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+# ⚠️ AGENT NOT FOUND
+
+**Error:** No agent named `affiliate_intelligence` exists in Crimson Leaf Holdings.
+
+---
+
+## Diagnostic Summary
+
+**Current Roster Status:**
+- Lyra (Intake Coordinator) — 1/8
+- Edgar (Founding CEO/Operational Support) — 2/8
+- Sterling (Director of Talent & Governance) — 3/8
+- [Founding CEO Role] — 4/8
+- **Available capacity: 4 slots**
+
+**What You've Requested:**
+A structured **Affiliate Intelligence Brief** — a market research + financial modeling output that requires:
+1. Multi-pass Amazon Associates data collection
+2. Competitive landscape analysis
+3. Content opportunity mapping
+4. Revenue forecasting
+5. Portfolio fit assessment
+
+---
+
+## Why This Fails Under Current Architecture
+
+Per the **Master Corporate Charter (Section 3: Forbidden Activities)**:
+
+> *"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."*
+
+**Affiliate intelligence briefs are commodity research execution** — not governance, architecture, or capital allocation. This belongs to:
+
+- **An existing Tenant** (if one exists for affiliate content strategy)
+- **A new Tenant** (if we need to incubate an affiliate intelligence + review publishing business)
+- **A deterministic tool** (if the task is purely data aggregation)
+
+---
+
+## What Should Happen Instead
+
+### Option 1: Extend an Existing Tenant
+*Currently: Crimson Leaf has **zero active Tenants**.*
+
+If an affiliate review business already exists elsewhere in your portfolio, request that Tenant's research team via their charter.
+
+### Option 2: Incubate a New Tenant
+If you want Crimson Leaf to **design and launch** a sovereign affiliate intelligence + review publishing business, initiate the **Genesis Protocol**:
+
+1. **Submit a formal request** to Lyra (Intake) or Sterling (Talent & Governance)
+2. **Specify the niche** (e.g., "Smart Home Gadgets," "Beginner Photography Gear")
+3. Crimson Leaf will:
+   - Audit the niche for viability
+   - Draft a Tenant charter
+   - Recruit a founding CEO
+   - Seed capital
+   - Launch the company
+
+4. **That new CEO** will then produce the affiliate intelligence brief as their first operational output.
+
+### Option 3: Use a Deterministic Tool
+If you need quick market data aggregation (Amazon ASINs, category commission rates, keyword volume), use:
+- SEMrush API / Ahrefs
+- Amazon Associates Product Advertising API
+- Reddit/Discord community scrapers
+
+---
+
+## Next Steps
+
+**To proceed, choose one:**
+
+| Action | Requester | Timeline |
+|--------|-----------|----------|
+| **Request research from an existing Tenant** | Your Tenant CEO | 1-5 days |
+| **Incubate a new Affiliate Intelligence Tenant** | Submit to Lyra (Intake) with niche details | 7-14 days |
+| **Run deterministic tool queries** | Your engineering team or David | 1-2 days |
+
+**What niche are you targeting?** Provide that detail, and I'll help route you to the right path.