diff --git a/benchmark/beam/run.py b/benchmark/beam/run.py
index 45c74f10..89f2e53f 100644
--- a/benchmark/beam/run.py
+++ b/benchmark/beam/run.py
@@ -252,13 +252,17 @@ async def answer_question_agentic(app, question: str) -> tuple[str, dict]:
 
     Returns (answer, metadata)
     """
+    from reme.utils.evaluation_interface import check_job_count
+
+    search_calls_before = check_job_count("search", app.context)
     query_resp = await app.run_job(
         "agentic_answer",
         query=question,
     )
     answer = (query_resp.answer or "").strip()
+    search_calls = check_job_count("search", app.context) - search_calls_before
 
-    return answer, {"mode": "agentic"}
+    return answer, {"mode": "agentic", "search_calls": search_calls}
 
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -448,6 +452,9 @@ async def evaluate_case(eval_config: dict, case_id: str, eval_only: bool = False
                 if not agentic_answer:
                     agentic_answer = "(no answer generated)"
                 logger.info(f"[Case {case_id}] Agentic answer: {agentic_answer[:200]}...")
+                logger.info(
+                    f"[Case {case_id}] Agentic search calls: {agentic_meta.get('search_calls', 0)}",
+                )
 
                 # Judge agentic answer
                 logger.info(f"[Case {case_id}] Judging agentic ({q_type})...")
@@ -678,6 +685,7 @@ def main(  # pylint: disable=too-many-statements
     type_binary_scores: dict[str, list[float]] = {}
     all_scores: list[float] = []
     all_binary_scores: list[float] = []
+    all_search_calls: list[int] = []
 
     for case_result in results:
         if "error" in case_result:
@@ -700,6 +708,7 @@ def main(  # pylint: disable=too-many-statements
             type_binary_scores[qtype].append(binary_score)
             all_scores.append(score)
             all_binary_scores.append(binary_score)
+            all_search_calls.append(q.get("agentic_metadata", {}).get("search_calls", 0))
 
     print("\n  ── AGENTIC ──")
     if all_scores:
@@ -713,6 +722,8 @@ def main(  # pylint: disable=too-many-statements
         binary_overall = sum(all_binary_scores) / len(all_binary_scores) if all_binary_scores else 0
         print(f"    {'-'*38}")
         print(f"    {'OVERALL':<40s}: {overall:.3f}  binary={binary_overall:.3f}  ({len(all_scores)} Qs)")
+        avg_search_calls = sum(all_search_calls) / len(all_search_calls)
+        print(f"    Average search calls/query: {avg_search_calls:.2f}")
     else:
         print("    (no results)")
 
diff --git a/benchmark/longmemeval/run.py b/benchmark/longmemeval/run.py
index f974b3a5..3870a3d6 100644
--- a/benchmark/longmemeval/run.py
+++ b/benchmark/longmemeval/run.py
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ async def evaluate_item(item: dict, eval_config: dict, item_index: int, eval_onl
     """
     from reme import Application
     from reme.config import resolve_app_config
+    from reme.utils.evaluation_interface import check_job_count
 
     reme_cfg = eval_config["reme"]
     dream_trigger_hour = reme_cfg.get("dream_trigger_hour", 23)
@@ -432,16 +433,19 @@ async def evaluate_item(item: dict, eval_config: dict, item_index: int, eval_onl
             f"[Item {item_index}] Asking (agentic): {question[:80]}... query_time={query_time}",
         )
 
+        search_calls_before = check_job_count("search", app.context)
         query_resp = await app.run_job(
             "agentic_answer",
             query=question,
             query_time=query_time,
         )
+        agentic_search_calls = check_job_count("search", app.context) - search_calls_before
         agentic_response = (query_resp.answer or "").strip()
         if not agentic_response:
             agentic_response = "(no answer generated)"
 
         logger.info(f"[Item {item_index}] Agentic response: {agentic_response[:200]}...")
+        logger.info(f"[Item {item_index}] Agentic search calls: {agentic_search_calls}")
 
         # ── Phase 5: Judge agentic response (via answer_judge_step) ──────────
         logger.info(f"[Item {item_index}] Judging agentic (binary, type={item['question_type']})...")
@@ -464,6 +468,7 @@ async def evaluate_item(item: dict, eval_config: dict, item_index: int, eval_onl
         "ground_truth": item["answer"],
         "agentic_response": agentic_response,
         "agentic_judgment": agentic_judgment,
+        "agentic_search_calls": agentic_search_calls,
         "sessions_ingested": len(sorted_sessions),
         "dreams_triggered": len(dream_dates_triggered),
     }
@@ -711,6 +716,8 @@ def _print_summary(results: list[dict], start_time: float) -> None:
     # Agentic stats
     print("\n  ── Agentic (ReAct) ──")
     print(f"  Overall accuracy: {agentic_correct}/{total} ({100*agentic_correct/total:.1f}%)")
+    avg_search_calls = sum(r.get("agentic_search_calls", 0) for r in results) / total if total else 0
+    print(f"  Average search calls/query: {avg_search_calls:.2f}")
     print("  Per-type accuracy:")
     for qtype, stats in sorted(agentic_type_stats.items()):
         acc = 100 * stats["correct"] / stats["total"] if stats["total"] else 0
diff --git a/reme/components/job/base_job.py b/reme/components/job/base_job.py
index 2615cd7c..c19134a0 100644
--- a/reme/components/job/base_job.py
+++ b/reme/components/job/base_job.py
@@ -58,21 +58,23 @@ class BaseJob(BaseComponent):
         # dict(params) copies kwargs so steps cannot mutate the shared spec.
         return [step_cls(**dict(params)) for step_cls, params in self.step_specs]
 
