diff --git a/packages/gittensory-engine/src/index.ts b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/index.ts
index 395226521f..f69f0adf89 100644
--- a/packages/gittensory-engine/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/index.ts
@@ -165,3 +165,4 @@ export {
   type MetadataRankContext,
 } from "./opportunity-metadata.js";
 export { pickTopMetadataOpportunities } from "./metadata-top-pick.js";
+export { rankMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore } from "./metadata-min-score.js";
diff --git a/packages/gittensory-engine/src/metadata-min-score.ts b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/metadata-min-score.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7bff6964fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/metadata-min-score.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import {
+  rankMetadataOpportunities,
+  type MetadataCandidateIssue,
+  type MetadataRankContext,
+} from "./opportunity-metadata.js";
+import type { OpportunityRankInput } from "./opportunity-ranker.js";
+
+/**
+ * Rank metadata candidates and keep only those whose rank score is at or above `minScore`.
+ * Non-finite thresholds return an empty list. Pure — delegates to {@link rankMetadataOpportunities}.
+ */
+export function rankMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore<T extends MetadataCandidateIssue>(
+  candidates: readonly T[],
+  context: MetadataRankContext,
+  minScore: number,
+): Array<T & OpportunityRankInput & { rankScore: number }> {
+  if (!Number.isFinite(minScore)) return [];
+  if (candidates.length === 0) return [];
+  const threshold = Math.min(1, Math.max(0, minScore));
+  return rankMetadataOpportunities(candidates, context).filter((entry) => entry.rankScore >= threshold);
+}
diff --git a/test/unit/metadata-min-score.test.ts b/test/unit/metadata-min-score.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..845f992799
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/metadata-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 { rankMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore } from "../../packages/gittensory-engine/src/metadata-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("rankMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore", () => {
+  const candidates = [
+    { ...base, issueNumber: 1, labels: ["wontfix"] },
+    { ...base, issueNumber: 2, labels: ["help wanted"] },
+    { ...base, issueNumber: 3, labels: ["help wanted", "bug"] },
+  ];
+
+  it("keeps only metadata candidates at or above the score threshold in rank order", () => {
+    const filtered = rankMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore(candidates, { nowMs: NOW }, 0.1);
+    expect(filtered.map((entry) => entry.issueNumber)).toEqual([3, 2]);
+    expect(filtered.every((entry) => entry.rankScore >= 0.1)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("returns every targetable candidate when the threshold is zero", () => {
+    expect(
+      rankMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore(candidates, { nowMs: NOW }, 0).map((entry) => entry.issueNumber),
+    ).toEqual([3, 2, 1]);
+  });
+
+  it("skips miner-disabled repos before applying the score threshold", () => {
+    const ranked = rankMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore(
+      [
+        { ...base, issueNumber: 1, repoFullName: "acme/disabled" },
+        { ...base, issueNumber: 2, labels: ["help wanted"] },
+      ],
+      {
+        nowMs: NOW,
+        goalSpecsByRepo: {
+          "acme/disabled": { ...DEFAULT_MINER_GOAL_SPEC, minerEnabled: false },
+        },
+      },
+      0,
+    );
+    expect(ranked.map((entry) => entry.issueNumber)).toEqual([2]);
+  });
+
+  it("returns an empty array for a non-finite threshold or no candidates", () => {
+    expect(rankMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore(candidates, { nowMs: NOW }, Number.NaN)).toEqual([]);
+    expect(rankMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore(candidates, { nowMs: NOW }, Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY)).toEqual(
+      [],
+    );
+    expect(rankMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore([], { nowMs: NOW }, 0.5)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("clamps out-of-range thresholds before filtering", () => {
+    expect(
+      rankMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore(candidates, { nowMs: NOW }, -0.5).map((entry) => entry.issueNumber),
+    ).toEqual([3, 2, 1]);
+    expect(
+      rankMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore(candidates, { nowMs: NOW }, 1.5).map((entry) => entry.issueNumber),
+    ).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("is exported from the package barrel", async () => {
+    const barrel = await import("../../packages/gittensory-engine/src/index");
+    expect(typeof barrel.rankMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore).toBe("function");
+    expect(
+      barrel.rankMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore(candidates, { nowMs: NOW }, 0.1).map(
+        (entry: { issueNumber: number }) => entry.issueNumber,
+      ),
+    ).toEqual([3, 2]);
+  });
+});