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+# Custodian Brief — fin-hub
+
+**Domain:** infotech  
+**Last synced:** 2026-07-08 20:33 UTC  
+**State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
+
+## Active Workstreams
+
+### Repo Integration: fin-hub
+Progress: 0/4 done  |  workstream_id: `dd9ba4cc-835a-4b92-9d13-bd68c8683359`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · Integrate CLAUDE.custodian.md → CLAUDE.md  `01a71848`
+- · Write first workplan and initialise workplans/  `9a35240f`
+- · Ingest SBOM  `3ec434d7`
+- · Register known EPs and TDs  `fa4a24fb`
+
+---
+## MCP Orientation (when available)
+
+If the state-hub MCP server is reachable, call:
+`get_domain_summary("infotech")`
+This provides richer cross-domain context.
+If the MCP call fails, use this file as your orientation source.