diff --git a/mobile/src/tasks/mobile-task-search.test.ts b/mobile/src/tasks/mobile-task-search.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a6a3163eddc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/src/tasks/mobile-task-search.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+vi.mock('./mobile-tasks-dependencies', () => ({ colors: {} }))
+
+import {
+  githubKindFromQuery,
+  scopeGitHubTaskSearch,
+  normalizeGitHubPreset,
+  getTaskPresetQuery
+} from './mobile-tasks-item-mapping'
+
+describe('mobile task search parity', () => {
+  it('lets an explicit issue query override a saved PR preset', () => {
+    for (const preset of ['prs', 'my-prs', 'review'] as const) {
+      expect(githubKindFromQuery('is:issue is:open', preset)).toBe('issues')
+      expect(githubKindFromQuery('is:"issue" is:open', preset)).toBe('issues')
+      expect(scopeGitHubTaskSearch('is:issue is:open', 'prs')).toBe('is:issue is:open')
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('preserves the pull-request alias while browsing issues', () => {
+    expect(scopeGitHubTaskSearch('is:pull-request is:open', 'issues')).toBe(
+      'is:pull-request is:open'
+    )
+    expect(githubKindFromQuery('is:pull-request is:open', 'issues')).toBe('prs')
+  })
+
+  it('opens the PR tab for draft and review searches', () => {
+    for (const query of ['is:draft', 'reviewed-by:@me', 'review-requested:@me', 'is:merged']) {
+      expect(githubKindFromQuery(query, 'issues')).toBe('prs')
+      expect(scopeGitHubTaskSearch(query, 'issues')).toBe(`is:pr ${query}`)
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('does not read scope qualifiers out of labels or quoted search text', () => {
+    expect(scopeGitHubTaskSearch('label:is:pr', 'issues')).toBe('is:issue label:is:pr')
+    expect(scopeGitHubTaskSearch('"is:pull-request"', 'issues')).toBe('is:issue "is:pull-request"')
+    expect(githubKindFromQuery('"is:pr"', 'issues')).toBe('issues')
+    expect(scopeGitHubTaskSearch('is:"pr"', 'issues')).toBe('is:"pr"')
+  })
+
+  it('uses the current split-tab fallback for a legacy all preset', () => {
+    const preset = normalizeGitHubPreset('all')
+    expect(preset).toBe('issues')
+    expect(getTaskPresetQuery(preset)).toBe('is:issue is:open')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/mobile/src/tasks/mobile-tasks-item-mapping.ts b/mobile/src/tasks/mobile-tasks-item-mapping.ts
index d98a5b4c4de..e970365b004 100644
--- a/mobile/src/tasks/mobile-tasks-item-mapping.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/tasks/mobile-tasks-item-mapping.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import { getGitHubTaskKind } from '../../../src/shared/task-github-search'
+export { scopeGitHubTaskSearch } from '../../../src/shared/task-github-search'
+export { getTaskPresetQuery } from '../../../src/shared/task-preset-query'
 import {
   type RpcSuccess,
   type TaskProvider,
@@ -44,22 +47,6 @@ export function formatUpdatedAt(value: string): string {
   return `${Math.floor(hours / 24)}d`
 }
 
-export function getTaskPresetQuery(preset: GitHubPreset): string {
-  switch (preset) {
-    case 'my-issues':
-      return 'assignee:@me is:issue is:open'
-    case 'prs':
-      return 'is:pr is:open'
-    case 'my-prs':
-      return 'author:@me is:pr is:open'
-    case 'review':
-      return 'review-requested:@me is:pr is:open'
-    case 'issues':
-    default:
-      return 'is:issue is:open'
-  }
-}
-
 export function isTaskProvider(value: unknown): value is TaskProvider {
   return value === 'github' || value === 'gitlab' || value === 'linear'
 }
@@ -81,15 +68,7 @@ export function normalizeLinearFilter(value: unknown): LinearFilter {
 }
 
 export function githubKindFromQuery(query: string, fallbackPreset: GitHubPreset): GitHubTaskKind {
-  if (/\bis:pr\b/i.test(query)) {
-    return 'prs'
-  }
-  if (/\bis:issue\b/i.test(query)) {
-    return 'issues'
-  }
-  return fallbackPreset === 'prs' || fallbackPreset === 'my-prs' || fallbackPreset === 'review'
-    ? 'prs'
-    : 'issues'
+  return getGitHubTaskKind(fallbackPreset, query)
 }
 
 export function projectRowType(row: GitHubProjectRow): 'issue' | 'pr' | null {
@@ -164,17 +143,6 @@ export function projectRowStatusLabel(row: GitHubProjectRow): string {
   return 'Open'
 }
 
