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 # Custodian Brief — core-hub
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-08-21 19:23 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-08-25 15:45 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-### Runtime absorption into hub-core and archive
-Progress: 4/5 done  |  workplan_id: `f5a90aa2-e63f-4f94-b052-8be0d0ee55ea`
+*(none — repo may need first-session setup)*
 
-**Open tasks:**
-- ► Archive repository  `16525001`
+## Inbox Hygiene
+
+**Stale unread:** 1 message(s) older than 3 day(s) — triage at session start.
+**Missing thread_id:** 1 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
+- ! the-custodian: Cutover prerequisite found: migrated widgets reference ops-* types absent from Core Hub registries  `4b859f9b`
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)