diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/asks.go b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/asks.go
index 3c0ff49a..dd516941 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/asks.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/asks.go
@@ -106,28 +106,5 @@ func (m *Module) Puller(steps []StepTool, source buildstep.AskSource) *buildstep
 
 // SeatTools are the seat's verbs on this node (ADR 0525 §10): what it runs, and its pause and resume.
 func (m *Module) SeatTools(p *buildstep.Puller) []stdio.Tool {
-	verb := func(name, description string, run func() (any, error)) stdio.Tool {
-		return stdio.Tool{Name: Seat + "." + name, Description: description,
-			Input: map[string]any{"type": "object", "properties": map[string]any{}},
-			Run:   func(map[string]any) (any, error) { return run() }}
-	}
-	current := func() (any, error) {
-		return map[string]any{"node": m.Node, "capacity": p.Capacity(), "running": p.InHand(), "paused": p.Paused()}, nil
-	}
-	return []stdio.Tool{
-		verb("current", "The Go asks this node runs now, its build capacity, and whether it is paused.", current),
-		verb("pause", "Take no new Go ask on this node until resumed; an ask running here ends in its place. Kept across a restart.",
-			func() (any, error) {
-				if err := p.Pause("the seat's pause verb"); err != nil {
-					return nil, err
-				}
-				return current()
-			}),
-		verb("resume", "Take Go asks again on this node.", func() (any, error) {
-			if err := p.Resume("the seat's resume verb"); err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			return current()
-		}),
-	}
+	return buildstep.SeatTools(Seat, "Go", p)
 }