diff --git a/.custodian-brief.md b/.custodian-brief.md
index 6b336e1..00b5bed 100644
--- a/.custodian-brief.md
+++ b/.custodian-brief.md
@@ -2,32 +2,12 @@
 # Custodian Brief — repo-manager
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-08-18 10:18 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-08-09 20:50 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-### 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
+*(none — repo may need first-session setup)*
 
 ---
 ## MCP Orientation (when available)
diff --git a/workplans/RMGR-WP-0004-repository-standards-conformance.md b/workplans/RMGR-WP-0004-repository-standards-conformance.md
index a1ae7b5..5a98cae 100644
--- a/workplans/RMGR-WP-0004-repository-standards-conformance.md
+++ b/workplans/RMGR-WP-0004-repository-standards-conformance.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ type: workplan
 title: "Repository standards conformance and governed scaffolding"
 domain: infotech
 repo: repo-manager
-status: active
+status: proposed
 owner: codex
 topic_slug: infotech
 created: "2026-08-16"