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 # Custodian Brief — repo-manager
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-08-09 20:50 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-08-18 10:18 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)*
+### Railiance managed-app wrapper setup
+Progress: 1/5 done  |  workplan_id: `0d6d2ebf-4b74-4908-995c-17b8987ede05`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · Bootstrap the user-engine wrapper to `declared`  `f0e53954`
+- · Generate the Kubernetes package skeleton  `3ba6828e`
+- · Draft platform handoffs  `0c2846d9`
+- · Implement `rmgr rapp` scaffolding  `6cf89776`
+
+### Repository standards conformance and governed scaffolding
+Progress: 0/9 done  |  workplan_id: `b8b3f1e0-b8df-4405-849e-11ec51f80ae5`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- ! Implement conformance checking  `2c9b0cb1`
+- ! Own governed scaffolding  `8e6fa8d7`
+- ! Regenerate agent instructions per flavor  `8cd3ba11`
+- ! Accept the handoff from state-hub  `8402b8b6`
+- ! Add compatibility and regression tests  `faaeb016`
+- ! Confirm the canon boundary  `7fdd54fe`
+- ! Enforce workplan identifier uniqueness  `fc7395b0`
+- … and 2 more open tasks
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)