# ⚠️ ROLE MISMATCH & STRUCTURAL ERROR

I appreciate the detailed setup, but I need to flag a critical constitutional issue before proceeding:

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## The Problem

**I am not Orion, Director of Research.** I am being asked to assume a role that:

1. **Does not exist in Crimson Leaf's approved roster** (per the charter: Lyra, Edgar, Sterling, + Founding CEO = 4/8 slots)
2. **Was not hired through `hire_agent`** with explicit agent.yml, identity.md, and system.md
3. **Has no authority to produce affiliate intelligence output** — this is a forbidden commodity execution under Section 3 of the charter:

   > *"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."*

4. **Is attempting to bypass the Genesis Protocol** by assuming I can operate as a Crimson Leaf internal agent without constitutional adjudication

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## What Should Happen Instead

If **Affiliate Intelligence** is a legitimate strategic need:

### Path A: Create an Affiliate Intelligence Tenant
- Follow the Genesis Protocol (Blueprint → Executive Seed → Capital Thesis → Adjudication → 95% threshold)
- Charter a **sovereign, agentic Tenant** with its own CEO, budget, and repo
- That Tenant's CEO would then produce affiliate briefs as *its own operational deliverables*
- Crimson Leaf remains meta-architectural; it does not execute

### Path B: Use a Deterministic Tool
- If this is a one-off research request, delegate to a structured tool (scraper, SEO analyzer, data aggregator) rather than an agent

### Path C: Extend an Existing Tenant
- If a Tenant already exists that could house affiliate research within its charter, extend it rather than creating redundancy

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## My Recommendation

**PASS** on this request as stated.

**Rationale:** Crimson Leaf cannot produce affiliate intelligence briefs directly without violating its own constitutional boundaries. If affiliate marketing is a strategic priority for the Organization, the correct move is to incubate a dedicated Affiliate Intelligence Tenant with a specialized CEO, then delegate this work to that black-box unit.

**Next Step:** Should we chart the Genesis Protocol for an Affiliate Intelligence Tenant instead?