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 # Custodian Brief — the-custodian
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-07-18 16:13 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-07-19 23:53 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-*(none — repo may need first-session setup)*
+### Work-record canonization — unified ontology, stages 1–2
+Progress: 0/7 done  |  workplan_id: `4555741c-7c54-4262-859f-7815b34cc647`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · Task: Founder ratification of the two canon standards  `90de8017`
+- · Task: Extend workplan-terminology standard, don't fork it  `772a1777`
+- · Task: YAML block schemas per kind  `c394bde6`
+- · Task: Forgejo CI validation action  `b5f03759`
+- · Task: fix-consistency sidetrack detector (C-25)  `43bcef67`
+- · Task: binky-control pilot — queues schema-valid  `7edac718`
+- · Task: Closure — stage-3 handoff package  `e27e7d69`
 
 ## Inbox Hygiene