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 - Crimson Leaf LLC maintains zero active Tenants, confirming a greenfield portfolio with no risk of charter overlap for new incubations.
 - Crimson Leaf portfolio contains zero active Tenants, eliminating overlap risk and justifying new incubations via extension checks alone.
 - Crimson Leaf's internal roster can be expanded via hire_agent for governance roles like talent adjudication, provided non-overlap and <8 total agents.
+- Crimson Leaf's Genesis Node requires a dedicated Chief Capital Officer agent to gate seed budgets via `audit_budget` authority, ensuring no incubation proceeds without a value thesis.