diff --git a/checks/health/go.mod b/checks/health/go.mod
index f9aedc80..937ab2e3 100644
--- a/checks/health/go.mod
+++ b/checks/health/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ module checks/health
 
 go 1.26.0
 
-require git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635
+require git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029212845-4204afd2400f
diff --git a/checks/health/go.sum b/checks/health/go.sum
index 3725c41e..df962ed0 100644
--- a/checks/health/go.sum
+++ b/checks/health/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635 h1:ImOyj4WqH9lwxOr95aH9Wq2iJkUwdtnEyPrASm9TrYA=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029212845-4204afd2400f h1:TbL5EGs7WCioK610IKPsEOn0mFx8mEjnvTbycaR1Alc=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029212845-4204afd2400f/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
diff --git a/modules/mesh-config/cmd/mesh-config/manifest_test.go b/modules/mesh-config/cmd/mesh-config/manifest_test.go
index 23f06ef3..c68914e4 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-config/cmd/mesh-config/manifest_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-config/cmd/mesh-config/manifest_test.go
@@ -16,10 +16,14 @@ func TestEveryStateAndActHasItsTool(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	var m struct {
-		State []string `json:"state"`
-		Logs  []string `json:"logs"`
-		Reads []string `json:"reads"`
-		Tools []string `json:"tools"`
+		State  []string `json:"state"`
+		Logs   []string `json:"logs"`
+		Reads  []string `json:"reads"`
+		Tools  []string `json:"tools"`
+		Claims []struct {
+			Name   string   `json:"name"`
+			Serves []string `json:"serves"`
+		} `json:"claims"`
 	}
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &m); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -37,6 +41,14 @@ func TestEveryStateAndActHasItsTool(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tool := range Tools(&Config{}) {
 		served[tool.Name] = true
 	}
+	if len(m.Claims) != 1 || m.Claims[0].Name != Seat || strings.Join(m.Claims[0].Serves, ",") != strings.Join(SeatVerbs, ",") {
+		t.Errorf("claims %+v, want %s serving %v", m.Claims, Seat, SeatVerbs)
+	}
+	for _, verb := range SeatVerbs {
+		if !served[Seat+"."+verb] {
+			t.Errorf("the seat's verb %s is not served", verb)
+		}
+	}
 	for _, name := range m.Tools {
 		if !served[name] {
 			t.Errorf("the manifest lists the tool %s, which is not served", name)
diff --git a/modules/mesh-config/cmd/mesh-config/switch_tools.go b/modules/mesh-config/cmd/mesh-config/switch_tools.go
index 80983e4f..7fbc2ffc 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-config/cmd/mesh-config/switch_tools.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-config/cmd/mesh-config/switch_tools.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
-// The tools of the switch (novox/hq ADR 0565 §4, §15): compare, take-over and hand-back, the read of `declared` and
-// resync. Module tools until mesh-sdk's seat mesh-config names them as its verbs.
+// The tools of the switch (novox/hq ADR 0565 §4, §15): compare, take-over and hand-back, served as the seat's verbs
+// and as the module's own tools beside them, the read of `declared` and resync.
 
 import (
 	"strings"
@@ -18,7 +18,24 @@ const (
 	ResyncTool   = "config_resync"
 )
 
+// SeatVerbs are the seat's verbs, as the manifest claims them.
+var SeatVerbs = []string{Verb, CompareVerb, TakeOverVerb, HandBackVerb}
+
 func switchTools(c *Config) []stdio.Tool {
+	own := ownSwitchTools(c)
+	byName := map[string]stdio.Tool{}
+	for _, t := range own {
+		byName[t.Name] = t
+	}
+	for verb, tool := range map[string]string{CompareVerb: CompareTool, TakeOverVerb: TakeOverTool, HandBackVerb: HandBackTool} {
+		t := byName[tool]
+		t.Name = Seat + "." + verb
+		own = append(own, t)
+	}
+	return own
+}
+
+func ownSwitchTools(c *Config) []stdio.Tool {
 	why := map[string]any{"type": "object", "properties": map[string]any{
 		"why": map[string]any{"type": "string", "description": "why, in a sentence"}}, "required": []string{"why"}}
 	whyOf := func(a map[string]any) string { s, _ := a["why"].(string); return strings.TrimSpace(s) }
diff --git a/modules/mesh-config/go.mod b/modules/mesh-config/go.mod
index a473279f..596188af 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-config/go.mod
+++ b/modules/mesh-config/go.mod
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module mesh-config
 
 go 1.26.0
 
-require git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635
+require git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029212845-4204afd2400f
 
