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 # Custodian Brief — llm-connect
 
 **Domain:** agents  
-**Last synced:** 2026-09-29 19:33 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-10-08 09:02 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
+### Text-to-image rendering for square portraits
+Progress: 3/4 done  |  workplan_id: `205485de-a74d-57bd-8f84-e91b8623adeb`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- ! Live backfill  `e69a1f53`
+
 ### Owner-metered Messages transport for bounded factory execution
 Progress: 3/4 done  |  workplan_id: `d396a090-c2ed-5042-aaea-b75fd1d3a471`
 
@@ -16,7 +22,8 @@ Progress: 3/4 done  |  workplan_id: `d396a090-c2ed-5042-aaea-b75fd1d3a471`
 
 ## Inbox Hygiene
 
-**Missing thread_id:** 1 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
+**Stale unread:** 2 message(s) older than 3 day(s) — triage at session start.
+**Missing thread_id:** 2 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)