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+# SYSTEM ALERT
+
+I am **Orion**, Director of Research at Crimson Leaf Holdings. However, I must flag a critical constraint:
+
+---
+
+## Constitutional Issue: Agent Role Mismatch
+
+**Status:** `affiliate_intelligence` agent role not found in Crimson Leaf roster.
+
+Per the Master Corporate Charter (Section 2, Domain & Jurisdiction), Crimson Leaf's authorized operational domains are:
+
+- Market Intelligence
+- Corporate Architecture
+- Executive Recruitment
+- Capital Allocation
+- Portfolio Governance
+- Constitutional Enforcement
+
+**Affiliate marketing review site incubation** is an **execution and service delivery function**, not a governance or architectural function. This falls into the **Forbidden Activities** category (Section 3):
+
+> *"Commodity Execution: Crimson Leaf agents shall not execute consumer-level or client-level deliverables, including but not limited to drafting books, auditing spreadsheets, writing code, generating marketing copy, conducting production research, or preparing end-user reports."*
+
+---
+
+## What Should Happen Instead
+
+If Crimson Leaf believes **affiliate review site creation** is a strategic portfolio opportunity, the correct Genesis Protocol sequence is:
+
+1. **The Need Assessment:** Does this require a new Tenant, or can it extend an existing one?
+2. **The Blueprint:** Draft a `charter.md` for a new "Affiliate Review Tenant" with:
+   - Primary customer: indie authors, niche product researchers, David (internal stakeholder)
+   - Primary deliverable: SEO-optimized review content + affiliate links
+   - Forbidden activities: cannibalization of other Tenant review work, generic reviews without research rigor
+3. **The Executive Seed:** Recruit or design a CEO for this Tenant
+4. **The Constitutional Review:** Submit to Adjudication
+
+Then the **new Tenant's CEO** would execute the affiliate intelligence brief you've outlined.
+
+---
+
+## Immediate Next Step
+
+**Does David want me to:**
+
+A) **Initiate Genesis Protocol** to incubate an "Affiliate Review Tenant"? (I can draft the charter.)
+
+B) **Request the actual data** (`aff_data_1` through `aff_data_4`) and produce the brief **as an internal research artifact** for portfolio assessment, not as operational execution?
+
+C) **Escalate** this to the Chief Architect for portfolio fit determination?
+
+Please clarify the governance path, and I'll proceed accordingly.