diff --git a/modules/claude-code/cmd/claude-code/invokes_test.go b/modules/claude-code/cmd/claude-code/invokes_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2c8bbd9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/claude-code/cmd/claude-code/invokes_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// The operator channel's notify, which notifyOperator calls, is in the manifest's invokes, which the grants part reads per
+// verb (design 47 G GR8): without it the call is refused live.
+func TestTheManifestInvokesTheNotifyTheModuleCalls(t *testing.T) {
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile("../../module.json")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(string(raw), `"seat:operator-channel.notify"`) {
+		t.Error("the manifest does not invoke seat:operator-channel.notify")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/modules/claude-code/module.json b/modules/claude-code/module.json
index 505a04f8a..882b366ab 100644
--- a/modules/claude-code/module.json
+++ b/modules/claude-code/module.json
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
     "mesh-delivery-assigner.assigner_read_assignments",
     "seat:anthropic-licence-manager.bindings",
     "seat:anthropic-licence-manager.current",
-    "seat:mesh-vault.get"
+    "seat:mesh-vault.get",
+    "seat:operator-channel.notify"
   ],
   "consumes": [
     "mesh-catalog.catalog-revision",
diff --git a/modules/restic/cmd/restic-backups/invokes_test.go b/modules/restic/cmd/restic-backups/invokes_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8fd1ed536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/restic/cmd/restic-backups/invokes_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// The seat verbs the module calls are in its manifest's invokes, which the grants part reads per verb (design 47 G GR8): the
+// assignments that tell who holds the seat mesh-broker (seatlist.HolderOf) and the broker's show that names its finding stream (A-274).
+func TestTheManifestInvokesTheSeatVerbsTheModuleCalls(t *testing.T) {
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile(moduleDir + "/module.json")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for _, verb := range []string{"seat:mesh-module-assigner.assignments", "seat:mesh-broker.show"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(string(raw), `"`+verb+`"`) {
+			t.Errorf("the manifest does not invoke %s", verb)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/modules/restic/module.json b/modules/restic/module.json
index e46097bd4..1caef9ace 100644
--- a/modules/restic/module.json
+++ b/modules/restic/module.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "invokes": [
+    "seat:mesh-module-assigner.assignments",
     "seat:mesh-broker.show"
   ],
   "consumes": [