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+id: ESRC-WP-0001
+type: workplan
+title: "INTENT placeholder — await extraction from citation-evidence"
+domain: citation_evidence
+repo: evidence-source
+status: backlog
+owner: codex
+topic_slug: citation_evidence_mvp
+created: "2026-06-21"
+updated: "2026-06-21"
+state_hub_workstream_id: "64771b5d-4b83-4848-a562-4b00aad017b2"
+---
+
+# ESRC-WP-0001 — INTENT Placeholder
+
+Umbrella-first MVP: source/ingestion code will extract from `citation-evidence`
+when the subsystem boundary stabilizes. This file satisfies ADR-001 workplan
+structure until then. See `INTENT.md`.
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