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 # Custodian Brief — helix-forge
 
 **Domain:** helix_forge  
-**Last synced:** 2026-05-16 00:06 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-05-16 00:58 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-### Establish ops-hub as the First Inter-Hub Extension
-Progress: 0/10 done  |  workstream_id: `48d91935-197e-4ad4-be07-7bbcd535847c`
+### Establish ops-hub as the First VSM Inter-Hub Extension
+Progress: 3/10 done  |  workstream_id: `48d91935-197e-4ad4-be07-7bbcd535847c`
 
 **Open tasks:**
-- · T01 — Confirm Inter-Hub extension bootstrap path  `2587a3b8`
 - · T02 — Register ops-hub in Inter-Hub  `8e9bd9b2`
 - · T03 — Activate the ops-hub capability manifest  `55f5aeed`
 - · T04 — Create ops-hub API consumer and key  `ad08e729`
 - · T05 — Seed first governed ops widgets  `d303884d`
-- · T06 — Build the first ops inventory artifact  `2a0b2f69`
 - · T07 — Instrument the current Gitea registry work as the first ops-hub signal  `ed3e0396`
-- … and 3 more open tasks
+- · T09 — Decide whether to create a separate ops-hub repository  `0e5842fd`
+- · T10 — Inter-Hub API hardening for extension bootstrap  `7fa54508`
 
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