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-<!-- custodian-brief: generated by fix-consistency — do not edit manually -->
-# Custodian Brief — gate-house
-
-**Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-10-11 01:17 UTC  
-**State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
-
-## Active Workstreams
-
-### §11 layer declarations — amendment set and estate closure
-Progress: 11/12 done  |  workplan_id: `59481e51-2792-5f2c-99c8-2732a0561939`
-
-**Open tasks:**
-- ► T06 — Ask `informed-decision` whether it should become a §4 catalog row  `62ac1f55`
-
-## Inbox Hygiene
-
-**Stale unread:** 32 message(s) older than 3 day(s) — triage at session start.
-**Missing thread_id:** 12 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
-- ! ops-warden: Re: WARDEN-IN-0002 — route gaps: STAY, mirrored read-only into maturity-engine; assent to tracking o  `28cef61f`
-- ! flex-auth: FLEX-WP-0020 handoff request (consumer)  `231460c6`
-
----
-## 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.
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 .repo-manager/
+
+# Generated workstation orientation; keep local, regenerate from State Hub.
+/.custodian-brief.md
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 and exact-scope secret scans remain in place. This is repository maintenance,
 not a runtime service, authorization decision, deployment or publication.
 Other index generators and hub-derived briefs retain their owner boundaries.
+
+
+## Local orientation brief
+
+`.custodian-brief.md` is a generated local orientation snapshot. It remains on
+disk for offline use and is root-ignored rather than versioned. Regenerate it
+with the State Hub brief renderer; workplans and other authored repository
+records remain authoritative. Brief refreshes must not create Git commits.