diff --git a/forgetest/forgetest/suite/evmore.py b/forgetest/forgetest/suite/evmore.py
index 6a3b8f2..3046d3f 100644
--- a/forgetest/forgetest/suite/evmore.py
+++ b/forgetest/forgetest/suite/evmore.py
@@ -49,8 +49,11 @@ def _reader(sock, seen, stop):
 
 
 @test("events.button-telemetry", title="The event stream tells a press of the button, and the telemetry",
-      subsystem="forgectrl", kind="auto", mode="grbl", est_min=2,
+      subsystem="forgectrl", kind="operator", mode="grbl", est_min=2,
       covers=[("forgectrl", "src/events.*"), ("forgectrl", "src/main.c"), ("forgectrl", "src/status.*")],
+      actions=["button"],
+      steps=["The machine idle; you will be told to press the button once.",
+             "Nothing moves and nothing fires: nothing is waiting for the press."],
       description="A stream opened at forgectrl's read-only listener gets a telemetry.tick within 12 s, "
                   "and it is what the daemon already holds: the cooling phase, the verdict, fire_ok, the "
                   "two coolant temperatures, the controller's state, and the lid, with no sensor read of "
diff --git a/forgetest/forgetest/suite/exthost.py b/forgetest/forgetest/suite/exthost.py
index 0f3f7b0..4c322c9 100644
--- a/forgetest/forgetest/suite/exthost.py
+++ b/forgetest/forgetest/suite/exthost.py
@@ -1542,10 +1542,12 @@ def hold_pause_tier(ctx):
 # ------------------------------------------------- the operator's door
 
 @test("exthost.events", title="The machine's events reach a package, over one subscription",
-      subsystem="exthost", kind="auto", hardware="takeover", est_min=6,
+      subsystem="exthost", kind="operator", hardware="takeover", est_min=6,
       covers=[("forgeext", "src/evfeed.*"), ("forgeext", "src/api.*"), ("forgeext", "src/run.*"),
               ("forgectrl", "src/events.*"), ("forgectrl", "src/main.c")],
-      requires=["exthost.service"],
+      requires=["exthost.service"], actions=["lid"],
+      steps=["Start with the lid closed; you will be told to open it, then close it again.",
+             "Nothing moves and the laser is not involved."],
       description="The reference package is installed with the events capability. The host holds one "
                   "subscription to forgectrl's stream for every package that wants events, and none when "
                   "no package does: with the service running the status file says the stream is connected "
diff --git a/forgetest/forgetest/suite/setup_dark.py b/forgetest/forgetest/suite/setup_dark.py
index 4793a2e..f2a4b55 100644
--- a/forgetest/forgetest/suite/setup_dark.py
+++ b/forgetest/forgetest/suite/setup_dark.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def run_check(ctx, wid, on_prompt, timeout_s):
 @test("setup.check-switches", title="The switches check follows the lid and the button",
       subsystem="setup", kind="operator", est_min=3,
       covers=DARK_COVERS + [("forgectrl", "src/status.c")],
-      requires=["forgectrl.auth"], actions=["lid", "button"],
+      requires=["forgectrl.auth"], actions=["lid", "button", "interlock"],
       description="POST /wiz/switches/start; the check asks for the lid to open and close and for "
                   "a press, each as a 'wait' prompt that the switch edge itself answers; the bench "
                   "fixture works the lid and the button. On a Basic or Plus the interlock loop reads "
diff --git a/forgetest/tests/test_fixture.py b/forgetest/tests/test_fixture.py
index bb38a04..50c1f4a 100644
--- a/forgetest/tests/test_fixture.py
+++ b/forgetest/tests/test_fixture.py
@@ -314,6 +314,24 @@ class CatalogTests(unittest.TestCase):
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             catalog.test("z.auto", title="t", subsystem="z", hands=("app",))(lambda ctx: None)
 
+    def test_every_action_a_test_takes_is_declared(self):
+        # The queues route a test by its kind and its actions: an auto test
+        # runs unattended with or without a fixture, and an operator test
+        # whose actions the fixture covers runs unattended only while it
+        # does. A test that acts on the lid, the interlock or the button
+        # without saying so runs unattended with no fixture and waits for a
+        # person who is not there.
+        import inspect
+        import re
+        from forgetest import catalog
+        bad = []
+        for t in catalog.all_tests(catalog.load_suite()):
+            src = inspect.getsource(t.fn)
+            taken = set(re.findall(r'ctx\.act\(\s*"(\w+)"', src))
+            if taken and (t.kind == "auto" or not taken <= set(t.actions)):
+                bad.append("%s (%s) acts on %s, declares %s" % (t.id, t.kind, sorted(taken), list(t.actions)))
+        self.assertEqual(bad, [])
+
 
 class StubFixture:
     """What the runner needs of a fixture, scripted."""