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 # Custodian Brief — soul-frame
 
 **Domain:** agents  
-**Last synced:** 2026-09-28 14:26 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-09-28 18:33 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-### Phase IX — P-axis enumeration, metrics instruments, and moral/legal companion line (slice 1)
-Progress: 0/3 done  |  workplan_id: `3f3998c6-038e-5cad-857c-26d422f88163`
-
-**Open tasks:**
-- · T01 — Enumerate P1–P12 explicitly  `598c52c1`
-- · T02 — Instrument scoping for constitutive integration and psychological continuity  `1ae4434f`
-- · T03 — Legal personhood precedent survey (first slice only)  `f29ae5a5`
-
-## Inbox Hygiene
-
-**Stale unread:** 1 message(s) older than 3 day(s) — triage at session start.
-**Missing thread_id:** 1 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
+*(none — repo may need first-session setup)*
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)