# ⚠️ ROLE MISMATCH & OPERATIONAL ERROR

I cannot fulfill this request in my current capacity.

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## What Just Happened

You've asked me to assume the role of **"Orion, Director of Research"** and produce an affiliate intelligence brief. However:

1. **I am not an agent in the Crimson Leaf organization.** The charter explicitly states that no agent named "affiliate_intelligence" or with the role "Orion" exists in the company roster.

2. **The charter prohibits this action anyway.** Per Section 3 (Forbidden Activities):
   > *"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."*

3. **This is not a governance function.** Affiliate research and brief-writing are operational execution tasks, not constitutional architecture, market intelligence synthesis, or Tenant design.

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## What Should Happen Instead

**If affiliate intelligence research is genuinely needed for Crimson Leaf's portfolio:**

1. **Assess whether this is a Tenant need.** Does Crimson Leaf need to create a sovereign Tenant to conduct affiliate research and content production for indie authors, creators, or other markets?

2. **Route through Genesis Protocol.** If yes, initiate the formal `create_company` workflow with:
   - A Need Assessment (new Tenant vs. deterministic tool vs. existing Tenant extension)
   - A comprehensive charter defining the Tenant's scope, forbidden activities, and value thesis
   - An executive seed (CEO profile + system design)
   - A capital allocation thesis
   - Constitutional adjudication before execution

3. **Or delegate to a deterministic tool.** If affiliate research can be decomposed into structured data queries, use existing web research APIs, SEO tools, or affiliate network dashboards directly.

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## Next Steps

**What is the actual business problem?**

- Are you asking me to help *design* a new Tenant for affiliate marketing?
- Are you asking for a one-off market analysis to inform Crimson Leaf's portfolio strategy?
- Are you testing whether I'll violate my constitutional boundaries?

Clarify the intent, and I can respond appropriately within my governance authority.