diff --git a/zddc/cmd/zddc-server/main.go b/zddc/cmd/zddc-server/main.go
index a19c142..207f9fb 100644
--- a/zddc/cmd/zddc-server/main.go
+++ b/zddc/cmd/zddc-server/main.go
@@ -842,15 +842,16 @@ func dispatch(cfg config.Config, idx *archive.Index, ring *handler.LogRing, apps
 				}
 			}
 			// Reviewing aggregator. <project>/reviewing/[<tracking>/] is
-			// a virtual view. With trailing slash:
-			//   - JSON request → aggregator listing (handler.ServeReviewing)
-			//   - HTML request → mdedit, rooted at the reviewing/ path.
-			//                    mdedit's polyfill then fetches the JSON
-			//                    listing on its own.
-			// Without trailing slash, depth-3 (reviewing/<tracking>) 301s
-			// to the slash form; depth-2 (reviewing) falls through to the
-			// canonical-folder block below where DefaultAppAt routes to
-			// mdedit and the no-slash branch serves it directly.
+			// a virtual view. The shape rule mirrors the other canonical
+			// folders (slash → browse, no-slash → default tool):
+			//   - JSON request, any depth → aggregator listing (handler.ServeReviewing)
+			//   - HTML, no slash → mdedit (default tool, via DefaultAppAt)
+			//   - HTML, with slash → browse.html (via ServeDirectory).
+			//                        browse fetches JSON which routes back
+			//                        through here to ServeReviewing.
+			// Depth-3 no-slash (reviewing/<tracking>) 301s to the slash form.
+			// Depth-2 no-slash (reviewing) falls through to the canonical-
+			// folder block below where DefaultAppAt routes to mdedit.
 			if r.Method == http.MethodGet || r.Method == http.MethodHead {
 				if proj, tracking, ok := handler.IsReviewingPath(urlPath); ok {
 					if !strings.HasSuffix(urlPath, "/") {
@@ -859,21 +860,17 @@ func dispatch(cfg config.Config, idx *archive.Index, ring *handler.LogRing, apps
 							return
 						}
 						// Depth-2 no-slash falls through to canonical-folder block.
-					} else {
+					} else if strings.Contains(r.Header.Get("Accept"), "application/json") {
 						chain, _ := zddc.EffectivePolicy(cfg.Root, filepath.Join(cfg.Root, proj))
 						if allowed, _ := policy.AllowFromChain(r.Context(), handler.DeciderFromContext(r), chain, email, urlPath); !allowed {
 							http.Error(w, "Forbidden", http.StatusForbidden)
 							return
 						}
-						if strings.Contains(r.Header.Get("Accept"), "application/json") {
-							handler.ServeReviewing(cfg, w, r, proj, tracking)
-							return
-						}
-						if appsSrv != nil {
-							appsSrv.Serve(w, r, "mdedit", chain, absPath)
-							return
-						}
+						handler.ServeReviewing(cfg, w, r, proj, tracking)
+						return
 					}
+					// HTML trailing-slash falls through to canonical-folder
+					// block → ServeDirectory → embedded browse.html.
 				}
 			}
 			// Canonical project-root folder fallback. <project>/{archive,
diff --git a/zddc/cmd/zddc-server/main_test.go b/zddc/cmd/zddc-server/main_test.go
index 532deb8..981a59a 100644
--- a/zddc/cmd/zddc-server/main_test.go
+++ b/zddc/cmd/zddc-server/main_test.go
@@ -548,6 +548,25 @@ func TestDispatchEmptyCanonicalProjectFolders(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 
+	// Trailing-slash form on a canonical folder serves the browse
+	// app for HTML requests — same convention as the existing IsDir
+	// branch. The slash-vs-no-slash distinction is the user's signal:
+	// "show me the directory contents" vs "open the default tool".
+	for _, stage := range []string{"working", "staging", "archive", "reviewing"} {
+		t.Run("slash/"+stage+" → browse", func(t *testing.T) {
+			req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/Project/"+stage+"/", nil)
+			req.Header.Set("Accept", "text/html")
+			rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+			dispatch(cfg, idx, ring, appsSrv, nil, rec, req)
+			if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+				t.Fatalf("status=%d, want 200; body=%s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+			}
+			if !strings.Contains(rec.Body.String(), "ZDDC Browse") {
+				t.Errorf("%s/ HTML response missing 'ZDDC Browse'", stage)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
 	// Non-canonical missing folder still 404s (the fallback is
 	// scoped to the four canonical names, not a blanket "missing →
 	// empty" rule).