Let the agent sleep until there is something worth reasoning about.
Long-running APIs, A2A tasks, and webhooks can tempt an orchestration loop to wake an expensive reasoning agent repeatedly. A Callback Mailbox receives the result while that agent is suspended.
Illustrative economics
Polling cycles avoided: 120
Buyer-estimated marginal cost per cycle: $0.0001
Avoided cost: 120 × $0.0001 = $0.0120
Mailbox price: $0.0050
Illustrative net savings: $0.0070
Break-even: 50 avoided cycles
Buyer-estimated marginal cost per cycle: $0.0001
Avoided cost: 120 × $0.0001 = $0.0120
Mailbox price: $0.0050
Illustrative net savings: $0.0070
Break-even: 50 avoided cycles
This is an example, not a savings claim. Plain HTTP polling does not consume model tokens unless your orchestration routes those checks through a model. Use your measured marginal cost—including model, compute, API, and orchestration costs—and buy only when the result is positive.
What the mailbox adds
It provisions a temporary authenticated callback endpoint, stores ordered results, supports cursor retrieval, and applies replay-safe purchase handling. The agent keeps its wallet keys; Foundry accepts only the payment proof.