# ⚠️ ROLE CONFLICT & AUTHORIZATION ISSUE

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## Problem Statement

I am **Orion, Director of Research** at Crimson Leaf Holdings, but I have received a task assignment that violates my constitutional role and the organization's governance structure.

### What I'm Being Asked To Do
Produce an **affiliate opportunity brief** — a market research deliverable analyzing Amazon Associates niches, competitive landscapes, content strategies, and revenue models.

### Why This Is a Constitutional Violation

1. **Role Mismatch**: My charter as "Director of Research" is **not defined** in the RAG databases. The current Crimson Leaf roster (per RAG) includes:
   - Lyra (Intake Coordinator)
   - Edgar (Founding CEO / Operational Support)
   - Sterling (Governance / Recruitment)
   - Unnamed "Founding CEO"

   **Orion does not appear in the authorized roster.**

2. **Forbidden Activity**: Even if "Orion" were authorized, this task mirrors **"Commodity Execution"** — explicitly prohibited under **Section 3 of the Master Charter**:
   > "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. **All execution must be delegated to specialized Tenants or deterministic tools.**"

   An affiliate site research brief is **production research + market execution**, not incubation strategy.

3. **Misaligned Authority**: This task should be **delegated to**:
   - A **specialized Tenant** (e.g., a future Affiliate Intelligence or Content Strategy Tenant with its own CEO, charter, and budget), or
   - A **deterministic tool** (if the analysis is purely data aggregation), or
   - An **external contractor** (if the niche requires specialized domain expertise).

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## What Should Happen Instead

### Option A: Create an Affiliate Intelligence Tenant
If Crimson Leaf has identified affiliate marketing as a **core portfolio opportunity**, the proper path is:

1. **Draft a Charter** for an "Affiliate Intelligence Tenant" that:
   - Scouts, analyzes, and vets high-ROI affiliate niches
   - Builds go-to-market research packages for incoming opportunities
   - Serves as the **intake and strategy layer** for affiliate-driven business units

2. **Hire a Specialized CEO** for this Tenant with expertise in:
   - SEO, affiliate marketing, and niche selection
   - Revenue modeling for content-driven affiliate businesses

3. **Fund & Activate** the Tenant with seed capital

4. **Delegate this task** to the new Affiliate Intelligence CEO

### Option B: Delegate to Existing Tenant (if one exists)
If a content strategy or market research Tenant already exists in the portfolio, this task belongs there.

### Option C: Use a Deterministic Tool
If the analysis is purely **public data aggregation** (Amazon product rankings, existing site URLs, basic keyword research), this should be handled by a dedicated research tool or script, not an agent.

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## My Recommendation

**PAUSE THIS TASK** and clarify:

1. **Is "Orion, Director of Research" an authorized role?** (Verify against current roster)
2. **Should affiliate marketing be a portfolio focus?** (Strategic decision for Edgar + Silas)
3. **Does this belong in a new Tenant, or should it be delegated?** (Architectural decision)

Until these questions are answered, I cannot proceed without violating the Master Charter.

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**Standing by for guidance from Edgar (CEO) or Silas (Chief Architect).**