diff --git a/examples/smart_minion/brain.py b/examples/smart_minion/brain.py
index e76304ab..343c43fa 100644
--- a/examples/smart_minion/brain.py
+++ b/examples/smart_minion/brain.py
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ async def smart_brain():
         llm=llm,
         #llms={"route": [ "llama3.2","llama3.1"]}
     )
-    obs, score, *_ = await brain.step(query="what's the solution for game of 24 for 1 3 4 6", route="python")
+    # obs, score, *_ = await brain.step(query="what's the solution for game of 24 for 1 3 4 6", route="python")
+    # print(obs)
+
+    obs, score, *_ = await brain.step(query="what's the solution for game of 24 for 2 3 5 12", route="python")
     print(obs)
 
     current_file_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
diff --git a/minion/main/pre_processing.py b/minion/main/pre_processing.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0aaa17e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/minion/main/pre_processing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+from typing import Dict, Any
+from minion.main.minion import Minion, register_pre_processing_minion
+from minion.main.prompt import PROBLEM_REFLECT_PROMPT, EXAMPLE_REASONING_PROMPT
+from minion.actions.lmp_action_node import LmpActionNode
+from jinja2 import Template
+from minion.logs import logger
+
+class PreProcessingMinion(Minion):
+    """Base class for all pre-processing minions"""
+    pass
+
+@register_pre_processing_minion
+class ProblemReflectMinion(PreProcessingMinion):
+    """Minion that performs problem reflection before solving"""
+    
+    async def execute(self):
+        """Execute the problem reflection process"""
+        prompt = Template(PROBLEM_REFLECT_PROMPT)
+        prompt = prompt.render(input=self.input)
+        
+        node = LmpActionNode(self.brain.llm)
+        reflection = await node.execute(prompt)
+        
+        # Store reflection in input metadata for later use
+        self.input.info["problem_reflection"] = reflection
+        
+        logger.info(f"Problem reflection completed: {reflection}")
+        return reflection 
+
+@register_pre_processing_minion
+class ExampleReasoningMinion(PreProcessingMinion):
+    """Minion that analyzes and reasons about examples in the query"""
+    
+    async def execute(self):
+        """Execute the example reasoning process"""
+        # Check if the input contains examples
+        if not self._has_examples():
+            logger.info("No examples found in the input, skipping example reasoning")
+            return None
+            
+        prompt = Template(EXAMPLE_REASONING_PROMPT)
+        prompt = prompt.render(input=self.input)
+        
+        node = LmpActionNode(self.brain.llm)
+        reasoning = await node.execute(prompt)
+
+        self.input.info["example_reasoning"] = reasoning
+
+        logger.info(f"Example reasoning completed: {reasoning}")
+        return reasoning
+    
+    def _has_examples(self) -> bool:
+        """Check if the input contains examples"""
+        # This can be implemented with more complex example detection logic as needed
+        return 'example' in self.input.query.lower() or 'examples' in self.input.query.lower()
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diff --git a/minion/main/result_strategy.py b/minion/main/result_strategy.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e42e33d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/minion/main/result_strategy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+from typing import Dict, Any, List
+from collections import Counter
+from minion.main.minion import Minion, register_result_strategy
+
+class ResultStrategy(Minion):
+    """Base class for result processing strategies"""
+    
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.workers = kwargs.get('workers', [])  # List of actual worker instances
+        
+    async def execute(self) -> str:
+        """Process the results according to the strategy
+        
+        Returns:
+            The processed final result
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+@register_result_strategy
+class MajorityVotingStrategy(ResultStrategy):
+    """Strategy that selects result with highest vote count"""
+    
+    async def execute(self) -> str:
+        if not self.workers:
+            return ""
+            
+        # Count answers from workers
+        results = Counter(worker.answer for worker in self.workers)
+        total_count = len(self.workers)
+        majority_count = total_count // 2 + 1
+        
+        # Check for majority
+        for result, count in results.items():
+            if count >= majority_count:
+                return result
+                
+        # No majority reached, return most common
+        return results.most_common(1)[0][0]
+
+@register_result_strategy
+class BestOfNStrategy(ResultStrategy):
+    """Strategy that selects the best result based on a scoring function"""
+    
+    async def execute(self) -> str:
+        if not self.workers:
+            return ""
+            
+        # Score each worker's answer
+        scores = {}
+        for worker in self.workers:
+            result = worker.answer
+            # Score could be based on worker configuration and state
