chore: keep generated orientation brief local

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Assistant: claude-code
Assistant-Model: opus
Assistant-Process: 8340@bnt-lap001
Assistant-Session: 2e192b3d-b3e8-4403-94d4-d55a2c8b476c

.custodian-brief.md

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-<!-- custodian-brief: generated by fix-consistency — do not edit manually -->
-# Custodian Brief — reuse-surface
-
-**Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-10-20 22:59 UTC  
-**State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
-
-## Active Workstreams
-
-### Bind private source reader to consented metadata URLs
-Progress: 2/3 done  |  workplan_id: `23c7bcf5-5f5d-524f-a06e-be5247ae1a98`
-
-**Open tasks:**
-- ! Review, publish and verify deployed consumer  `789bb918`
-  *(wait: Approved rollout requested from railiance-apps (msg f8f142bc); prerequisite: operator creates reuse-surface-reader bot + PAT in OpenBao)*
-
----
-## 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.

.gitignore

@@ -182,3 +182,6 @@ cython_debug/
 # PyPI configuration file
 .pypirc
 
+
+# Local State Hub orientation snapshot; authored work records remain tracked.
+/.custodian-brief.md

SCOPE.md

@@ -313,4 +313,9 @@ reuse-surface/
 - Graph explorer: docs/graph/index.html
 - CLI reference: tools/README.md
 - Agent instructions: AGENTS.md
-- Workplans: workplans/
+- Workplans: workplans/
+## Local orientation brief policy — 2026-10-21
+
+`.custodian-brief.md` is a local, ignored State Hub orientation snapshot. Refreshing
+it does not require a Git commit. Authored workplans and the generated
+WORK-RECORDS index keep their existing source and staged-generation contracts.