fetch leaks, loop brakes, agent APIs

self.md radar — 2026-07-16 today&rsquo;s useful signals all put a meter on the agent before it gets to keep moving: one on the fetch path, one on the loop, one on the API surface. A Claude memory leak showed that browsing rules are egress policy, not UX detail. LoopGain put numbers under when an agent should stop revising. Freestyle and Coasty pointed at the same uncomfortable interface shift:…