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 # Custodian Brief — clay-borg
 
 **Domain:** consumer  
-**Last synced:** 2026-08-07 22:22 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-08-07 22:50 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-### The fourteen unread files
-Progress: 2/4 done  |  workplan_id: `c8425c0e-51e9-445f-802c-9ff38935fd5a`
-
-**Open tasks:**
-- · Task: classify the rest  `a09c8738`
-- · Task: evidence  `e15a9ada`
+*(none — repo may need first-session setup)*
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)