+            check_count = worker.worker_config.get("check", 0) if worker.worker_config else 0
+            # Add more sophisticated scoring logic here
+            if result in scores:
+                scores[result] = max(scores[result], check_count)
+            else:
+                scores[result] = check_count
+            
+        if not scores:
+            return self.workers[0].answer if self.workers else ""
+            
+        return max(scores.items(), key=lambda x: x[1])[0]
+
+@register_result_strategy
+class UscStrategy(ResultStrategy):
+    """Strategy that combines self-consistent results"""
+    
+    async def execute(self) -> str:
+        if not self.workers:
+            return ""
+            
+        # Count answers for now, but could implement more sophisticated
+        # consistency checking in the future
+        results = Counter(worker.answer for worker in self.workers)
+        return results.most_common(1)[0][0]
+
+
+@register_result_strategy
+class UsccStrategy(ResultStrategy):
+    """Strategy that combines self-consistent results"""
+
+    async def execute(self) -> str:
+        if not self.workers:
+            return ""
+
+        # Count answers for now, but could implement more sophisticated
+        # consistency checking in the future
+        results = Counter(worker.answer for worker in self.workers)
+        return results.most_common(1)[0][0]
+
+@register_result_strategy
+class CodiumStrategy(ResultStrategy):
+    """Strategy that implements Codium's solution ranking and improvement process"""
+    
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.solid_test_cases = {
+            'public': [],  # todo: bootstrap a List of verified public test cases
+            'ai': []      # todo: bootstrap a  List of verified AI-generated test cases
+        }
+        self.max_improvement_attempts = 3
+
+    def _process_test_cases(self, test_cases, entry_point="main"):
+        """Process test cases from metadata format to internal format"""
+        if not test_cases or not isinstance(test_cases, dict):
+            return []
+
+        inputs = test_cases.get('input', [])
+        outputs = test_cases.get('output', [])
+
+        # Ensure we have matching input/output pairs
+        return list(zip(inputs, outputs))
+
+    async def rank_solutions(self):
+        """Rank solutions based on initial quality metrics"""
+        ranked_solutions = []
+        for worker in self.workers:
+            score = 0
+            # Add scoring logic here - could be based on:
+            # - Code complexity
+            # - Test case coverage
+            # - Worker's confidence score
+            # - Previous success rate
+            score += worker.worker_config.get("check", 0) if worker.worker_config else 0
+            ranked_solutions.append((worker, score))
+            
+        return sorted(ranked_solutions, key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)
+        
+    async def verify_test_case(self, test_case, solution):
+        """Verify if a test case is solid by checking if solution passes it"""
+        try:
+            # Implementation would depend on your test execution framework
+            # This is a placeholder for the actual test execution logic
+            result = await self.execute_test(test_case, solution)
+            return result.success
+        except Exception as e:
+            return False
+            
+    async def improve_solution(self, worker, iteration=0):
+        """Improve a solution using public tests and AI-generated tests"""
+        # First, ensure solution passes all solid test cases
+        for test_type, test_cases in self.solid_test_cases.items():
+            for test_case in test_cases:
+                if not await self.verify_test_case(test_case, worker.answer):
+                    return False
+                    
+        # Try to improve the solution
+        if not await worker.improve():
+            return False
+            
+        # Verify and add passing public tests to solid test cases
+        for test in worker.input.metadata.get("test_cases", []):
+            if await self.verify_test_case(test, worker.answer):
+                if test not in self.solid_test_cases['public']:
+                    self.solid_test_cases['public'].append(test)
+                    
+        # Verify and add passing AI tests to solid test cases
+        for test in worker.input.metadata.get("ai_test_cases", []):
+            if await self.verify_test_case(test, worker.answer):
+                if test not in self.solid_test_cases['ai']:
+                    self.solid_test_cases['ai'].append(test)
+                    
+        return True
+        
+    async def execute(self) -> str:
+        if not self.workers:
+            return ""
+            
+        # Rank initial solutions
+        ranked_solutions = await self.rank_solutions()
+        
+        # Try solutions in ranked order
+        for worker, score in ranked_solutions:
+            for attempt in range(self.max_improvement_attempts):
+                if await self.improve_solution(worker, attempt):
+                    return worker.answer
+                    
+        # If no solution passes all tests, return the highest ranked solution
