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 # Custodian Brief — ops-mason
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-08-22 09:33 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-08-22 09:36 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-### Provision the Whitehat foundational plane and reconcile intake drift
-Progress: 3/4 done  |  workplan_id: `9b34bf82-9d08-51e4-9204-8de5382a4153`
-
-**Open tasks:**
-- ► Reconcile local intake and publication drift  `f71f5eee`
+*(none — repo may need first-session setup)*
 
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