diff --git a/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder.go b/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder.go
index 01e212089..8eb81cf67 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder.go
@@ -85,7 +85,12 @@ const (
 // not read here leaves its keys asked, saying its entries are not read. route-proxy (mesh-control) and node-tools
 // (mesh-tools) answer route and mcp-endpoint by the provider helper from outside this catalogue (issue 774, sweep of
 // 2026-10-30 20:10: their keys stood asked on every node).
-var BoundReads = []string{"gitea", "keycloak", "postgres", "route-adapter", "route-proxy", "node-tools", "mesh-vault"}
+var BoundReads = []string{"gitea", "keycloak", "postgres", "route-adapter", "route-proxy", "node-tools", vaultModule}
+
+// vaultModule is the holder of the seat mesh-vault, the provider of every credential: named here from this module's own
+// manifest (its `reads` has mesh-vault.bound; TestTheManifestDeclaresWhatTheCodeKeeps), since no client names a holder
+// (novox/hq ADR 0625 §4).
+const vaultModule = "mesh-vault"
 
 // boundRead is a provider's entries as this module reads them.
 func boundRead(module string) string { return module + ".bound" }
@@ -299,7 +304,7 @@ func (h *Holder) ComposeNodeWith(ctx context.Context, node string, retireMany bo
 					continue
 				}
 				cred := meshprovisionerclient.Provision{Provision: cp, Local: cl, Consumer: meshprovisionerclient.End{Module: cm, Node: cn},
-					Provider: meshprovisionerclient.End{Module: meshprovisionerclient.VaultModule, Node: vaultNode}}
+					Provider: meshprovisionerclient.End{Module: vaultModule, Node: vaultNode}}
 				if cn == node {
 					if _, seen := needed[ck]; !seen {
 						needed[ck] = cred
@@ -404,7 +409,7 @@ func (h *Holder) providerPlan(p catalogue.PlanProvision, node string, here map[s
 
 // vaultNode is the node mesh-vault is placed on: the provider of every credential.
 func (h *Holder) vaultNode() string {
-	nodes := h.placedOn(meshprovisionerclient.VaultModule)
+	nodes := h.placedOn(vaultModule)
 	if len(nodes) == 0 {
 		return ""
 	}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder_integration_test.go b/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder_integration_test.go
index 4938b8ea6..e3efd7caa 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder_integration_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/holder_integration_test.go
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ func TestTheHolderPlansProvidesAndAsksOnTheBus(t *testing.T) {
 	published(t, mem, c)
 	vaultManifest := `{"module":"mesh-vault","version":"1","state":["bound"]}` // the vault keeps its outcomes as entries
 	vaultDigest := catalogclient.ManifestDigest([]byte(vaultManifest))
-	vaultValue, _ := catalogclient.EncodeManifest(catalog.ManifestsByDigestValue{Module: meshprovisionerclient.VaultModule, Manifest: vaultManifest})
+	vaultValue, _ := catalogclient.EncodeManifest(catalog.ManifestsByDigestValue{Module: vaultModule, Manifest: vaultManifest})
 	mem.write(t, ManifestsRead, mustKey(catalogclient.ManifestsKey(vaultDigest)), string(vaultValue))
-	mem.write(t, ModulesRead, meshprovisionerclient.VaultModule, `{"v":1,"none2":"the test's","manifest":"`+vaultDigest+`"}`)
+	mem.write(t, ModulesRead, vaultModule, `{"v":1,"none2":"the test's","manifest":"`+vaultDigest+`"}`)
 	for state, keys := range mem.states {
 		for key, raw := range keys {
 			if err := s.Put(state, key, json.RawMessage(raw)); err != nil {
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func TestTheHolderPlansProvidesAndAsksOnTheBus(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	// The providers' outcomes: the vault provides the credential where restic has one, postgres runs healthy.
 	for _, dep := range state(key).DependsOn {
-		if err := s.Put(boundRead(meshprovisionerclient.VaultModule), dep, map[string]any{"state": "provided"}); err != nil {
+		if err := s.Put(boundRead(vaultModule), dep, map[string]any{"state": "provided"}); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/provisioner_test.go b/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/provisioner_test.go
index 4df58189f..bc28baf93 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/provisioner_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-provisioner/cmd/mesh-provisioner/provisioner_test.go
@@ -334,6 +334,10 @@ func TestTheManifestDeclaresWhatTheCodeKeeps(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("the manifest lists %s, which is not served", tool)
 		}
 	}
+	// The vault the holder places credentials on is the holder its manifest reads the bound outcomes of.
+	if !slices.Contains(m.Reads, vaultModule+".bound") || !slices.Contains(BoundReads, vaultModule) {
+		t.Errorf("the vault is %q: the manifest reads %v and the holder reads the bound states of %v", vaultModule, m.Reads, BoundReads)
+	}
 	// The builds read serves only haveOutcome's offer check (ADR 0603 clause 5: which manifest the build a provider runs
 	// was made from) and makes no plan, so ADR 0593 §8 ("it composes nothing") holds.
 	// The assigner's placement and wants and the indexer's modules and manifests are asked once of their owners' read
diff --git a/modules/mesh-self-check/cmd/mesh-self-check/main.go b/modules/mesh-self-check/cmd/mesh-self-check/main.go
index 119da72cd..bbe266a99 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-self-check/cmd/mesh-self-check/main.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-self-check/cmd/mesh-self-check/main.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
-	assignerclient "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-contracts/placement/go/clients/meshmoduleassignerclient"
 	placing "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-contracts/placement/go/seats/meshmoduleassigner"
 
