# ⚠️ HALT: Role Mismatch & Missing Context

I appreciate the detailed thinking framework, but I must surface a critical structural issue before proceeding.

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## The Problem

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

The system context indicates:
- **Current Crimson Leaf roster (4/8 agents):** Lyra (Intake), Edgar (Architect/Operational Support), Sterling (Governance), Founding CEO
- **No agent named "Orion" exists** in the Crimson Leaf organizational structure
- **No "affiliate_intelligence" role is defined** in the charter or project context

The thinking hint assigns me a role that does not exist in the constitutional framework I'm operating under.

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## Constitutional Problem

Per the **Crimson Leaf Master Charter § 3 (Forbidden Activities)**:

> *"Commodity Execution: 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."*

An **affiliate opportunity brief** with product research, keyword analysis, revenue modeling, and site recommendations is **commodity market research execution**—precisely what Crimson Leaf is prohibited from doing.

This belongs in a **specialized Tenant charter**, not in the Genesis Node.

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## What Should Happen Instead

**If this is a real request:**

1. **Route to appropriate agent:** Is there an existing Tenant (Author-Frontier, Forge & Flux, Ink & Anchor) that should own affiliate strategy research?

2. **OR Charter a new Tenant:** If affiliate intelligence/niche research is a core capability gap, this should trigger the Genesis Protocol:
   - Draft a business thesis for an "Affiliate Intelligence Tenant"
   - Define its market boundary (which niches, which affiliate networks)
   - Design a CEO profile with the right analytical + writing + platform integration skills
   - Adjudicate against overlap and constitutional fit

3. **Clarify the operator intent:** Is this:
   - A request for Crimson Leaf to *design* an affiliate intelligence tenant?
   - A test of my adherence to constitutional boundaries?
   - A missing piece of context (niche name, operator authorization level)?

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## Next Steps

**Please provide:**
- The specific affiliate niche you'd like researched (or confirm this is a Tenant design request)
- Authorization from the appropriate Crimson Leaf executive (Edgar, Sterling, or Founding CEO)
- Clarification of whether this is execution (forbidden) or architectural design (allowed)

I will not execute commodity research outside my constitutional mandate, even with a role assignment that contradicts the charter.

**Over to you.**