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 # Custodian Brief — activity-core
 
 **Domain:** custodian  
-**Last synced:** 2026-05-05 01:36 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-05-05 05:23 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-### activity-core Foundation — Temporal Backbone
-Progress: 21/21 done  |  workstream_id: `e22516cc-4fdf-4dad-a928-a9e04a9fa7c7`
+*(none — repo may need first-session setup)*
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)