diff --git a/.github/CI_FAILURE_ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/CI_FAILURE_ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
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index 00000000..0c8d4182
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+++ b/.github/CI_FAILURE_ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
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+---
+title: "teaxyz/cli release: CI run failed"
+assignees: mxcl
+labels: bug
+---
+A CI run for the new teaxyz/cli release has failed. Review the failure
+<a href="{{env.URL}}">here</a> and mitigate.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml
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+name: smoke-test
+
+on: [workflow_dispatch]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.ref }}/smoke-test
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  issues: write
+
+jobs:
+  ci:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/ci.yml
+    secrets: inherit
+
+  notify:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [ci]
+    if: always()
+    steps:
+      - uses: martialonline/workflow-status@v3
+        id: status
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        if: ${{ steps.status.outputs.status == 'failure' }}
+      - uses: JasonEtco/create-an-issue@v2
+        if: ${{ steps.status.outputs.status == 'failure' }}
+        with:
+          filename: .github/CI_FAILURE_ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          URL: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}