diff --git a/packages/gittensory-engine/src/index.ts b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/index.ts
index f69f0adf89..628780968b 100644
--- a/packages/gittensory-engine/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/index.ts
@@ -166,3 +166,4 @@ export {
 } from "./opportunity-metadata.js";
 export { pickTopMetadataOpportunities } from "./metadata-top-pick.js";
 export { rankMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore } from "./metadata-min-score.js";
+export { pickTopMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore } from "./metadata-top-min-score.js";
diff --git a/packages/gittensory-engine/src/metadata-top-min-score.ts b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/metadata-top-min-score.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e70ab544f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/metadata-top-min-score.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { rankMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore } from "./metadata-min-score.js";
+import type { MetadataCandidateIssue, MetadataRankContext } from "./opportunity-metadata.js";
+import type { OpportunityRankInput } from "./opportunity-ranker.js";
+
+/**
+ * Rank metadata candidates, drop entries below `minScore`, and return the top `limit` survivors.
+ * Non-finite limits return an empty list. Pure — delegates to {@link rankMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore}.
+ */
+export function pickTopMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore<T extends MetadataCandidateIssue>(
+  candidates: readonly T[],
+  context: MetadataRankContext,
+  minScore: number,
+  limit: number,
+): Array<T & OpportunityRankInput & { rankScore: number }> {
+  if (!Number.isFinite(limit)) return [];
+  const safeLimit = Math.max(0, Math.trunc(limit));
+  if (safeLimit === 0) return [];
+  return rankMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore(candidates, context, minScore).slice(0, safeLimit);
+}
diff --git a/test/unit/metadata-top-min-score.test.ts b/test/unit/metadata-top-min-score.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..909816ed9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/metadata-top-min-score.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { DEFAULT_MINER_GOAL_SPEC } from "../../packages/gittensory-engine/src/miner-goal-spec";
+import { pickTopMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore } from "../../packages/gittensory-engine/src/metadata-top-min-score";
+
+const NOW = Date.parse("2026-07-03T12:00:00.000Z");
+
+const base = {
+  repoFullName: "acme/widgets",
+  issueNumber: 10,
+  title: "Improve queue retry semantics",
+  labels: ["help wanted"],
+  commentsCount: 2,
+  createdAt: "2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+  updatedAt: "2026-07-02T12:00:00.000Z",
+};
+
+describe("pickTopMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore", () => {
+  const candidates = [
+    { ...base, issueNumber: 1, labels: ["wontfix"] },
+    { ...base, issueNumber: 2, labels: ["help wanted"] },
+    { ...base, issueNumber: 3, labels: ["help wanted", "bug"] },
+    { ...base, issueNumber: 4, labels: ["help wanted", "documentation"] },
+  ];
+
+  it("returns the top survivors after applying the score threshold", () => {
+    const topTwo = pickTopMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore(candidates, { nowMs: NOW }, 0.1, 2);
+    expect(topTwo.map((entry) => entry.issueNumber)).toEqual([3, 2]);
+    expect(topTwo.every((entry) => entry.rankScore >= 0.1)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("returns every qualifying candidate when the limit exceeds the filtered list", () => {
+    expect(
+      pickTopMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore(candidates, { nowMs: NOW }, 0.1, 10).map(
+        (entry) => entry.issueNumber,
+      ),
+    ).toEqual([3, 2, 4]);
+  });
+
+  it("returns an empty array when the score threshold excludes every candidate", () => {
+    expect(pickTopMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore(candidates, { nowMs: NOW }, 1, 2)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("returns an empty array for a non-finite or zero limit", () => {
+    expect(pickTopMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore(candidates, { nowMs: NOW }, 0.1, 0)).toEqual([]);
+    expect(pickTopMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore(candidates, { nowMs: NOW }, 0.1, -1)).toEqual([]);
+    expect(pickTopMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore(candidates, { nowMs: NOW }, 0.1, Number.NaN)).toEqual([]);
+    expect(
+      pickTopMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore(candidates, { nowMs: NOW }, 0.1, Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY),
+    ).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("skips miner-disabled repos before thresholding and slicing", () => {
+    const ranked = pickTopMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore(
+      [
+        { ...base, issueNumber: 1, repoFullName: "acme/disabled" },
+        { ...base, issueNumber: 2, labels: ["help wanted"] },
+      ],
+      {
+        nowMs: NOW,
+        goalSpecsByRepo: {
+          "acme/disabled": { ...DEFAULT_MINER_GOAL_SPEC, minerEnabled: false },
+        },
+      },
+      0,
+      5,
+    );
+    expect(ranked.map((entry) => entry.issueNumber)).toEqual([2]);
+  });
+
+  it("is exported from the package barrel", async () => {
+    const barrel = await import("../../packages/gittensory-engine/src/index");
+    expect(typeof barrel.pickTopMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore).toBe("function");
+    expect(
+      barrel.pickTopMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore(candidates, { nowMs: NOW }, 0.1, 1).map(
+        (entry: { issueNumber: number }) => entry.issueNumber,
+      ),
+    ).toEqual([3]);
+  });
+});