Workflow Recovery

When a workflow goes wrong, the fastest recovery path is usually to decide whether the problem is context, permissions, tools, or environment. Once you know that, the fix becomes much smaller.

Recovering from a confusing session

• Restate the goal in one sentence.
• Remove unrelated follow-up requests.
• Start a new session if the context has drifted too far.

Recovering from approval blockers

• Check whether Gestura is waiting on a confirmation you did not notice.
• Decide whether the permission level should change for this task.
• Retry with a lower-risk version of the action first.

Recovering from tool failures

• Validate configuration.
• Confirm MCP connectivity.
• Retry with a direct tool-specific request.

Best practice after recovery

Once the workflow is healthy again, capture the fix in config, project instructions, or your own team workflow so you do not repeat the same failure pattern later.