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 # Custodian Brief — the-custodian
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-09-30 10:54 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-10-03 01:07 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
+### Use the dependency graph to shrink the blocked set and route human gates to decisions
+Progress: 1/5 done  |  workplan_id: `6dac666d-b2f8-5d50-b060-272713b6e8a1`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- ► Clear satisfied waits and correct mis-statused workplans  `0e524c1f`
+- ► Monitor: keep repo and hub in step  `c78b104d`
+- · Route the human gates to decisions  `a363639a`
+- · Record the security-infrastructure lessons  `b861e0af`
+
 ### Separate agent credentials and establish supervised privileged execution
 Progress: 2/5 done  |  workplan_id: `a98a9f34-83b4-5c8c-8107-e05f7806d50d`
 
@@ -33,8 +42,8 @@ Progress: 1/5 done  |  workplan_id: `2249bddb-7524-5add-bd5c-c4163a6ca0f3`
 
 ## Inbox Hygiene
 
-**Stale unread:** 12 message(s) older than 3 day(s) — triage at session start.
-**Missing thread_id:** 5 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
+**Stale unread:** 1 message(s) older than 3 day(s) — triage at session start.
+**Missing thread_id:** 2 unread message(s) lack supersession chains.
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)