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-<!-- custodian-brief: generated by fix-consistency — do not edit manually -->
-# Custodian Brief — railiance-telemetry
-
-**Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-09-29 19:40 UTC  
-**State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
-
-## Active Workstreams
-
-### Provide the Q2 receiving contract and prove signal delivery
-Progress: 3/4 done  |  workplan_id: `08a5db92-7293-50d3-b589-55287b9850b3`
-
-**Open tasks:**
-- ! Accept private runtime and controlled end-to-end delivery  `ceb14fdc`
-  *(wait: Package/runtime execution owner chosen with cluster/activity-core; install only through accepted authority.)*
-
-## Inbox Hygiene
-
-**Missing thread_id:** 1 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
-
----
-## 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.
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 .venv-verify/
 .cache/
+
+# Local State Hub orientation snapshot; authored work records remain tracked.
+/.custodian-brief.md
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 commit guard and existing security checks. It does not contact the hub, alter
 workplan statuses or grant deployment authority. This consumes shared tooling;
 it does not make this repository the provider of the generator capability.
+
+## Local orientation brief policy — 2026-10-19
+
+`.custodian-brief.md` is a local, ignored State Hub orientation snapshot. Its
+existing bytes remain available for offline session startup; refreshing it does
+not require a Git commit. Authored workplans and the generated WORK-RECORDS index
+retain their existing source and staged-generation contracts. No runtime or
+credential change follows from this repository hygiene policy.