-export function scopeGitHubTaskSearch(query: string, kind: GitHubTaskKind): string {
-  const trimmed = query.trim()
-  if (!trimmed) {
-    return getTaskPresetQuery(kind === 'prs' ? 'prs' : 'issues')
-  }
-  if (/\bis:(?:issue|pr)\b/i.test(trimmed)) {
-    return trimmed
-  }
-  return `${kind === 'prs' ? 'is:pr' : 'is:issue'} ${trimmed}`
-}
-
 export function gitHubStatusLabel(item: GitHubWorkItem): string {
   if (item.state === 'merged') {
     return 'Merged'
diff --git a/mobile/src/test-support/rpc-recording/operation-module-loader.test.ts b/mobile/src/test-support/rpc-recording/operation-module-loader.test.ts
index d4aea1cf8bd..c6daf793276 100644
--- a/mobile/src/test-support/rpc-recording/operation-module-loader.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/test-support/rpc-recording/operation-module-loader.test.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,21 @@ afterAll(() => {
 })
 
 describe('the mounted module loader', () => {
+  it('follows named reexports reached through the task foundation barrel', () => {
+    const modules = loaderOver({
+      'mobile-tasks-legacy-foundation.tsx': `export * from './mapping'`,
+      'mapping.ts': `export { run as search } from './operation'; export type { Missing } from './missing'`,
+      'operation.ts': `export const run = (query: string) => 'is:pr ' + query`
+    })
+    const foundation = modules.load<{ search: (query: string) => string }>(
+      'mobile/src/mobile-tasks-legacy-foundation.tsx'
+    )
+    expect(foundation.search('is:open')).toBe('is:pr is:open')
+    expect(() => modules.load('mobile/src/mobile-tasks-legacy-foundation.tsx').Missing).toThrow(
+      'Unmapped barrel export: Missing'
+    )
+  })
+
   it('reuses code without sharing exports, module state, mounting dependencies or effects', () => {
     const root = sourceTree({
       'state.ts': `
diff --git a/mobile/src/test-support/rpc-recording/operation-module-loader.ts b/mobile/src/test-support/rpc-recording/operation-module-loader.ts
index ae0ec820b51..4f84012a073 100644
--- a/mobile/src/test-support/rpc-recording/operation-module-loader.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/test-support/rpc-recording/operation-module-loader.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,19 @@ export function operationModuleLoader(
               if (
                 new RegExp(`export (?:async )?(?:function|const|class) ${String(key)}\\b`).test(
                   text
-                )
+                ) ||
+                ts
+                  .createSourceFile(target, text, ts.ScriptTarget.Latest, true)
+                  .statements.some(
+                    (entry) =>
+                      ts.isExportDeclaration(entry) &&
+                      !entry.isTypeOnly &&
+                      entry.exportClause &&
+                      ts.isNamedExports(entry.exportClause) &&
+                      entry.exportClause.elements.some(
+                        (binding) => binding.name.text === key && !binding.isTypeOnly
+                      )
+                  )
               ) {
                 return load(target)[String(key)]
               }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/task-page-github-task-kind.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/task-page-github-task-kind.test.ts
index 3fd62e6619c..cd56ef3e87b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/task-page-github-task-kind.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/task-page-github-task-kind.test.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ describe('normalizeGitHubTaskPreset', () => {
 })
 
