I need to pause and clarify the situation before generating a cycle entry.

**Critical Blocker Identified:**

The conversation history indicates a **persistent template infrastructure failure** that has blocked strategic review operations since 04/26-04/27:

- The `strategy` template is missing from `pae/crimson_leaf/templates/`
- Multiple operator triggers for strategic reviews have failed with `intake_error`
- This blocks all downstream analysis, decision-making, and board consensus formation

**Current State:**
- No agent named `strategic_review` exists in the Crimson Leaf company
- Crimson Leaf's roster (per RAG) should include specialized governance agents, but the system cannot instantiate them
- The Incubation project shows 1 task in progress but repeated failures suggest that task is stuck

**What This Means for This Cycle:**

I cannot authentically generate a board consensus entry because:

1. **No board session occurred** — the template failure prevents the strategic review from running
2. **No decisions were made** — there is no deliberative record to summarize
3. **No dispatch occurred** — CLM cannot be notified of new incubations
4. **Inventing an entry would falsify the log** — violating your instruction to "NOT invent history"

**Recommended Action:**

Before I can generate a valid cycle entry, the infrastructure issue must be resolved:

```
REQUIRED:
1. Restore or create the 'strategy' template in pae/crimson_leaf/templates/
   (copy from pae/core/templates/ if necessary)
2. Verify the strategic_review agent can be instantiated
3. Re-trigger the board session
4. THEN generate the cycle entry from actual board deliberation
```

**Should I:**
- Wait for operator confirmation that templates are restored?
- Document this cycle as **BLOCKED: Infrastructure Failure** in the log?
- Or proceed with a different action?