Agent skill

Pareto Optimization

by benchflow-ai in benchflow-ai/skillsbench

Multi-objective optimization with Pareto frontiers. An agent skill from benchflow-ai/skillsbench.

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Install Pareto Optimization

skills CLI
$ npx skills add benchflow-ai/skillsbench --skill pareto-optimization -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install benchflow-ai/skillsbench pareto-optimization --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/benchflow-ai/skillsbench.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/tasks/mars-clouds-clustering/environment/skills/pareto-optimization .claude/skills/pareto-optimization && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
pareto-optimization
GitHub stars
1.8k
Token cost
~1k tokens
SKILL.md length
125 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
178
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Multi-objective optimization with Pareto frontiers. An agent skill from benchflow-ai/skillsbench.

  • Works in 3 steps: Trade-off curve: Moving along the… → No single best: All Pareto-optimal… → Decision making: Final choice depends on…
  • Optimizing multiple conflicting objectives simultaneously
  • SKILL.md covers Key Concepts, Computing the Pareto Frontier, Example: Model Selection and Visualization, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Pareto Optimization is an agent skill from benchflow-ai/skillsbench. Multi-objective optimization with Pareto frontiers. Use when optimizing multiple conflicting objectives simultaneously, finding trade-off solutions, or computing Pareto-optimal points.

Its SKILL.md is about 1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: SkillsBench evaluates how well skills work and how effective agents are at using them. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Optimizing multiple conflicting objectives simultaneously
  • Finding trade-off solutions
  • Computing Pareto-optimal points

Example prompts

  • “/pareto-optimization”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Trade-off curve: Moving along the frontier improves one objective while worsening another
  2. No single best: All Pareto-optimal solutions are equally "good" in a multi-objective sense
  3. Decision making: Final choice depends on preference between objectives

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9a1f4dd. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are python).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Pareto Optimization loads about 1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 51 tokens; SKILL.md has 125 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~51
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from benchflow-ai/skillsbench at commit 9a1f4dd, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© benchflow-ai). 125 words, ~1,042 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/pareto-optimization/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
pareto-optimization
description
Multi-objective optimization with Pareto frontiers. Use when optimizing multiple conflicting objectives simultaneously, finding trade-off solutions, or computing Pareto-optimal points.

Pareto Optimization

Pareto optimization deals with multi-objective optimization where you want to optimize multiple conflicting objectives simultaneously.

Key Concepts

Pareto Dominance

Point A dominates point B if:

  • A is at least as good as B in all objectives
  • A is strictly better than B in at least one objective
Pareto Frontier (Pareto Front)

The set of all non-dominated points. These represent optimal trade-offs where improving one objective requires sacrificing another.

Computing the Pareto Frontier

Using the paretoset Library
python
from paretoset import paretoset
import pandas as pd

# Data with two objectives (e.g., model accuracy vs inference time)
df = pd.DataFrame({
    'accuracy': [0.95, 0.92, 0.88, 0.85, 0.80],
    'latency_ms': [120, 95, 75, 60, 45],
    'model_size': [100, 80, 60, 40, 20],
    'learning_rate': [0.001, 0.005, 0.01, 0.05, 0.1]
})

# Compute Pareto mask
# sense: "max" for objectives to maximize, "min" for objectives to minimize
objectives = df[['accuracy', 'latency_ms']]
pareto_mask = paretoset(objectives, sense=["max", "min"])

