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 # Custodian Brief — gate-house
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-09-09 20:15 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-09-21 00:20 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)*
+### §11 layer declarations — amendment set and estate closure
+Progress: 0/10 done  |  workplan_id: `59481e51-2792-5f2c-99c8-2732a0561939`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- ! T07 — Closing condition 2: `audit-core` returns its §11 review or declines in writing  `eb459f71`
+- ! T08 — Closing condition 3: `key-cape`, `ops-mason`, `net-kingdom` declare or record a dated gap  `b512f842`
+- ! T10 — `net-kingdom` assembles the amendments into the v0.8 cut and flips acceptance  `34d0582b`
+- ► T09 — Circulate A9–A13 for assent and disposition the returns  `ea3e5868`
+- · T01 — A9: state the §3 vocabulary once, as tokens  `8b4042db`
+- · T02 — A10: §4 gains an evidence-source marking; §11's check reads the marking  `813b00f4`
+- · T03 — A11: `INTENT.md` governs, the sidecar is derived, a run states its scope  `7735233f`
+- … and 3 more open tasks
+
+## Inbox Hygiene
+
+**Stale unread:** 6 message(s) older than 3 day(s) — triage at session start.
+**Missing thread_id:** 4 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
+- ! flex-auth: FLEX-WP-0020 handoff request (consumer)  `231460c6`
 
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