, the marker width setting the continuation', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('- Bolt M8\n- Nut M8\n')), [bulletList(item(paragraph('Bolt M8')), item(paragraph('Nut M8')))])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('- Washer M8\n  - Fibre\n')), [bulletList(item(paragraph('Washer M8'), bulletList(item(paragraph('Fibre')))))])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('-\n')), [bulletList(item())])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('- One\n\n  Two.\n')), [bulletList(item(paragraph('One'), paragraph('Two.')))])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('-     Code.\n')), [bulletList(item({ content: [text('Code.')], type: 'codeBlock' }))])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('- a\n* b\n')), [bulletList(item(paragraph('a'))), bulletList(item(paragraph('b')))])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('-\n\n  Part.\n')), [bulletList(item()), paragraph('Part.')])
+})
+
+test('reads an ordered list, its first marker the order attribute', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('9. Bolt M8\n10. Nut M8\n')), [orderedList(9, item(paragraph('Bolt M8')), item(paragraph('Nut M8')))])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('1) Loosen the clamp\n')), [orderedList(1, item(paragraph('Loosen the clamp')))])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('1. a\n1) b\n')), [orderedList(1, item(paragraph('a'))), orderedList(1, item(paragraph('b')))])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('0. Zero\n')), [orderedList(0, item(paragraph('Zero')))])
+})
+
+test('measures a tab from the column the containers cut it to', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('>\t\tfoo\n')), [quote({ content: [text('  foo')], type: 'codeBlock' })])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('-\t\tfoo\n')), [bulletList(item({ content: [text('  foo')], type: 'codeBlock' }))])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('- foo\n\n\t\tbar\n')), [bulletList(item(paragraph('foo'), { content: [text('  bar')], type: 'codeBlock' }))])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('-\t foo\n')), [bulletList(item(paragraph('foo')))])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf(' - foo\n   - bar\n\t - baz\n')), [
+    bulletList(item(paragraph('foo'), bulletList(item(paragraph('bar'), bulletList(item(paragraph('baz'))))))),
+  ])
+})
+
+test('drops the tightness ADF does not record', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('- a\n\n- b\n')), [bulletList(item(paragraph('a')), item(paragraph('b')))])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('- a\n\n  2. b\n')), [bulletList(item(paragraph('a'), orderedList(2, item(paragraph('b')))))])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('- a\n\n  -\n')), [bulletList(item(paragraph('a'), bulletList(item())))])
+})
+
+test('opens a list beside a paragraph only where the marker interrupts it', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('Part.\n- a\n')), [paragraph('Part.'), bulletList(item(paragraph('a')))])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('Part.\n1. a\n')), [paragraph('Part.'), orderedList(1, item(paragraph('a')))])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('Part.\n2. a\n')), [paragraph('Part. 2. a')])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('Part.\n*\n')), [paragraph('Part. *')])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('Part.\n- - -\n')), [paragraph('Part.'), { type: 'rule' }])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('Part.\n-\n')), [{ attrs: { level: 2 }, content: [text('Part.')], type: 'heading' }])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('- a\n  2. b\n')), [bulletList(item(paragraph('a 2. b')))])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('- a\n  1. b\n')), [bulletList(item(paragraph('a'), orderedList(1, item(paragraph('b')))))])
+})
+
+test('folds a lazy continuation into the paragraph the container holds', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('> One\ntwo.\n')), [quote(paragraph('One two.'))])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('- One\ntwo.\n')), [bulletList(item(paragraph('One two.')))])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('> One\n    two.\n')), [quote(paragraph('One two.'))])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('> One\n\ntwo.\n')), [quote(paragraph('One')), paragraph('two.')])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('> One\n# Two\n')), [quote(paragraph('One')), { attrs: { level: 1 }, content: [text('Two')], type: 'heading' }])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('> One\n---\n')), [quote(paragraph('One')), { type: 'rule' }])
+  assert.deepEqual(content(markdownToAdf('> One\n```\n')), [quote(paragraph('One')), { type: 'codeBlock' }])
+  assert.equal(code(markdownToAdf('> One\n<div>\n')), 'unmappable-html')
+})
+
+test('ends a lazy continuation at a claimed line', () => {
+  assert.equal(code(markdownToAdf('> Part.\n:::\n')), 'malformed-directive')
+  assert.deepEqual(path(markdownToAdf('> Part.\n:::\n')), ['content', 1])
+  assert.equal(code(markdownToAdf('- Part.\n| x |\n')), 'malformed-pipe-table')
+})
+
+test('names the block the claim inside a container opens', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(path(markdownToAdf('> Part.\n>\n> :::x\n')), ['content', 0, 'content', 1])
+  assert.deepEqual(path(markdownToAdf('- Part.\n- | x |\n')), ['content', 0, 'content', 1, 'content', 0])
+})
+
+test('refuses input nested deeper than the parser carries', () => {
+  assert.equal(code(markdownToAdf('> '.repeat(501))), 'unsupported-nesting-depth')
+  assert.ok(markdownToAdf('> '.repeat(500)).ok)
+})

