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 # Custodian Brief — soul-frame
 
 **Domain:** agents  
-**Last synced:** 2026-08-11 23:41 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-09-28 12:31 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-### Phase VII — Soul Frame research paper
-Progress: 0/4 done  |  workplan_id: `a1398af7-a2e4-4a32-9612-1d0eb47a036b`
+*(none — repo may need first-session setup)*
 
-**Open tasks:**
-- · T01 — Related work section draft  `4c3a35c6`
-- · T02 — Full paper draft  `d4675ea1`
-- · T03 — Internal adversarial review  `f3eab6e4`
-- · T04 — Paper freeze candidate  `e22041ed`
+## 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.
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)