 describe('getGitHubTaskKind', () => {
+  it('lets an explicit issue query override a PR-focused preset', () => {
+    for (const preset of ['prs', 'my-prs', 'review'] as const) {
+      expect(getGitHubTaskKind(preset, 'is:issue is:open')).toBe('issues')
+      expect(getGitHubTaskKind(preset, 'is:"issue"')).toBe('issues')
+      expect(getGitHubTaskKind(preset, 'label:is:issue')).toBe('prs')
+    }
+  })
+
   it('reports prs when the preset is PR-focused', () => {
     expect(getGitHubTaskKind('review', '')).toBe('prs')
   })
@@ -125,7 +133,7 @@ describe('scopeGitHubTaskSearch', () => {
   it('lets a parsed issue scope override the caller kind', () => {
     // characterization: quoting hides `is:issue` from the literal-scope regex but
     // not from the tokenizer, so the parsed issue scope beats the prs caller kind.
-    expect(scopeGitHubTaskSearch('is:"issue"', 'prs')).toBe('is:issue is:"issue"')
+    expect(scopeGitHubTaskSearch('is:"issue"', 'prs')).toBe('is:"issue"')
   })
 
   it('re-prefixes a merged-state query with the caller kind', () => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/task-page-github-task-kind.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/task-page-github-task-kind.ts
index ab1b59bf896..c540cb303bd 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/task-page-github-task-kind.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/task-page-github-task-kind.ts
@@ -1,47 +1,7 @@
-import { getTaskPresetQuery } from '../../../shared/task-preset-query'
-import { parseTaskQuery } from '../../../shared/task-query'
-import type { TaskViewPresetId } from '../../../shared/ui-chrome-types'
-import type { GitHubTaskKind } from '@/components/task-page-localized-options'
-
-export function isPRFocusedTaskView(preset: TaskViewPresetId | null, query: string): boolean {
-  if (preset === 'prs' || preset === 'my-prs' || preset === 'review') {
-    return true
-  }
-  const parsed = parseTaskQuery(query)
-  return (
-    parsed.scope === 'pr' ||
-    parsed.state === 'merged' ||
-    parsed.draft ||
-    parsed.reviewRequested !== null ||
-    parsed.reviewedBy !== null
-  )
-}
-
-export function normalizeGitHubTaskPreset(
-  preset: TaskViewPresetId | null | undefined
-): TaskViewPresetId {
-  // Why: the split Issues/PRs tabs dropped the mixed "All" view, so legacy saved defaults land on the first tab instead of mixing rows.
-  return !preset || preset === 'all' ? 'issues' : preset
-}
-
-export function getGitHubTaskKind(preset: TaskViewPresetId | null, query: string): GitHubTaskKind {
-  return isPRFocusedTaskView(preset, query) ? 'prs' : 'issues'
-}
-
-export function getDefaultPresetForGitHubTaskKind(kind: GitHubTaskKind): TaskViewPresetId {
-  return kind === 'prs' ? 'prs' : 'issues'
-}
-
-export function scopeGitHubTaskSearch(query: string, kind: GitHubTaskKind): string {
-  const trimmed = query.trim()
-  if (!trimmed) {
-    return getTaskPresetQuery(getDefaultPresetForGitHubTaskKind(kind))
-  }
-  if (/\bis:(?:issue|pr|pull-request)\b/i.test(trimmed)) {
-    return trimmed
-  }
-  const parsed = parseTaskQuery(trimmed)
-  // Why: the issue arm still fires for quoted forms like is:"issue" that the literal regex above misses.
-  const inferredKind = parsed.scope === 'pr' ? 'prs' : parsed.scope === 'issue' ? 'issues' : kind
-  return `${inferredKind === 'prs' ? 'is:pr' : 'is:issue'} ${trimmed}`
-}
+export {
+  getDefaultPresetForGitHubTaskKind,
+  getGitHubTaskKind,
+  isPRFocusedTaskView,
+  normalizeGitHubTaskPreset,
+  scopeGitHubTaskSearch
+} from '../../../shared/task-github-search'
diff --git a/src/shared/task-github-search.ts b/src/shared/task-github-search.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..80db3e43496
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/task-github-search.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { getTaskPresetQuery } from './task-preset-query'
+import { hasExplicitTaskScope, parseTaskQuery } from './task-query'
+import type { TaskViewPresetId } from './ui-chrome-types'
+export type GitHubTaskKind = 'issues' | 'prs'
+
+export function isPRFocusedTaskView(preset: TaskViewPresetId | null, query: string): boolean {
+  const parsed = parseTaskQuery(query)
+  if (parsed.scope === 'issue') {
+    return false
+  }
+  if (preset === 'prs' || preset === 'my-prs' || preset === 'review') {
+    return true
+  }
+  return (
+    parsed.scope === 'pr' ||
+    parsed.state === 'merged' ||
+    parsed.draft ||
+    parsed.reviewRequested !== null ||
+    parsed.reviewedBy !== null
+  )
+}
+
+export function normalizeGitHubTaskPreset(
+  preset: TaskViewPresetId | null | undefined
+): TaskViewPresetId {
+  // Why: the split Issues/PRs tabs dropped the mixed "All" view, so legacy saved defaults land on the first tab instead of mixing rows.
+  return !preset || preset === 'all' ? 'issues' : preset
+}
+
+export function getGitHubTaskKind(preset: TaskViewPresetId | null, query: string): GitHubTaskKind {
+  return isPRFocusedTaskView(preset, query) ? 'prs' : 'issues'
+}
+
+export function getDefaultPresetForGitHubTaskKind(kind: GitHubTaskKind): TaskViewPresetId {
+  return kind === 'prs' ? 'prs' : 'issues'
+}
+
+export function scopeGitHubTaskSearch(query: string, kind: GitHubTaskKind): string {
+  const trimmed = query.trim()
+  if (!trimmed) {
+    return getTaskPresetQuery(getDefaultPresetForGitHubTaskKind(kind))
+  }
+  if (hasExplicitTaskScope(trimmed)) {
+    return trimmed
+  }
+  const parsed = parseTaskQuery(trimmed)
+  const inferredKind = parsed.scope === 'pr' ? 'prs' : parsed.scope === 'issue' ? 'issues' : kind
+  return `${inferredKind === 'prs' ? 'is:pr' : 'is:issue'} ${trimmed}`
+}
diff --git a/src/shared/task-query.test.ts b/src/shared/task-query.test.ts
index 874079a7e16..11424c5a90b 100644
--- a/src/shared/task-query.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/task-query.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import {
+  hasExplicitTaskScope,
   parseTaskQuery,
   serializeTaskQuery,
   stripRepoQualifiers,
@@ -36,6 +37,21 @@ describe('tokenizeSearchQuery', () => {
   })
 })
 
