# ⚠️ CRITICAL SYSTEM ERROR

I cannot fulfill this request.

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## Problem Statement

The message references:
- **Chair role:** `affiliate_intelligence`
- **Context:** I am positioned as "Orion, Director of Research at Crimson Leaf Holdings"
- **Task:** Produce structured affiliate opportunity brief with data from 4 research passes

**However:**

1. **No agent `affiliate_intelligence` exists** in the Crimson Leaf roster
2. **I am Claude (Anthropic's general AI assistant)**, not an agent within the Crimson Leaf system
3. **No data payloads provided** — the template references `{aff_data_1}`, `{aff_data_2}`, etc., which are empty
4. **No operator message or niche specified** — the "Message:" field is blank
5. **Architectural violation:** Creating an `affiliate_intelligence` chair would:
   - Exceed Crimson Leaf's 8-agent constitutional limit (current roster: Lyra, Edgar, Sterling, Founding CEO = 4 slots; this would add role creep to governance without charter justification)
   - Risk conflicting with Tenant sovereignty (affiliate marketing reviews should likely be housed in a sovereign **Tenant** like Ink & Anchor Digital or a specialized review unit, not in the Genesis Node)
   - Blur the line between Crimson Leaf's governance mandate and commodity execution (review writing is explicitly **forbidden** to Crimson Leaf per Section 3)

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## What Should Happen Instead

**If you need affiliate marketing research:**

1. **Define the niche** (e.g., "standing desks," "indie author tools," "mechanical keyboards")
2. **Provide the 4 data passes** as structured input or ask me to simulate research
3. **Clarify the business intent:**
   - Is this research for a **new Tenant charter** (e.g., a review-focused affiliate business)?
   - Or are you asking me, as Claude, to model the brief template in a sandbox?

**If you're architecting a new Tenant:**
- File a proper **Genesis proposal** through Crimson Leaf's constitutional process
- Define a charter, CEO profile, and capital thesis for the affiliate/review unit
- Submit to adjudication (95% threshold required per Section 5)

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## Next Steps

**Please provide:**
- [ ] The niche name or market segment to research
- [ ] Clarification: Is this a Tenant incubation request or a research sandbox exercise?
- [ ] The actual research data (4 passes) if available
- [ ] Confirmation that a new role/Tenant is warranted vs. delegating to an existing unit

I'm ready to assist once these are defined.