// Run the 72-hour retrospective on a published draft and save the conclusion in retros/. Use when the user says "retro this post", "review how this performed", or wants to update the draft lifecycle after publishing.
| name | post-retro |
| description | Run the 72-hour retrospective on a published draft and save the conclusion in retros/. Use when the user says "retro this post", "review how this performed", or wants to update the draft lifecycle after publishing. |
Run this 72 hours after a draft is published.
drafts/YYYY-MM-DD-<slug>.mdbun run post-patternsThe draft frontmatter should include:
published_urlpublished_atimpressions_24himpressions_72hlikes_72hcomments_72hshares_72hIf these are missing, ask for the missing metrics or tell the user exactly which fields still need to be filled in.
Every retro must answer:
topic_family + source_type posts?Save one markdown file to retros/YYYY-MM-DD-<slug>.md with YAML frontmatter:
---
draft_file: drafts/YYYY-MM-DD-<slug>.md
topic_family: security
source_type: news
published_url: ...
published_at: ...
impressions_24h: 1200
impressions_72h: 1800
likes_72h: 45
comments_72h: 7
shares_72h: 3
beat_median_impressions: true
beat_peer_group: false
discussion_validated: true
hook_matched_body: true
decision: modify
summary: Strong reach, but the comment thread drifted away from the intended angle.
---
The body should explain the decision in a few short paragraphs and name one concrete thing to repeat, modify, or stop.
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