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 # Custodian Brief — policy-nexus
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-10-11 01:29 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-10-11 18:53 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)*
+### Publish the build-mode change authorization guardrail
+Progress: 0/2 done  |  workplan_id: `774c5037-a3d0-5e65-893c-d18970acd66a`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · Publish the standard on policy.coulomb.social  `ee3c6f88`
+- · Publish the machine-readable rule  `92247888`
 
 ## Inbox Hygiene