diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-view/cmd/mesh-delivery-view-tools/main.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-view/cmd/mesh-delivery-view-tools/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ecef8be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-view/cmd/mesh-delivery-view-tools/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// Command mesh-delivery-view-tools serves the read tools of the indexer's modules (novox/hq issue 1562): the runtime launches it for a
+// call, it reads the indexer's modules bucket through the view's reads (mesh-delivery-indexer.modules) and writes nothing.
+// The view is the other program: the indexer serves no tool (ADR 0437 §4).
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	stdio "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go"
+	"mesh-delivery-view/internal/view"
+)
+
+// Tools are the read tools over a modules state.
+func Tools(r view.Reader) []stdio.Tool {
+	return []stdio.Tool{
+		{Name: view.ModuleReadTool,
+			Description: "What the indexer stored for one module under modules.<module>, as stored: its fingerprint (fp, none), the " +
+				"new-form fingerprint (fp2) or why it has none (none2), the inputs it was computed from (inputs2), the module's " +
+				"directory (path) and the toolchains it was computed with. Read-only.",
+			Input: map[string]any{"type": "object", "required": []string{"module"}, "properties": map[string]any{
+				"module": map[string]any{"type": "string", "description": "the module's name"}}},
+			Run: func(args map[string]any) (any, error) {
+				name, _ := args["module"].(string)
+				return r.Module(name)
+			}},
+		{Name: view.ModulesReadTool,
+			Description: "Every module the indexer holds, each as stored under modules.<module>. With none2 true, only the modules " +
+				"that have no new-form fingerprint, each with the reason (none2). Read-only.",
+			Input: map[string]any{"type": "object", "properties": map[string]any{
+				"none2": map[string]any{"type": "boolean", "description": "only the modules without a new-form fingerprint"}}},
+			Run: func(args map[string]any) (any, error) {
+				only, _ := args["none2"].(bool)
+				mods, err := r.Modules(only)
+				return map[string]any{"modules": mods}, err
+			}},
+	}
+}
+
+func main() {
+	state := stdio.State("mesh-delivery-indexer.modules")
+	r := view.Reader{State: view.StateRead{Keys: state.Keys, Get: func(key string) (json.RawMessage, error) {
+		e, err := state.Get(key)
+		if err != nil || e == nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return e.Value, nil
+	}}}
+	if err := stdio.Serve("", Tools(r)); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "[mesh-delivery-view-tools] %v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-view/cmd/mesh-delivery-view-tools/main_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-view/cmd/mesh-delivery-view-tools/main_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfa3124
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-view/cmd/mesh-delivery-view-tools/main_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"mesh-delivery-view/internal/view"
+)
+
+type fake map[string]string
+
+func (f fake) reader() view.Reader {
+	return view.Reader{State: view.StateRead{
+		Keys: func() ([]string, error) {
+			var k []string
+			for key := range f {
+				k = append(k, key)
+			}
+			return k, nil
+		},
+		Get: func(key string) (json.RawMessage, error) {
+			if v, ok := f[key]; ok {
+				return json.RawMessage(v), nil
+			}
+			return nil, nil
+		},
+	}}
+}
+
+func run(t *testing.T, r view.Reader, name string, args map[string]any) (any, error) {
+	t.Helper()
+	for _, tl := range Tools(r) {
+		if tl.Name == name {
+			return tl.Run(args)
+		}
+	}
+	t.Fatalf("no tool %s", name)
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+const (
+	withFP2  = `{"v":3,"fp":"a1","fp2":"b2","manifest":"m1","inputs2":{"tree":"t1","bases":["x"]},"repository":"novox/r","commit":"c1","path":".","toolchains":{"go":{"version":"go1.27.1","recipe":"2"}}}`
+	withNone = `{"v":3,"none":"no successful trunk build recorded its inputs","none2":"builder's fingerprint not yet known","repository":"novox/r","commit":"c2","path":"modules/b"}`
+)
+
+// 1562/AC1: indexer_module answers the key's value as stored: FP, FP2, None2, Inputs2, Path and Toolchains are all there.
