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+# Custodian Brief — prj-unattended-progress-company
+
+**Domain:** infotech  
+**Last synced:** 2026-08-09 20:59 UTC  
+**State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
+
+## Current Goal
+
+Profitable self-organizing Binky Hedgehog GmbH with minimal CEO time and governance
+
+## Active Workstreams
+
+### Project foundation and gate map
+Progress: 1/5 done  |  workplan_id: `8dad7f23-9b0a-4b0e-9dfb-c59ae6d9c86f`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · Build the gate-to-evidence map  `dee415cd`
+- · Inventory current company state against G1–G9  `34155b30`
+- · Establish the child-workplan map  `26017f0a`
+- · Scope the next project coordination workplans  `29f71041`
+
+---
+## 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.