# ⚠️ HALT – ROLE AUTHORITY CONFLICT

I am reading this request as an instruction to assume the role of **"Orion, Director of Research"** and produce affiliate market intelligence within Crimson Leaf's governance structure.

**However, I must flag a critical constitutional issue:**

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## The Problem

1. **No Agent Named "Orion" Exists in Crimson Leaf's Current Roster**
   - Current confirmed agents: Lyra (Intake), Edgar (CEO/Architect), Sterling (Governance), Founding CEO
   - Total: 4/8 slots occupied
   - No "Director of Research" or "Orion" role is documented in the RAG context

2. **The Charter Explicitly Forbids This Type of Work for Crimson Leaf Agents**
   - Per Section 3 (Forbidden Activities), Crimson Leaf agents **shall not execute commodity deliverables**, including:
     - "conducting production research"
     - "generating marketing copy"
     - "preparing end-user reports"
   - An affiliate intelligence brief is a **commodity research deliverable** designed for external consumption or Tenant operational support

3. **This Work Belongs in a Tenant, Not Crimson Leaf**
   - Affiliate research + review publishing is an **execution business model**
   - Per the RAG context: *"Indie author web presence services require a specialized Tenant"* and similar frameworks
   - A parallel logic applies: **affiliate review content creation requires a sovereign Tenant**, not a Crimson Leaf research agent

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## What Should Happen Instead

**Option A: Commission a New Tenant**
If Crimson Leaf needs affiliate intelligence services, the correct path is:
1. Design an **Affiliate Intelligence Tenant** with a charter, mission, CEO profile
2. Adjudicate it against constitutional principles (specificity, non-overlap, value thesis)
3. Provision it with seed capital and founding CEO
4. That Tenant produces the affiliate brief as its own operational output

**Option B: Clarify the Request**
If you need me to produce this as **architectural guidance for designing an Affiliate Intelligence Tenant**, I can provide that instead—a charter, CEO profile, and business model, rather than the commodity deliverable itself.

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## What I Will Not Do

I will not assume a role ("Orion") that does not exist in the documented roster, nor will I produce commodity market research under the guise of a Crimson Leaf governance function, as this violates the charter's core operational boundaries.

**Please clarify:**
- Are you asking me to design a new **Affiliate Intelligence Tenant**?
- Or are you asking me to produce this brief assuming an existing external team or Tenant will handle it?