diff --git a/go/catalogue/build.go b/go/catalogue/build.go
index e36de7f..f4fcd25 100644
--- a/go/catalogue/build.go
+++ b/go/catalogue/build.go
@@ -394,6 +394,45 @@ func (b *Build) problems(module string) []string {
 				"%s: %q mirrors %q, which names no tag or digest", module, a.Name, a.From))
 		}
 		problems = append(problems, upstreamFileProblems(module, a)...)
+		problems = append(problems, pathsProblems(module, a)...)
+	}
+	return problems
+}
+
+// pathsProblems is what is wrong with an artifact's `paths` (novox/hq ADR 0499 clause 1): named on a kind whose build
+// source is derived or named otherwise, or a path that leaves the module's directory, is its whole directory, or is a
+// pattern.
+func pathsProblems(module string, a Artifact) []string {
+	if a.Paths == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	switch {
+	case a.Kind == ArtifactBundle && a.Language == "go":
+		return []string{fmt.Sprintf("%s: %q is a Go program and names paths: its build source is derived from the "+
+			"package it compiles (novox/hq ADR 0267 clause 1, ADR 0499 clause 1)", module, a.Name)}
+	case a.Kind != ArtifactBundle && a.Kind != ArtifactPackage:
+		return []string{fmt.Sprintf("%s: %q is a %q and names paths; only a package or a bundle in a language other "+
+			"than Go names the paths it is built from (novox/hq ADR 0499 clause 1)", module, a.Name, a.Kind)}
+	case len(a.Paths) == 0:
+		return []string{fmt.Sprintf("%s: %q names no path in paths; leave the word out to build from the module's "+
+			"directory", module, a.Name)}
+	}
+	var problems []string
+	for _, p := range a.Paths {
+		clean := path.Clean(p)
+		switch {
+		case strings.TrimSpace(p) == "":
+			problems = append(problems, fmt.Sprintf("%s: %q names an empty path", module, a.Name))
+		case strings.HasPrefix(p, "/") || clean == ".." || strings.HasPrefix(clean, "../"):
+			problems = append(problems, fmt.Sprintf("%s: %q names the path %q, which leaves the module's directory",
+				module, a.Name, p))
+		case clean == ".":
+			problems = append(problems, fmt.Sprintf("%s: %q names the module's whole directory (%q) as a path; leave "+
+				"the word out for that", module, a.Name, p))
+		case strings.ContainsAny(p, "*?[]{}\\"):
+			problems = append(problems, fmt.Sprintf("%s: %q names %q, which is a pattern; paths names files and "+
+				"directories", module, a.Name, p))
+		}
 	}
 	return problems
 }
diff --git a/go/catalogue/manifest.go b/go/catalogue/manifest.go
index 870ea4d..0c721c7 100644
--- a/go/catalogue/manifest.go
+++ b/go/catalogue/manifest.go
@@ -1191,6 +1191,17 @@ type Artifact struct {
 	// (novox/hq ADR 0193). Absent for nearly every bundle, which is then one file per entrypoint.
 	External []string `json:"external,omitempty"`
 
+	// Paths are the files and directories, relative to the module's directory, a package or a bundle in a language
+	// other than Go is built from (novox/hq ADR 0499 clause 1): with the module's manifest they are its build source,
+	// and a module whose every artifact names them takes its fingerprint's tree from them alone (clause 2). Absent means
+	// the module's directory, as before.
+	//
+	// **Named, because the build source of a package sharing a repository cannot be derived.** A Go program's is
+	// (ADR 0267 clause 1), an archive's `from` names it and an image's is the context its manifest names, so each of those
+	// refuses the word. A path stays inside the module's directory and is no pattern: a build source that could reach
+	// out of it, or grow with a directory listing, would be one no fingerprint pins.
+	Paths []string `json:"paths,omitempty"`
+
 	// Env is what a tools bundle is given on a machine (novox/hq ADR 0192): words and their values,
 	// paths and constants composed with ${dir:…} and ${port:…} exactly as a container's environment
 	// is, never a secret's content. The node's runtime hands it to this bundle and to no other.
diff --git a/go/catalogue/paths_test.go b/go/catalogue/paths_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e355383
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/catalogue/paths_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package catalogue
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// An artifact names the paths it is built from with `paths` (novox/hq ADR 0499 clause 1): a package, or a bundle in a
+// language other than Go, may; a Go program's artifact, an archive, an image and an upstream artifact may not, and the
+// refusal names the artifact and its kind. Each path stays inside the module's directory: no `..`, no absolute path,
+// no pattern.
+func TestAnArtifactNamesThePathsItIsBuiltFrom(t *testing.T) {
+	m, err := ParseManifest([]byte(`{"module":"mesh-sdk","version":"1","slug":"sdk","build":{"artifacts":[
+		{"name":"lib","kind":"package","language":"typescript",
+		 "paths":["src","test","package.json","package-lock.json","tsconfig.json"]}]},"resources":[]}`))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("a package naming its paths was refused: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got := strings.Join(m.Build.Artifacts[0].Paths, ","); got != "src,test,package.json,package-lock.json,tsconfig.json" {
+		t.Fatalf("the paths were not kept as written: %q", got)
+	}
+	if _, err := ParseManifest([]byte(`{"module":"a","version":"1","build":{"artifacts":[
+		{"name":"tools","kind":"bundle","language":"typescript","entrypoints":["index.js"],"loads":["index.js"],"paths":["src","package.json"]}]}}`)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("a TypeScript bundle naming its paths was refused: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range []struct{ artifact, says string }{
+		{`{"name":"x","kind":"bundle","language":"go","system":"linux-amd64","paths":["cmd"]}`, `"x" is a Go program`},
+		{`{"name":"x","kind":"archive","from":"files","paths":["files"]}`, `"x" is a "archive"`},
+		{`{"name":"x","kind":"image","from":"Dockerfile","paths":["src"]}`, `"x" is a "image"`},
+		{`{"name":"x","kind":"upstream","from":"nats:2.10","paths":["src"]}`, `"x" is a "upstream"`},
+		{`{"name":"x","kind":"package","language":"typescript","paths":["../other"]}`, "leaves the module's directory"},
+		{`{"name":"x","kind":"package","language":"typescript","paths":["src/../../x"]}`, "leaves the module's directory"},
+		{`{"name":"x","kind":"package","language":"typescript","paths":["/etc"]}`, "leaves the module's directory"},
+		{`{"name":"x","kind":"package","language":"typescript","paths":["src/*.ts"]}`, "is a pattern"},
+		{`{"name":"x","kind":"package","language":"typescript","paths":["src/[ab]"]}`, "is a pattern"},
+		{`{"name":"x","kind":"package","language":"typescript","paths":[""]}`, "names an empty path"},
+		{`{"name":"x","kind":"package","language":"typescript","paths":["."]}`, "names the module's whole directory"},
+		{`{"name":"x","kind":"package","language":"typescript","paths":[]}`, "names no path"},
+	} {
+		_, err := ParseManifest([]byte(`{"module":"a","version":"1","build":{"artifacts":[` + c.artifact + `]}}`))
+		if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), c.says) {
+			t.Errorf("%s: %v, wanted a refusal saying %q", c.artifact, err, c.says)
+		}
+	}
+}