diff --git a/extensions/git-read/index.ts b/extensions/git-read/index.ts
index fe02239e..58c27c14 100644
--- a/extensions/git-read/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/git-read/index.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import type {
 import { Text } from "@earendil-works/pi-tui";
 import { Cause, Effect, Exit } from "effect";
 import { Type } from "typebox";
-import { formatCapturedOutput } from "../file-search/src/output.ts";
+import { formatCapturedOutput } from "../shared/search-output.ts";
 import { sanitizeTerminalText } from "../shared/terminal-text.ts";
 import {
   OPENPI_TOOL_SURFACE,
diff --git a/extensions/git-read/src/process.ts b/extensions/git-read/src/process.ts
index ae0c5960..e8eebef1 100644
--- a/extensions/git-read/src/process.ts
+++ b/extensions/git-read/src/process.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 
 import * as NodeServices from "@effect/platform-node/NodeServices";
 import { Data, Effect } from "effect";
-import type { CapturedOutput } from "../../file-search/src/output.ts";
+import type { CapturedOutput } from "../../shared/search-output.ts";
 import {
   discardCapturedOutput,
   executeSearchProcess,
-} from "../../file-search/src/process.ts";
+} from "../../shared/search-process.ts";
 import { GIT_TIMEOUT_MS } from "./args.ts";
 
 export const GIT_CAPTURE_MAX_BYTES = 10 * 1024 * 1024;
diff --git a/extensions/shared/search-output.ts b/extensions/shared/search-output.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5572fe15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/shared/search-output.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/** Public shared seam for bounded search output projection. */
+export {
+  COMPLETE_OUTPUT_MAX_BYTES,
+  formatCapturedOutput,
+  formatOutput,
+} from "../file-search/src/output.ts";
+export type {
+  CapturedOutput,
+  FormattedOutput,
+  FormatOutputOptions,
+} from "../file-search/src/output.ts";
diff --git a/extensions/shared/search-process.ts b/extensions/shared/search-process.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e523f3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/shared/search-process.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/** Public shared seam for bounded search process execution. */
+export {
+  discardCapturedOutput,
+  executeSearchProcess,
+} from "../file-search/src/process.ts";