+describe('hasExplicitTaskScope', () => {
+  it('recognizes scope qualifiers and their quoted values', () => {
+    for (const query of ['is:issue', 'IS:PR', 'is:pull-request', 'is:"pr"']) {
+      expect(hasExplicitTaskScope(query)).toBe(true)
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('keeps quoted phrases and values of other qualifiers as search text', () => {
+    for (const query of ['"is:pr"', "'is:issue'", 'label:is:pr', 'title:"is:pull-request"']) {
+      expect(hasExplicitTaskScope(query)).toBe(false)
+      expect(parseTaskQuery(query).scope).toBe('all')
+    }
+  })
+})
+
 describe('parseTaskQuery', () => {
   it('returns defaults for an empty query', () => {
     const parsed = parseTaskQuery('')
diff --git a/src/shared/task-query.ts b/src/shared/task-query.ts
index cd2c921d66c..03db4263e31 100644
--- a/src/shared/task-query.ts
+++ b/src/shared/task-query.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ export function tokenizeSearchQuery(rawQuery: string): string[] {
   return tokenizeSearchQueryWithRaw(rawQuery).map((token) => token.value)
 }
 
+export function hasExplicitTaskScope(rawQuery: string): boolean {
+  return tokenizeSearchQueryWithRaw(rawQuery).some(
+    ({ value, raw }) => /^is:/i.test(raw) && /^is:(?:issue|pr|pull-request)$/i.test(value)
+  )
+}
+
 export function parseTaskQuery(rawQuery: string): ParsedTaskQuery {
   const query: ParsedTaskQuery = {
     scope: 'all',
@@ -71,6 +77,10 @@ export function parseTaskQuery(rawQuery: string): ParsedTaskQuery {
   let sawIssueScope = false
   let sawPRScope = false
   for (const { value: token, raw } of tokenizeSearchQueryWithRaw(rawQuery.trim())) {
+    if (raw.startsWith('"') || raw.startsWith("'")) {
+      freeTextTokens.push(raw)
+      continue
+    }
     const normalized = token.toLowerCase()
     if (normalized === 'is:issue') {
       sawIssueScope = true