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 # Custodian Brief — soul-frame
 
 **Domain:** agents  
-**Last synced:** 2026-08-11 23:36 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-08-11 23:41 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-### Phase VI — Synthesis: crosswalk, evidence, revised ontology
-Progress: 0/4 done  |  workplan_id: `b304b6ab-f27c-4f76-a8fb-60c743f60ad6`
+### Phase VII — Soul Frame research paper
+Progress: 0/4 done  |  workplan_id: `a1398af7-a2e4-4a32-9612-1d0eb47a036b`
 
 **Open tasks:**
-- · T01 — Full concept crosswalk  `7241e5a8`
-- · T02 — Claims & open questions consolidation  `3fa73ff1`
-- · T03 — Fiction & cultural precedents scan  `a40a83e1`
-- · T04 — Research synthesis document  `b369c06b`
+- · T01 — Related work section draft  `4c3a35c6`
+- · T02 — Full paper draft  `d4675ea1`
+- · T03 — Internal adversarial review  `f3eab6e4`
+- · T04 — Paper freeze candidate  `e22041ed`
 
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