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-<!-- custodian-brief: generated by fix-consistency — do not edit manually -->
-# Custodian Brief — coulomb-social
-
-**Domain:** communication  
-**Last synced:** 2026-10-11 21:47 UTC  
-**State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
-
-## Active Workstreams
-
-### Sharing, portability and content-storage acceptance
-Progress: 0/3 done  |  workplan_id: `70370f4e-7cba-5b0a-853b-fedcd2bd49a5`
-
-**Open tasks:**
-- ► T01 — Finish unambiguous storage enforcement  `4d18a390`
-- ► T02 — Complete content fidelity and revision lifecycle  `8d06cdee`
-- · T03 — Review productive sharing and personal portability  `8edd7661`
-
-### Durable app recovery and service readiness
-Progress: 0/3 done  |  workplan_id: `0cd1f513-f26e-5707-b646-8b4bbe6369fc`
-
-**Open tasks:**
-- ! T01 — Admit independent offsite custody and retention  `dc470337`
-- · T02 — Activate and prove the first encrypted paired recovery point  `25ae6330`
-- · T03 — Establish scheduled backup, monitoring and service evidence  `ded6fc1d`
-
-### Further cohort reconciliation and Bubble off-ramp
-Progress: 0/3 done  |  workplan_id: `db6b85dc-f2f0-5283-ac52-3a6af28eb5b5`
-
-**Open tasks:**
-- ! T03 — Decide service and host cutover for accepted cohorts  `599b4b6a`
-- · T01 — Reconcile retained inventory and nominate the next cohort  `0002882d`
-- · T02 — Review remaining journeys and record transfer decisions  `9257e4df`
-
-### Communication runtime, inbox operations and flow acceptance
-Progress: 0/4 done  |  workplan_id: `38208f72-c285-56fa-be44-de9b59a4e031`
-
-**Open tasks:**
-- ! T01 — Admit and activate explicit transactional caller policies  `e87ea643`
-- ! T03 — Complete independent ledger recovery and copy custody  `286e60bf`
-- ► T04 — Establish owner-spanning browser journeys and productive flow verdicts  `7c718d86`
-- · T02 — Establish platform sender and monitored reply/bounce ownership  `0604cb15`
-
----
-## MCP Orientation (when available)
-
-If the state-hub MCP server is reachable, call:
-`get_domain_summary("communication")`
-This provides richer cross-domain context.
-If the MCP call fails, use this file as your orientation source.
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 db.sqlite3
 staticfiles/
 *.egg-info/
+
+# Local State Hub orientation snapshot; authored work records remain tracked.
+/.custodian-brief.md
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 index filename changes are refused; notes/Visual/source metadata are retained.
 Founder confirms editing and clipboard copy; naming review remains T09.
 [Protocol naming receipt](docs/release/reichelag-naming-2026-10-07.md).
+
+## Local orientation brief policy — 2026-10-21
+
+`.custodian-brief.md` is a local, ignored State Hub orientation snapshot. Refreshing
+it does not require a Git commit. Authored workplans and the generated
+WORK-RECORDS index keep their existing source and staged-generation contracts.