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 # Custodian Brief — approval-engine
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-08-29 09:59 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-08-29 10:01 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-*(none — repo may need first-session setup)*
+### v0.7 alignment and the engine spine
+Progress: 1/9 done  |  workplan_id: `546f2fae-c53e-5ea5-8c63-320118d8ee1e`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- ! T05 — Wait on consumption ordering; do not implement it  `204bdfeb`
+- · T02 — Publish the approval claim contract  `ca2ec789`
+- · T03 — Specify the local transactional-outbox contract  `a2eb2e8f`
+- · T04 — Declare load-bearing cadence as heartbeat or reconciliation  `fce0df25`
+- · T06 — Durable object, closed state machine, authenticated entries  `44c4997b`
+- · T07 — Introspection API as input claims  `ea51499d`
+- · T08 — Local outbox in the mutation transaction  `b9267011`
+- … and 1 more open tasks
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)