Idea
Allow running the exact same agent instance (same provider + model + effort) multiple times on one task, to sample variance and pick the best output — "best of N."
Deferred as a non-goal in the multi-instance agent configuration plan (docs/plans/multi-instance-agent-configuration.md), where instances are unique by provider:model:effort. This issue captures the follow-on.
Sketch
- A
count (or repeated label) on an instance entry fans out to N identical runs:
agents:
- { agent: claude, model: claude-opus-5, effort: high, count: 3 }
- Instance ids disambiguated by an index/label (
claude:claude-opus-5:high#1..3).
- Pairs naturally with the arena / side-by-side comparison view (netlify-react-ui PR #25842) and a judge/synthesis step to rank the N outputs.
Why later
The base program keys runs by instance id and rejects exact duplicates; adding count/labels + a ranking affordance is additive on top of that once the instance model lands.
Idea
Allow running the exact same agent instance (same provider + model + effort) multiple times on one task, to sample variance and pick the best output — "best of N."
Deferred as a non-goal in the multi-instance agent configuration plan (
docs/plans/multi-instance-agent-configuration.md), where instances are unique byprovider:model:effort. This issue captures the follow-on.Sketch
count(or repeatedlabel) on an instance entry fans out to N identical runs:claude:claude-opus-5:high#1..3).Why later
The base program keys runs by instance id and rejects exact duplicates; adding
count/labels + a ranking affordance is additive on top of that once the instance model lands.