+        return ranked_solutions[0][0].answer
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diff --git a/minion/providers/azure_inference_provider.py b/minion/providers/azure_inference_provider.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa090e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/minion/providers/azure_inference_provider.py
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+from typing import List, Optional, Dict, Any
+from azure.ai.inference import ChatCompletionsClient
+from azure.ai.inference.models import SystemMessage, UserMessage, AssistantMessage
+from azure.core.credentials import AzureKeyCredential
+
+from minion.logs import log_llm_stream
+from minion.providers.base_provider import BaseProvider
+from minion.providers.llm_provider_registry import llm_registry
+from minion.message_types import Message, MessageContent, ContentType
+from minion.providers.openai_provider import OpenAIProvider
+
+
+@llm_registry.register("azure_inference")
+class AzureInferenceProvider(OpenAIProvider):
+    def _setup(self) -> None:
+        """Setup Azure Inference SDK client"""
+        endpoint = self.config.base_url
+        key = self.config.api_key
+        self.model = self.config.model or self.config.deployment_name
+        
+        self.client = ChatCompletionsClient(
+            endpoint=endpoint,
+            credential=AzureKeyCredential(key)
+        )
+
+    # def _prepare_messages(self, messages: List[Message] | Message | str) -> List[Any]:
+    #     """Convert minion Message objects to Azure Inference SDK message objects"""
+    #     # Convert single message or string to list
+    #     if isinstance(messages, (str, Message)):
+    #         messages = [messages if isinstance(messages, Message) else Message(role="user", content=messages)]
+    #
+    #     azure_messages = []
+    #     for msg in messages:
+    #         content = msg.content
+    #         if isinstance(content, str):
+    #             text_content = content
+    #         elif isinstance(content, MessageContent):
+    #             if content.type == ContentType.TEXT:
+    #                 text_content = content.text
+    #             else:
+    #                 # For now, we only handle text content for Azure Inference
+    #                 # TODO: Add support for image content if Azure Inference SDK supports it
+    #                 text_content = content.text if content.text else ""
+    #         else:
+    #             text_content = str(content)
+    #
+    #         if msg.role == "system":
+    #             azure_messages.append(SystemMessage(content=text_content))
+    #         elif msg.role == "user":
+    #             azure_messages.append(UserMessage(content=text_content))
+    #         elif msg.role == "assistant":
+    #             azure_messages.append(AssistantMessage(content=text_content))
+    #     return azure_messages
+
+    async def generate(self, messages: List[Message], temperature: Optional[float] = None, **kwargs) -> str:
+        """Generate completion using Azure Inference SDK"""
+        azure_messages = self._prepare_messages(messages)
+        
+        # Prepare parameters
+        params = {
+            "messages": azure_messages,
+            "model": self.model,
+            "temperature": temperature if temperature is not None else 0.6,
+            "max_tokens": kwargs.get("max_tokens", 1000)
+        }
+        
+        # Add optional parameters if provided
+        if "top_p" in kwargs:
+            params["top_p"] = kwargs["top_p"]
+        if "frequency_penalty" in kwargs:
+            params["frequency_penalty"] = kwargs["frequency_penalty"]
+        if "presence_penalty" in kwargs:
+            params["presence_penalty"] = kwargs["presence_penalty"]
+        
+        response = self.client.complete(**params)
+        return response.messages[0].content
+
+    async def generate_stream(self, messages: List[Message], temperature: Optional[float] = None, **kwargs) -> str:
+        """Generate streaming completion using Azure Inference SDK"""
+        azure_messages = self._prepare_messages(messages)
+        
+        # Prepare parameters
+        params = {
+            "messages": azure_messages,
+            "model": self.model,
+            "temperature": temperature if temperature is not None else 0.6,
+            "max_tokens": kwargs.get("max_tokens", 1000),
+            "stream": True
+        }
+        
+        # Add optional parameters if provided
+        if "top_p" in kwargs:
+            params["top_p"] = kwargs["top_p"]
+        if "frequency_penalty" in kwargs:
+            params["frequency_penalty"] = kwargs["frequency_penalty"]
+        if "presence_penalty" in kwargs:
+            params["presence_penalty"] = kwargs["presence_penalty"]
+        
+        response = self.client.complete(**params)
+        full_content = ""
+        completion_tokens = 0
+        for chunk in response:
+            if chunk.choices:
+                completion_tokens += 1
+                chunk_message = chunk.choices[0].delta.content
+                full_content += chunk_message
+                log_llm_stream(chunk_message)
+                #yield chunk_message
+        return full_content
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