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 # Custodian Brief — can-you-assist
 
 **Domain:** capabilities  
-**Last synced:** 2026-05-26 05:01 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-05-26 13:05 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Current Goal
@@ -11,7 +11,17 @@ Console-native user-controlled LLM assistant
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-*(none — repo may need first-session setup)*
+### Contextual Memory Activation and Retrospection Loops for Continuous Optimization
+Progress: 0/7 done  |  workstream_id: `ac9a9d42-4db9-44d0-9b41-5e16d87c65c8`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · T01 — Refine the conceptual model for contextual activation and retrospection loops  `335595b4`
+- · T02 — Extend memory ports and data model for activation and retrospection  `6f50bdf4`
+- · T03 — Implement directory- and project-bound memory activation  `45731b48`
+- · T04 — Build the retrospection interaction flow  `fb63edc4`
+- · T05 — Close the continuous optimization loop  `f17a4f42`
+- · T06 — Tests, observability, and graceful degradation  `c7da1a0d`
+- · T07 — Documentation, examples, and handoff  `d120efff`
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)