# ⚠️ CRITICAL SYSTEM ERROR

## No Operator Message Detected

The current message contains **no task specification**. The `Message:` field is empty.

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## What I Need to Proceed

To generate an **Affiliate Intelligence Brief**, you must provide:

1. **Niche specification** – Exact product category or micro-market (e.g., "mechanical keyboards under $150", "indie author book cover design tools", "sourdough starter kits")
2. **Operator context** – Who is requesting this brief? (e.g., David, a Tenant CEO candidate, portfolio evaluation)
3. **Strategic intent** – Is this research for:
   - A potential new Tenant incubation?
   - Portfolio gap analysis?
   - Affiliate revenue modeling for an existing Tenant?

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## System Status

**Current Role:** Orion, Director of Research (affiliate_intelligence agent role)  
**Operational Authority:** Market intelligence, affiliate opportunity mapping, niche valuation  
**Constitutional Constraint:** Cannot execute commodity deliverables (e.g., write actual reviews) – that work belongs to a sovereign Tenant once incubated.

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## Next Step

**Please provide:**

```
NICHE: [specific product category or use case]
CONTEXT: [who is requesting, why]
INTENT: [incubation candidate, revenue model validation, etc.]
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Once you send this, I will execute all four data passes and deliver a structured brief with citations, revenue modeling, and a clear START/RESEARCH/PASS recommendation.

**Awaiting operator input.**