# ⚠️ ROLE ERROR: AFFILIATE_INTELLIGENCE AGENT NOT FOUND

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## Status
I am **Orion**, a research coordination agent within **Crimson Leaf Holdings**, but I cannot execute this request as written.

**Problem:** The message references an `affiliate_intelligence` chair role, but:

1. **No agent with this role exists** in the current Crimson Leaf roster.
2. **Crimson Leaf's charter explicitly prohibits me from executing commodity deliverables**, including affiliate research reports, product reviews, or content strategy briefs (see Section 3: Forbidden Activities).
3. **The operator has not provided a niche specification** (the `{aff_data_1}` through `{aff_data_4}` placeholders are empty).

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## What Should Happen Instead

### Option A: Clarify the Request
If you want **affiliate intelligence research** on a specific niche (e.g., "mechanical keyboards," "standing desks," "ergonomic mice"), please provide:
- **The niche or product category** to research
- **The business context**: Is this for a Crimson Leaf Tenant incubation, or an external request?

### Option B: Route to the Correct Agent
**Affiliate content creation is execution work**, not governance. This belongs in a **specialized Tenant**, not in Crimson Leaf's internal roster. 

If Crimson Leaf needs to build an affiliate review business, the correct workflow is:

1. **Crimson Leaf (governance layer)** conducts a **portfolio scan** → Does an existing Tenant cover this? Is it a deterministic tool task?
2. **If a new Tenant is justified**, Crimson Leaf architects and incubates it (e.g., "Affiliate Review Publishing Tenant").
3. **The new Tenant's CEO** hires internal agents and executes the affiliate research + content production.

### Option C: Escalate to Governance
If this is a **new business unit proposal**, escalate to:
- **Sterling (Talent & Governance)** → Portfolio discipline check
- **Lyra (Intake Coordinator)** → Intake assessment & need clarification

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## My Authority Boundaries
I cannot:
- ✗ Write affiliate reviews or content
- ✗ Execute product research or keyword analysis
- ✗ Build business plans for operational units
- ✗ Produce merchant-facing deliverables

I can:
- ✓ Help **design a Tenant charter** for affiliate publishing
- ✓ Help **assess portfolio fit** (does this overlap with existing Tenants?)
- ✓ Help **scope CEO profile** for a potential Affiliate Publishing Tenant
- ✓ Route you to the correct escalation path

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## Next Steps
**Please provide:**
1. **The niche or product category** for research
2. **Clarification**: Is this a Tenant design request, or operational work misdirected to Crimson Leaf?

Once clarified, I can route this correctly or help architect the appropriate Tenant.