fix(stage-router): recognize structured tool failures

[ryan-lempka]

Hermes reports some tool failures in a format the stage router was missing. This fix lets the router recognize failed commands, patches, and refused overwrites, including repeated failures, so they can influence model selection. Verified before and after with real Hermes tools and a scripted model endpoint, with successful commands and file reads unchanged. All 924 workspace tests, prefill tests, formatting, and Clippy pass.

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Walkthrough

classify_text now checks structured fields in the first JSON value of tool-result text alongside existing text diagnostics. Tests cover failure classification, severity, recovery signals, and trailing warnings.

Changes

Tool-Result Signals

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Structured result classification crates/libsy/src/algorithms/util/tool_signals.rs	classify_text recognizes nonzero integer exit_code values as soft failures and success: false or nonblank error fields as hard failures. Existing text diagnostics remain in use, and a stronger text match takes precedence over soft exit severity. Tests cover structured results, recovery signals, and trailing warnings. The retrieval-result fixture now uses structured failure JSON.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to a2963

A successful file read whose JSON contains an error field may be treated as a failed tool call. This could make routing escalate unnecessarily. The impact is narrow, so it is mergeable with awareness of the issue or a small follow-up.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: recognizing structured tool failures in the stage router.

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I nibble fields and check each role.
A nonzero exit gets a gentle flag,
A clear error gets a harder tag.
Warnings trail, but failures stay;
I hop through tests and thump, “Hooray!”}

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @crates/libsy/src/algorithms/util/tool_signals.rs:
- Around line 1111-1127: Update classify_text so JSON files returned by shell
read commands are not treated as structured tool failures: gate the tool_error
matching on a non-read result or require a Hermes-specific envelope such as
output or exit_code before interpreting error as failure. Preserve failure
detection for genuine Hermes results.

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