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 # Custodian Brief — repo-manager
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-08-09 20:02 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-08-09 20:07 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
 ### Repo Manager architecture and foundation
-Progress: 1/5 done  |  workplan_id: `e32a9d49-a38f-4117-8e37-1c66afe1dad1`
+Progress: 2/5 done  |  workplan_id: `e32a9d49-a38f-4117-8e37-1c66afe1dad1`
 
 **Open tasks:**
-- · Define observation and command contracts  `2453316f`
 - · Inventory extraction candidates  `deee10be`
 - · Select the implementation foundation  `0a041f4e`
 - · Prove one repository end to end  `5036a248`