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 # Custodian Brief — evidence-source
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-06-22 18:28 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-07-08 17:58 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-*(none — repo may need first-session setup)*
+### Bootstrap standalone source repo from citation-evidence PDF slice
+Progress: 0/7 done  |  workstream_id: `64771b5d-4b83-4848-a562-4b00aad017b2`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · T01 — Lock the Extraction Boundary  `edca2341`
+- · T02 — Add Standalone Package and Tooling  `1726f446`
+- · T03 — Extract the Headless PDF Ingest Core  `2e730730`
+- · T04 — Place the Browser and Session Helpers Deliberately  `cc25df35`
+- · T05 — Rebuild Subsystem Test Coverage Here  `4a200852`
+- · T06 — Switch `citation-evidence` to the Extracted Repo  `03fcc7a3`
+- · T07 — Finish Repo Docs and Queue the Next Workplans  `3aa2fdf7`
 
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