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 # Custodian Brief — info-tech-canon
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-08-21 20:16 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-08-21 20:23 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-### PracticePattern language and InterfaceDeprecationStrangler
-Progress: 0/4 done  |  workplan_id: `8802c143-78fa-42c5-9053-aebc94ff414e`
-
-**Open tasks:**
-- ► T01 — Define the PracticePattern scheme  `4e581485`
-- · T02 — Document InterfaceDeprecationStrangler  `f94abadb`
-- · T03 — Publish retrieval and navigation assets  `ca98c387`
-- · T04 — Reference the pattern from arc-nexus  `ff7e1e12`
+*(none — repo may need first-session setup)*
 
 ## Inbox Hygiene