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Sample several candidate answers in parallel, judge them against stated criteria, and present the winner with the runners-up kept one click away.
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Install Best Of N
$ npx skills add Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent --skill best-of-n -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent best-of-n --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/best-of-n .claude/skills/best-of-n && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "best-of-n" agent skill from https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent/tree/main/runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/best-of-n into .claude/skills/best-of-n/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "best-of-n", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent/tree/main/runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/best-of-nType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent --skill best-of-n -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent best-of-n --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/best-of-n .agents/skills/best-of-n && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "best-of-n" agent skill from https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent/tree/main/runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/best-of-n into .agents/skills/best-of-n/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "best-of-n", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent --skill best-of-n -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent best-of-n --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/best-of-n .cursor/skills/best-of-n && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "best-of-n" agent skill from https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent/tree/main/runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/best-of-n into .cursor/skills/best-of-n/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "best-of-n", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent.git --path runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/best-of-n--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent --skill best-of-n -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent best-of-n --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/best-of-n .gemini/skills/best-of-n && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "best-of-n" agent skill from https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent/tree/main/runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/best-of-n into .gemini/skills/best-of-n/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "best-of-n", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent best-of-nInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent --skill best-of-n -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/best-of-n .github/skills/best-of-n && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "best-of-n" agent skill from https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent/tree/main/runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/best-of-n into .github/skills/best-of-n/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "best-of-n", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent --skill best-of-n -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent best-of-n --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/best-of-n .opencode/skills/best-of-n && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "best-of-n" agent skill from https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent/tree/main/runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/best-of-n into .opencode/skills/best-of-n/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "best-of-n", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
best-of-n- GitHub stars
- 217
- Token cost
- ~1.2k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 620 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 24
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
At a glance
Sample several candidate answers in parallel, judge them against stated criteria, and present the winner with the runners-up kept one click away.
- The user wants options rather than one answer
- SKILL.md covers Activation Behavior, The confirmation gate (never…, Running it and Presenting the result, plus 2 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Include give me N options
What it does
Best Of N is an agent skill from Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent. Sample several candidate answers in parallel, judge them against stated criteria, and present the winner with the runners-up kept one click away. Confirms the count and the criteria first because each candidate is a separate model call. Use when the user wants options rather than one answer. Triggers include "give me N options", "give me 3 versions", "best of", "try a few versions", "sample and pick", "generate a few and choose", "which of these is best", "draft some variations".
Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k 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: The companion AI agent that learns, adapts and gets the work done no matter the task. The licence is Apache-2.0.
When your agent uses it
- The user wants options rather than one answer
- Include give me N options
- Give me 3 versions
- Try a few versions
Example prompts
- “give me N options”
- “give me 3 versions”
- “best of”
- “/best-of-n”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ca531ee. 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 markdown).
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
Best Of N loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 124 tokens; SKILL.md has 620 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent at commit ca531ee, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© Sidiora-Labs). 620 words, ~1,216 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/best-of-n/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- best-of-n
- description
- Sample several candidate answers in parallel, judge them against stated criteria, and present the winner with the runners-up kept one click away. Confirms the count and the criteria first because each candidate is a separate model call. Use when the user wants options rather than one answer. Triggers include "give me N options", "give me 3 versions", "best of", "try a few versions", "sample and pick", "generate a few and choose", "which of these is best", "draft some variations".
- triggers
- best of, give me options, give me versions, versions and pick, few versions, sample and pick, generate a few, pick the best, which is best, draft variations…
Activation Behavior
Explicit triggers (the user has already asked for several candidates):
- "give me 3 versions and pick the best", "best of 5", "sample and pick", "generate a few options and choose"
- Activate immediately, then run the confirmation gate below for the two things you cannot guess: the count and the criteria.
Ambiguous triggers (the user might want one good answer, not a slate):
- "try a few versions", "draft some variations", "which of these is best", "give me options"
- Offer the choice BEFORE spending anything:
Want me to sample a few candidates and judge them (each candidate is its own model call), or just write you one answer?
- If they pick one answer: answer normally. No skill mode, no sampling.
The confirmation gate (never skip the cost line)
Best-of-N costs N model calls plus one judge pass per surviving candidate. That is the whole trade, so say it out loud and get both inputs:
Sampling 3 candidates — that's 3 model calls (plus judging), not one. Judging on: specific, under 60 characters, no hype. Want a different count (max 5) or different criteria?
- N is capped at 5. If the user asks for more, say the cap and sample 5.
