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+# Custodian Brief — user-engine
+
+**Domain:** netkingdom  
+**Last synced:** 2026-05-22 17:44 UTC  
+**State Hub:** http://127.0.0.1:8000 *(adjust if running on a remote machine)*
+
+## Active Workstreams
+
+### User Engine Preparation And Interface Adoption
+Progress: 0/5 done  |  workstream_id: `cc5ff9a5-5592-45e3-b7ef-cf6c7fab0f03`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · Tasks  `7f91d466`
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+### User Engine Isolated MVP
+Progress: 0/7 done  |  workstream_id: `780ce3bb-9af0-43dc-85cd-a9288e3d74c7`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · Tasks  `0b43c19e`
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+### User Engine Multi-Tenancy
+Progress: 0/7 done  |  workstream_id: `88a11922-7064-4373-9afe-b280bdd4359a`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · Tasks  `3b6d67cc`
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+### User Engine Multi-Application And Catalog Support
+Progress: 0/7 done  |  workstream_id: `85676f7f-c82c-411a-9e1f-92098e8662ba`
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+**Open tasks:**
+- · Tasks  `a9952b07`
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+### User Engine Integrated Test Scenarios
+Progress: 0/7 done  |  workstream_id: `06face5b-6984-4acc-8128-f82d61abdc75`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · Tasks  `f0408602`
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+### User Engine Implementation Assessment And Polish
+Progress: 0/7 done  |  workstream_id: `8260c3ec-73cd-4c37-b15e-a856a01bbdfa`
+
+**Open tasks:**
+- · Tasks  `e0b5621a`
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+
+---
+## MCP Orientation (when available)
+
+If the state-hub MCP server is reachable, call:
+`get_domain_summary("netkingdom")`
+This provides richer cross-domain context.
+If the MCP call fails, use this file as your orientation source.