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+# Custodian Brief — policy-nexus
+
+**Domain:** infotech  
+**Last synced:** 2026-08-18 10:17 UTC  
+**State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
+
+## Active Workstreams
+
+### Stand up policy.coulomb.social as the permanent publication surface
+Progress: 4/6 done  |  workplan_id: `7e3c9720-fe13-482c-9b3d-db1b741cbe6c`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- ► T03 — Source ingestion  `0b76e184`
+- ► T04 — Deploy to policy.coulomb.social  `dd6169e4`
+
+---
+## 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.