 	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-contracts/health-and-repair/go/clients/meshconditionsclient"
@@ -78,8 +77,8 @@ func NewChecker() *Checker {
 // self-check's own (first-view-unanswered), written into its state findings.
 func newViews() *views.Reader {
 	r := &views.Reader{Module: Module, Logf: logf, Findings: meshconditionsclient.FindingWriter{State: stdio.State("findings")}, Acts: meshhandactsclient.Recorder{Ask: stdio.Ask}}
-	r.Follow(assignerclient.Module, placing.StatePlacement, PlacementTool)
-	r.Follow(assignerclient.Module, placing.StateSeatHolders, SeatHoldersTool)
+	r.Follow(assignerModule, placing.StatePlacement, PlacementTool)
+	r.Follow(assignerModule, placing.StateSeatHolders, SeatHoldersTool)
 	r.Follow(indexerModule, "modules", ModulesTool)
 	r.Follow(indexerModule, "manifests", ManifestsTool)
 	return r
diff --git a/modules/mesh-self-check/cmd/mesh-self-check/manifest_test.go b/modules/mesh-self-check/cmd/mesh-self-check/manifest_test.go
index effb10828..ac0c5b8ac 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-self-check/cmd/mesh-self-check/manifest_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-self-check/cmd/mesh-self-check/manifest_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"slices"
 	"testing"
+
+	placing "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-contracts/placement/go/seats/meshmoduleassigner"
 )
 
 type manifest struct {
@@ -69,6 +71,14 @@ func TestTheManifestSaysWhatTheCodeDoes(t *testing.T) {
 	if !slices.Equal(m.Consume, Consumes) {
 		t.Errorf("consumes %v, want the views families the probes follow, %v", m.Consume, Consumes)
 	}
+	for _, view := range []string{assignerModule + ".views." + placing.StatePlacement, assignerModule + ".views." + placing.StateSeatHolders} {
+		if !slices.Contains(m.Consume, view) {
+			t.Errorf("the probes follow %s, the manifest consumes %v", view, m.Consume)
+		}
+	}
+	if PlacementRead != "mesh-delivery-assigner.placement" || SeatHoldersRead != "mesh-delivery-assigner.seat-holders" {
+		t.Errorf("the states are read as %s and %s", PlacementRead, SeatHoldersRead)
+	}
 	states := map[string]int{}
 	for _, s := range m.State {
 		var d struct {
diff --git a/modules/mesh-self-check/cmd/mesh-self-check/probes_mesh.go b/modules/mesh-self-check/cmd/mesh-self-check/probes_mesh.go
index b0fd1d722..53607686e 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-self-check/cmd/mesh-self-check/probes_mesh.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-self-check/cmd/mesh-self-check/probes_mesh.go
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ import (
 
