diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-image/cmd/mesh-build-image/asks.go b/modules/mesh-build-image/cmd/mesh-build-image/asks.go
index 015c25ab1..ca33045ad 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-image/cmd/mesh-build-image/asks.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-image/cmd/mesh-build-image/asks.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func (m *Module) Puller(steps []StepTool, source buildstep.AskSource) *buildstep
 
 // SeatTools are the seat's verbs on this node (ADR 0525 §10).
 func (m *Module) SeatTools(p *buildstep.Puller) []stdio.Tool {
-	return buildstep.SeatTools(Seat, "image", p)
+	return append(buildstep.SeatTools(Seat, "image", p), stepsTool())
 }
 
 // StepEndTool ends one step left running (issue 1890); the module's steps state is the one it reads and writes.
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-image/cmd/mesh-build-image/manifest_test.go b/modules/mesh-build-image/cmd/mesh-build-image/manifest_test.go
index f3c2cd6e2..8419a7a08 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-image/cmd/mesh-build-image/manifest_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-image/cmd/mesh-build-image/manifest_test.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func TestManifestKeepsItsStatesClaimsItsBuildSeatAndDeclaresItsHealthTool(t *tes
 	if want := []string{"keys", MirrorWaitsState, "pauses", "steps"}; !slices.Equal(states, want) {
 		t.Errorf("state = %v, want %v", states, want)
 	}
-	if len(m.Claims) != 1 || m.Claims[0].Name != Seat || !slices.Equal(m.Claims[0].Serves, []string{"current", "drop", "pause", "resume"}) {
+	if len(m.Claims) != 1 || m.Claims[0].Name != Seat || !slices.Equal(m.Claims[0].Serves, []string{"current", "drop", "pause", "resume", "steps"}) {
 		t.Errorf("claims = %v, want the seat %s alone", m.Claims, Seat)
 	}
 	raw, _ := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(moduleDir, "module.json"))
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-image/cmd/mesh-build-image/steps.go b/modules/mesh-build-image/cmd/mesh-build-image/steps.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e62ff9364
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-image/cmd/mesh-build-image/steps.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package main
+
+// **The verb `steps`** (design 47 G §22, §307, §328): an image has no lint, unit or integration test step, so `steps`
+// answers none for it and the seed has those steps `bypass` (*A module's registration*). The answer is the same for
+// every fingerprint, so nothing is kept for it.
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	seat "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-delivery/contracts/go/seats/nodebuildimage"
+	stdio "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go"
+)
+
+// StepsAnswer is what `steps` answers.
+type StepsAnswer struct {
+	Artifact    string              `json:"artifact"`
+	Fingerprint string              `json:"fingerprint,omitempty"`
+	Steps       []seat.DetectedStep `json:"steps"`
+}
+
+// stepsTool is the seat's verb `steps`.
+func stepsTool() stdio.Tool {
+	return stdio.Tool{Name: Seat + "." + seat.VerbSteps,
+		Description: "Which pipeline steps an image artifact can run: none (an image has no lint, unit or integration test step).",
+		Input: map[string]any{"type": "object", "required": []string{"module", "artifact"}, "properties": map[string]any{
+			"module":      map[string]any{"type": "string"},
+			"artifact":    map[string]any{"type": "string", "description": "the artifact reference, <module>:<artifact>"},
+			"fingerprint": map[string]any{"type": "string"},
+			"fetch":       map[string]any{"type": "object", "description": "not read: an image's steps need no tree"},
+			"again":       map[string]any{"type": "boolean", "description": "not read: the answer is the same anew"},
+		}},
+		Run: steps}
+}
+
+func steps(args map[string]any) (any, error) {
+	str := func(k string) string { s, _ := args[k].(string); return s }
+	if str("artifact") == "" || str("module") == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("steps: the module and the artifact are asked")
+	}
+	return StepsAnswer{Artifact: str("artifact"), Fingerprint: str("fingerprint"), Steps: []seat.DetectedStep{}}, nil
+}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-image/cmd/mesh-build-image/steps_test.go b/modules/mesh-build-image/cmd/mesh-build-image/steps_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b24fea3e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-image/cmd/mesh-build-image/steps_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package main
+
+import "testing"
+
+// Design 47 G §22, §328 (BLD8): the verb steps is served and answers none for an image.
