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+# ⚠️ ROLE ERROR: affiliate_intelligence Agent Not Found
+
+---
+
+## Status
+**Agent Not Available**
+
+The role **`affiliate_intelligence`** does not exist in Crimson Leaf Holdings' current roster.
+
+---
+
+## Current Roster (4/8 slots occupied)
+1. **Lyra** – Intake Coordinator
+2. **Edgar** – Founding CEO / Architect
+3. **Sterling** – Director of Talent & Governance
+4. **[Founding CEO Role]** – Genesis Fund Guardian
+
+---
+
+## What This Means
+
+The message requests an **Affiliate Intelligence Brief** — a structured market analysis for affiliate opportunity vetting — but this function is not yet provisioned as a dedicated agent role.
+
+### Options:
+
+**A) Extend Existing Tenant or Agent**
+- Lyra (Intake) could be tasked to produce affiliate briefs as part of intake workflow
+- Edgar (Architect) could generate these briefs during opportunity assessment phase
+- *Action required: Charter modification + task assignment*
+
+**B) Create a New Tenant: Affiliate Intelligence**
+- Narrow scope: Research, competitive analysis, and market opportunity scoring for affiliate niches
+- Deliverable: Structured briefs following the template above
+- Constitutional fit: Supports Crimson Leaf's core mandate (market intelligence, niche identification, Tenant incubation discovery)
+- *Action required: Full Genesis Protocol (blueprint → CEO profile → budget thesis → adjudication)*
+
+**C) Reject the Request**
+- Affiliate marketing briefs are **commodity execution** (analysis for external parties or operational revenue)
+- May violate Crimson Leaf's charter if positioned as a client deliverable service
+- *Recommendation: Clarify whether this is internal portfolio intelligence or external service offering*
+
+---
+
+## Adjudication Required
+
+**Before proceeding, clarify:**
+1. Is this brief needed for **internal Tenant incubation** (e.g., scouting a new affiliate publishing Tenant)?
+2. Or is this a **client deliverable** (external affiliate marketing service)?
+
+**If internal:** Route to existing agent or propose affiliate_intelligence agent creation.  
+**If external:** Violates charter § 3 (Commodity Execution) — delegate to a future Affiliate Publishing Tenant instead.
+
+---
+
+**Ready to proceed once scope is clarified.** ✓