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-# Custodian Brief — inbound-library
-
-**Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-10-05 09:01 UTC  
-**State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
-
-## Active Workstreams
-
-### Establish the inbound-library infrastructure
-Progress: 0/7 done  |  workplan_id: `5e750e55-e5f0-5cfc-9d45-192b91257097`
-
-**Open tasks:**
-- · Repository baseline and data contracts  `36f19bb9`
-- · Append-only item store  `4bbe176a`
-- · Read-only IMAP intake  `dd06da59`
-- · File-backed registries  `4a2cbba2`
-- · Matching and notification  `5da65f55`
-- · Scheduling, health and source silence  `01144f1e`
-- · Provision the dedicated mailbox  `1e2ab60c`
-
-## Inbox Hygiene
-
-**Stale unread:** 1 message(s) older than 3 day(s) — triage at session start.
-**Missing thread_id:** 2 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
-
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-## 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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+# Local generated orientation; refreshed by State Hub.
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