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 # Custodian Brief — clay-borg
 
 **Domain:** consumer  
-**Last synced:** 2026-08-05 16:06 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-08-05 17:25 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-### Could we have won: a path out of a lost game, and how hard the game actually is
-Progress: 2/7 done  |  workplan_id: `a866982f-94e7-432b-b0d5-2fefb781a574`
-
-**Open tasks:**
-- · Task: decide  `055630a1`
-- · Task: specify  `7c3ca25d`
-- · Task: build the witness  `5f1cbda3`
-- · Task: measure the difficulty, and hand it to ground-game  `723feae8`
-- · Task: evidence  `2616e06c`
+*(none — repo may need first-session setup)*
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)