diff --git a/docs/conventions.md b/docs/conventions.md
index c92bcb56..a15b4a83 100644
--- a/docs/conventions.md
+++ b/docs/conventions.md
@@ -91,6 +91,58 @@ each id in a per-recipient in-memory set so the next `Recv` can tag
 the row with `redelivered: true`. Idempotent + cheap when there's
 nothing in flight, so the at-boot fire is unconditional.
 
+### Loose-ends wire shape
+
+`LooseEnd` is the per-row response shape for `GetLooseEnds` (both
+the agent-flavour and manager-flavour requests). Tagged enum so
+new thread kinds (forge PRs, long-running approvals from a
+privileged bot, etc.) can land later without breaking existing
+handlers. Each row carries enough context that the caller renders
+it directly as a bulleted list, no follow-up fetch needed.
+
+Per-flavour scoping is uniform across the three variants:
+
+- **agent-flavour** `GetLooseEnds` only surfaces rows the calling
+  agent has standing in. `Approval` rows only appear when the
+  calling agent is the manager (sub-agents don't submit
+  approvals). `Question` rows surface where the agent is `asker`
+  OR `target` (the routing semantics from the Ask/Answer
+  subsection above). `Reminder` rows are scoped to `owner ==
+  self`.
+- **manager-flavour** `GetLooseEnds` lists every pending row in
+  the swarm — full audit view.
+
+Per-variant fields:
+
+- `Approval { id, agent, commit_ref, description?, age_seconds }`
+  — `agent` is the affected agent (target of the spawn / config
+  commit), not the asker. `description` is the manager's free-text
+  blurb shown on the dashboard card. `commit_ref` is the
+  kind-specific payload (see `docs/approvals.md::Approval kinds
+  (wire shapes)`).
+- `Question { id, asker, target?, question, age_seconds }` —
+  `target = None` = operator-routed (dashboard); `Some(agent)` =
+  peer-to-peer thread.
+- `Reminder { id, owner, message, due_at, age_seconds }` —
+  `due_at` is the absolute unix timestamp the scheduler is
+  targeting; clients compute time-until-fire as `due_at - now`.
+
+`age_seconds` saturates at zero on any clock anomaly (back-step,
+unsynchronised wall clock, etc.) so the bulleted list never
+shows nonsense ages.
+
+`CancelLooseEnd { kind, id }` is the matching write surface. The
+`kind` enum (`Question` / `Reminder` / `Approval`) selects which
+underlying store the dispatcher reaches into. `Question` and
+`Reminder` cancel from either surface subject to ownership
+checks (asker for the question, scheduler for the reminder).
+`Approval` is manager-only — sub-agents don't submit approvals
+so they have nothing of their own to withdraw; their wire
+surface returns a clear error if they try. Cancelling an approval
+transitions the row to `ApprovalStatus::Cancelled` and fires
+`ApprovalResolved { status: "cancelled" }` so the dashboard pulls
+the card out of the pending pane.
+
 ## Async forms
 
 Dashboard + per-agent mutating forms carry `data-async`; a delegated
diff --git a/hive-sh4re/src/lib.rs b/hive-sh4re/src/lib.rs
index 4544b0ad..0ec71a67 100644
--- a/hive-sh4re/src/lib.rs
+++ b/hive-sh4re/src/lib.rs
@@ -249,79 +249,50 @@ pub enum ReminderTiming {
 }
 
