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 # Custodian Brief — kontextual-engine
 
 **Domain:** markitect  
-**Last synced:** 2026-05-04 23:51 UTC  
+**Last synced:** 2026-05-05 08:58 UTC  
 **State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
 
 ## Active Workstreams
 
-*(none — repo may need first-session setup)*
+### Durable Persistence Foundation
+Progress: 0/8 done  |  workstream_id: `e177f2dc-a2a0-41a4-b5cd-82e8f9f12f34`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · Finalize persistence boundary and ADR  `6b665ab1`
+- · Complete repository contract semantics  `eed4f0b5`
+- · Design durable schema and migrations  `7f34e36f`
+- · Implement SQLite repository backend  `6d20a457`
+- · Persist artifact evolution  `e4e6f188`
+- · Add import/export and smoke verification  `ea7313ce`
+- · Add context and phase-memory reference hooks  `965738a5`
+- … and 1 more open tasks
 
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 ## MCP Orientation (when available)