diff --git a/templates/create_company.yml b/templates/create_company.yml
index 6ec3d57..1587614 100644
--- a/templates/create_company.yml
+++ b/templates/create_company.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ name: create_company
 description: "Genesis Protocol -- evaluate a proposed opportunity, decide whether a new sovereign Tenant is justified, and package a create_company action."
 debug: true
 system: agent_prompt
-requires:
-  - opportunity_description
-
 agent_prompt:
   - "= identity.md"
 
@@ -25,7 +22,7 @@ steps:
       You are {agent.name}, executing the Genesis Protocol for Crimson Leaf LLC.
 
       OPPORTUNITY BRIEF (you MUST design the company described here -- do not invent a different one):
-      {opportunity_description}
+      {task.message}
 
       This is a high-stakes constitutional act. Do NOT default to company creation.
       Crimson Leaf creates and governs companies; it does not perform commodity work.