diff --git a/node-tools/go.mod b/node-tools/go.mod
index 94262f0..d88a8a1 100644
--- a/node-tools/go.mod
+++ b/node-tools/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-delivery/sdk v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261103221822-85ba0a9a70d8
 	github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8 // indirect
diff --git a/node-tools/internal/console/firstviews.go b/node-tools/internal/console/firstviews.go
index 8f9930d..0bb995c 100644
--- a/node-tools/internal/console/firstviews.go
+++ b/node-tools/internal/console/firstviews.go
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ package console
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"log"
 	"strings"
 
-	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-delivery/sdk/views"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/views"
 )
 
 // FirstViewer is the tool runner's four first views as the console shows them (novox/hq ADR 0615 §6; issue 1966 TLS-6): a
@@ -29,9 +30,14 @@ func (s *Surface) firstViewsAnswer(ctx context.Context, name string, args map[st
 	if why = strings.TrimSpace(why); why == "" {
 		why = "asked by hand with no reason given"
 	}
-	// A hand act, recorded in the runner's log with who asked and why (novox/hq ADR 0615 §6).
+	// A hand act, recorded through the seat mesh-hand-acts (novox/hq ADR 0615 §6, ADR 0565 §10) before it is done, and in the
+	// runner's log. One that cannot be recorded is said, and the ask is not made.
 	log.Printf("[mesh-tools] hand act: %s asked the four first views again: %s", s.who, why)
-	out := map[string]any{"asked again": why}
+	if err := s.recordAct(map[string]any{"what": "asked the tool runner's four first views again", "why": why,
+		"cause": "first-view-again", "verb": verbFirstAgain}); err != nil {
+		return failure("the hand act was not recorded through mesh-hand-acts, so the first views were not asked again: " + err.Error())
+	}
+	out := map[string]any{"asked again": why, "recorded": "mesh-hand-acts.hand-act"}
 	if errs := fv.Again(ctx, why); len(errs) > 0 {
 		var msgs []string
 		for _, e := range errs {
@@ -42,3 +48,18 @@ func (s *Surface) firstViewsAnswer(ctx context.Context, name string, args map[st
 	out["first views"] = fv.Status()
 	return answerText(out)
 }
+
+// recordAct records one act done by hand through the seat mesh-hand-acts (its verb hand-act); Surface.Record replaces the call
+// in a test.
+func (s *Surface) recordAct(args map[string]any) error {
+	if s.Record != nil {
+		return s.Record(args)
+	}
+	if s.conn == nil {
+		return errNoBus
+	}
+	_, err := s.conn.Ask("mesh-hand-acts.hand-act", args, "")
+	return err
+}
+
+var errNoBus = errors.New("no bus connection")
diff --git a/node-tools/internal/console/firstviews_test.go b/node-tools/internal/console/firstviews_test.go
index 3a8e2da..20c1c17 100644
--- a/node-tools/internal/console/firstviews_test.go
+++ b/node-tools/internal/console/firstviews_test.go
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ package console
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-delivery/sdk/views"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/views"
 )
 
 // viewer is a Source that also holds first views.
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ func TestTheConsoleShowsAndAsksAgainTheRunnersFirstViews(t *testing.T) {
 		return string(c)
 	}
 	v := &viewer{}
-	s := &Surface{src: v, who: "desk.node-tools"}
+	var recorded []map[string]any
+	s := &Surface{src: v, who: "desk.node-tools", Record: func(a map[string]any) error { recorded = append(recorded, a); return nil }}
 	if got := text(s.discover(context.Background(), "mesh_first_views", nil)); !strings.Contains(got, "mesh-delivery-assigner") || !strings.Contains(got, "placement") {
 		t.Errorf("mesh_first_views shows %s", got)
 	}
@@ -40,6 +42,14 @@ func TestTheConsoleShowsAndAsksAgainTheRunnersFirstViews(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(v.asked) != 1 || v.asked[0] != "doubted" || !strings.Contains(text(got), "asked again") {
 		t.Errorf("mesh_first_view_again asked %v and answered %s", v.asked, text(got))
 	}
+	if len(recorded) != 1 || recorded[0]["why"] != "doubted" || recorded[0]["cause"] != "first-view-again" {
+		t.Errorf("the hand act recorded is %v", recorded)
+	}
+	// An act that cannot be recorded is not done.
+	refusing := &Surface{src: v, who: "desk.node-tools", Record: func(map[string]any) error { return errors.New("no answer") }}
+	if r := refusing.discover(context.Background(), "mesh_first_view_again", map[string]any{"why": "x"}); r["isError"] != true || len(v.asked) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("an unrecorded hand act was done: %s (asked %v)", text(r), v.asked)
+	}
 	for _, name := range []string{"mesh_first_views", "mesh_first_view_again"} {
 		none := &Surface{src: busSource{}, who: "desk.node-tools"}
 		if r := none.discover(context.Background(), name, nil); r["isError"] != true || !strings.Contains(text(r), "holds no first views") {
diff --git a/node-tools/internal/console/mcp.go b/node-tools/internal/console/mcp.go
index 971c38f..70490d6 100644
--- a/node-tools/internal/console/mcp.go
+++ b/node-tools/internal/console/mcp.go
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ type Surface struct {
 	// Flat announces the whole catalogue, as the console did before ADR 0195: for a person reading
 	// it or a client that wants it. Off by default; MESH_CONSOLE_FLAT=1 turns it on.
 	Flat bool
+	// Record, when set, records a hand act in place of the seat mesh-hand-acts' verb (a test's).
+	Record func(args map[string]any) error
 }
 
 // MethodSeats is the console's JSON-RPC method beside MCP's that answers every seat's verbs and holders, in the shape
diff --git a/node-tools/internal/firstview/firstview.go b/node-tools/internal/firstview/firstview.go
index cf6db43..78fc4a8 100644
--- a/node-tools/internal/firstview/firstview.go
+++ b/node-tools/internal/firstview/firstview.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-delivery/sdk/views"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/views"
 
 	"github.com/novox/mesh-tools/node-tools/internal/bus"
 )
diff --git a/node-tools/internal/firstview/firstview_test.go b/node-tools/internal/firstview/firstview_test.go
index 0fddaa4..ae2d5a0 100644
--- a/node-tools/internal/firstview/firstview_test.go
+++ b/node-tools/internal/firstview/firstview_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-delivery/sdk/views"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/views"
 
 	"github.com/novox/mesh-tools/node-tools/internal/bus"
 )