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 # Custodian Brief — coulomb-research
 
 **Domain:** communication  
-**Last synced:** 2026-09-29 19:28 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-10-04 23:49 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
 ### Resolve CR-000's outstanding criticism; assess M3 readiness
-Progress: 0/4 done  |  workplan_id: `9e7bf9d6-2e32-5ea7-87c7-65f5e1ec0db5`
+Progress: 2/4 done  |  workplan_id: `9e7bf9d6-2e32-5ea7-87c7-65f5e1ec0db5`
 
 **Open tasks:**
+- ! Obtain Organizationally-Independent Review  `1b927a09`
 - ! 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
 
-**Missing thread_id:** 1 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
+**Stale unread:** 1 message(s) older than 3 day(s) — triage at session start.
+**Missing thread_id:** 2 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)