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 # Custodian Brief — clay-borg
 
 **Domain:** consumer  
-**Last synced:** 2026-08-07 09:27 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-08-07 09:36 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-### A number that does not move: a control for the wrong-subject family
-Progress: 0/4 done  |  workplan_id: `e6a0dad9-9b45-41fb-92ab-07c8b5690366`
-
-**Open tasks:**
-- · Task: decide the rule and its limits  `4be3630e`
-- · Task: the rule, in the spec that governs findings  `cefcc917`
-- · Task: make the mechanical half mechanical  `b773bc85`
-- · Task: evidence  `7206661a`
+*(none — repo may need first-session setup)*
 
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