diff --git a/packages/gittensory-engine/src/index.ts b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/index.ts
index 3f2076ae46..0dede67fc4 100644
--- a/packages/gittensory-engine/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/index.ts
@@ -187,3 +187,4 @@ export { pickTopMetadataOpportunities } from "./metadata-top-pick.js";
 export { rankMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore } from "./metadata-min-score.js";
 export { pickTopMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore } from "./metadata-top-min-score.js";
 export { bestMetadataOpportunity } from "./metadata-best-pick.js";
+export { bestMetadataOpportunityAtOrAboveScore } from "./metadata-best-min-score.js";
diff --git a/packages/gittensory-engine/src/metadata-best-min-score.ts b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/metadata-best-min-score.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cef0bf331f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/metadata-best-min-score.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { rankMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore } from "./metadata-min-score.js";
+import type { MetadataCandidateIssue, MetadataRankContext } from "./opportunity-metadata.js";
+import type { OpportunityRankInput } from "./opportunity-ranker.js";
+
+/**
+ * Return the highest-scoring metadata candidate at or above `minScore`, or `null` when none qualify.
+ * Non-finite thresholds return `null`. Pure — delegates to {@link rankMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore}.
+ */
+export function bestMetadataOpportunityAtOrAboveScore<T extends MetadataCandidateIssue>(
+  candidates: readonly T[],
+  context: MetadataRankContext,
+  minScore: number,
+): (T & OpportunityRankInput & { rankScore: number }) | null {
+  const survivors = rankMetadataOpportunitiesAtOrAboveScore(candidates, context, minScore);
+  return survivors[0] ?? null;
+}
diff --git a/test/unit/metadata-best-min-score.test.ts b/test/unit/metadata-best-min-score.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67faf6d240
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/metadata-best-min-score.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { DEFAULT_MINER_GOAL_SPEC } from "../../packages/gittensory-engine/src/miner-goal-spec";
+import { bestMetadataOpportunityAtOrAboveScore } from "../../packages/gittensory-engine/src/metadata-best-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("bestMetadataOpportunityAtOrAboveScore", () => {
+  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 null for an empty candidate list", () => {
+    expect(bestMetadataOpportunityAtOrAboveScore([], { nowMs: NOW }, 0.1)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("returns null when the score threshold excludes every candidate", () => {
+    expect(bestMetadataOpportunityAtOrAboveScore(candidates, { nowMs: NOW }, 1)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("returns null for a non-finite threshold", () => {
+    expect(bestMetadataOpportunityAtOrAboveScore(candidates, { nowMs: NOW }, Number.NaN)).toBeNull();
+    expect(
+      bestMetadataOpportunityAtOrAboveScore(candidates, { nowMs: NOW }, Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY),
+    ).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("returns the highest-scoring survivor at or above the threshold", () => {
+    const best = bestMetadataOpportunityAtOrAboveScore(candidates, { nowMs: NOW }, 0.1);
+    expect(best?.issueNumber).toBe(3);
+    expect(best?.rankScore).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0.1);
+  });
+
+  it("returns null when every candidate is miner-disabled", () => {
+    expect(
+      bestMetadataOpportunityAtOrAboveScore(
+        [{ ...base, issueNumber: 1, repoFullName: "acme/disabled" }],
+        {
+          nowMs: NOW,
+          goalSpecsByRepo: {
+            "acme/disabled": { ...DEFAULT_MINER_GOAL_SPEC, minerEnabled: false },
+          },
+        },
+        0,
+      ),
+    ).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("breaks score ties by input order among qualifying candidates", () => {
+    const tie = { potential: 0.8, feasibility: 0.8, laneFit: 1, freshness: 1, dupRisk: 0 };
+    const best = bestMetadataOpportunityAtOrAboveScore(
+      [
+        { ...base, issueNumber: 1, ...tie },
+        { ...base, issueNumber: 2, ...tie },
+      ],
+      { nowMs: NOW },
+      0.05,
+    );
+    expect(best?.issueNumber).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("is exported from the package barrel", async () => {
+    const barrel = await import("../../packages/gittensory-engine/src/index");
+    expect(typeof barrel.bestMetadataOpportunityAtOrAboveScore).toBe("function");
+    expect(
+      barrel.bestMetadataOpportunityAtOrAboveScore(candidates, { nowMs: NOW }, 0.1)?.issueNumber,
+    ).toBe(3);
+  });
+});