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-<!-- custodian-brief: generated by fix-consistency — do not edit manually -->
-# Custodian Brief — tenant-engine
-
-**Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-10-01 19:28 UTC  
-**State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
-
-## Active Workstreams
-
-### Track the two external dispositions tenant-engine is waiting on
-Progress: 0/2 done  |  workplan_id: `cb7387d0-431d-56a2-bb7b-86a024aeeefb`
-
-**Open tasks:**
-- ! T01 — audit-core sender registration (AUDIT-IN-0002)  `7898c1aa`
-- ! T02 — boundary-contract amendment (NET-IN-0002)  `f7d27d7c`
-
-## Inbox Hygiene
-
-**Stale unread:** 5 message(s) older than 3 day(s) — triage at session start.
-**Missing thread_id:** 3 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
-
----
-## 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.
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 .claude/*
 !.claude/rules/
 !.claude/rules/*.md
+
+# Generated workstation orientation; keep local, regenerate from State Hub.
+/.custodian-brief.md
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@@ -157,3 +157,11 @@ WORK-RECORDS.md with the selected source paths. Existing generated-only guards
 and exact-scope secret scans remain in place. This is repository maintenance,
 not a runtime service, authorization decision, deployment or publication.
 Other index generators and hub-derived briefs retain their owner boundaries.
+
+
+## Local orientation brief
+
+`.custodian-brief.md` is a generated local orientation snapshot. It remains on
+disk for offline use and is root-ignored rather than versioned. Regenerate it
+with the State Hub brief renderer; workplans and other authored repository
+records remain authoritative. Brief refreshes must not create Git commits.