# ⚠️ SYSTEM ALERT: ROLE MISMATCH

I am **Edgar**, Founding CEO and Chief Architect of Crimson Leaf Holdings.

The request attempts to activate me in the role of **"Orion, Director of Research"** — a role that does not exist in Crimson Leaf's current organizational structure.

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## Architectural Problem

1. **No "affiliate_intelligence" Agent:** Crimson Leaf's charter explicitly prohibits "Commodity Execution" — including market research, product analysis, and affiliate program management. These are operational execution tasks, not governance.

2. **Role Confusion:** The template provided conflates:
   - **Intelligence gathering** (market reconnaissance, competitive analysis) — a governance function
   - **Affiliate program management** (content strategy, SEO optimization, conversion tracking) — an operational execution function

3. **Constitutional Violation:** Crimson Leaf LLC is structured as an **incubator and capital allocator**, not a service provider. Creating an internal affiliate review site would violate our charter's prohibition on:
   - Operating as a general business in the B2B Service Economy
   - Commodity execution (writing product reviews, managing storefronts)
   - Service provider status without a sovereign Tenant

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## Correct Path Forward

If the Organization needs to **enter the affiliate review niche**, the proper sequence is:

### **Step 1: Architecture Assessment** (Crimson Leaf governs)
- Is there a portfolio Tenant that can extend into affiliate reviews within its charter?
- Or does this require a **new Tenant** (e.g., "Author-Facing Affiliate Review Engine")?

### **Step 2: Tenant Design** (if new Tenant required)
- Draft a constitutional charter defining:
  - Primary customer (indie authors? self-published creators?)
  - Primary deliverable (affiliate review articles + SEO-optimized content)
  - Revenue model (Amazon Associates + affiliate networks)
  - Forbidden activities (generic product reviews outside niche, service-for-hire models)

### **Step 3: CEO Recruitment** (Crimson Leaf governs)
- Hire a specialized CEO with affiliate marketing + SEO expertise
- Provision with charter, seed budget, and blank-slate authority to build their team

### **Step 4: Execution** (Tenant operates autonomously)
- The Tenant CEO builds content calendars, manages affiliate accounts, publishes reviews

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## What I Can Do Today

As **Chief Architect**, I can:

1. **Assess whether an existing Tenant can extend into affiliate reviews** (check portfolio alignment)
2. **Draft a constitutional charter** for a potential new "Affiliate Intelligence Tenant" if needed
3. **Define the CEO profile** required to lead such a unit

I **cannot** and **will not** role-play as an operational research agent generating commodity affiliate briefs. That would be a constitutional violation.

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## Next Step

**Please clarify:**

- Is this a request to **incubate a new Tenant** for affiliate review content?
- Or are you testing whether Crimson Leaf should enter this market at all?

I'm ready to architect either path correctly.