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 # Custodian Brief — clay-borg
 
 **Domain:** consumer  
-**Last synced:** 2026-08-02 00:49 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-08-03 16:57 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)*
+### Budgets: what the meta budget is for, AM-4b's scope, and the self-quoting rule
+Progress: 1/5 done  |  workplan_id: `ecf35aae-8549-4338-9e13-21dcf14c1130`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · Task: give AM-4b a scope, and a target that matches it  `b6b209c5`
+- · Task: the proc-macro share, decided not just measured  `6a90d069`
+- · Task: write the self-quoting rule down  `b473ab42`
+- · Task: evidence  `b499acb2`
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)