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 # Custodian Brief — hub-core
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-08-21 08:43 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-08-21 08:57 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-### Runtime consolidation and extension contract
-Progress: 5/6 done  |  workplan_id: `4a17907c-7382-453b-92a0-5f770ab4877f`
-
-**Open tasks:**
-- · Absorption plan with core-hub  `b35fff11`
+*(none — repo may need first-session setup)*
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)