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 # Custodian Brief — coulomb-research
 
 **Domain:** communication  
-**Last synced:** 2026-09-28 16:26 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-09-29 19:28 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-### M0: establish the research facility skeleton
-Progress: 0/3 done  |  workplan_id: `c6c3c18d-d0fd-5bdb-95d1-d55fe772db86`
+### Resolve CR-000's outstanding criticism; assess M3 readiness
+Progress: 0/4 done  |  workplan_id: `9e7bf9d6-2e32-5ea7-87c7-65f5e1ec0db5`
 
 **Open tasks:**
-- · Establish Artifact and Identifier Conventions  `a467709a`
-- · Create RP-000 and the Paper Zero Skeleton  `69e26732`
-- · Register the Paper and Verify the Facility  `eaaf6bc7`
+- ! Decide Whether CR-000-C006 Can Be Re-Evidenced, and Reassess M3  `5f896d81`
+  *(wait: Waiting on T03 (organizationally independent review).)*
+- · Resolve or Reframe CR-000-C001 and CR-000-C005  `519fe130`
+- · Fix the Provenance Field Conflation  `18572e28`
+- · Obtain Organizationally-Independent Review  `1b927a09`
+
+## Inbox Hygiene
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+**Missing thread_id:** 1 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
 
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