 require (
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.20.0 // indirect
diff --git a/modules/mesh-config/go.sum b/modules/mesh-config/go.sum
index fe45f51a..a2e6f9cc 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-config/go.sum
+++ b/modules/mesh-config/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635 h1:ImOyj4WqH9lwxOr95aH9Wq2iJkUwdtnEyPrASm9TrYA=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029212845-4204afd2400f h1:TbL5EGs7WCioK610IKPsEOn0mFx8mEjnvTbycaR1Alc=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029212845-4204afd2400f/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op h1:Z/MZK75wC/NSrkgqeNIa7jexam9uWzhLmFTSCPI/kn0=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op/go.mod h1:FQyySiasQQM8735Ddel3MRojmy4dA1IqCeyJ5jmPMbI=
 github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8 h1:slArAR9Ft+1ybZu0lBwpSmpwhRXaa85hWtMinMyRAWo=
diff --git a/modules/mesh-config/module.json b/modules/mesh-config/module.json
index 66641a25..9554db29 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-config/module.json
+++ b/modules/mesh-config/module.json
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@
       "name": "mesh-config",
       "scope": "mesh",
       "serves": [
-        "config"
+        "config",
+        "compare",
+        "take-over",
+        "hand-back"
       ]
     }
   ],
diff --git a/modules/mesh-hand-acts/go.mod b/modules/mesh-hand-acts/go.mod
index ae12ac5a..7de813c4 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-hand-acts/go.mod
+++ b/modules/mesh-hand-acts/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module mesh-hand-acts
 go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029212845-4204afd2400f
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0
 )
 
diff --git a/modules/mesh-hand-acts/go.sum b/modules/mesh-hand-acts/go.sum
index f53fc84a..89be360c 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-hand-acts/go.sum
+++ b/modules/mesh-hand-acts/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635 h1:ImOyj4WqH9lwxOr95aH9Wq2iJkUwdtnEyPrASm9TrYA=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029212845-4204afd2400f h1:TbL5EGs7WCioK610IKPsEOn0mFx8mEjnvTbycaR1Alc=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029212845-4204afd2400f/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op h1:Z/MZK75wC/NSrkgqeNIa7jexam9uWzhLmFTSCPI/kn0=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op/go.mod h1:FQyySiasQQM8735Ddel3MRojmy4dA1IqCeyJ5jmPMbI=
 github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8 h1:slArAR9Ft+1ybZu0lBwpSmpwhRXaa85hWtMinMyRAWo=
diff --git a/modules/mesh-healers/go.mod b/modules/mesh-healers/go.mod
index 84e2b59c..3986b5ca 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-healers/go.mod
+++ b/modules/mesh-healers/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module mesh-healers
 go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029212845-4204afd2400f
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0
 )
 
diff --git a/modules/mesh-healers/go.sum b/modules/mesh-healers/go.sum
index f53fc84a..89be360c 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-healers/go.sum
+++ b/modules/mesh-healers/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635 h1:ImOyj4WqH9lwxOr95aH9Wq2iJkUwdtnEyPrASm9TrYA=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029212845-4204afd2400f h1:TbL5EGs7WCioK610IKPsEOn0mFx8mEjnvTbycaR1Alc=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029212845-4204afd2400f/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op h1:Z/MZK75wC/NSrkgqeNIa7jexam9uWzhLmFTSCPI/kn0=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op/go.mod h1:FQyySiasQQM8735Ddel3MRojmy4dA1IqCeyJ5jmPMbI=
 github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8 h1:slArAR9Ft+1ybZu0lBwpSmpwhRXaa85hWtMinMyRAWo=
diff --git a/modules/mesh-self-check/go.mod b/modules/mesh-self-check/go.mod
index 4f9316ba..aebf0142 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-self-check/go.mod
+++ b/modules/mesh-self-check/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module mesh-self-check
 go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029212845-4204afd2400f
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0
 )
 
diff --git a/modules/mesh-self-check/go.sum b/modules/mesh-self-check/go.sum
index f53fc84a..89be360c 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-self-check/go.sum
+++ b/modules/mesh-self-check/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635 h1:ImOyj4WqH9lwxOr95aH9Wq2iJkUwdtnEyPrASm9TrYA=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211750-2e5cc4f16635/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029212845-4204afd2400f h1:TbL5EGs7WCioK610IKPsEOn0mFx8mEjnvTbycaR1Alc=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029212845-4204afd2400f/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op h1:Z/MZK75wC/NSrkgqeNIa7jexam9uWzhLmFTSCPI/kn0=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op/go.mod h1:FQyySiasQQM8735Ddel3MRojmy4dA1IqCeyJ5jmPMbI=
 github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8 h1:slArAR9Ft+1ybZu0lBwpSmpwhRXaa85hWtMinMyRAWo=