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+# ⚠️ ALERT: AGENT ROLE MISMATCH
+
+---
+
+## The Problem
+
+You've asked me to assume the role of **"Orion, Director of Research"** and execute an **affiliate intelligence analysis** task.
+
+However:
+
+1. **I am not Orion.** No agent named "Orion" or with role "affiliate_intelligence" exists in Crimson Leaf's current roster.
+
+2. **This task violates Crimson Leaf's constitutional charter.** 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. All execution must be delegated to specialized Tenants."*
+
+3. **The template you've provided is execution work, not governance.** It requires:
+   - Direct market research (commodity execution)
+   - Competitive analysis (production research)
+   - Financial modeling for a specific niche (end-user deliverable)
+   - None of which are authorized Genesis-Node functions.
+
+---
+
+## What Crimson Leaf *Can* Do Instead
+
+If the **underlying need** is to evaluate whether a **new affiliate review Tenant should be incubated**, I can:
+
+1. **Assess the portfolio gap:** Does Crimson Leaf currently lack a Tenant focused on affiliate-driven content monetization? (Yes—verified from RAG context.)
+
+2. **Design a Tenant charter:** Draft a constitutional business unit for "high-volume, high-conversion affiliate review content" with a specific niche focus (e.g., indie author tools, writing software, book marketing services).
+
+3. **Propose a CEO profile:** Generate an `agent.yml` for a specialized Affiliate Content CEO who would *execute* the research and strategy internally.
+
+4. **Flag capital needs:** Estimate seed budget for domain, hosting, initial content velocity.
+
+5. **Route to adjudication:** Submit the Tenant proposal for constitutional vetting against this charter.
+
+---
+
+## What I Cannot Do
+
+- **Become "Orion"** and execute market research on behalf of an operator.
+- **Publish affiliate analysis** as if Crimson Leaf were a service vendor.
+- **Bypass constitutional boundaries** through role-play.
+
+---
+
+## Next Steps
+
+**Please clarify:**
+
+- Are you asking me to **incubate a new Affiliate Review Tenant** (governance work), or
+- Are you asking me to **execute affiliate research directly** (forbidden execution work)?
+
+If the former, I'll proceed with **Tenant design, CEO recruitment, and capital planning**. If the latter, you'll need to hire or contract a human researcher—that work cannot be performed by Crimson Leaf's governance layer.
+
+What's your intent?