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 # Custodian Brief — informed-decision
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-09-09 10:36 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-09-09 12:11 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)*
+### Founding specs and approver-UI ownership
+Progress: 3/8 done  |  workplan_id: `a985a65a-08f7-5a39-8645-b618ea022657`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- ► Settle layer placement and approver-UI ownership with gate-house  `4f94134b`
+- · Architecture Blueprint  `20ea118e`
+- · Evidence model, schema promotion and canonicalization under test  `47cb3f7a`
+- · Publish the OIDC browser-client contract to key-cape  `38a83a76`
+- · Walking skeleton — one approval, end to end  `b5c1d329`
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)