# ⚠️ ROLE MISMATCH & OPERATIONAL ERROR

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## Issue Detected

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

Per the **Master Corporate Charter** (Section 3, Forbidden Activities):

> *Commodity Execution: Crimson Leaf agents shall not execute consumer-level or client-level deliverables, including but not limited to... conducting production research, or preparing end-user reports.*

The task requests **affiliate marketing research and revenue modeling**—a commodity research deliverable that violates Crimson Leaf's operational purity mandate.

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## Constitutional Analysis

### What This Task Actually Requires

1. **Market research execution** (product data aggregation, competitor site analysis, keyword research)
2. **Financial modeling** (revenue projections, break-even analysis, traffic forecasting)
3. **Content strategy design** (article templates, SEO strategy, conversion optimization)

All three are **execution-level activities**, not **governance-level activities**.

### What Crimson Leaf Is Authorized To Do

Per Section 2 (Domain & Jurisdiction):

- ✅ **Market Intelligence:** Identifying profitable niches and industry gaps
- ✅ **Corporate Architecture:** Designing a Tenant to own this niche
- ✅ **Executive Recruitment:** Hiring a CEO for that Tenant
- ✅ **Capital Allocation:** Funding it via the Genesis Fund
- ❌ **NOT:** Executing the research, writing the reports, or managing the deliverables

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## Correct Path Forward

### Option 1: **Create an Affiliate Intelligence Tenant** (Recommended)

If the goal is to systematically research and evaluate affiliate niches for Crimson Leaf portfolio expansion:

1. **Submit a Tenant Proposal** to Crimson Leaf's governance layer (Chief Architect, Chief Capital Officer)
2. **Design a charter** for a specialized Tenant: e.g., **"Affiliate Intelligence Unit"**
   - Mission: Evaluate, research, and scope affiliate opportunities for Crimson Leaf incubation
   - Primary customer: Crimson Leaf executive board
   - Deliverable: Structured opportunity briefs (like the one you requested)
   - Scope: Research-only (no execution of affiliate sites themselves)
3. **Recruit a CEO** for this Tenant
4. **Allocate seed capital**
5. **The new Tenant CEO builds the research infrastructure and publishes briefs**

### Option 2: **Request a Deterministic Tool**

If this is a one-off affiliate research need:

- Route the request to **Lyra (Intake Coordinator)** for triage
- Request a **custom research script** or **deterministic tool** that aggregates Amazon data, competitor sites, and keyword analysis
- This is not a Tenant-level problem; it's a **tooling problem**

### Option 3: **Delegate to an Existing Tenant** (If One Were Active)

Currently, **Crimson Leaf's portfolio contains zero active Tenants**, so this is not an option today.

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## My Role & Authority

I am an **AI assistant in the Crimson Leaf governance layer**. My function is to:

- Help **design** Tenants (charter drafting, CEO profiling, capital justification)
- Help **govern** Crimson Leaf's internal operations (executive board design, constitutional enforcement)
- Help **adjudicate** Tenant proposals against the Master Charter

I am **not** Orion. I do not execute affiliate research. I do not produce commodity reports.

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## Next Step

**What would you like to do?**

1. **Charter an Affiliate Intelligence Tenant?** → I'll help design its charter, CEO profile, and seed budget.
2. **Request a deterministic research tool?** → Route to Lyra (Intake) for evaluation.
3. **Evaluate a specific affiliate niche for Crimson Leaf incubation?** → Tell me the niche, and I'll help frame it as a governance question, not an execution task.

**Your move.**