diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-builder/cmd/mesh-delivery-builder/integration_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-builder/cmd/mesh-delivery-builder/integration_test.go
index d7d0faa..01f0ac3 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-builder/cmd/mesh-delivery-builder/integration_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-builder/cmd/mesh-delivery-builder/integration_test.go
@@ -707,6 +707,7 @@ func TestTheBuilderAsksTheBuildSeatsAndCallsNoNode(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	defer s.Unsubscribe()
+	asked := b.asksPut(t, sub)
 	b.start(t, "n1", nil)
 	v := b.await(t, "netcheck", isState(delivery.BuildDone))
 	for _, a := range v.Artifacts {
@@ -717,4 +718,39 @@ func TestTheBuilderAsksTheBuildSeatsAndCallsNoNode(t *testing.T) {
 	if n := calls.Load(); n != 0 {
 		t.Errorf("%d tool calls reached a build module", n)
 	}
+	// 1887/AC1: one ask per build module the build needs (netcheck: a Go and a TypeScript bundle), each on its seat's
+	// delivery stream.
+	got := asked()
+	if len(got) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("asks put = %+v, want one Go and one Node delivery ask", got)
+	}
+	for _, a := range got {
+		if a.Kind != delivery.AskDelivery || a.Build == nil || a.Build.FP != fp {
+			t.Errorf("ask %+v, want a delivery ask of the fingerprint", a)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// asksPut hears every ask put on a build seat's accept subjects (a core subscription beside the stream) and answers the
+// asks heard so far.
+func (b *bed) asksPut(t *testing.T, nc *nats.Conn) func() []delivery.StepAsk {
+	t.Helper()
+	var mu sync.Mutex
+	var asks []delivery.StepAsk
+	s, err := nc.Subscribe("mesh.seat.*.accept.>", func(m *nats.Msg) {
+		if a, err := delivery.DecodeStepAsk(m.Data); err == nil {
+			mu.Lock()
+			asks = append(asks, a)
+			mu.Unlock()
+		}
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = s.Unsubscribe() })
+	return func() []delivery.StepAsk {
+		mu.Lock()
+		defer mu.Unlock()
+		return append([]delivery.StepAsk(nil), asks...)
+	}
 }