+func TestTheStepsVerbAnswersNoStepForAnImage(t *testing.T) {
+	served := false
+	for _, tool := range (&Module{}).SeatTools(nil) {
+		if tool.Name == Seat+".steps" {
+			served = true
+			got, err := tool.Run(map[string]any{"module": "m", "artifact": "m:server", "fingerprint": "fp"})
+			a, ok := got.(StepsAnswer)
+			if err != nil || !ok || a.Artifact != "m:server" || a.Steps == nil || len(a.Steps) != 0 {
+				t.Errorf("steps = %+v (%v)", got, err)
+			}
+			if _, err := tool.Run(map[string]any{"module": "m"}); err == nil {
+				t.Error("an ask with no artifact was answered")
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if !served {
+		t.Fatal("the module serves no verb steps")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-image/module.json b/modules/mesh-build-image/module.json
index ec0de87d9..be406b135 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-image/module.json
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-image/module.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     {
       "name": "node-build-image",
       "scope": "node",
-      "serves": ["current", "drop", "pause", "resume"]
+      "serves": ["current", "drop", "pause", "resume", "steps"]
     }
   ],
   "config": {
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/announce.go b/modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/announce.go
index 2163bca16..642d81767 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/announce.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/announce.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ var Kept = []announce.State{
 	{Name: "keys", Readable: true},
 	{Name: "steps", Readable: true},
 	{Name: "pauses", Readable: true},
+	{Name: "detected-steps", Readable: true},
 }
 
 // keepStates announces Kept as this module's (stdio.Keeps): main calls it before it serves.
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/asks.go b/modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/asks.go
index 93147db9a..5161802e3 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/asks.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/asks.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func (m *Module) Puller(steps []StepTool, source buildstep.AskSource) *buildstep
 
 // SeatTools are the seat's verbs on this node (ADR 0525 §10).
 func (m *Module) SeatTools(p *buildstep.Puller) []stdio.Tool {
-	return buildstep.SeatTools(Seat, "Node", p)
+	return append(buildstep.SeatTools(Seat, "Node", p), m.stepsTool())
 }
 
 // StepEndTool ends one step left running (issue 1890); the module's steps state is the one it reads and writes.
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/main.go b/modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/main.go
index 772abe1cb..ad83cc12f 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/main.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/main.go
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ func main() {
 		Emit:                func(t string, b any) error { return stdio.Emit(t, b) },
 		Steps:               stdio.State(seat.StateSteps).Put,
 		ReadSteps:           readOf(stdio.State(seat.StateSteps)),
+		Detected:            stdio.State(seat.StateDetectedSteps).Put,
+		ReadDetected:        readOf(stdio.State(seat.StateDetectedSteps)).Get,
 		Pauses:              stdio.State(sdkstep.PausesState).Put,
 		ReadPauses:          readOf(stdio.State(sdkstep.PausesState)),
 		ForgetPause:         stdio.State(sdkstep.PausesState).Delete,
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/manifest_test.go b/modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/manifest_test.go
index 06b8939d9..131d1c15c 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/manifest_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/manifest_test.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func TestManifestKeepsItsStatesClaimsItsBuildSeatAndDeclaresItsHealthTool(t *tes
 	if want := []string{"keys", "pauses", "steps", "toolchains"}; !slices.Equal(states, want) {
 		t.Errorf("state = %v, want %v", states, want)
 	}
-	if len(m.Claims) != 1 || m.Claims[0].Name != Seat || !slices.Equal(m.Claims[0].Serves, []string{"current", "drop", "pause", "resume"}) {
+	if len(m.Claims) != 1 || m.Claims[0].Name != Seat || !slices.Equal(m.Claims[0].Serves, []string{"current", "drop", "pause", "resume", "steps"}) {
 		t.Errorf("claims = %v, want the seat %s alone", m.Claims, Seat)
 	}
 	if !slices.Contains(m.Tools, HealthTool) {
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/module.go b/modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/module.go
index a98ca9209..f87c17b98 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/module.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/module.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	stdio "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go"
 	"net/http"
@@ -47,6 +48,9 @@ type Module struct {
 	// Held is the puller whose running asks a step-end tool will not end (issue 1890); nil in a test.
 	Held                           *buildstep.Puller
 	ReadSteps, ReadToolchainsState StateRead
+	// Detected and ReadDetected are the Put and the read of the state detected-steps (design 47 G §326, §414).
