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-<!-- custodian-brief: generated by fix-consistency — do not edit manually -->
-# Custodian Brief — kings-guard
-
-**Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-10-10 18:28 UTC  
-**State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
-
-## Active Workstreams
-
-### Admit and validate qonto-assistant source completeness evidence
-Progress: 3/4 done  |  workplan_id: `db9c1dfb-cab3-5887-963a-bfcdf01cff69`
-
-**Open tasks:**
-- ! Validate the deployed stream  `d2f59a1b`
-  *(wait: Operational evidence from an authorized deployed qonto-assistant process; local source-path proof does not substitute.)*
-
-## Inbox Hygiene
-
-**Stale unread:** 5 message(s) older than 3 day(s) — triage at session start.
-**Missing thread_id:** 4 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
-- ! qonto-assistant: QONTO-WP-0006-T03: return independent observer owner commitment  `c5c513e5`
-
----
-## 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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@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@ id_rsa
 id_ed25519
 *.pem
 *.key
+
+# Generated workstation orientation; keep local, regenerate from State Hub.
+/.custodian-brief.md
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@@ -146,3 +146,11 @@ WORK-RECORDS.md with the selected source paths. Existing generated-only guards
 and exact-scope secret scans remain in place. This is repository maintenance,
 not a runtime service, authorization decision, deployment or publication.
 Other index generators and hub-derived briefs retain their owner boundaries.
+
+
+## Local orientation brief
+
+`.custodian-brief.md` is a generated local orientation snapshot. It remains on
+disk for offline use and is root-ignored rather than versioned. Regenerate it
+with the State Hub brief renderer; workplans and other authored repository
+records remain authoritative. Brief refreshes must not create Git commits.