src/markdown/parse/markdown-to-adf.ts

@@ -1,31 +1,73 @@
 import type { AdfDocument, AdfNode } from '../../adf/document.ts'
-import type { ClaimedConstruct, LeafBlock } from './blocks.ts'
+import type { Block, ClaimedConstruct } from './blocks.ts'
 import { failure, success, type ConvertErrorPath, type Result } from '../../result.ts'
+import { largestNesting } from '../../nesting.ts'
 import { parseBlocks } from './blocks.ts'
 import { trimSpace } from '../commonmark-grammar.ts'
 
 export function markdownToAdf(markdown: string): Result<AdfDocument> {
+  const content = blockNodes(parseBlocks(markdown).blocks, [], 0)
+  if (!content.ok) return content
+  return success(content.value.length === 0 ? { type: 'doc', version: 1 } : { content: content.value, type: 'doc', version: 1 })
+}
+
+function blockNodes(blocks: readonly Block[], path: ConvertErrorPath, depth: number): Result<AdfNode[]> {
+  if (depth > largestNesting) return failure('unsupported-nesting-depth', `the input nests deeper than the ${largestNesting} levels the parser carries`, path)
   const content: AdfNode[] = []
-  for (const [index, block] of parseBlocks(markdown).blocks.entries()) {
+  for (const [index, block] of blocks.entries()) {
-    const node = blockNode(block, ['content', index])
+    const node = blockNode(block, [...path, 'content', index], depth)
     if (!node.ok) return node
     content.push(node.value)
   }
-  return success(content.length === 0 ? { type: 'doc', version: 1 } : { content, type: 'doc', version: 1 })
+  return success(content)
 }
 
-function blockNode(block: LeafBlock, path: ConvertErrorPath): Result<AdfNode> {
+function blockNode(block: Block, path: ConvertErrorPath, depth: number): Result<AdfNode> {
-  if (block.kind === 'claim') return claimFailure(block.construct, path)
+  switch (block.kind) {
-  if (block.kind === 'code') return success(codeBlockNode(block.language, block.text))
+    case 'blockquote':
-  if (block.kind === 'heading') return success(withContent({ attrs: { level: block.level }, type: 'heading' }, block.text))
+      return containerNode({ type: 'blockquote' }, block.blocks, path, depth)
-  if (block.kind === 'html') return failure('unmappable-html', `no ADF node carries ${block.construct}`, path)
+    case 'bulletList':
-  if (block.kind === 'paragraph') return success(withContent({ type: 'paragraph' }, block.text))
+      return listNode({ type: 'bulletList' }, block.items, path, depth)
+    case 'claim':
+      return claimFailure(block.construct, path)
+    case 'code':
+      return success(codeBlockNode(block.language, block.text))
+    case 'heading':
+      return success(withContent({ attrs: { level: block.level }, type: 'heading' }, block.text))
+    case 'html':
+      return failure('unmappable-html', `no ADF node carries ${block.construct}`, path)
+    case 'orderedList':
+      return listNode({ attrs: { order: block.start }, type: 'orderedList' }, block.items, path, depth)
+    case 'paragraph':
+      return success(withContent({ type: 'paragraph' }, block.text))
+    case 'rule':
       return success({ type: 'rule' })
+  }
+}
+
+function containerNode(node: AdfNode, blocks: readonly Block[], path: ConvertErrorPath, depth: number): Result<AdfNode> {
+  const content = blockNodes(blocks, path, depth + 1)
+  if (!content.ok) return content
+  return success(content.value.length === 0 ? node : { ...node, content: content.value })
+}
+
+function listNode(node: AdfNode, items: readonly Block[][], path: ConvertErrorPath, depth: number): Result<AdfNode> {
+  const content: AdfNode[] = []
+  for (const [index, blocks] of items.entries()) {
+    const item = containerNode({ type: 'listItem' }, blocks, [...path, 'content', index], depth)
+    if (!item.ok) return item
+    content.push(item.value)
+  }
+  return success({ ...node, content })
 }
 
