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).

briefs/2026/07/2026-07-28.md

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+---
+date: 2026-07-28
+timezone: Europe/Berlin
+author: grok
+status: final
+sources_checked:
+  - research/2026-07-24-baseline-field-survey.md
+  - research/2026-07-24-nas-strategic-collection-plan.md
+  - docs/backup-storage-policy.md
+  - inventory/catalog/
+---
+
+# Freedom Intelligence Daily Brief — 2026-07-28
+
+> Delta from 2026-07-24 brief + lab ops progress. Not a full resurvey.
+
+## Headline deltas
+
+- **Storage pin complete:** open-weight reserve at `D:\vault\coulomb\freedom-intelligence\` (WSL `/mnt/d/vault/coulomb/freedom-intelligence/`), soft quota 850 GiB retained.
+- **State Hub registration:** repo under domain **agents**; FI-WP-0001…0003 hub-indexed.
+- **Activity definition enabled:** `fi-daily-research-brief` set `enabled: true`; railiance ConfigMap entry added (apply when cluster reachable).
+- **Reserve seed in progress:** R-spine + S approvals; first weight pulls to VAULT; giant S deferred under soft-quota / OOM-safe download policy.
+- **No material frontier open-weight displacement** observed that invalidates the 2026-07-24 baseline R/S plan.
+
+## Frontier & commercial (axis A)
+
+*(none material today — re-use baseline pricing posture)*
+
+## Edge / local / open (axis B)
+
+| Item | Delta | Sources | Lab relevance |
+| ---- | ----- | ------- | ------------- |
+| VAULT HD path live | Bulk store writable from WSL | lab ops 2026-07-28 | Unblocks FI-WP-0003 downloads |
+| Catalog profile/SWOT complete | All 12 entries schema 0.2 | inventory/catalog | Operator pick aids |
+
+## Training & specialization (axis C)
+
+*(none)*
+
+## Harness & fleet (axis D)
+
+| Item | Delta | Sources | Lab relevance |
+| ---- | ----- | ------- | ------------- |
+| FI daily brief automation armed | Def enabled + external path + resolver proven | activity-definitions, activity-core | Weekday spawn after ConfigMap apply |
+
+## Collection candidates
+
+*(none new — executing prior R/S plan under FI-WP-0003)*
+
+## Lab implications
+
+- Close FI-WP-0002 after ConfigMap apply residual noted.
+- Close FI-WP-0003 when R spine verified and S/W decisions recorded in RESERVE-STATUS.