- Criteria are what "best" means for this task. If the user has not said, propose criteria in the gate rather than inventing them silently — a slate judged on an unstated bar is a coin flip with extra steps.
- One round trip is enough. Do not interrogate; propose sensible defaults and let the user correct them.
Running it
Call the best_of_n tool once with prompt (the ask, identical for every candidate),
n, and criteria. The tool fans the N calls out in parallel — one slate costs roughly
one call's wall time, N calls' spend — and returns JSON:
{"winner": "...", "winner_idx": 1, "candidates": [{"idx", "temperature", "text", "error"}],
"judgments": [{"idx", "score", "reason"}], "judged": true, "n": 3, "note": ""}Do NOT re-sample to "double-check", and do not run it twice for the same ask. The slate you already have is the slate.
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Presenting the result
Lead with the winner as a normal answer — the user asked for a good answer, not a report. Then keep the slate one click away:
<winner text, presented as the answer>
<details>
<summary>Runners-up (2) — say "use #2" to switch</summary>
**#1** — score 3.5 · *reason from the judge*
<candidate text>
**#3** — score 4.0 · *reason from the judge*
<candidate text>
</details>Numbering rules, because "use #2" has to actually work:
- Number candidates #1…#N in slate order:
#kis the candidate whoseidxisk - 1. Never renumber by score — the user's "#2" must mean the same candidate in your list and in the tool result. - Mark the winner in the visible answer (e.g. "picked #2 of 3"), so the numbers the user sees are the numbers they can choose from.
- When the user says "use #2" (or "go with the second one"), reply with that candidate's text verbatim from the slate you already have. Do not re-sample, do not paraphrase, do not re-judge. If they then ask you to edit it, edit that text.
Degraded cases — report them, never paper over them
judged: false— the judge was unavailable. Say so: "the judge wasn't available, so this is the first candidate, unranked" and still show the slate.- Some candidates carry an
error— the slate is narrower than N. Say how many returned ("2 of 3 came back") and judge only those. Never invent a missing candidate. winner: null— every sample failed. Say that plainly and offer to answer directly or retry. Do not present one of the errors as an answer.
When NOT to use this
- Anything with one correct answer (a fact, a calculation, a file's contents). N samples of a lookup is N× the cost for the same answer.
- Long-running or tool-using work — this is one-shot text sampling, not delegation. Use the delegation skill and subagents for work that needs tools.
- Inside a loop over many items. One slate per user ask; a slate per item multiplies the spend by N without anyone noticing.
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Files
Just SKILL.md in runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/best-of-n of Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit ca531ee
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Of N this skillSidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent | 217 | — | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Parallels Discord Roundtripopenclaw/openclaw | 392k | — | ~788 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Openclaw Parallels Smokeopenclaw/openclaw | 392k | — | ~8.4k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Parallel Execution Optimizeraffaan-m/ECC | 277k | 1 repos | ~712 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Parallel AutomationComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills | 77k | 3 repos | ~734 | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Best-of-N Candidate Tournamentcodewhale-hq/Codewhale | 41k | — | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Best Of N
What does Best Of N do?
Sample several candidate answers in parallel, judge them against stated criteria, and present the winner with the runners-up kept one click away. Best Of N is an agent skill from Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent. Sample several candidate answers in parallel, judge them against stated criteria, and present the winner with the runners-up kept one click away.
When should I use Best Of N?
Best Of N fits situations like: the user wants options rather than one answer; include give me N options; give me 3 versions; try a few versions.
How do I install Best Of N in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent --skill best-of-n -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/best-of-n in Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent) into .claude/skills/best-of-n in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Best Of N in Codex?
Run `npx skills add Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent --skill best-of-n -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/best-of-n in Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent) into .agents/skills/best-of-n in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Best Of N 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 Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent --skill best-of-n -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/best-of-n, .gemini/skills/best-of-n, .github/skills/best-of-n and .opencode/skills/best-of-n in your project.
What does Best Of N need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Best Of N is instructions for the agent only.
Does Best Of N 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 Best Of N 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 Best Of N use?
Best Of N 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 Best Of N use?
About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.9k 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 Best Of N?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Best Of N: Parallels Discord Roundtrip (openclaw/openclaw, 392k stars), Openclaw Parallels Smoke (openclaw/openclaw, 392k stars), Parallel Execution Optimizer (affaan-m/ECC, 277k stars) and Parallel Automation (ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills, 77k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Best Of N?
Sidiora-Labs (a GitHub organization) maintains it in Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent, which has 217 GitHub stars. The repository holds 24 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.
Source: Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.