-    def _record_call(self, entry_class: type["BaseJob"]) -> None:
-        """Increment this job's application-lifetime call counter.
+    def _counter_key(self, entry_class: type["BaseJob"]) -> list[str]:
+        """Build this job's application-lifetime call counter key.
 
         The counter path groups calls by the built-in job implementation that
         accepted the call, then preserves any project-specific subclasses
         between that implementation and the concrete job class.
         """
-        metadata = getattr(self.app_context, "metadata", None)
-        if not isinstance(metadata, dict):
-            return
-
         mro = type(self).mro()
         entry_index = mro.index(entry_class)
         subclass_path = [cls.__name__ for cls in mro[:entry_index]]
-        global_counter_inc(metadata, ["__job_counter", entry_class.__name__, *subclass_path, self.name])
+        return ["__job_counter", entry_class.__name__, *subclass_path, self.name]
+
+    def _record_call(self, entry_class: type["BaseJob"]) -> None:
+        """Increment this job's application-lifetime call counter."""
+        metadata = getattr(self.app_context, "metadata", None)
+        if isinstance(metadata, dict):
+            global_counter_inc(metadata, self._counter_key(entry_class))
 
     async def __call__(self, **kwargs) -> Response:
         """Run all steps in order, capturing any failure into the response."""
diff --git a/reme/utils/evaluation_interface.py b/reme/utils/evaluation_interface.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b46db4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reme/utils/evaluation_interface.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+"""Read-only evaluation helpers for application job execution statistics."""
+
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+from ..components.job import BackgroundJob, BaseJob, CronJob, StreamJob
+from .counter import global_counter_get
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from ..components.application_context import ApplicationContext
+
+
+_JOB_ENTRY_CLASSES = {CronJob, StreamJob, BackgroundJob, BaseJob}
+
+
+def check_job_count(job_name: str, app_context: "ApplicationContext") -> int:
+    """Return the application-lifetime execution count for a registered job.
+
+    ``app_context`` scopes the lookup because ReMe does not maintain a global
+    current Application instance. Unknown job names use the same ``KeyError``
+    contract as :meth:`Application.run_job`.
+    """
+    job = app_context.jobs.get(job_name)
+    if job is None:
+        raise KeyError(f"Job '{job_name}' not found")
+
+    entry_class = next((cls for cls in type(job).mro() if cls in _JOB_ENTRY_CLASSES), None)
+    if entry_class is None:
+        raise TypeError(f"Job '{job_name}' does not inherit from a supported job implementation")
+    # pylint: disable-next=protected-access
+    return global_counter_get(app_context.metadata, job._counter_key(entry_class))
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_evaluation_interface.py b/tests/unit/test_evaluation_interface.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b95b3daa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_evaluation_interface.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+"""Tests for read-only job execution count evaluation helpers."""
+
+import asyncio
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+
+import pytest
+
+from reme.components.job import BaseJob, StreamJob
+from reme.utils.evaluation_interface import check_job_count
+
+
+def test_check_job_count_reads_registered_base_job_count():
+    """check_job_count returns the number of completed BaseJob invocations."""
+
+    async def run():
+        app_context = SimpleNamespace(metadata={}, jobs={})
+        job = BaseJob(name="search", app_context=app_context)
+        app_context.jobs[job.name] = job
+
+        await job()
+        await job()
+
+        assert check_job_count("search", app_context) == 2
+
+    asyncio.run(run())
+
+
+def test_check_job_count_resolves_custom_job_inheritance_path():
+    """check_job_count resolves counters recorded under subclassed job paths."""
+
+    async def run():
+        class ProjectStreamJob(StreamJob):
+            """Project-specific StreamJob subclass used to exercise MRO lookup."""
+
+        app_context = SimpleNamespace(metadata={}, jobs={})
+        job = ProjectStreamJob(name="chat", app_context=app_context)
+        app_context.jobs[job.name] = job
+
+        await job(stream_queue=asyncio.Queue())
+
+        assert check_job_count("chat", app_context) == 1
+
+    asyncio.run(run())
+
+
+def test_check_job_count_rejects_unknown_job_name():
+    """Unknown job names raise KeyError, matching Application.run_job."""
+    app_context = SimpleNamespace(metadata={}, jobs={})
+
+    with pytest.raises(KeyError, match="Job 'missing' not found"):
+        check_job_count("missing", app_context)