Answering myself for future searchers: the Bluetooth slate commands do exist and are useable, but are undocumented at this time. You can dig the details out of the downloadable code samples in the file Libraries\BluetoothControl\Common\Apple\CCU\CCUPacketTypes.swift and accompanying files.
See also viewtopic.php?f=12&t=111635 where Blackmagic confirmed this category is valid for coding with.