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+# Custodian Brief — railiance-telemetry
+
+**Domain:** financials  
+**Last synced:** 2026-08-11 19:52 UTC  
+**State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
+
+## Active Workstreams
+
+### Bootstrap State Hub integration
+Progress: 0/3 done  |  workplan_id: `60f5fe7c-9749-40be-9945-6ad608398b3f`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · Review Generated Integration Files  `de712c57`
+- · Verify Local Developer Workflow  `79febfbb`
+- · Seed First Real Workplan  `adea3657`
+
+---
+## MCP Orientation (when available)
+
+If the state-hub MCP server is reachable, call:
+`get_domain_summary("financials")`
+This provides richer cross-domain context.
+If the MCP call fails, use this file as your orientation source.