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+# SYSTEM NOTICE
+
+**Agent Not Found Error**
+
+```
+agent_role: affiliate_intelligence
+organization: crimson_leaf
+status: NOT_INSTANTIATED
+```
+
+---
+
+## Analysis
+
+The role **"affiliate_intelligence"** does not exist in Crimson Leaf's current roster.
+
+### Current Roster Status (4/8 slots filled):
+1. **Lyra** – Intake Coordinator
+2. **Edgar** – Founding CEO / Architect
+3. **Sterling** – Director of Talent & Governance
+4. **[Founding CEO]** – Vision & Genesis Fund Guardian
+
+### Why This Role Is Missing
+
+Per the charter and RAG context, Crimson Leaf's governance layer has been designed to handle **Tenant incubation, capital allocation, and portfolio adjudication**—not **affiliate marketing research and execution**.
+
+The charter explicitly forbids:
+- **Commodity Execution:** Drafting reviews, generating marketing copy, and conducting production research
+- **Operating as a Service Provider:** Functioning as a general business in the B2B Service Economy
+
+Affiliate marketing content production (product reviews, comparison articles, SEO strategy) is **execution-layer work**, not governance-layer work.
+
+---
+
+## What Should Happen Instead
+
+### Option A: Create an Affiliate-Focused Tenant
+If Crimson Leaf determines that affiliate marketing is a strategic portfolio opportunity, the correct path is:
+
+1. **Genesis Protocol:** Draft a specialized Tenant charter (e.g., "Ink & Compass Reviews" or similar)
+2. **Charter Definition:** Define customer (indie authors seeking review-optimized content), services (affiliate reviews, comparison content), and non-goals (brand writing, long-form books)
+3. **CEO Recruitment:** Hire/design a specialized CEO for the Tenant
+4. **Capital Allocation:** Seed budget for domain, WordPress, initial content production
+5. **Adjudication:** Review against this charter for 95%+ score
+6. **Activation:** Provide charter, CEO, capital, and empty repo—let the CEO build the team
+
+### Option B: Task Existing Tenant or Deterministic Tool
+If the need is immediate and tactical:
+- **Deterministic tool:** Use a static site generator + affiliate API aggregator
+- **Existing Tenant (if active):** Extend an existing portfolio company's charter to include affiliate content
+
+---
+
+## Recommendation
+
+**Do you want to:**
+
+1. **Proceed with Tenant incubation** for affiliate marketing? (Requires Genesis Protocol execution)
+2. **Use a deterministic tool** to generate affiliate content? (Requires tool selection & API setup)
+3. **Clarify the strategic intent** of affiliate marketing in Crimson Leaf's portfolio?
+
+Please specify the business case, and Crimson Leaf's governance layer will route the request to the appropriate path.