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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Keep it stable. Prefer pointers to canonical sources over copied structure, file
 ## Requirements-first TDD
 
 - Write requirements as desired behavior, not as a snapshot of current behavior.
-- Keep each requirement row to one checkable obligation; split oversized examples, escape hatches, or negative cases into separate stable IDs while preserving the original ID's main intent.
+- Keep each requirement row to one checkable obligation; shorten near-limit rows or split oversized examples, escape hatches, or negative cases into separate stable IDs while preserving the original ID's main intent.
 - First split intent into broad error classes: what can go wrong, and what outcome must hold.
 - Test the largest risky classes before narrow examples.
 - Add adversarial tests for malformed, hostile, ambiguous, missing, duplicated, and boundary inputs.
diff --git a/REQUIREMENTS.md b/REQUIREMENTS.md
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@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ client app state framework.
 016	If a handler parameter, key, form, target, raw route, or legacy target would require guessing, the user must say it explicitly and diagnostics must point to the Rust and hemplate spans. [north_star]
 
 ### req: canonical/005
-005	Generated helpers name UI intent without mixing domain work: target helpers read as UI effects such as `replace`, `append`, `remove`, `set`, `clear`, `focus`, `set_attr`, or `emit` on generated page, slot, form, class, attribute, or island handles. [north_star]
+005	Generated helpers name UI intent without mixing domain work: helpers read as UI effects such as `replace`, `append`, `remove`, `set`, `clear`, `focus`, `set_attr`, or `emit` on generated page, slot, form, class, attribute, or island handles. [north_star]
 
 ### req: canonical/009
 009	Generated helpers must not combine persistence, routing, rendering, target selection, or domain policy into generic commands such as `refresh`, `save_and_update`, `sync_component`, or `rerender`. [north_star]