diff --git a/.claude/skills/mxl-compile/scripts/mxl-compile.ps1 b/.claude/skills/mxl-compile/scripts/mxl-compile.ps1
index 5b4c5cf8..148107b0 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/mxl-compile/scripts/mxl-compile.ps1
+++ b/.claude/skills/mxl-compile/scripts/mxl-compile.ps1
@@ -285,6 +285,9 @@ function Register-CellFormat {
 # Pre-register all formats from areas
 foreach ($area in $def.areas) {
 	foreach ($row in $area.rows) {
+		# Skip empty row placeholder
+		if ($row.empty) { continue }
+
 		# Row height format
 		if ($row.height) {
 			$hKey = Get-FormatKey -height ([int]$row.height)
@@ -362,6 +365,21 @@ foreach ($area in $def.areas) {
 	$localRow = 0
 
 	foreach ($row in $area.rows) {
+		# Empty row placeholder: emit N empty rows
+		if ($row.empty) {
+			$count = [int]$row.empty
+			for ($ei = 0; $ei -lt $count; $ei++) {
+				X "`t<rowsItem>"
+				X "`t`t<index>$globalRow</index>"
+				X "`t`t<row>"
+				X "`t`t`t<empty>true</empty>"
+				X "`t`t</row>"
+				X "`t</rowsItem>"
+				$globalRow++; $localRow++
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
 		# Build set of columns occupied by rowspans from previous rows
 		$rowspanOccupied = @{}  # 1-based col -> $true
 		foreach ($rs in $activeRowspans) {
diff --git a/.claude/skills/mxl-decompile/scripts/mxl-decompile.ps1 b/.claude/skills/mxl-decompile/scripts/mxl-decompile.ps1
index e822e9cb..70df68d2 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/mxl-decompile/scripts/mxl-decompile.ps1
+++ b/.claude/skills/mxl-decompile/scripts/mxl-decompile.ps1
@@ -520,9 +520,29 @@ foreach ($area in $namedAreas) {
 		$areaRows += $dslRow
 	}
 
+	# Compress consecutive empty rows ({}) into { empty = N }
+	$compressedRows = @()
+	$emptyRun = 0
+	foreach ($r in $areaRows) {
+		if ($r.Count -eq 0) {
+			$emptyRun++
+		} else {
+			if ($emptyRun -gt 0) {
+				if ($emptyRun -eq 1) { $compressedRows += [ordered]@{} }
+				else { $compressedRows += [ordered]@{ empty = $emptyRun } }
+				$emptyRun = 0
+			}
+			$compressedRows += $r
+		}
+	}
+	if ($emptyRun -gt 0) {
+		if ($emptyRun -eq 1) { $compressedRows += [ordered]@{} }
+		else { $compressedRows += [ordered]@{ empty = $emptyRun } }
+	}
+
 	$dslAreas += [ordered]@{
 		name = $area.Name
-		rows = [array]$areaRows
+		rows = [array]$compressedRows
 	}
 }
 
@@ -579,6 +599,18 @@ if ($styleDefs.Contains("default") -and $styleDefs["default"].Count -eq 0) {
 	$styleDefs.Remove("default")
 }
 
+# Remove unused styles
+$usedStyles = @{}
+foreach ($a in $dslAreas) {
+	foreach ($r in $a.rows) {
+		if ($r.rowStyle) { $usedStyles[$r.rowStyle] = $true }
+		if ($r.cells) { foreach ($c in $r.cells) { if ($c.style) { $usedStyles[$c.style] = $true } } }
+	}
+}
+$toRemove = @($styleDefs.Keys | Where-Object { -not $usedStyles.ContainsKey($_) })
+foreach ($s in $toRemove) { $styleDefs.Remove($s)
+}
+
 $result["fonts"] = $fontsOut
 $result["styles"] = $styleDefs
 $result["areas"] = [array]$dslAreas
diff --git a/docs/mxl-dsl-spec.md b/docs/mxl-dsl-spec.md
index d7d952b5..be478fce 100644
--- a/docs/mxl-dsl-spec.md
+++ b/docs/mxl-dsl-spec.md
@@ -119,8 +119,9 @@
 | `height` | — | Высота строки (если не задана, используется авто) |
 | `rowStyle` | — | Стиль для ВСЕХ колонок (заполняет пустоты рамками) |
 | `cells` | `[]` | Массив ячеек |
+| `empty` | — | Количество подряд идущих пустых строк (заменяет N отдельных `{}`) |
 
-Строка без `cells` и `rowStyle` → пустая строка.
+Строка без `cells` и `rowStyle` → пустая строка. `{ "empty": 3 }` эквивалентно трём `{}`.
 
 ## Ячейки (`cells[]`)