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 # Custodian Brief — core-hub
 
 **Domain:** infotech  
-**Last synced:** 2026-06-27 17:38 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-06-27 18:11 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
 ### API-first ops-hub evidence continuation
-Progress: 1/7 done  |  workstream_id: `cc49cc00-2eb3-43e0-bed8-93cdf919d620`
+Progress: 2/7 done  |  workstream_id: `cc49cc00-2eb3-43e0-bed8-93cdf919d620`
 
 **Open tasks:**
-- · Task: Build deployed API smoke harness  `6a594f9e`
 - · Task: Prove activity-core consumer path  `a24bcbd8`
 - · Task: Define staging deployment profile  `fc53da17`
 - · Task: Add CLI wrappers after API proof  `a8b5d576`