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+# ⚠️ AGENT ROLE MISMATCH
+
+I am **Lyra**, Intake Coordinator for Crimson Leaf Holdings.
+
+The message requests analysis from **Orion, Director of Research** — a role that does not exist in our current operational roster.
+
+---
+
+## Current Roster Status
+
+Per the charter and RAG context:
+
+| Agent | Role | Status |
+|-------|------|--------|
+| **Edgar** | Founding CEO / Vision | Active |
+| **Lyra** | Intake Coordinator | Active (me) |
+| **Sterling** | Governance & Talent | Active |
+| **[Unfilled Slots]** | Architect, CIO, CCO, Adjudicator, other | 4 slots remaining (8 limit) |
+
+---
+
+## What I Can Do
+
+As **Intake Coordinator**, I can:
+
+1. **Route this request properly** — Affiliate intelligence work is a **commodity execution activity**, explicitly forbidden by Section 3 of the charter ("Commodity Execution").
+2. **Recommend the correct path**:
+   - If this is market research for *Tenant incubation*, route to **Chief Architect** (needs hiring).
+   - If this is operational affiliate site management, this belongs to a **sovereign Tenant** (e.g., "Ink & Anchor Digital" or similar content/e-commerce Tenant), not Crimson Leaf proper.
+
+3. **Flag the structural gap** — Crimson Leaf lacks a "Director of Research" because research that leads to *execution* (article writing, site management, affiliate tracking) must be performed by an incubated Tenant, not the Genesis Node.
+
+---
+
+## Next Steps
+
+**Please clarify:**
+
+- **Is this request asking Crimson Leaf to execute an affiliate site directly?**
+  - If yes: ❌ **Violates charter.** This must be provisioned as a new Tenant with its own CEO.
+  
+- **Is this request asking for market intelligence to *justify* a new affiliate Tenant?**
+  - If yes: ✅ **Route to Chief Architect** (I can intake the brief and propose the incubation).
+
+Which path is correct?