 // The states the machine probes read (declared under `reads`), and the verb D8 asks each node.
 const (
-	PlacementRead   = assignerclient.Module + "." + "placement"
-	SeatHoldersRead = assignerclient.SeatHoldersRead
+	PlacementRead   = assignerModule + "." + placing.StatePlacement
+	SeatHoldersRead = assignerModule + "." + placing.StateSeatHolders
 	PresenceRead    = watchmanModule + ".presence"
 	BannedSeat      = "node-intrusion-prevention"
 	BannedVerb      = "seat:" + BannedSeat + ".banned"
@@ -226,7 +226,9 @@ func probeBans(ctx context.Context, c *Checker) ([]meshconditionsclient.Observat
 
 // The holders whose states the probes read, one constant each (a reader names its holder once; ADR 0634 §4).
 const (
-	watchmanModule   = "mesh-delivery-watchman"
+	watchmanModule = "mesh-delivery-watchman"
+	// assignerModule is the holder of the seat mesh-module-assigner, named from this module's manifest (consumes: its views).
+	assignerModule   = "mesh-delivery-assigner"
 	indexerModule    = "mesh-delivery-indexer"
 	nodeEngineModule = "mesh-host"
 )
diff --git a/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/outcomes.go b/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/outcomes.go
index 95659f173..1baf86db1 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/outcomes.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/outcomes.go
@@ -122,12 +122,12 @@ func (v *Vault) outcomes() (map[string]BoundOutcome, error) {
 		consumer := meshprovisionerclient.End{Module: a.Module, Node: a.Node}
 		for _, p := range a.Provisioning.Provisions {
 			provider := meshprovisionerclient.End{Module: p.ProviderModule, Node: p.Provider}
-			if p.ProviderModule == meshprovisionerclient.VaultModule && p.Provision == "secret" {
+			if p.ProviderModule == vaultModule && p.Provision == "secret" {
 				// The vault's own offer: a value it hands the consumer's client on request (`get`), which it serves as
 				// soon as it runs.
 				key, err := meshprovisionerclient.Key(a.Node, a.Module, p.Provision, p.Local)
 				if err == nil {
-					out[key] = BoundOutcome{Provider: p.Provider, ProviderModule: meshprovisionerclient.VaultModule, Provision: p.Provision,
+					out[key] = BoundOutcome{Provider: p.Provider, ProviderModule: vaultModule, Provision: p.Provision,
 						Consumer: a.Node, Module: a.Module, Local: p.Local, State: meshprovisionerclient.Provided,
 						Why: "the vault hands it to the consumer's client on request"}
 				}
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func (v *Vault) outcomes() (map[string]BoundOutcome, error) {
 			if err != nil || name == "" {
 				continue
 			}
-			o := BoundOutcome{Provider: p.Provider, ProviderModule: meshprovisionerclient.VaultModule, Provision: cp, Consumer: cn,
+			o := BoundOutcome{Provider: p.Provider, ProviderModule: vaultModule, Provision: cp, Consumer: cn,
 				Module: cm, Local: cl, VaultName: name}
 			rec, held, err := v.Store.Read(name)
 			switch {
diff --git a/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/pair.go b/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/pair.go
index 51710b66e..06a62d16b 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/pair.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/pair.go
@@ -866,6 +866,6 @@ func (e *Env) credentialsState() []PairOutcome {
 // §1, §6): a provision `secret-<provision>` whose provider is the vault, in state asked.
 func credentialAsked(raw []byte) bool {
 	p, err := meshprovisionerclient.Decode(raw)
-	return err == nil && p.State == meshprovisionerclient.Asked && p.Provider.Module == meshprovisionerclient.VaultModule &&
+	return err == nil && p.State == meshprovisionerclient.Asked && p.Provider.Module == vaultModule &&
 		strings.HasPrefix(p.Provision, catalogue.CredentialProvisionPrefix)
 }
diff --git a/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/placed.go b/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/placed.go
index febd082e1..8d22ea678 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/placed.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/placed.go
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-// PlacementRead is the seat mesh-module-assigner's placement, as the vault's manifest reads it (mesh-sdk's contract).
-const PlacementRead = assignerclient.PlacementRead
-
 // PlacementReader reads the seat's placement: every key, and one key's value (nil when there is none).
 type PlacementReader struct {
 	Keys func() ([]string, error)
diff --git a/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/placed_test.go b/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/placed_test.go
index 36c0aeef9..c4dd40374 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/placed_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/placed_test.go
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"os"
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
 	vaultclient "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-contracts/identity-and-access/go/clients/meshvaultclient"
 	assignerclient "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-contracts/placement/go/clients/meshmoduleassignerclient"
 	placing "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-contracts/placement/go/seats/meshmoduleassigner"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
 )
 
