diff --git a/backend/druks/models.py b/backend/druks/models.py
index 6aac13c5..ebcf2885 100644
--- a/backend/druks/models.py
+++ b/backend/druks/models.py
@@ -134,10 +134,24 @@ async def get_or_none(cls, **fields: object) -> Self | None:
 
         return (await db_session().scalars(cls._select_matching(fields))).one_or_none()
 
+    @classmethod
+    async def all(cls) -> list[Self]:
+        """Every row, in the class's ordering, or in primary key order when it
+        declares none."""
+        return await cls._list_matching({})
+
     @classmethod
     async def filter(cls, **fields: object) -> list[Self]:
-        """The rows whose fields hold these values, in the class's ordering, or in
-        primary key order when it declares none."""
+        """The rows whose fields hold these values, ordered like ``all()``."""
+        if fields:
+            return await cls._list_matching(fields)
+        raise TypeError(
+            f"{cls.__name__}.filter() needs a field to match. "
+            f"Call {cls.__name__}.all() to read every row."
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    async def _list_matching(cls, fields: dict[str, object]) -> list[Self]:
         from druks.db import db_session
 
         ordering = cls._get_order_by() or cls.__mapper__.primary_key
diff --git a/backend/druks/scaffolding/app_template/package/models.py-tpl b/backend/druks/scaffolding/app_template/package/models.py-tpl
index e2f3a084..6377ed52 100644
--- a/backend/druks/scaffolding/app_template/package/models.py-tpl
+++ b/backend/druks/scaffolding/app_template/package/models.py-tpl
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ from druks.db import Model, StoredSubject
 # SQLAlchemy models for this app — subclass ``Model``. Druks names each table for the
 # app and the class ("{{ name }}_report" for ``Report``), keeps the app's own migration
 # history in ``alembic_version_{{ name }}``, and enforces the "{{ name }}_" prefix at boot.
-# A model reads by field (``get``, ``get_or_none``, ``filter``) and writes with
+# A model reads with ``all``, ``filter``, ``get``, and ``get_or_none`` and writes with
 # ``create``, ``save``, and ``delete``; ``class Report(Model, ordering=("-created_at",))``
-# sets the order ``filter`` reads in.
+# sets the order ``all`` and ``filter`` read in.
 # One of these models is usually the thing your runs work on — a note, a repo, a
 # ticket. Subclass ``StoredSubject`` for that one and point a workflow at it with
 # ``subject = ThatModel``: it also gets an id, created_at, updated_at, a board, and a
diff --git a/backend/tests/druks-field_notes/tests/test_models.py b/backend/tests/druks-field_notes/tests/test_models.py
index c3d36f36..e5f9e2bc 100644
--- a/backend/tests/druks-field_notes/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/backend/tests/druks-field_notes/tests/test_models.py
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ async def test_rows_read_by_field_in_the_declared_order(druks_db):
     first = await Note.create(body="the pump ran hot")
     second = await Note.create(body="the pump ran hot")
 
+    assert await Note.all() == [second, first]
     assert await Note.filter(body="the pump ran hot") == [second, first]
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="Note.all()"):
+        await Note.filter()
     assert await Note.get(id=str(second.id)) == second
     assert await Note.get_or_none(id="not an id") is None
     with pytest.raises(ObjectNotFound, match="No note with id 0"):
diff --git a/docs/writing-an-app.md b/docs/writing-an-app.md
index 07e941ed..6eac5d24 100644
--- a/docs/writing-an-app.md
+++ b/docs/writing-an-app.md
@@ -1084,6 +1084,7 @@ A model reads and writes by field:
 report = await Report.create(repo="acme/widgets", status="open")
 report = await Report.get(id=report_id)
 report = await Report.get_or_none(repo="acme/widgets")
+reports = await Report.all()
 open_reports = await Report.filter(status="open")
 report.status = "closed"
 await report.save()
@@ -1094,8 +1095,9 @@ await report.delete()
 page with an empty state, so a route or page that names a row by id never
 spells either. `get_or_none` answers None instead. Both expect one row: two
 raise SQLAlchemy's `MultipleResultsFound`, so back the fields they read with a
-unique constraint. `filter` returns the matching rows in primary key order, or in
-the order the class declares on its class line, in Django's form:
+unique constraint. `all` returns every row and `filter` the rows that match at
+least one field, both in primary key order, or in the order the class declares
+on its class line, in Django's form:
 
 ```python
 class Report(Model, ordering=("-created_at",)):