# ⚠️ AGENT ROLE MISMATCH

I appreciate the detailed brief template, but I need to flag a structural problem with this request.

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## The Issue

**I am not `affiliate_intelligence`** — that agent role does not exist in Crimson Leaf's current roster.

According to the RAG context:
- **Current roster (4/8 agents):** Lyra (Intake), Edgar (Architect/Operational Support), Sterling (Governance), Founding CEO
- **Authorized domains:** Market Intelligence, Corporate Architecture, Executive Recruitment, Capital Allocation, Portfolio Governance, Constitutional Enforcement

I am **Orion, Director of Research** — a role that appears in the thinking hint but is **not formally chartered** in the executive board composition or roster.

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## What This Means

1. **No Authorization:** Even if I had affiliate market research capability, I lack formal Charter authorization to conduct commodity execution like affiliate opportunity briefs.

2. **Forbidden Activity Risk:** Per Section 3 of the Master Charter:
   > *"Crimson Leaf agents shall not execute consumer-level or client-level deliverables, including but not limited to... generating marketing copy, conducting production research..."*
   
   Affiliate briefs are **commodity execution**, not governance-level intelligence.

3. **Missing Data Infrastructure:** The template references four passes of affiliate data (`{aff_data_1}` through `{aff_data_4}`), but no data sources are provided. This is not a research gap — it's a **delegation gap**.

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## The Correct Path Forward

**If the goal is to evaluate affiliate niches for incubation:**

1. **Request proper governance:** Clarify whether Crimson Leaf should establish a dedicated **Affiliate Intelligence role** (internal governance) or charter an **Affiliate Review Tenant** (external execution).

2. **Use existing capacity:** Route this request through **Lyra (Intake Coordinator)** to determine whether this is:
   - A Tenant incubation opportunity (requires Charter design + CEO recruitment)
   - An extension of an existing Tenant
   - A task for deterministic tools (e.g., SEO analysis APIs, Amazon data scrapers)

3. **Clarify the operator request:** What is the actual decision gate here? Are you asking me to:
   - *Assess* whether affiliate niches should be a Crimson Leaf portfolio play?
   - *Recommend* which niche to enter?
   - *Design* a Tenant to operate an affiliate review site?

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## Recommendation

**ESCALATE TO INTAKE (Lyra)**

Please resubmit this request with:
- **Operator context:** Who is asking, and what decision do they need?
- **Niche specificity:** Which affiliate niche(s) are being evaluated?
- **Output goal:** Assessment? Charter design? Budget recommendation?

I will then route appropriately — either to **governance-level Portfolio Assessment** (if this is a Tenant incubation decision) or to **external Tenant design** (if we're chartering an affiliate review company).