diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index dcf840e..b94c2f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -27,3 +27,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Test
         run: pytest
+
+      - name: Operator smoke
+        run: |
+          agent-term-smoke --workdir .agent-term/ci-smoke
+          test -f .agent-term/ci-smoke/events.sqlite3
+          test -f .agent-term/ci-smoke/matrix-state.json