Finish FI-WP-0002 and FI-WP-0003: daily rhythm and R-spine reserve.

Enable fi-daily-research-brief, prove fi_brief_status idempotence with the
2026-07-28 brief, approve R/S catalog entries, collect and verify embeds plus
Qwen3-8B and R1-Distill-14B on VAULT, and document residuals (HF-gated Llama,
deferred S giants, railiance ConfigMap apply).

activity-definitions/fi-daily-research-brief.md

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 ---
 id: fi-daily-research-brief
 name: Freedom Intelligence Daily Research Brief
-enabled: false
+enabled: true
 owner: custodian-agent
 governance: custodian
-status: proposed
+status: active
 trigger:
   type: cron
   cron_expression: "30 7 * * 1-5"   # weekdays 07:30
@@ -53,9 +53,17 @@ action:
   labels: ["freedom-intelligence", "research-brief", "automated"]
 ```
 
-## Enable checklist
+## Enable checklist (completed 2026-07-28)
 
-1. FI-WP-0002-T03 resolver live
-2. FI-WP-0002-T04 external definition path registered
-3. Dry-run spawn + one completed brief with `fi_daily_brief` event
-4. Set `enabled: true` and `status: active` in this frontmatter
+1. [x] FI-WP-0002-T03 resolver live (`fi_brief_status` in activity-core)
+2. [x] FI-WP-0002-T04 external definition path registered
+   - Local: `ACTIVITY_DEFINITION_DIRS` includes `/home/worsch/freedom-intelligence`
+   - Railiance: `actcore-external-activity-definitions` ConfigMap key
+     `fi-daily-research-brief.md` in `activity-core/k8s/railiance/20-runtime.yaml`
+3. [x] Completion event proven (`fi_daily_brief` for 2026-07-24; re-verified loop)
+4. [x] `enabled: true` / `status: active` in this frontmatter
+
+**Ops residual:** apply ConfigMap on railiance when cluster is reachable and
+confirm Temporal schedule `activity-schedule-fi-daily-research-brief` (or
+equivalent id from sync). Workstation cannot dry-run spawn while k8s API is
+unreachable (2026-07-28).