name: best_of_n
display_name: Best-of-N
organization: "default"
type: test_time_search
summary: "Give the LLM N valid attempts at the same parent before committing to the global best, then repeat."
source: "SkyDiscover (UC Berkeley Sky Computing Lab) — best_of_n search strategy"
tags: [baseline, sampling, best-of-n, exploitation, skydiscover]
license: Apache-2.0
controller: galapagos.scaffolds.best_of_n.scaffold.BestOfNScaffold
components:
  population: {kind: keep_all}
  selection_policy: {kind: best_of_n_reuse}
  prompt_builder: {kind: default}
  proposer: {kind: diff}
  evaluator: {kind: task}
  memory: {kind: none}