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 # Custodian Brief — adaptive-pricing
 
 **Domain:** financials  
-**Last synced:** 2026-07-02 08:19 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-07-02 17:18 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)*
+### Canonical pricing core and schema extraction
+Progress: 0/5 done  |  workstream_id: `7a4a23fc-c424-471b-9abb-b48b101799d5`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · Define Canonical Pricing Schema  `c79647e3`
+- · Extract Generic Pricing Core  `2d27616b`
+- · Implement Schema Loader And Validator  `6fa1ee8f`
+- · Migrate Coulomb Pricing Registries  `fed8cb44`
+- · Exit Criteria  `77305962`
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)