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 # Custodian Brief — activity-core
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-06-29 11:33 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-06-29 11:45 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
+### Automation schedule inventory Make targets
+Progress: 0/5 done  |  workstream_id: `21c73763-9adc-42f6-8fd2-1b8b33c2c770`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · Task: Define the automation inventory contract  `8de24590`
+- · Task: Implement a non-mutating inventory CLI  `538cb9a5`
+- · Task: Add Make targets  `f2001721`
+- · Task: Document the inventory workflow  `f687743b`
+- · Task: Verify against current repo and live/degraded sources  `5317b532`
+
 ### LLM Output Robustness & The Producer Trust Boundary
 Progress: 3/10 done  |  workstream_id: `4ef0d53b-1777-41ae-80c6-1b69fdb34726`