Q119: the CEO's rank is fixed and shown as such, never picked as a seniority

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/main/services/org-governance-service.ts

@@ -62,6 +62,20 @@ export class OrgGovernanceService {
     return { reviewRequired: input.budgetCents > policy.require_approval_above_cents, departmentName };
   }
 
+  /** c_suite is the CEO's rank and carries company-wide powers: one per company, and no edit grants or removes it. */
+  assertRank(orgId: string, agentId: string | null, nextLevel: string): void {
+    const current = agentId
+      ? (this.db.prepare("select role_level from agents where id = ? and org_id = ?").get(agentId, orgId) as { role_level: string } | undefined)?.role_level ?? null
+      : null;
+    if (current === "c_suite" && nextLevel !== "c_suite") {
+      throw new Error("The CEO's rank carries company-wide powers (hiring officers, granting connectors and skills, closing goals) and cannot be changed by an edit.");
+    }
+    if (nextLevel !== "c_suite" || current === "c_suite") return;
+    if (agentId) throw new Error("The CEO's rank carries company-wide powers and cannot be given by an edit; officers are directors with a title.");
+    const ceo = this.db.prepare("select 1 from agents where org_id = ? and role_level = 'c_suite' and lifecycle in ('active', 'pending_hire')").get(orgId);
+    if (ceo) throw new Error("The company already has its CEO; officers are directors with a title.");
+  }
+
   /** An existing agent moving department or changing budget meets the same limits a hire does. */
   enforceStaffingChange(input: { orgId: string; agentId: string; departmentName: string; budgetCents: number }): void {
     const policy = this.db.prepare("select max_headcount, monthly_budget_limit_cents from hiring_policies where org_id = ? and department_name = ?")

src/main/services/organization-service.ts

@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ export class OrganizationService {
   createAgent(input: CreateAgentInput): string {
     assertUsableMentionName(input.name);
     this.assertAgentNameAvailable(input.orgId, input.name, null);
+    this.governance.assertRank(input.orgId, null, input.roleLevel ?? "staff");
     const hiringPolicy = this.governance.enforceHiringPolicy(input);
     const id = createId("agt");
     const now = new Date().toISOString();
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ export class OrganizationService {
         .get(input.modelProviderId, input.orgId) as { id: string } | undefined;
       if (!provider) throw new Error("Agent provider was not found.");
     }
+    this.governance.assertRank(input.orgId, input.agentId, input.roleLevel.trim() || "staff");
     const department = this.governance.requireCanonicalDepartment(input.orgId, input.department);
     const budgetCents = Math.max(0, Math.round(input.budgetCents));
     this.governance.enforceStaffingChange({ orgId: input.orgId, agentId: input.agentId, departmentName: department, budgetCents });