diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/ask-user-questions.ts b/src/resources/extensions/ask-user-questions.ts
index 7e01b52fc..1a37b3cef 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/ask-user-questions.ts
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/ask-user-questions.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  */
 
 import type { ExtensionAPI } from "@gsd/pi-coding-agent";
+import { sanitizeError } from "./shared/sanitize.js";
 import { Text } from "@gsd/pi-tui";
 import { Type } from "@sinclair/typebox";
 import {
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ function errorResult(
 	questions: Question[] = [],
 ): { content: { type: "text"; text: string }[]; details: AskUserQuestionsDetails } {
 	return {
-		content: [{ type: "text", text: message }],
+		content: [{ type: "text", text: sanitizeError(message) }],
 		details: { questions, response: null, cancelled: true },
 	};
 }
diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/gsd/tests/remote-questions.test.ts b/src/resources/extensions/gsd/tests/remote-questions.test.ts
index d4b8ec734..f5cb815cb 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/gsd/tests/remote-questions.test.ts
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/gsd/tests/remote-questions.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { join, dirname } from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import { parseSlackReply, parseDiscordResponse, formatForDiscord, formatForSlack, parseSlackReactionResponse, formatForTelegram, parseTelegramResponse } from "../../remote-questions/format.ts";
 import { resolveRemoteConfig, isValidChannelId } from "../../remote-questions/config.ts";
-import { sanitizeError } from "../../remote-questions/manager.ts";
+import { sanitizeError } from "../../shared/sanitize.ts";
 
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/remote-questions/manager.ts b/src/resources/extensions/remote-questions/manager.ts
index dd5b57bda..e9dd53cb7 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/remote-questions/manager.ts
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/remote-questions/manager.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { DiscordAdapter } from "./discord-adapter.js";
 import { SlackAdapter } from "./slack-adapter.js";
 import { TelegramAdapter } from "./telegram-adapter.js";
 import { createPromptRecord, writePromptRecord, markPromptAnswered, markPromptDispatched, markPromptStatus, updatePromptRecord } from "./store.js";
+import { sanitizeError } from "../shared/sanitize.js";
 
 interface ToolResult {
   content: Array<{ type: "text"; text: string }>;
@@ -177,23 +178,6 @@ function formatForTool(answer: RemoteAnswer): Record<string, { answers: string[]
   return out;
 }
 
-// Strip token-like strings from error messages before surfacing
-const TOKEN_PATTERNS = [
-  /xoxb-[A-Za-z0-9\-]+/g,    // Slack bot tokens
-  /xoxp-[A-Za-z0-9\-]+/g,    // Slack user tokens
-  /xoxa-[A-Za-z0-9\-]+/g,    // Slack app tokens
-  /\d{8,10}:[A-Za-z0-9_-]{35}/g, // Telegram bot tokens
-  /[A-Za-z0-9_\-.]{20,}/g,   // Long opaque secrets (Discord tokens, etc.)
-];
-
-export function sanitizeError(msg: string): string {
-  let sanitized = msg;
-  for (const pattern of TOKEN_PATTERNS) {
-    sanitized = sanitized.replace(pattern, "[REDACTED]");
-  }
-  return sanitized;
-}
-
 function errorResult(message: string, channel: string): ToolResult {
   return {
     content: [{ type: "text", text: sanitizeError(message) }],
diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/remote-questions/remote-command.ts b/src/resources/extensions/remote-questions/remote-command.ts
index d62cb7350..93ccfdeee 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/remote-questions/remote-command.ts
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/remote-questions/remote-command.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync } from "node:fs";
 import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
 import { getGlobalGSDPreferencesPath, loadEffectiveGSDPreferences } from "../gsd/preferences.js";
 import { getRemoteConfigStatus, isValidChannelId, resolveRemoteConfig } from "./config.js";
-import { sanitizeError } from "./manager.js";
+import { sanitizeError } from "../shared/sanitize.js";
 import { getLatestPromptSummary } from "./status.js";
 
 export async function handleRemote(
diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/shared/sanitize.ts b/src/resources/extensions/shared/sanitize.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9aa6eec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/shared/sanitize.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/**
+ * Sanitize error messages by redacting token-like strings before surfacing.
+ */
+
+const TOKEN_PATTERNS = [
+  /xoxb-[A-Za-z0-9\-]+/g,    // Slack bot tokens
+  /xoxp-[A-Za-z0-9\-]+/g,    // Slack user tokens
+  /xoxa-[A-Za-z0-9\-]+/g,    // Slack app tokens
+  /\d{8,10}:[A-Za-z0-9_-]{35}/g, // Telegram bot tokens
+  /[A-Za-z0-9_\-.]{20,}/g,   // Long opaque secrets (Discord tokens, etc.)
+];
+
+export function sanitizeError(msg: string): string {
+  let sanitized = msg;
+  for (const pattern of TOKEN_PATTERNS) {
+    sanitized = sanitized.replace(pattern, "[REDACTED]");
+  }
+  return sanitized;
+}