diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-view/files/mesh-delivery-cli b/modules/mesh-delivery-view/files/mesh-delivery-cli
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e430a1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-view/files/mesh-delivery-cli
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# The operator's command (module mesh-delivery-view, novox/hq ADR 0429 §3), written by the mesh. It is a file of its own in
+# /usr/local/bin, which mesh-cli declares whole; the program lives in the view's own directory.
+exec /usr/local/lib/mesh-delivery-view/mesh-delivery-cli "$@"
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-view/manifest_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-view/manifest_test.go
index 68d69f5..141452f 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-view/manifest_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-view/manifest_test.go
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ func TestManifestResources(t *testing.T) { // 1134/AC7
 		t.Errorf("state directory 0700 owned by the user: %v; run directory for the socket 0755: %v", state, run)
 	}
 	a := byType["archive"][0]
-	if a["artifact"] != "cli" || a["path"] != "/usr/local/bin" {
-		t.Errorf("archive = %v, want the cli unpacked into /usr/local/bin", a)
+	if a["artifact"] != "cli" || a["path"] != "/usr/local/lib/mesh-delivery-view" {
+		t.Errorf("archive = %v, want the cli unpacked into its own directory", a)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -195,3 +195,28 @@ func TestAliasItem(t *testing.T) { // 1137/AC1
 		t.Fatalf("files/zsh-normal = %q, want the one line", raw)
 	}
 }
+
+// The controller refuses two modules declaring one path (internal/catalogue/resolve.go:1160-1168). mesh-cli (mesh-catalog
+// modules/mesh-cli/module.json) declares /usr/local/bin whole, so this module may place only a file below a shared
+// directory, never the directory itself.
+func TestNoSharedDirectoryIsClaimed(t *testing.T) { // 1134/AC7
+	m, _ := load(t)
+	shared := map[string]bool{"/usr/local/bin": true, "/usr/local/lib": true, "/usr/bin": true, "/usr/local": true, "/usr/lib": true, "/etc": true, "/opt": true}
+	var binary bool
+	for _, r := range m.Resources {
+		p, _ := r["path"].(string)
+		if shared[strings.TrimRight(p, "/")] {
+			t.Errorf("resource %v declares the shared directory %s, which mesh-cli and others declare too", r["id"], p)
+		}
+		if p == "/usr/local/bin/mesh-delivery-cli" && r["type"] == "file" && r["template"] == "files/mesh-delivery-cli" {
+			binary = true
+		}
+	}
+	if !binary {
+		t.Error("the command is placed as the file /usr/local/bin/mesh-delivery-cli")
+	}
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile("files/mesh-delivery-cli")
+	if err != nil || !strings.Contains(string(raw), "exec /usr/local/lib/mesh-delivery-view/mesh-delivery-cli") {
+		t.Errorf("files/mesh-delivery-cli = %q, %v", raw, err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-view/module.json b/modules/mesh-delivery-view/module.json
index 8d144fe..e79d77a 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-view/module.json
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-view/module.json
@@ -53,11 +53,18 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "id": "command",
+      "id": "command-program",
       "type": "archive",
       "artifact": "cli",
-      "path": "/usr/local/bin",
+      "path": "/usr/local/lib/mesh-delivery-view",
       "unknown": "program"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "command",
+      "type": "file",
+      "path": "/usr/local/bin/mesh-delivery-cli",
+      "mode": "0755",
+      "template": "files/mesh-delivery-cli"
     }
   ],
   "items": [