# Get Pareto-optimal points
pareto_points = df[pareto_mask]
Manual Implementation
python
import numpy as np

def is_dominated(point, other_points, maximize_indices, minimize_indices):
    """Check if point is dominated by any point in other_points."""
    for other in other_points:
        dominated = True
        strictly_worse = False

        for i in maximize_indices:
            if point[i] > other[i]:
                dominated = False
                break
            if point[i] < other[i]:
                strictly_worse = True

        if dominated:
            for i in minimize_indices:
                if point[i] < other[i]:
                    dominated = False
                    break
                if point[i] > other[i]:
                    strictly_worse = True

        if dominated and strictly_worse:
            return True

    return False

def compute_pareto_frontier(points, maximize_indices=[0], minimize_indices=[1]):
    """Compute Pareto frontier from array of points."""
    pareto = []
    points_list = list(points)

    for i, point in enumerate(points_list):
        others = points_list[:i] + points_list[i+1:]
        if not is_dominated(point, others, maximize_indices, minimize_indices):
            pareto.append(point)

    return np.array(pareto)

Example: Model Selection

python
import pandas as pd
from paretoset import paretoset

# Results from model training experiments
results = pd.DataFrame({
    'accuracy': [0.95, 0.92, 0.90, 0.88, 0.85],
    'inference_time': [150, 120, 100, 80, 60],
    'batch_size': [32, 64, 128, 256, 512],
    'hidden_units': [512, 256, 128, 64, 32]
})

# Filter by minimum accuracy threshold
results = results[results['accuracy'] >= 0.85]

# Compute Pareto frontier (maximize accuracy, minimize inference time)
mask = paretoset(results[['accuracy', 'inference_time']], sense=["max", "min"])
pareto_frontier = results[mask].sort_values('accuracy', ascending=False)

# Save to CSV
pareto_frontier.to_csv('pareto_models.csv', index=False)

Visualization

python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# Plot all points
plt.scatter(results['inference_time'], results['accuracy'],
            alpha=0.5, label='All models')

# Highlight Pareto frontier
plt.scatter(pareto_frontier['inference_time'], pareto_frontier['accuracy'],
            color='red', s=100, marker='s', label='Pareto frontier')

plt.xlabel('Inference Time (ms) - minimize')
plt.ylabel('Accuracy - maximize')
plt.legend()
plt.show()

Properties of Pareto Frontiers

  1. Trade-off curve: Moving along the frontier improves one objective while worsening another
  2. No single best: All Pareto-optimal solutions are equally "good" in a multi-objective sense
  3. Decision making: Final choice depends on preference between objectives

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Files

Just SKILL.md in tasks/mars-clouds-clustering/environment/skills/pareto-optimization of benchflow-ai/skillsbench.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9a1f4dd

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Questions about Pareto Optimization

What does Pareto Optimization do?

Multi-objective optimization with Pareto frontiers. An agent skill from benchflow-ai/skillsbench. Pareto Optimization is an agent skill from benchflow-ai/skillsbench. Multi-objective optimization with Pareto frontiers.

When should I use Pareto Optimization?

Pareto Optimization fits situations like: optimizing multiple conflicting objectives simultaneously; finding trade-off solutions; computing Pareto-optimal points.

How do I install Pareto Optimization in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add benchflow-ai/skillsbench --skill pareto-optimization -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (tasks/mars-clouds-clustering/environment/skills/pareto-optimization in benchflow-ai/skillsbench) into .claude/skills/pareto-optimization in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Pareto Optimization in Codex?

Run `npx skills add benchflow-ai/skillsbench --skill pareto-optimization -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (tasks/mars-clouds-clustering/environment/skills/pareto-optimization in benchflow-ai/skillsbench) into .agents/skills/pareto-optimization in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Pareto Optimization in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add benchflow-ai/skillsbench --skill pareto-optimization -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/pareto-optimization, .gemini/skills/pareto-optimization, .github/skills/pareto-optimization and .opencode/skills/pareto-optimization in your project.

What does Pareto Optimization need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Pareto Optimization is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Pareto Optimization access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Pareto Optimization safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Pareto Optimization use?

Pareto Optimization is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Pareto Optimization use?

About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Pareto Optimization?

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Who maintains Pareto Optimization?

benchflow-ai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in benchflow-ai/skillsbench, which has 1,832 GitHub stars. The repository holds 178 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 23, 2026.

Source: benchflow-ai/skillsbench on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.