+func TestModuleToolAnswersTheStoredValue(t *testing.T) {
+	r := fake{"a": withFP2, "b": withNone}.reader()
+	for key, want := range map[string]string{"a": withFP2, "b": withNone} {
+		out, err := run(t, r, view.ModuleReadTool, map[string]any{"module": key})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if got := string(out.(json.RawMessage)); got != want {
+			t.Errorf("%s = %s, want %s", key, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+	out, _ := run(t, r, view.ModuleReadTool, map[string]any{"module": "a"})
+	var m map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(out.(json.RawMessage), &m); err != nil || m["fp"] != "a1" || m["fp2"] != "b2" || m["path"] != "." || m["inputs2"] == nil || m["toolchains"] == nil {
+		t.Errorf("stored fields are not all there: %v %v", m, err)
+	}
+}
+
+// A module with no key, and a name that is no key, are said so.
+func TestModuleToolRefusesWhatIsNotThere(t *testing.T) {
+	r := fake{"a": withFP2}.reader()
+	if _, err := run(t, r, view.ModuleReadTool, map[string]any{"module": "gone"}); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "no module gone") {
+		t.Errorf("a missing module: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := run(t, r, view.ModuleReadTool, map[string]any{"module": ""}); err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("an empty name was answered")
+	}
+}
+
+// 1562/AC1: indexer_modules answers every key as stored, and with none2 only those that say why they have no FP2.
+func TestModulesToolAnswersEveryKeyAsStored(t *testing.T) {
+	r := fake{"a": withFP2, "b": withNone}.reader()
+	out, err := run(t, r, view.ModulesReadTool, map[string]any{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	all := out.(map[string]any)["modules"].(map[string]json.RawMessage)
+	if len(all) != 2 || string(all["a"]) != withFP2 || string(all["b"]) != withNone {
+		t.Errorf("modules = %v", all)
+	}
+	out, err = run(t, r, view.ModulesReadTool, map[string]any{"none2": true})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	only := out.(map[string]any)["modules"].(map[string]json.RawMessage)
+	if len(only) != 1 || string(only["b"]) != withNone {
+		t.Errorf("none2 modules = %v", only)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-view/internal/view/read.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-view/internal/view/read.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05e547e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-view/internal/view/read.go
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package view
+
+// The read tools of the indexer's modules (novox/hq issue 1562): what the indexer stored under modules.<m>, answered as
+// stored. The new-form fingerprint (FP2, None2, Inputs2), the reason it has none, and the path and toolchains it was computed
+// with are only there. The view reads the bucket through its reads; the reads write nothing.
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/delivery"
+)
+
+// The read tools, named as the module is: indexer_ and the verb.
+const (
+	ModuleReadTool  = "indexer_module"
+	ModulesReadTool = "indexer_modules"
+)
+
+// StateRead reads the indexer's modules state, as the view's reads grant it: its keys and a key's stored value (nil for a key with none).
+type StateRead struct {
+	Keys func() ([]string, error)
+	Get  func(key string) (json.RawMessage, error)
+}
+
+// Reader answers the read tools from a modules state.
+type Reader struct{ State StateRead }
+
+// Module is the stored value of modules.<module>, exactly as the indexer wrote it.
+func (r Reader) Module(module string) (json.RawMessage, error) {
+	module = strings.TrimSpace(module)
+	key, err := delivery.ModulesKey(module)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if r.State.Get == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("the modules state cannot be read here")
+	}
+	raw, err := r.State.Get(key)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if len(raw) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no module %s in the modules state", module)
+	}
+	return raw, nil
+}
+
+// Modules is every key of the modules state with its stored value; with none2 only the modules that have no new-form
+// fingerprint and say why (a None2 reason), which is what the fingerprint's check reads live.
