diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/cmd/mesh-delivery-checker-tools/main.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/cmd/mesh-delivery-checker-tools/main.go
index a6a6936..b5bf8a1 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/cmd/mesh-delivery-checker-tools/main.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/cmd/mesh-delivery-checker-tools/main.go
@@ -170,6 +170,21 @@ func TryTools(tr Trying) []stdio.Tool {
 	}
 }
 
+// Seat is the seat the checker holds (novox/hq ADR 0547 §10, issue 774); its verbs are served as tools named <seat>.<verb>.
+const Seat = "mesh-delivery-checker"
+
+// SeatTryTools are the try's tools as the seat's verbs: try, try-read and try-end, run by the same code as checker_try,
+// checker_try_read and checker_try_end, so the answer is the same. The module tools stay beside them.
+func SeatTryTools(tr Trying) []stdio.Tool {
+	verbs := map[string]string{check.TryTool: "try", check.TryReadTool: "try-read", check.TryEndTool: "try-end"}
+	var out []stdio.Tool
+	for _, t := range TryTools(tr) {
+		t.Name = Seat + "." + verbs[t.Name]
+		out = append(out, t)
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
 // Tools are the read tools over the checker's states.
 func Tools(r check.Reader) []stdio.Tool {
 	return []stdio.Tool{
@@ -277,7 +292,7 @@ func main() {
 		return err
 	}}
 	trying := Trying{Tries: store, Ender: store, Trunks: trunks}
-	if err := stdio.Serve("", logged(append(Tools(r), TryTools(trying)...))); err != nil {
+	if err := stdio.Serve("", logged(append(append(Tools(r), TryTools(trying)...), SeatTryTools(trying)...))); err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "[mesh-delivery-checker-tools] %v\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/cmd/mesh-delivery-checker-tools/main_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/cmd/mesh-delivery-checker-tools/main_test.go
index 9f250df..1d77fdc 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/cmd/mesh-delivery-checker-tools/main_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/cmd/mesh-delivery-checker-tools/main_test.go
@@ -80,6 +80,24 @@ func TestTheTryToolsAskAndReadATry(t *testing.T) { // ADR 0501 §5, the agreed i
 	if err != nil || !strings.Contains(string(raw.(json.RawMessage)), `"state":"queued"`) {
 		t.Errorf("read = %s, %v", raw, err)
 	}
+	// The seat's verbs answer as the tools do (ADR 0547 §10, issue 774): the same ask is the same try, and the read is alike.
+	verbs := SeatTryTools(Trying{Tries: store, Ender: store, Now: func() time.Time { return time.Unix(1, 5) },
+		Trunks: func() (map[string]string, error) {
+			return map[string]string{"novox/mesh-delivery": strings.Repeat("a", 40)}, nil
+		}})
+	if len(verbs) != 3 || verbs[0].Name != Seat+".try" || verbs[1].Name != Seat+".try-read" || verbs[2].Name != Seat+".try-end" {
+		t.Fatalf("verbs = %+v", verbs)
+	}
+	again, err := verbs[0].Run(map[string]any{"repository": "novox/mesh-delivery", "head": strings.Repeat("1", 40), "trunk": "main"})
+	if err != nil || again.(map[string]any)["id"] != id {
+		t.Errorf("verb try = %v, %v, want the waiting try %s", again, err, id)
+	}
+	if viaVerb, err := verbs[1].Run(map[string]any{"id": id}); err != nil || string(viaVerb.(json.RawMessage)) != string(raw.(json.RawMessage)) {
+		t.Errorf("verb try-read = %s, %v; tool = %s", viaVerb, err, raw)
+	}
+	if _, err := verbs[0].Run(map[string]any{"repository": "novox/hq", "head": strings.Repeat("1", 40)}); err == nil {
+		t.Error("the verb tried a repository nothing checks")
+	}
 	// Issue 734: a try whose ask was lost is ended by hand with why, and its head is asked anew.
 	ended, err := tools[2].Run(map[string]any{"id": id, "why": "its ask was lost"})
 	if err != nil || ended.(map[string]any)["state"] != "error" {
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/go.mod b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/go.mod
index c34164e..2cecb65 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/go.mod
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module mesh-delivery-checker
 go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261027193820-8ad9372b1952
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261027220038-a5d0e6420060
 	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.11.17
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0
 )
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/go.sum b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/go.sum
index fa4f833..6bc04df 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/go.sum
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261027193820-8ad9372b1952 h1:TmveT3Bija643RGWkilvkzP/h8UWlVvHFZZtQfJK5oU=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261027193820-8ad9372b1952/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261027220038-a5d0e6420060 h1:DM3eFlsxGKObICNqWoT5TAdR28a6x2c0JjMeef4FRSc=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261027220038-a5d0e6420060/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op h1:Z/MZK75wC/NSrkgqeNIa7jexam9uWzhLmFTSCPI/kn0=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op/go.mod h1:FQyySiasQQM8735Ddel3MRojmy4dA1IqCeyJ5jmPMbI=
 github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8 h1:slArAR9Ft+1ybZu0lBwpSmpwhRXaa85hWtMinMyRAWo=
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/manifest_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/manifest_test.go
index 815ce91..55585a0 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/manifest_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/manifest_test.go
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ type stream struct {
 }
 
 type manifest struct {
+	Claims []struct {
+		Name   string   `json:"name"`
+		Scope  string   `json:"scope"`
+		Serves []string `json:"serves"`
+	} `json:"claims"`
 	Streams  []stream `json:"streams"`
 	Tools    []string `json:"tools"`
 	Module   string   `json:"module"`
@@ -128,7 +133,12 @@ func TestManifestDeclarations(t *testing.T) { // 1678/AC1
 	if want := []string{"checker_kept", "checker_previews", "checker_pull", "checker_status", "checker_try", "checker_try_end", "checker_try_read", "checker_verdicts"}; !reflect.DeepEqual(sorted(m.Tools), want) {
 		t.Errorf("tools = %v, want %v", m.Tools, want)
 	}
-	for _, k := range []string{"logs", "emits", "claims", "provides", "requires", "defines-seats", "seat", "seats", "bus", "config"} {
+	// The try is the checker's own seat's verbs (ADR 0547 §10, issue 774), served beside the tools by the same code.
+	if len(m.Claims) != 1 || m.Claims[0].Name != "mesh-delivery-checker" || m.Claims[0].Scope != "mesh" ||
+		!reflect.DeepEqual(m.Claims[0].Serves, []string{"try", "try-read", "try-end"}) {
+		t.Errorf("claims = %+v, want the mesh seat mesh-delivery-checker serving try, try-read and try-end", m.Claims)
+	}
+	for _, k := range []string{"logs", "emits", "provides", "requires", "defines-seats", "seat", "seats", "bus", "config"} {
 		if _, ok := top[k]; ok {
 			t.Errorf("the manifest declares %q: the checker has none", k)
 		}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/module.json b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/module.json
index a968770..8f455ef 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/module.json
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/module.json
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
   "module": "mesh-delivery-checker",
   "version": "1",
   "slug": "checker",
+  "claims": [
+    {
+      "name": "mesh-delivery-checker",
+      "scope": "mesh",
+      "serves": [
+        "try",
+        "try-read",
+        "try-end"
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
   "consumes": [
     "mesh-build-go.toolchain.reported",
     "mesh-build-node.toolchain.reported"