diff --git a/tables/js/add-row.js b/tables/js/add-row.js
index d8b1f0f..ef791b9 100644
--- a/tables/js/add-row.js
+++ b/tables/js/add-row.js
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-// add-row.js — inline new-row creation.
+// add-row.js — new-row creation.
 //
-// Click "+ Add row" → append a draft row at the end of state.rows,
-// focus its first editable cell, accumulate user typing into the
-// drafts buffer like any other row. On row-blur, save.js detects the
-// row.isNew flag and POSTs to <dir>/form.html (the form-create
-// endpoint). The 201 response carries the new row's Location; we swap
-// the synthetic url/yamlUrl for the real ones and the draft row
-// becomes a normal saved row.
+// Two paths, chosen by the table's schema:
+//   - Record-tables (identity composed from required fields that aren't
+//     columns — e.g. the risk register's tracking-number components): "+ Add
+//     row" navigates to the compose form (<dir>/form.html), the only place
+//     those components can be supplied. See needsComposeForm().
+//   - Simple tables (all required fields are columns): "+ Add row" appends a
+//     draft row at the end of state.rows, focuses its first editable cell, and
+//     accumulates typing into the drafts buffer like any other row. On
+//     row-blur, save.js detects row.isNew and POSTs to <dir>/form.html; the
+//     201 Location swaps the synthetic url and the draft becomes a saved row.
 //
 // Synthetic identity: each new row gets a temporary "__new-<N>" url
 // so rowKey() returns something unique for selection + draft tracking.
@@ -34,8 +37,29 @@
         return dir + 'form.html';
     }
 
-    // Create-and-paint: the user-facing path.
+    // True when a new record's identity is composed from required fields that
+    // AREN'T table columns (e.g. the risk register's project/discipline/
+    // sequence tracking-number components). Such rows can't be created by
+    // typing into the grid — they need the compose form. Server mode only
+    // (the form handler is server-side).
+    function needsComposeForm() {
+        const ctx = app.context || {};
+        if (!app.state || app.state.source !== 'server') return false;
+        const req = (ctx.rowSchema && Array.isArray(ctx.rowSchema.required)) ? ctx.rowSchema.required : [];
+        if (!req.length) return false;
+        const colFields = {};
+        (ctx.columns || []).forEach(function (c) { if (c && c.field) colFields[c.field] = true; });
+        return req.some(function (f) { return !colFields[f]; });
+    }
+
+    // Create-and-paint: the user-facing path. Record-tables (composed identity)
+    // open the compose form directly — the grid can't supply their
+    // tracking-number components; simple tables append an inline draft row.
     function invoke() {
+        if (needsComposeForm()) {
+            window.location.href = formCreateUrl();
+            return;
+        }
         const key = createSilent();
         if (typeof app.repaint === 'function') app.repaint();
         focusNewRow(key);