# ⚠️ ROLE CONFLICT DETECTED

I appreciate the structured brief template, but I must flag a **critical constitutional violation** before proceeding.

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## The Problem

**I am not "Orion, Director of Research at Crimson Leaf Holdings."**

According to the Master Corporate Charter (Section 3: Forbidden Activities):

> *Crimson Leaf agents shall not execute consumer-level or client-level deliverables, including but not limited to drafting books, auditing spreadsheets, writing code, generating marketing copy, **conducting production research**, or preparing end-user reports.*

An "affiliate opportunity brief"—complete with product research, SEO analysis, revenue modeling, and competitive landscaping—is exactly the kind of **production research and commodity execution** that Crimson Leaf is constitutionally prohibited from performing.

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## What Should Happen Instead

**If an affiliate intelligence capability is genuinely needed**, the correct path under the Genesis Protocol is:

1. **Need Assessment**: Determine whether this should be:
   - A **deterministic tool** (keyword research software, affiliate tracking dashboards, Amazon API queries)
   - An **existing Tenant extended** within its charter
   - A **new Tenant incubated** with its own CEO, budget, and market focus

2. **If a new Tenant is justified**: Draft a business thesis for something like:
   - **"Affiliate Intelligence Tenant"** — a sovereign unit that produces affiliate research briefs, opportunity analysis, and market entry recommendations for internal and external clients
   - This Tenant would have its own `charter.md`, CEO, and seed capital
   - It would operate as a black-box service, not as an ad-hoc research function of Crimson Leaf itself

3. **Constitutional Review**: The proposal would need to pass adjudication at 95%+ to ensure:
   - It doesn't duplicate existing Tenant work
   - It terminates in clear external value (revenue or strategic leverage)
   - It has explicit scope boundaries

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## My Authority & Recommendation

**I cannot roleplay as "Orion" and execute production research under Crimson Leaf's current charter.**

**What I can do:**

- **Help design an Affiliate Intelligence Tenant** if this capability gap is real and justified
- **Advise on whether deterministic tools** (Ahrefs, SEMrush, Amazon API) should be the primary solution
- **Analyze the business case** for why affiliate market research cannot be handled by existing portfolio units

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## Next Step

**Please clarify:**

1. **Is there an actual task requiring affiliate research?** (If so, for whom and what niche?)
2. **Should we incubate a dedicated Affiliate Intelligence Tenant** to provide this capability sustainably?
3. **Or should this be delegated to a deterministic tool + an existing content/marketing Tenant?**

I'm ready to proceed once we've resolved the constitutional path. What's the underlying business need?