 // placementsOf is the seat mesh-module-assigner's placement of each node, as the vault reads it.
@@ -67,3 +71,22 @@ func TestTheVaultReadsWhereModulesStandFromPlacement(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("two bus nodes: %v", err)
 	}
 }
+
+// The assigner's tool and views family the vault names are the ones its manifest invokes and consumes; no client names a
+// holder (novox/hq ADR 0625 §4).
+func TestThePlacementNamesAreTheManifests(t *testing.T) {
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile("../../module.json")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	var m struct {
+		Invokes  []string `json:"invokes"`
+		Consumes []string `json:"consumes"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &m); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !slices.Contains(m.Invokes, PlacementTool) || !slices.Contains(m.Consumes, PlacementViewsEvent) {
+		t.Errorf("the vault asks %s and follows %s, its manifest invokes %v and consumes %v", PlacementTool, PlacementViewsEvent, m.Invokes, m.Consumes)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/placementview.go b/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/placementview.go
index d4d224d08..068dbfb1f 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/placementview.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-vault/cmd/mesh-vault/placementview.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	assignerclient "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-contracts/placement/go/clients/meshmoduleassignerclient"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -22,8 +21,11 @@ import (
 
 // PlacementTool is the assigner's ordinary read tool of its placement; PlacementViewsEvent the event of its views family.
 const (
-	PlacementTool       = assignerclient.Module + ".assigner_read_placement"
-	PlacementViewsEvent = assignerclient.Module + ".views.placement"
+	// assignerModule is the holder of the seat mesh-module-assigner, named from this module's manifest (invokes its read tool,
+	// consumes its views; TestThePlacementNamesAreTheManifests).
+	assignerModule      = "mesh-delivery-assigner"
+	PlacementTool       = assignerModule + ".assigner_read_placement"
+	PlacementViewsEvent = assignerModule + ".views.placement"
 	FirstViewsTool      = "vault_first_views"
 	FirstViewAgainTool  = "vault_first_view_again"
 )
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ var placementView *views.Follower
 // it is held (a first view's keys too).
 func newPlacementView(ask func(key string, body any) (json.RawMessage, error), gone func(key string), changed func(),
 	findings views.FindingWriter) *views.Follower {
-	return &views.Follower{Owner: assignerclient.Module, Tool: PlacementTool, State: "placement", Logf: say,
+	return &views.Follower{Owner: assignerModule, Tool: PlacementTool, State: "placement", Logf: say,
 		Ask: func(_ context.Context, after string) (views.Answer, error) {
 			body := map[string]any{"values": true}
 			if after != "" {