diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/fetch.go b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/fetch.go
index 8644edd9..6679c5e0 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/fetch.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/fetch.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/hex"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -310,15 +311,58 @@ func (m *Module) goEnv() []string {
 	if m.GoModCache != "" {
 		modcache = m.GoModCache
 	}
-	return append([]string{
+	env := []string{
 		"GOTOOLCHAIN=local",
 		"GOFLAGS=-mod=mod",
 		"GOMODCACHE=" + modcache,
 		"GOCACHE=" + filepath.Join(m.Cache, "gobuild"),
-		"GOPRIVATE=git.novox.be",
-		"GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0",
-		"GIT_SSH_COMMAND=ssh -o BatchMode=yes",
-	}, m.threadEnv()...)
+	}
+	if proxy := m.goSeat(); proxy != "" {
+		// The Go seat first, the public proxy second, the forge's git last (CAT-BG3, E11: direct goes in the first
+		// change after mesh-sdk's and mesh-contracts' first numbered versions are in the Go seat); no GOPRIVATE, and
+		// the checksum database off for the forge's paths, which go.sum and the builder's h1: digest guard instead.
+		env = append(env, "GOPROXY="+proxy+","+PublicGoProxy+",direct", "GONOSUMDB="+ForgeGoPaths, "GOPRIVATE=")
+	} else {
+		env = append(env, "GOPRIVATE="+ForgeGoPaths)
+	}
+	return append(append(env, "GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0", "GIT_SSH_COMMAND=ssh -o BatchMode=yes"), m.threadEnv()...)
+}
+
+// PublicGoProxy is Go's public module proxy; ForgeGoPaths the module paths the forge serves.
+const (
+	PublicGoProxy = "https://proxy.golang.org"
+	ForgeGoPaths  = "git.novox.be"
+)
+
+// goSeat is the Go seat's proxy URL from its binding (`at`, and `serves` scheme, port and go-path), empty when the
+// module holds no binding of it or the binding names no address.
+func (m *Module) goSeat() string {
+	if m.GoSeatFile == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile(m.GoSeatFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	var b struct {
+		At     string `json:"at"`
+		Serves struct {
+			Scheme string `json:"scheme"`
+			Port   int    `json:"port"`
+			GoPath string `json:"go-path"`
+		} `json:"serves"`
+	}
+	if json.Unmarshal(raw, &b) != nil || b.At == "" || b.Serves.GoPath == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+	scheme := b.Serves.Scheme
+	if scheme == "" {
+		scheme = "http"
+	}
+	if b.Serves.Port == 0 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s%s", scheme, b.At, b.Serves.GoPath)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s:%d%s", scheme, b.At, b.Serves.Port, b.Serves.GoPath)
 }
 
 // goEnvFor is goEnv for a command run in dir: a directory that vendors (vendor/modules.txt) is read from its vendor
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/fetch_test.go b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/fetch_test.go
index e86e1559..84ac2c46 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/fetch_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/fetch_test.go
@@ -145,6 +145,20 @@ func TestFetchAsksGitForTheSshRemoteAndDownloadsEachModule(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	// CAT-BG3: with the Go seat bound, the fetch goes through it first, Go's public proxy second and the forge's git
+	// last, with no GOPRIVATE and the checksum database off for the forge's paths.
+	seat := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "go-package-registry.json")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(seat, []byte(`{"at":"forge.mesh","serves":{"scheme":"http","port":3000,"go-path":"/api/packages/novox/go"}}`), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	m.GoSeatFile = seat
+	env := strings.Join(m.goEnv(), " ")
+	for _, want := range []string{"GOPROXY=http://forge.mesh:3000/api/packages/novox/go,https://proxy.golang.org,direct", "GONOSUMDB=git.novox.be", "GOPRIVATE= "} {
+		if !strings.Contains(env+" ", want) {
+			t.Errorf("with the Go seat bound the environment lacks %q: %s", want, env)
+		}
+	}
+	m.GoSeatFile = ""
 	if downloads != 2 || verifies != 2 {
 		t.Errorf("%d downloads and %d verifies, want 2 each (go.mod and sub/dir/go.mod):\n%s", downloads, verifies, lines)
 	}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/forge_test.go b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/forge_test.go
index 89ff15c8..2ca1ba57 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/forge_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/forge_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -145,8 +146,9 @@ func TestManifestRequiresForgeAccountKeepsKeysAndTakesFilesFromTemplates(t *test
 	m := readForgeManifest(t)
 	// artifact-store: the module pushes a done build's archive itself (ADR 0498 §2).
 	// node-tools: the module pulls its asks through the tool runner's seat pull (1911).
-	if len(m.Requires) != 4 || m.Requires[0] != "forge-account" || m.Requires[1] != "go-toolchain" || m.Requires[2] != "artifact-store" || m.Requires[3] != "node-tools" {
-		t.Errorf("requires = %v, want [forge-account go-toolchain artifact-store node-tools]", m.Requires)
+	// go-package-registry: the Go seat's read side, the fetch's first source (design 51, CAT-BG3, E2).
+	if want := []any{"forge-account", "go-toolchain", "go-package-registry", "artifact-store", "node-tools"}; !slices.Equal(m.Requires, want) {
+		t.Errorf("requires = %v, want %v", m.Requires, want)
 	}
 	keeps := false
 	for _, s := range m.State {
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/main.go b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/main.go
index 4e96528b..dabb3df5 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/main.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/main.go
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	m.Run = StepRunner(m.Home)
 	m.RegistryFile = m.Home + "/registry"
+	m.GoSeatFile = m.Home + "/go-package-registry.json"
 	m.Settings = m.Home + "/settings.json"
 	m.ReadKept = readOf(stdio.State(KeptState)).Get
 	m.ReadManifest = readOf(stdio.State(ManifestsState)).Get
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/module.go b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/module.go
index 38e2f843..e4aedaf7 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/module.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/module.go
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ type Module struct {
 	// RegistryFile holds the artifact store's address (host:port), placed by the manifest; Push puts a blob there
 	// (buildstep.PushBlob when nil; a test's fake store).
 	RegistryFile string
+	// GoSeatFile is the binding of the provision go-package-registry, the Go seat's read side (design 51 *Go
+	// packages*): bound, the mesh's Go modules are fetched through it first, Go's public proxy second, and the forge's
+	// git over the account's ssh last (Go's direct, kept for this milestone only); unbound, as before, directly.
+	GoSeatFile string
 	Push         func(ctx context.Context, registry, repository, digest string, body []byte) error
 	// Executable is this program's path, which the integration level starts again shut off; os.Executable when empty.
 	Executable string
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/module.json b/modules/mesh-build-go/module.json
index 2c6289c6..9c49aa7d 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/module.json
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/module.json
@@ -66,9 +66,13 @@
   "requires": [
     "forge-account",
     "go-toolchain",
+    "go-package-registry",
     "artifact-store",
     "node-tools"
   ],
+  "binds": {
+    "go-package-registry": "${dir:state}/go-package-registry.json"
+  },
   "own-secrets": {
     "broker": "${dir:state}/broker"
   },