diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3f5e571e..c739081a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ The latest `## [X.Y.Z]` header must match the `version` field in `punkproject.to
 Entries are newest-first; one bullet per notable change. See the root `AGENTS.md`
 "Project Versioning" section for the bump policy.
 
+## [0.12.20] - 2026-07-13
+
+- tclcore moduledoc 0.3.3: removed the unnecessary @dynamic tags from the split, array and join definitions - no bad-@dynamic warnings remain anywhere in the module, and the three definitions now cache their display expansion like the rest instead of re-expanding per render.
+
 ## [0.12.19] - 2026-07-13
 
 - punk::args 0.11.2: the "bad @dynamic tag" warning now emits once per definition instead of on every resolve ('i join' emitted it 4x, user-reported) - the underlying inefficiency fixed: parse-inert @dynamic definitions now cache their round-1 resolution like legitimately dynamic ones instead of redoing the full text substitution on every resolve. The warning wording now notes @dynamic still forces display-field re-expansion per render for such definitions. tclcore moduledoc 0.3.2: fixed the malformed ::tcl_startOfNextWord definition (unescaped quotes in its embedded man-page example prevented it resolving at all - 'i tcl_startOfNextWord' now works), found by sweeping all 462 registered ids; the sweep identified ::split, ::array and ::join as the parse-inert @dynamic carriers.
diff --git a/punkproject.toml b/punkproject.toml
index 73da0da9..95077bf1 100644
--- a/punkproject.toml
+++ b/punkproject.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [project]
 name = "punkshell"
-version = "0.12.19"
+version = "0.12.20"
 license = "BSD-2-Clause"
diff --git a/src/modules/punk/args/moduledoc/tclcore-999999.0a1.0.tm b/src/modules/punk/args/moduledoc/tclcore-999999.0a1.0.tm
index ac93f038..59f7212f 100644
--- a/src/modules/punk/args/moduledoc/tclcore-999999.0a1.0.tm
+++ b/src/modules/punk/args/moduledoc/tclcore-999999.0a1.0.tm
@@ -4887,7 +4887,6 @@ tcl::namespace::eval punk::args::moduledoc::tclcore {
             return [punk::args::ensemble_subcommands_definition -groupdict $groups -columns 2 array]
         }
         lappend PUNKARGS [list {
-            @dynamic
             @id     -id ::array
             @cmd    -name "Built-in: array"\
                 -summary\
@@ -6502,7 +6501,6 @@ tcl::namespace::eval punk::args::moduledoc::tclcore {
 
         # -- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
         lappend PUNKARGS [list {
-            @dynamic
             @id     -id ::join
             @cmd    -name "Built-in: join"\
                     -summary\
@@ -9338,7 +9336,6 @@ tcl::namespace::eval punk::args::moduledoc::tclcore {
                 }]}
         }
         punk::args::define {
-            @dynamic
             @id -id ::split
             @cmd -name "Built-in: split"\
                 -summary\
diff --git a/src/modules/punk/args/moduledoc/tclcore-buildversion.txt b/src/modules/punk/args/moduledoc/tclcore-buildversion.txt
index 0962b95f..fa6c6fa9 100644
--- a/src/modules/punk/args/moduledoc/tclcore-buildversion.txt
+++ b/src/modules/punk/args/moduledoc/tclcore-buildversion.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-0.3.2
+0.3.3
 #First line must be a semantic version number
 #all other lines are ignored.
+#0.3.3 - removed the parse-inert @dynamic tags from ::split, ::array and ::join (user-directed; identified by the 0.3.2 sweep). None has round-2 substitution content, and their ${...} placeholders are all display-field styling/examples - the definitions now resolve as ordinary static definitions with display expansion cached per raw definition (previously @dynamic forced display re-expansion on every render). No bad-@dynamic warnings remain across the module's 462 registered ids; renders and parses verified unchanged for all three.
 #0.3.2 - fixed malformed ::tcl_startOfNextWord definition: its -help was double-quoted but the embedded man-page example contains inner double quotes (set theString "The quick brown fox" / puts "Word start index: ..."), so the value terminated early and the definition failed to resolve at all (punk::args::resolve 'bad optionspecs line' error; 'i tcl_startOfNextWord' broken). The -help is now braced (fully literal per the define quoting rules - inner quotes and brackets safe, text verbatim, example braces balance). Found by a bad-@dynamic sweep across all 462 registered ids (punk::args 0.11.2 work); the same sweep identified the parse-inert @dynamic tags on ::split, ::array and ::join (each now warns once per interp) - left in place pending a decision on their display-refresh semantics (@dynamic still forces display-field re-expansion per render).
 #0.3.1 - authoring-style only (user-directed): the ::after id-shape harvest is consumed via tstr ${$after_id_prefix} placeholders instead of the 0.3.0 build-time %AFTERIDPREFIX% string map - the harvest variable now lives in the argdoc namespace (the defspace registered PUNKARGS definitions resolve placeholders in when an argdoc child exists; see the punk::args::define 'Interpolation and the defspace' help section), which makes plain placeholders work in both the -type parse field (expanded at first resolve) and the -help display fields (expanded at display time). This module showcases the tstr style; string map remains reserved for cases where build-time substitution is genuinely necessary. Behaviour identical to 0.3.0 (resolved -type, form discrimination, parity pins and help renders re-verified).
 #0.3.0 - ::after cancel-id discrimination (user-directed 2026-07-13): the cancelid and info forms' id argument is typed stringstartswith(<prefix>) with the prefix harvested from the RUNNING interpreter at define time (safe create+cancel probe 'after 999999 {}' / 'after cancel $id' - G-054 technique; prefix is after# on 8.6.11 and 9.0.3, hardcoded after#%d in tclTimer.c), substituted into the definition via a build-time %AFTERIDPREFIX% string map (CORRECTED finding: parse-field tstr IS expanded for registered PUNKARGS definitions, but in the argdoc subnamespace when one exists - a variable set in the parent namespace is unresolvable there and the param is left silently literal; build-time substitution sidesteps the defspace subtlety). -typesynopsis id keeps the synopsis rendering as the man page's 'id'. Effect under G-041 form candidacy: 'after cancel <non-id-shaped-word>' resolves cleanly to the cancelscript form matching real semantics (real 'after cancel' with a non-id is a silent script-match no-op), and 'after info <non-id>' is model-rejected where real errors at runtime (parity-true); an id-SHAPED word after cancel remains truthfully ambiguous (cancelid+cancelscript) - real Tcl resolves that junction by id liveness at runtime, which no static type expresses; dead-id over-acceptance on 'after info' recorded as the accepted runtime-liveness boundary. Both ids gain man-page-derived -help text. Parity pins added in tclcoreparity.test (id-shape harvest agreement, cancel discrimination incl the liveness ambiguity, info error-vs-ok parity + accepted dead-id divergence).