diff --git a/brainstorm/SKILL.md b/brainstorm/SKILL.md
index 0fda722..e9b3536 100644
--- a/brainstorm/SKILL.md
+++ b/brainstorm/SKILL.md
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ Triggers:
 
 - A bug-fix iteration (use `debug` directly).
 - A tidy iteration (use `audit` directly).
-- A trivial mechanical edit (≤1 file, ≤30 LOC, no design
-  judgement).
+- A trivial mechanical edit (per the project's CLAUDE.md
+  "trivial mechanical edits" carve-out).
 
 **Skipping is not permitted** for:
 
@@ -242,24 +242,17 @@ Inline checklist (not a subagent dispatch):
    change (plus the worked user-facing example for a surface
    cycle)? A load-bearing change described only in prose is
    a self-review failure to fix, exactly like a placeholder.
-6. **Parse-every-block gate.** If the project profile declares
-   `spec_validation.parsers`, extract every fenced code block
-   from the spec. For each block whose fence label has a
-   `parsers` entry: write the block to a temp file with the
-   entry's `ext`, run the entry's `cmd` with `{file}`
-   substituted, and require exit 0. A non-zero exit is a
+6. **Parse-every-block gate.** Extract every fenced code block
+   from the spec and run it through the `spec_validation` gate
+   defined in `docs/profile-schema.md` (which owns the
+   parser-invocation protocol, the noted no-parser skip, the
+   malformed-entry failure, and the no-op when the profile
+   declares no `spec_validation`). A parse failure here is a
    self-review failure — the spec inlines code that does not
    parse against the live tool — fix the spec before proceeding;
    do not pass the unparsed bytes downstream. Paste the
-   parse-trace (the Run block and its output) into the
-   brainstorm chat: a visible trace is what attests the gate
-   fired, and its absence means the gate was skipped. A block
-   whose fence label has no `parsers` entry is skipped and the
-   skip is noted ("no parser for fence label X"); never a silent
-   pass. A malformed entry (`cmd` without `{file}`, or `ext` /
-   `cmd` missing) is a profile error to surface, not a skip. If
-   the profile declares no `spec_validation`, this check is a
-   documented no-op.
+   parse-trace into the brainstorm chat: a visible trace attests
+   the gate fired; its absence means it was skipped.
 
 Fix issues inline. No need to re-review — fix and commit.
 
diff --git a/planner/SKILL.md b/planner/SKILL.md
index 4824e44..c0e9c53 100644
--- a/planner/SKILL.md
+++ b/planner/SKILL.md
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ May be skipped when:
 
 - The work is a bug fix where the RED test from `debug` IS
   the plan (handoff goes straight to `implement` mini-mode).
-- The work is a trivial mechanical edit (one file, ≤30 LOC,
-  no design judgement).
+- The work is a trivial mechanical edit (per the project's
+  CLAUDE.md "trivial mechanical edits" carve-out).
 
 **Never skipped** for a standard iteration within an active
 cycle. "I know the cycle, plan from memory" is exactly the
@@ -221,26 +221,21 @@ Before handing the plan off, run this checklist inline:
    so "nothing ran" cannot masquerade as "nothing
    regressed". This is a recurring defect family — scrub
    every Run step whose assertion lives in a filter string.
-9. **Parse-the-bytes-you-inline gate.** If the project profile
-   declares `spec_validation.parsers`, every verbatim code body
-   the plan inlines into a task step whose fence label has a
-   `parsers` entry must be parsed clean against the live tool
-   before hand-off. For each such block: write it to a temp file
-   with the entry's `ext`, run the entry's `cmd` with `{file}`
-   substituted, require exit 0. A non-zero exit is a plan failure
-   — the plan would hand the implementer bytes that do not parse,
-   the last defensive line before dispatch — fix the plan, do not
-   hand off. The parse-trace goes into the planner's self-review
-   activity (the session) as the attestation the gate fired. The
-   target is the surface-language snippets the plan lifts verbatim
-   (example programs, fixtures); the project's source-language
-   test / implementation bodies are NOT the target — the
-   `implement` compile gate catches those. A block whose fence
-   label has no entry is skipped and the skip noted ("no parser
-   for fence label X"); never a silent pass. A malformed entry
-   (`cmd` without `{file}`, or `ext` / `cmd` missing) is a profile
-   error to surface, not a skip. If the profile declares no
-   `spec_validation`, this check is a documented no-op.
+9. **Parse-the-bytes-you-inline gate.** Every verbatim code body
+   the plan inlines into a task step must be run through the
+   `spec_validation` gate defined in `docs/profile-schema.md`
+   (which owns the parser-invocation protocol, the noted
+   no-parser skip, the malformed-entry failure, and the no-op
+   when the profile declares no `spec_validation`) before
+   hand-off. The target is the surface-language snippets the plan
+   lifts verbatim (example programs, fixtures); the project's
+   source-language test / implementation bodies are NOT the
+   target — the `implement` compile gate catches those. A parse
+   failure is a plan failure — the plan would hand the
+   implementer bytes that do not parse, the last defensive line
+   before dispatch — fix the plan, do not hand off. The
+   parse-trace goes into the planner's self-review activity (the
+   session) as the attestation the gate fired.
 
 Fix issues inline.