diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 9c0c5754..fd6e29ca 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ of a status and `rejected` on a closed issue. Exactly one `S*` label per open
 issue. [GitHub Projects (v2)](https://github.com/users/Matysh/projects/1) is a
 human-facing view synchronised from the labels, not the source of truth.
 
+Two shortcuts exist for small work. `small` — the light track: the spec lives in
+the issue body and its review is a comment. `trivial` — the short track: no spec
+stage at all, `S2-analysis` straight to `S5-ready`, with the AC written into the
+issue body first. `trivial` requires a bug confined to one surface with no new UX
+contract, no migration, no i18n, no perf or touch impact, at most three checkable
+AC, **and expected behaviour already on record** — nothing left to decide. Code
+review is never skipped on either track; it is what stands in for testing.
+`PROCESS.md` §5 and §5.1 hold the criteria.
+
 An issue filed by an outsider is worked exactly like one of the owner's own, once
 the owner has decided to take it. The check sits **at the entrance**, not on every
 step: while an issue carries no status label it is outside the process and the
diff --git a/scripts/process-gate.mjs b/scripts/process-gate.mjs
index 0d3bd9b2..24af7265 100644
--- a/scripts/process-gate.mjs
+++ b/scripts/process-gate.mjs
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ const CLASS_C = [
 
 const CHANGELOGS = ['docs/CHANGELOG.md', 'docs/CHANGELOG.ru.md'];
 
+// Метки, при которых файла ТЗ в docs/specs/ быть не должно: на лёгком треке ТЗ
+// живёт в теле issue (§5), на коротком — там же, и ревью ТЗ вообще не проводится
+// (§5.1, issue #128). Офлайн эти случаи неотличимы от «ТЗ не написано», поэтому
+// проверка 3 краснеет только когда метки прочитаны.
+export const NO_SPEC_FILE = ['small', 'trivial'];
+
 export const ALLOWED_STATUS = ['S5-ready', 'S6-in-progress', 'S7-code-review', 'S8-merged'];
 export const STRICT_STATUS = ['S5-ready', 'S6-in-progress', 'S7-code-review'];
 
@@ -235,12 +241,12 @@ export function checkSpecs(commits, specFiles, labelsOf = null) {
       if (labels === null) {
         out.push({
           level: 'warn', rule: 3, sha: c.short,
-          msg: `класс A по ${t}, но ТЗ docs/specs/${nn}-*.md не найдено — допустимо только при метке small`,
+          msg: `класс A по ${t}, но ТЗ docs/specs/${nn}-*.md не найдено — допустимо при метке small или trivial`,
         });
-      } else if (!labels.includes('small')) {
+      } else if (!labels.some((l) => NO_SPEC_FILE.includes(l))) {
         out.push({
           level: 'fail', rule: 3, sha: c.short,
-          msg: `класс A по ${t}: ТЗ docs/specs/${nn}-*.md нет, и метки small на issue нет — код без ТЗ`,
+          msg: `класс A по ${t}: ТЗ docs/specs/${nn}-*.md нет, и метки ${NO_SPEC_FILE.join(' / ')} на issue нет — код без ТЗ`,
         });
       }
     }
diff --git a/test/process-gate.test.mjs b/test/process-gate.test.mjs
index 01556f25..761b2f13 100644
--- a/test/process-gate.test.mjs
+++ b/test/process-gate.test.mjs
@@ -134,8 +134,9 @@ test('a class A commit without a spec warns offline and fails with labels', () =
   assert.equal(offline[0].level, 'warn');
   assert.equal(offline[0].rule, 3);
 
-  // С метками: small оправдывает отсутствие файла, его отсутствие — нет.
+  // С метками: small и trivial оправдывают отсутствие файла, их отсутствие — нет.
   assert.deepEqual(checkSpecs([c], [], () => ['small', 'S5-ready']), []);
+  assert.deepEqual(checkSpecs([c], [], () => ['trivial', 'S5-ready']), []);
   const strict = checkSpecs([c], [], () => ['S5-ready']);
   assert.equal(strict.length, 1);
   assert.equal(strict[0].level, 'fail');