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+# Custodian Brief — infospace-bench
+
+**Domain:** markitect  
+**Last synced:** 2026-05-03 18:04 UTC  
+**State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
+
+## Active Workstreams
+
+### Reference Infospace Pilot
+Progress: 0/8 done  |  workstream_id: `8940a180-646a-4b20-b41f-c56719adfb0e`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · Decide pilot corpus scope  `92537191`
+- · Migrate configuration and methodology  `932facd3`
+- · Define source provenance and artifact policy  `b9dcfd65`
+- · Run first baseline evaluation  `1b9b5db3`
+- · T01 — Decide pilot corpus scope  `5042482f`
+- · T02 — Migrate configuration and methodology  `a0909309`
+- · T03 — Define source provenance and artifact policy  `10c001a3`
+- … and 1 more open tasks
+
+### Evaluation And Inspection Framework
+Progress: 0/8 done  |  workstream_id: `bc368ba0-9fd7-4821-a5d7-e5c301faa80a`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · Port evaluation result concepts  `b0e6ad49`
+- · Rebuild collection checks  `cf0455bf`
+- · Add viability evaluation  `f06c24ed`
+- · Add relationship inspection output  `4fc5429b`
+- · T01 — Port evaluation result concepts  `9bab4b20`
+- · T02 — Rebuild collection checks  `ee335d74`
+- · T03 — Add viability evaluation  `d46b3429`
+- … and 1 more open tasks
+
+### Infospace Lifecycle Baseline
+Progress: 0/8 done  |  workstream_id: `b5972baf-1fb4-4375-a8e3-6e6d6d6fb97c`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · Define repo-local infospace layout  `ba130a02`
+- · Define configuration model  `208ce7eb`
+- · Implement artifact model and loader  `2bbae5b6`
+- · Add lifecycle CLI  `bbf34206`
+- · T01 — Define repo-local infospace layout  `c8aaa52e`
+- · T02 — Define configuration model  `a96c3439`
+- · T03 — Implement artifact model and loader  `36ad8a84`
+- … and 1 more open tasks
+
+### State Hub And Repo Bootstrap
+Progress: 4/8 done  |  workstream_id: `35666029-168e-4d8c-b6ce-24cb5a290156`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · Integrate CLAUDE.custodian.md → CLAUDE.md  `ba7477ed`
+- · Write first workplan and initialise workplans/  `e6c1fd21`
+- · Ingest SBOM  `78b3824b`
+- · Register known EPs and TDs  `d8624489`
+
+---
+## MCP Orientation (when available)
+
+If the state-hub MCP server is reachable, call:
+`get_domain_summary("markitect")`
+This provides richer cross-domain context.
+If the MCP call fails, use this file as your orientation source.