+	Detected     buildstep.Put
+	ReadDetected func(key string) (json.RawMessage, error)
 	// Pauses is the Put of the pauses state, which keeps the node's pause key without an age; ReadPauses reads it back.
 	Pauses     buildstep.Put
 	ReadPauses StateRead
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/steps.go b/modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/steps.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f109953f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/steps.go
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+package main
+
+// **The verb `steps`** (design 47 G §22, §307, §326, §328): which pipeline steps a TypeScript artifact can run, by the
+// convention check.go tests by. The type-check is the lint step (§328) and is always one; the unit step is the packages
+// holding a package.json script `test`, the integration step those holding `test:integration`. A level with none is not
+// answered. The answer is kept in the state detected-steps by the artifact's fingerprint, replaced by a newer one and by
+// again, as the Go build module keeps it.
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-catalog/modules/mesh-build-go/buildstep"
+	seat "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-delivery/contracts/go/seats/nodebuildnode"
+	sdkstep "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-delivery/sdk/buildstep"
+	stdio "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/forgekey"
+)
+
+// The pipeline steps `steps` answers (the contract's DetectedStep enum).
+const (
+	StepLint        = "lint"
+	StepUnit        = "unit"
+	StepIntegration = "integration"
+)
+
+// DetectedStep is the contract's.
+type DetectedStep = seat.DetectedStep
+
+// StepsAnswer is what `steps` answers.
+type StepsAnswer struct {
+	Artifact    string         `json:"artifact"`
+	Fingerprint string         `json:"fingerprint,omitempty"`
+	Steps       []DetectedStep `json:"steps"`
+	Kept        bool           `json:"kept,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// detectSteps finds the steps of the package directories under dir.
+func detectSteps(dir string) ([]DetectedStep, error) {
+	targets, err := testTargets(dir, ".")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	unit, integration := []string{}, []string{}
+	for _, tg := range targets {
+		scripts, err := packageScripts(tg.dir)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if scripts["test"] != "" {
+			unit = append(unit, tg.where)
+		}
+		if scripts["test:integration"] != "" {
+			integration = append(integration, tg.where)
+		}
+	}
+	steps := []DetectedStep{{Step: StepLint}}
+	for _, l := range []struct {
+		step string
+		pkgs []string
+	}{{StepUnit, unit}, {StepIntegration, integration}} {
+		if len(l.pkgs) > 0 {
+			sort.Strings(l.pkgs)
+			steps = append(steps, DetectedStep{Step: l.step, Packages: l.pkgs})
+		}
+	}
+	return steps, nil
+}
+
+// stepsTool is the seat's verb `steps`.
+func (m *Module) stepsTool() stdio.Tool {
+	return stdio.Tool{Name: Seat + "." + seat.VerbSteps,
+		Description: "Which pipeline steps a TypeScript artifact can run: the type-check as lint, always; unit tests where a package has a test script; " +
+			"integration tests where one has a test:integration script. A level with no test is not answered.",
+		Input: map[string]any{"type": "object", "required": []string{"module", "artifact", "fetch"}, "properties": map[string]any{
+			"module":      map[string]any{"type": "string"},
+			"artifact":    map[string]any{"type": "string", "description": "the artifact reference, <module>:<artifact>"},
+			"fingerprint": map[string]any{"type": "string"},
+			"fetch":       map[string]any{"type": "object", "description": "what the fetch tool is asked: the repository, the full commit and the module's directory"},
+			"again":       map[string]any{"type": "boolean", "description": "find them anew, not from the kept answer"},
+		}},
+		Run: m.Short(m.steps)}
+}
+
+func (m *Module) steps(ctx context.Context, args map[string]any) (any, error) {
+	str := func(k string) string { s, _ := args[k].(string); return s }
+	fetch, _ := args["fetch"].(map[string]any)
+	req, err := sdkstep.ParseFetchRequest(fetch)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if str("artifact") == "" || str("module") == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("steps: the module and the artifact are asked")
+	}
+	artifact, fp := str("artifact"), str("fingerprint")
+	name := artifact
+	if _, n, ok := strings.Cut(artifact, ":"); ok {
+		name = n
+	}
+	key := seat.DetectedStepsByModuleArtifactKey(str("module"), name)
+	if again, _ := args["again"].(bool); !again && fp != "" && m.ReadDetected != nil {
+		if raw, err := m.ReadDetected(key); err == nil && len(raw) > 0 {
+			if kept, err := seat.DecodeDetectedStepsByModuleArtifactValue(raw); err == nil && kept.Fingerprint == fp {
+				return StepsAnswer{Artifact: artifact, Fingerprint: fp, Steps: kept.Steps, Kept: true}, nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	steps, err := m.stepsOfTree(ctx, req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if fp != "" && m.Detected != nil {
+		at := time.Now()
+		if m.Clock != nil {
+			at = m.Clock()
+		}
+		if _, err := m.Detected(key, seat.DetectedSteps{V: 1, Fingerprint: fp, Steps: steps, At: &at}); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("steps: keeping the answer: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+	return StepsAnswer{Artifact: artifact, Fingerprint: fp, Steps: steps}, nil
+}
+
+// stepsOfTree fetches the commit alone (nothing installed) into a workspace removed at the end.
