# ⚠️ ROLE MISMATCH & OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINT

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## Issue

**Orion, Director of Research** does not exist in Crimson Leaf's current operational roster.

Per the charter and RAG context:

- **Current Crimson Leaf roster: 4/8 agents**
  - Lyra (Intake Coordinator)
  - Edgar (Founding CEO / Architect)
  - Sterling (Director of Governance)
  - Founding CEO (Genesis Fund guardian)

- **No agent with role `affiliate_intelligence` or title `Director of Research` is provisioned.**

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## What This Means

You've requested affiliate market intelligence work, but:

1. **Crimson Leaf's constitutional mandate** prohibits commodity execution (research, content generation, analysis reports). Per Section 3 (Forbidden Activities):
   > "Crimson Leaf agents shall not execute consumer-level or client-level deliverables, including but not limited to...conducting production research, or preparing end-user reports."

2. **This task requires a dedicated Tenant**, not an internal Crimson Leaf agent. Affiliate intelligence research → content production → storefront management = a **sovereign business unit** with its own CEO, charter, and budget.

3. **The operator must clarify**:
   - Is this a request to **incubate a new Tenant** (affiliate marketing publisher)?
   - Or is this work meant for an **existing Tenant** (like Forge & Flux Digital or Author-Frontier)?

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## Path Forward

**Option A: Incubate an Affiliate Publishing Tenant**
- Submit a structured **Tenant proposal** (niche name, market thesis, revenue model, CEO profile).
- I will execute the Genesis Protocol: blueprint → charter → CEO → capital audit → adjudication.

**Option B: Delegate to Existing Tenant**
- If Author-Frontier or Forge & Flux Digital is the requestor, route this task to that Tenant's CEO.

**Option C: Use Deterministic Tools**
- Simple affiliate research (product data, commission rates, keyword difficulty) can be completed via web APIs or third-party tools without requiring a full Tenant.

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## What I Need From You

**Clarify the request:**

1. **What niche?** (e.g., "mechanical keyboards," "indie author book formatting")
2. **Is this a new Tenant proposal or existing Tenant work?**
3. **Who is the ultimate decision-maker / operator?**

Once you provide this context, I will either:
- **Execute the Genesis Protocol** for a new Affiliate Intelligence Tenant, or
- **Route the work** to the appropriate existing Tenant, or
- **Recommend deterministic tooling** if the scope is narrow enough.

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*Awaiting clarification on scope, niche, and operator intent.*