diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/search-the-web/provider.ts b/src/resources/extensions/search-the-web/provider.ts
index 65ee265aa..49363b8e2 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/search-the-web/provider.ts
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/search-the-web/provider.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ export function getBraveApiKey(): string {
   return process.env.BRAVE_API_KEY || ''
 }
 
+/** Standard headers for Brave Search API requests. */
+export function braveHeaders(): Record<string, string> {
+  return {
+    "Accept": "application/json",
+    "Accept-Encoding": "gzip",
+    "X-Subscription-Token": getBraveApiKey(),
+  }
+}
+
 /** Returns the Ollama API key from the environment, or empty string if not set. */
 export function getOllamaApiKey(): string {
   return process.env.OLLAMA_API_KEY || ''
diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/search-the-web/tool-llm-context.ts b/src/resources/extensions/search-the-web/tool-llm-context.ts
index 59aa4371a..cf6fd6fa1 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/search-the-web/tool-llm-context.ts
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/search-the-web/tool-llm-context.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import { normalizeQuery, extractDomain } from "./url-utils.js";
 import { formatLLMContext, type LLMContextSnippet, type LLMContextSource } from "./format.js";
 import type { TavilyResult, TavilySearchResponse } from "./tavily.js";
 import { publishedDateToAge } from "./tavily.js";
-import { getTavilyApiKey, getOllamaApiKey, resolveSearchProvider } from "./provider.js";
+import { getTavilyApiKey, getOllamaApiKey, getBraveApiKey, braveHeaders, resolveSearchProvider } from "./provider.js";
 
 // =============================================================================
 // Types
@@ -94,18 +94,6 @@ contextCache.startPurgeInterval(60_000);
 // Helpers
 // =============================================================================
 
-function getBraveApiKey(): string {
-  return process.env.BRAVE_API_KEY || "";
-}
-
-function braveHeaders(): Record<string, string> {
-  return {
-    "Accept": "application/json",
-    "Accept-Encoding": "gzip",
-    "X-Subscription-Token": getBraveApiKey(),
-  };
-}
-
 /** Rough token estimate: ~4 chars per token for English text. */
 function estimateTokens(text: string): number {
   return Math.ceil(text.length / 4);
diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/search-the-web/tool-search.ts b/src/resources/extensions/search-the-web/tool-search.ts
index dcfdceccf..ba39b1332 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/search-the-web/tool-search.ts
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/search-the-web/tool-search.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { LRUTTLCache } from "./cache.js";
 import { fetchWithRetryTimed, fetchWithRetry, classifyError, type RateLimitInfo } from "./http.js";
 import { normalizeQuery, toDedupeKey, detectFreshness } from "./url-utils.js";
 import { formatSearchResults, type SearchResultFormatted, type FormatSearchOptions } from "./format.js";
-import { getTavilyApiKey, getOllamaApiKey, resolveSearchProvider } from "./provider.js";
+import { getTavilyApiKey, getOllamaApiKey, getBraveApiKey, braveHeaders, resolveSearchProvider } from "./provider.js";
 import { normalizeTavilyResult, mapFreshnessToTavily, type TavilySearchResponse } from "./tavily.js";
 
 // =============================================================================
@@ -117,18 +117,6 @@ const summarizerCache = new LRUTTLCache<string>({ max: 50, ttlMs: 900_000 });
 // Brave API helpers
 // =============================================================================
 
-function getBraveApiKey(): string {
-  return process.env.BRAVE_API_KEY || "";
-}
-
-function braveHeaders(): Record<string, string> {
-  return {
-    "Accept": "application/json",
-    "Accept-Encoding": "gzip",
-    "X-Subscription-Token": getBraveApiKey(),
-  };
-}
-
 /**
  * Normalize a Brave result into our formatted result type.
  */
diff --git a/src/tests/provider.test.ts b/src/tests/provider.test.ts
index dbf692cce..85a7b99e8 100644
--- a/src/tests/provider.test.ts
+++ b/src/tests/provider.test.ts
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ test('getBraveApiKey reads from process.env.BRAVE_API_KEY', async () => {
 // 4. Boundary contract — S01→S02 public API surface
 // ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 
-test('provider.ts exports exactly the 6 expected functions', async () => {
+test('provider.ts exports exactly the 7 expected functions', async () => {
   const provider = await import(
     '../resources/extensions/search-the-web/provider.ts'
   )
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ test('provider.ts exports exactly the 6 expected functions', async () => {
     'resolveSearchProvider',
     'getTavilyApiKey',
     'getBraveApiKey',
+    'braveHeaders',
     'getOllamaApiKey',
     'getSearchProviderPreference',
     'setSearchProviderPreference',
@@ -271,6 +272,6 @@ test('provider.ts exports exactly the 6 expected functions', async () => {
   assert.deepEqual(
     actualFunctions.sort(),
     [...expectedExports].sort(),
-    'provider.ts should export exactly the 6 expected functions (no extra function exports)',
+    'provider.ts should export exactly the 7 expected functions (no extra function exports)',
   )
 })