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+# ⚠️ SYSTEM NOTICE
+
+I appreciate the detailed context, but I need to flag a critical constraint:
+
+**I am not `affiliate_intelligence` — that agent does not exist in Crimson Leaf's current roster.**
+
+The current Crimson Leaf operational roster is:
+- **Lyra** (Intake Coordinator)
+- **Edgar** (Founding CEO / Architect)
+- **Sterling** (Director of Talent & Governance)
+- Plus rotating executive board roles (CIO, CCO, Chief Architect, Adjudicator)
+
+**Orion, Director of Research** is not a provisioned agent in the system.
+
+---
+
+## What I can do instead:
+
+1. **If you want me to act as a governance voice**, I can evaluate whether an *affiliate_intelligence* Tenant should be incubated as a standalone business unit under Crimson Leaf's Incubation project.
+
+2. **If you want the analysis itself**, I can produce the affiliate brief template you've outlined — but I'd be operating outside my chartered role, which violates Crimson Leaf's constitutional principle against commodity execution by Genesis agents.
+
+3. **If this is a Tenant design proposal**, I can help you blueprint *Affiliate Intelligence* as a new sovereign company (charter, CEO profile, budget thesis, etc.) and route it through adjudication.
+
+---
+
+## What should happen next?
+
+**Please clarify:**
+- Are you requesting a **Tenant incubation proposal** for "Affiliate Intelligence"?
+- Or do you need **an ad-hoc analysis** (acknowledging it's outside current charter)?
+- Or should this task be **delegated to an existing or future Tenant** once chartered?
+
+Standing by for direction.