[workshop-sim] Improve: Add rescue-lane recovery to 05-agentic-workflows-intro.md checkpoint

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Problem

05-agentic-workflows-intro.md is the second-highest dropout step (21.3% conditional dropout across 38,606 at-risk runs) with the weakest active_learning score in the corpus (2.2/10). The failure category agentic-concept-gap accounts for 6,067 failures at this step. The current checkpoint has no inline recovery path for learners who cannot answer its questions.

Proposed Change

Within the existing ## ✅ Checkpoint section, add a collapsible <details> block titled "Still uncertain? Try this before moving on" that:

1. Restates the email-digest analogy in a second concrete form (e.g., a morning standup-summary bot).
2. Adds one new yes/no self-check question with a reveal-answer pattern matching the style already used in the step body.
3. Links to the deep-dive side quest only after the inline rescue, so it remains optional not primary.

Do not remove or simplify any existing explanation. This is purely additive scaffolding inside the checkpoint.

Failure Mode

Learning barrier — learners lack sufficient conceptual grounding; the fix adds recovery scaffolding, not simplification.

Quantitative Guardrail

• Current overall_score: 8.14/10
• Weakest rubric dimension: active_learning = 2.2/10
• Current step learning KPI index: 7.16/10
• Current cohort learning KPI means: active_learning 4.79 · checkpoint_quality 8.86 · scaffolding 9.29

Adding a reveal-answer exercise directly raises active_learning. The change increases the step KPI index above 7.16 and raises the cohort active_learning mean above 4.79.

Acceptance Criteria

• The shared curriculum quantitative assessment overall_score for 05-agentic-workflows-intro.md stays at ≥ 8.14 after the change
• The step learning KPI index ((2.0 × active_learning + 2.0 × checkpoint_quality + 1.5 × scaffolding) / 5.5) stays at ≥ 7.16 — confirming students who remain are still building skills effectively
• Hands-on practice, checkpoints, and scaffolding are preserved or strengthened (not removed to improve headline completion numbers)
• The new <details> block follows the existing reveal-answer pattern already used in the step body

Suggested Owner

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