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 # Custodian Brief — fluid-core
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-09-29 19:29 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-09-30 10:50 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@
 Progress: 6/9 done  |  workplan_id: `291005a5-d474-5c94-8abd-819f682dde9f`
 
 **Open tasks:**
-- · T02 - Bot identity — BLOCKED ON A PERSON  `9896fee4`
-- · T03 - Channels — BLOCKED ON A PERSON  `bb02bf5b`
-- · T08 - Live experiment and audit — BLOCKED ON T02, T03 AND SUBSCRIBERS  `befd476e`
+- ! T02 - Bot identity — BLOCKED ON A PERSON  `9896fee4`
+  *(wait: Human step: operator registers the bot via BotFather and stores the token in OpenBao.)*
+- ! T03 - Channels — BLOCKED ON A PERSON  `bb02bf5b`
+  *(wait: Human step: operator creates the private test channel, then the public channel.)*
+- ! T08 - Live experiment and audit — BLOCKED ON T02, T03 AND SUBSCRIBERS  `befd476e`
+  *(wait: Needs the bot (T02), the channels (T03) and real subscribers.)*
 
 ### Establish the pr- campaign repository pattern and reduce hall-of-helix to an example
 Progress: 2/5 done  |  workplan_id: `b6459dd0-fc4f-54a4-a2e9-d7b83cff6c6e`
@@ -21,12 +24,13 @@ Progress: 2/5 done  |  workplan_id: `b6459dd0-fc4f-54a4-a2e9-d7b83cff6c6e`
 **Open tasks:**
 - ! T02 — Establish pr-hall-of-helix  `7d40da89`
   *(wait: Campaign move waits until the FLUID loop has closed once (FT-WP-0001 T12); the repository itself already exists.)*
-- · T04 — Reduce the Telegram case to a documented example  `ec77e62c`
+- ! T04 — Reduce the Telegram case to a documented example  `ec77e62c`
+  *(wait: Campaign must live elsewhere first (T02).)*
 - · T05 — Prove reuse with a second interface  `227d0d53`
 
 ## Inbox Hygiene
 
-**Missing thread_id:** 1 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
+**Missing thread_id:** 3 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)