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 # Custodian Brief — issue-core
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-07-02 12:50 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-07-20 22:09 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)*
+### Align issue-core with the work-record canon (connector, not landing zone)
+Progress: 0/5 done  |  workplan_id: `ee47385f-aadb-4dba-b39f-148ac1444c3d`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · Task: Rewrite INTENT.md — connector, not landing zone  `ae1e2a1e`
+- · Task: Rewrite SCOPE.md — mapping table, not ingestion primary path  `cd0422f6`
+- · Task: Audit and update README / ROADMAP for the same framing  `746d090d`
+- · Task: Design the UUID ↔ external-id mapping surface (design only)  `61ba9b84`
+- · Task: Fix activity-core's IssueSink call site to match  `944e0510`
 
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