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post-failure is a hidden system workflow that Smithers can launch after a run fails. It gathers deterministic evidence from inspect, events, the failed workflow source when available, and the installed Smithers version. A configured agent then classifies the failure and returns one concrete next move. Run it explicitly when you want the same autopsy outside the automatic post-failure path: 
bunx smithers-orchestrator workflow run post-failure \
  --input '{"targetRunId":"RUN_ID","workflowPath":".smithers/workflows/example.tsx"}'
The final output includes:
  • failureClass: workflow-bug, environment, agent-flake, smithers-bug, or unknown
  • suggestion: retry, resume, rewind, edit-and-reset, fix-environment, or escalate
  • commands: exact commands to run from the failed workspace
  • optional bug report metadata when the failure appears to be in Smithers itself
If the investigator suspects a Smithers bug, the workflow pauses on a human approval gate before filing anything through bunx smithers-orchestrator bug.