 /// One row in the response to `GetLooseEnds`. Tagged enum so new
-/// thread kinds (forge PRs, long-running approvals from a privileged
-/// bot, etc) can land later without breaking existing handlers. The
-/// caller (claude in the agent harness) is expected to render these
-/// as a short bulleted list — the per-row fields are all the context
-/// needed without a follow-up fetch.
-///
-/// All three variants are cancellable via `CancelLooseEnd` /
-/// `cancel_loose_end`. `Question` and `Reminder` can be cancelled
-/// from either surface (subject to ownership checks); `Approval`
-/// is manager-only since sub-agents can't submit approvals.
+/// thread kinds can land without breaking existing handlers.
+/// Per-flavour scoping + per-variant fields + clock-anomaly
+/// saturation behaviour live in
+/// `docs/conventions.md::Loose-ends wire shape`.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(tag = "kind", rename_all = "snake_case")]
 pub enum LooseEnd {
-    /// A pending approval. For agent-flavour `GetLooseEnds` calls
-    /// this only surfaces when the agent itself is the manager
-    /// (sub-agents don't submit approvals). For manager-flavour calls
-    /// it lists every pending approval in the swarm. `agent` is the
-    /// affected agent (target of the spawn / config commit).
+    /// A pending approval row.
     Approval {
         id: i64,
         agent: String,
         commit_ref: String,
         #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
         description: Option<String>,
-        /// Wall-clock seconds since `requested_at`. Saturates at zero on
-        /// any clock anomaly (back-step etc).
         age_seconds: u64,
     },
-    /// An unanswered question. For agent-flavour calls: only threads
-    /// where the agent is `asker` OR `target`. For manager-flavour
-    /// calls: every unanswered question in the swarm. `target = None`
-    /// means the question is addressed to the operator (dashboard
-    /// path); `Some(agent)` is a peer-to-peer thread.
+    /// An unanswered question row.
     Question {
         id: i64,
         asker: String,
         #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
         target: Option<String>,
         question: String,
-        /// Wall-clock seconds since `asked_at`. Saturates at zero.
         age_seconds: u64,
     },
-    /// A scheduled but un-delivered reminder. For agent-flavour calls:
-    /// only the agent's own reminders (where `owner == self`). For
-    /// manager-flavour calls: every pending reminder in the swarm.
-    /// `owner` is the agent who scheduled it; `due_at` is the absolute
-    /// unix timestamp the scheduler is targeting.
+    /// A scheduled but un-delivered reminder row.
     Reminder {
         id: i64,
         owner: String,
         message: String,
         due_at: i64,
-        /// Wall-clock seconds since the reminder was scheduled. Saturates
-        /// at zero on clock anomalies. (For time-until-fire, compute
-        /// `due_at - now` client-side from the wire timestamp.)
         age_seconds: u64,
     },
 }
 
-/// Kind discriminator for `CancelLooseEnd`. Maps to which underlying
-/// store the dispatcher reaches into (`OperatorQuestions` /
-/// `Broker::reminders` / `Approvals`). The `Approval` variant is
-/// manager-only — sub-agents can't submit approvals so they have
-/// nothing to withdraw (closes #250).
+/// Kind discriminator for `CancelLooseEnd`. Per-kind store +
+/// authorisation rules live in
+/// `docs/conventions.md::Loose-ends wire shape`.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
 pub enum CancelLooseEndKind {
     Question,
     Reminder,
-    /// Withdraw a pending approval (manager surface only). The row
-    /// transitions to `ApprovalStatus::Cancelled` and an
-    /// `ApprovalResolved` event fires so the dashboard pulls the card
-    /// out of the pending pane.
+    /// Withdraw a pending approval (manager surface only).
     Approval,
 }
 
@@ -413,11 +384,9 @@ pub enum AgentRequest {
         #[serde(default)]
         file_path: Option<String>,
     },
-    /// Loose-ends view: pending approvals + unanswered questions
-    /// pending against THIS agent. Approvals only surface if this
-    /// agent submitted them (which only ever happens for the
-    /// manager); questions surface where the agent is `asker` or
-    /// `target`. Cheap O(n) sweep server-side — no caching.
+    /// Loose-ends view: every pending row against THIS agent.
+    /// Per-flavour scoping in
+    /// `docs/conventions.md::Loose-ends wire shape`.
     GetLooseEnds,
     /// Count of this agent's pending (un-delivered) reminders. Used
     /// by the harness's per-turn stats sink to snapshot "what was
@@ -450,12 +419,9 @@ pub enum AgentRequest {
         #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
         name: Option<String>,
     },
-    /// Cancel an open thread the agent owns: a `Question` they asked
-    /// (returns `[cancelled by <self>]` as the answer to the asker)
-    /// or a `Reminder` they scheduled (hard-deletes the row).
-    /// Authorisation on the sub-agent surface: caller must own the
-    /// row. The manager surface uses the same wire variant but
-    /// accepts any id.
+    /// Cancel an open thread the agent owns. Authorisation +
+    /// per-kind semantics in
+    /// `docs/conventions.md::Loose-ends wire shape`.
     CancelLooseEnd { kind: CancelLooseEndKind, id: i64 },
     /// Mark every message popped since the last `AckTurn` as handled.
     /// Harness↔broker pairing fired after `TurnOutcome::Ok`. See