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 # Custodian Brief — audit-core
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-08-14 17:58 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-08-15 18:45 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)*
+### Honest operational custody against ITC-CAP and the live platform backup
+Progress: 0/5 done  |  workplan_id: `8d775ffb-3c83-4c33-9ffa-05ce52c5ff91`
 
-## Inbox Hygiene
-
-**Missing thread_id:** 1 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
+**Open tasks:**
+- · T01 — Restate custody vocabulary in the running service  `bbf476eb`
+- · T02 — Bind the recovery promise to the live platform backup  `06907b2c`
+- · T03 — Publish an ITC-CAP case for the live provision  `eba29df0`
+- · T04 — Publish a Canon Interface Card  `c5f5a883`
+- · T05 — Persist sender tenant scope and refresh SCOPE  `c629d894`
 
 ## SCOPE Freshness
 
-- SCOPE.md says active but no open workplans remain — refresh Current State.
+- SCOPE.md Current State does not reflect active workplans — may be stale.
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)