 function claimFailure(construct: ClaimedConstruct, path: ConvertErrorPath): Result<AdfNode> {
-  if (construct === 'directive') return failure('malformed-directive', 'the line claims a directive and parses as none', path)
+  switch (construct) {
+    case 'directive':
+      return failure('malformed-directive', 'the line claims a directive and parses as none', path)
+    case 'pipe-table':
       return failure('malformed-pipe-table', 'the line claims a pipe table and parses as none', path)
+  }
 }
 
 function codeBlockNode(language: string, text: string): AdfNode {

src/nesting.ts

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+// One level per block-list recursion in either direction — a list and its items count once — or the two guards disagree.
 export const largestNesting = 500

src/result.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export type ConvertErrorCode =
   | 'unspellable-whitespace'
   | 'unspelled-block-separation'
   | 'unsupported-document-version'
+  | 'unsupported-nesting-depth'
   | 'unsupported-node-shape'
 
 export type ConvertErrorPath = readonly (number | string)[]

todo.md

@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ detail is settled at its own milestone.
         error the claim promises meanwhile. The runner's parse half comes with it, and the first
         `normalization/` fixtures, holding inline-trivial content so 3d and 3e add beside them
         rather than editing them.
-  - [ ] **3c — The container blocks.** Blockquote, bullet and ordered list: the continuation a
+  - [x] **3c — The container blocks.** Blockquote, bullet and ordered list: the continuation a
         marker's width sets, lazy continuation, and the tightness ADF does not record — `> `
         repeated being two bytes a level, so this is the cheapest way to reach §11's 500. 3b's leaf
         readers scan the physical line themselves, so a container re-cuts the walk rather than adding
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ detail is settled at its own milestone.
         where the nested list would be swallowed — `interruptsParagraph` inverted from a refusal
         into the separation it names, and `spec/flavour.md`'s "none between a nested list and a
         CommonMark block above it" gaining that exception. Every fixture spelled tight today keeps
-        its bytes, and `nested-list-tight` becomes a round-trip pair.
+        its bytes, and `nested-list-tight` becomes the round-trip pair `nested-list-separation`.
   - [ ] **3d — Inline text.** The inline scanner over a block's content: backslash escapes, 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
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ detail is settled at its own milestone.
         in a container body with no blank line between them. That reduces the three cases to one
         rule, separation only where its absence would merge the blocks: the `:::` fence is
         separation already, and 3c's claim ends the lazy continuation that would otherwise swallow
-        it. The fixture becomes a round-trip pair, and with `nested-list-tight` and 3e's pair that
+        it. The fixture becomes a round-trip pair, and with `nested-list-separation` and 3e's pair that
         empties `corpus/unspellable/`: this chunk settles the directory's own guard in
         `corpus.test.ts` too, and `unspelled-block-separation`, which loses its only cause here.
         The emitter's other refusals survive on causes no fixture in that directory covers, so