+func (r Reader) Modules(none2 bool) (map[string]json.RawMessage, error) {
+	if r.State.Keys == nil || r.State.Get == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("the modules state cannot be read here")
+	}
+	keys, err := r.State.Keys()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	sort.Strings(keys)
+	out := map[string]json.RawMessage{}
+	for _, k := range keys {
+		raw, err := r.State.Get(k)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if len(raw) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		if none2 {
+			var m struct {
+				None2 string `json:"none2"`
+			}
+			if json.Unmarshal(raw, &m) != nil || m.None2 == "" {
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+		out[k] = raw
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-view/manifest_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-view/manifest_test.go
index f3bc40e..aa54e36 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-view/manifest_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-view/manifest_test.go
@@ -19,12 +19,13 @@ import (
 // takes this manifest (1134/AC7); these tests hold the rules so a unit run catches a refusal early.**
 
 type artifact struct {
-	Name     string `json:"name"`
-	Kind     string `json:"kind"`
-	Language string `json:"language"`
-	System   string `json:"system"`
-	From     string `json:"from"`
-	Binary   string `json:"binary"`
+	Name     string   `json:"name"`
+	Kind     string   `json:"kind"`
+	Language string   `json:"language"`
+	System   string   `json:"system"`
+	From     string   `json:"from"`
+	Binary   string   `json:"binary"`
+	Loads    []string `json:"loads"`
 	Context  *struct {
 		Repository string `json:"repository"`
 	} `json:"context"`
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ type manifest struct {
 	Version      string            `json:"version"`
 	Slug         string            `json:"slug"`
 	Reads        []string          `json:"reads"`
+	Tools        []string          `json:"tools"`
 	OwnSecrets   map[string]string `json:"own-secrets"`
 	SecretsOwner string            `json:"secrets-owner"`
 	Resources    []map[string]any  `json:"resources"`
@@ -91,11 +93,23 @@ func TestManifestIsTakenAndReadsOnly(t *testing.T) { // 1134/AC7
 	if m.SecretsOwner != "mesh-delivery-view" {
 		t.Errorf("secrets-owner = %q", m.SecretsOwner)
 	}
+	// The two read tools of the indexer's modules (issue 1562), carried by a bundle the runtime launches; the indexer
+	// itself serves no tool (ADR 0437 §4). Carrying them gives the tool runner read access to every bucket the view reads.
+	if want := []string{"indexer_module", "indexer_modules"}; !reflect.DeepEqual(m.Tools, want) {
+		t.Errorf("tools = %v, want %v", m.Tools, want)
+	}
+	for _, a := range m.Build.Artifacts {
+		// A bundle compiled to a binary is one executable: what the runtime loads is that binary's name, or the controller's
+		// module check refuses the manifest (mesh-sdk catalogue build.go, ADR 0193).
+		if a.Name == "tools" && !reflect.DeepEqual(a.Loads, []string{a.Binary}) {
+			t.Errorf("the tools artifact loads %v, want its binary %q", a.Loads, a.Binary)
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 func TestManifestIsWholeInItsRepository(t *testing.T) { // 1134/AC7
 	m, _ := load(t)
-	if len(m.Build.Artifacts) != 3 {
+	if len(m.Build.Artifacts) != 4 {
 		t.Fatalf("artifacts = %+v", m.Build.Artifacts)
 	}
 	for _, a := range m.Build.Artifacts {
@@ -119,7 +133,7 @@ func TestManifestIsWholeInItsRepository(t *testing.T) { // 1134/AC7
 	for _, a := range m.Build.Artifacts {
 		names[a.Name] = a.Binary
 	}
-	if names["program"] != "mesh-delivery-view" || names["cli"] != "mesh-delivery-cli" {
+	if names["program"] != "mesh-delivery-view" || names["cli"] != "mesh-delivery-cli" || names["tools"] != "mesh-delivery-view-tools" {
 		t.Errorf("artifacts = %v", names)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-view/module.json b/modules/mesh-delivery-view/module.json
index eb33058..dc14e37 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-view/module.json
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-view/module.json
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
   "version": "1",
   "moved": true,
   "slug": "view",
+  "tools": [
+    "indexer_module",
+    "indexer_modules"
+  ],
   "reads": [
     "mesh-controller.assignments",
     "mesh-controller.builds",
@@ -97,6 +101,17 @@
         "from": "cmd/mesh-delivery-cli",
         "binary": "mesh-delivery-cli"
       },
+      {
+        "name": "tools",
+        "kind": "bundle",
+        "language": "go",
+        "system": "arch",
+        "from": "cmd/mesh-delivery-view-tools",
+        "binary": "mesh-delivery-view-tools",
+        "loads": [
+          "mesh-delivery-view-tools"
+        ]
+      },
       {
         "name": "files",
         "kind": "archive",