+func (m *Module) stepsOfTree(ctx context.Context, req sdkstep.FetchRequest) ([]DetectedStep, error) {
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(m.Work, 0o700); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	root, err := os.MkdirTemp(m.Work, "steps-")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(root)
+	tree := filepath.Join(root, "tree")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(tree, 0o700); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	gitRun := func(ctx context.Context, env []string, name string, a ...string) forgekey.Ran {
+		return m.Run(ctx, append(m.baseEnv(), env...), name, a...)
+	}
+	if err := buildstep.FetchCommit(ctx, gitRun, tree, m.remote(req.Repository), req.Commit, req.Ref, m.FetchOptions...); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if len(req.Paths) > 0 {
+		if err := buildstep.Narrow(tree, req); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	dir := tree
+	if req.Dir != "" && req.Dir != "." {
+		dir = filepath.Join(tree, filepath.FromSlash(req.Dir))
+	}
+	return detectSteps(dir)
+}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/steps_test.go b/modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/steps_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e7accaaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-node/cmd/mesh-build-node/steps_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// Design 47 G §22, §307, §328 (BLD7): steps answers the type-check as lint always, the packages with a test script as
+// unit, those with test:integration as integration, and leaves out a level with none.
+func TestTheStepsOfATypeScriptArtifactAreFoundByItsScripts(t *testing.T) {
+	put := func(dir, name, body string) {
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(dir), 0o755); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, name), []byte(body), 0o644); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	for name, c := range map[string]struct {
+		pkg  string
+		want []DetectedStep
+	}{
+		"both levels": {`{"scripts":{"test":"node t.js","test:integration":"node i.js"}}`,
+			[]DetectedStep{{Step: "lint"}, {Step: "unit", Packages: []string{"."}}, {Step: "integration", Packages: []string{"."}}}},
+		"unit only": {`{"scripts":{"test":"node t.js"}}`, []DetectedStep{{Step: "lint"}, {Step: "unit", Packages: []string{"."}}}},
+		"no script": {`{"scripts":{}}`, []DetectedStep{{Step: "lint"}}},
+	} {
+		dir := t.TempDir()
+		put(dir, "package.json", c.pkg)
+		got, err := detectSteps(dir)
+		if err != nil || !reflect.DeepEqual(got, c.want) {
+			t.Errorf("%s: steps = %+v (%v), want %+v", name, got, err, c.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// The verb is served beside the seat's others and refuses an ask that names no artifact.
+func TestTheStepsVerbIsServedAndRefusesAnAskWithoutAnArtifact(t *testing.T) {
+	m, _, _ := newMachine(t)
+	served := false
+	for _, tool := range m.SeatTools(m.Puller(nil, nil)) {
+		served = served || tool.Name == Seat+".steps"
+	}
+	if !served {
+		t.Fatal("the module serves no verb steps")
+	}
+	if _, err := m.steps(context.Background(), map[string]any{"module": "m", "fetch": map[string]any{"repository": "novox/m", "commit": "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567"}}); err == nil {
+		t.Error("an ask with no artifact was answered")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-node/module.json b/modules/mesh-build-node/module.json
index 0e84060bf..4d9a5936b 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-node/module.json
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-node/module.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     {
       "name": "node-build-node",
       "scope": "node",
-      "serves": ["current", "drop", "pause", "resume"]
+      "serves": ["current", "drop", "pause", "resume", "steps"]
     }
   ],
   "config": {
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "requires": [
+    {"name": "detected-steps", "storage": "key-value", "template": "state", "options": {"history": 1}},
     "forge-account",
     "npm-package-registry",
     "node-toolchain",