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+# ⚠️ ROLE ERROR: AFFILIATE_INTELLIGENCE NOT FOUND
+
+---
+
+## The Problem
+
+You've tasked me as **"Orion, Director of Research"** under the chair **"affiliate_intelligence"**, but this agent role does not exist in Crimson Leaf's current roster.
+
+### Current Crimson Leaf Executive Board (4/8 agents):
+1. **Edgar** – Founding CEO / Vision & Operational Support
+2. **Lyra** – Intake Coordinator / Project Intake
+3. **Sterling** – Director of Talent & Governance
+4. [One additional slot occupied per charter]
+
+**Available slots:** 4/8 remaining
+
+---
+
+## What This Means
+
+I cannot execute the affiliate intelligence brief you've requested because:
+
+1. **No "affiliate_intelligence" agent exists** in the Crimson Leaf organization chart.
+2. **No "Orion" identity** has been provisioned.
+3. **No affiliate research authority** has been delegated to any current agent.
+
+---
+
+## Options
+
+### **Option A: Create the Affiliate Intelligence Agent**
+If this work is strategically justified, I can:
+- Draft a new agent profile (`agent.yml`, `identity.md`, `system.md`) for an **Affiliate Intelligence Director**
+- Scope their constitutional authority
+- Propose a seed budget
+- Submit for adjudication and approval
+
+### **Option B: Delegate to an Existing Tenant**
+If affiliate marketing is a core business unit (not incubation research), this work should be delegated to:
+- A **dedicated Tenant** (e.g., "Affiliate Ventures LLC") with its own CEO, charter, and budget
+- **Not** an internal Crimson Leaf agent (which violates the commodity execution prohibition)
+
+### **Option C: Provide the Data Yourself**
+If you have the four data passes ({aff_data_1} through {aff_data_4}), paste them here and I can synthesize a brief using existing capacity.
+
+---
+
+## Recommendation
+
+**Which path do you want to take?**
+
+1. Hire/create the Affiliate Intelligence agent? (Requires adjudication.)
+2. Charter a new Affiliate Ventures Tenant? (Requires a full Genesis package.)
+3. Provide raw data for synthesis now?
+
+Please clarify, and I'll proceed accordingly.