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 # Custodian Brief — interface-canon
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-09-09 20:46 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-09-09 20:52 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-### Establish external federation acceptance and consumer adoption
-Progress: 1/2 done  |  workplan_id: `cb0b8342-4b9a-5d73-876d-dc857f8aee8d`
-
-**Open tasks:**
-- ! Obtain upstream boundary acceptance  `5111826f`
+*(none — repo may need first-session setup)*
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)