diff --git a/src/discord/resolve-allowlist-common.test.ts b/src/discord/resolve-allowlist-common.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..338fae1bd0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/discord/resolve-allowlist-common.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import {
+  buildDiscordUnresolvedResults,
+  filterDiscordGuilds,
+  findDiscordGuildByName,
+  resolveDiscordAllowlistToken,
+} from "./resolve-allowlist-common.js";
+
+describe("resolve-allowlist-common", () => {
+  const guilds = [
+    { id: "1", name: "Main Guild", slug: "main-guild" },
+    { id: "2", name: "Ops Guild", slug: "ops-guild" },
+  ];
+
+  it("resolves and filters guilds by id or name", () => {
+    expect(findDiscordGuildByName(guilds, "Main Guild")?.id).toBe("1");
+    expect(filterDiscordGuilds(guilds, { guildId: "2" })).toEqual([guilds[1]]);
+    expect(filterDiscordGuilds(guilds, { guildName: "main-guild" })).toEqual([guilds[0]]);
+  });
+
+  it("builds unresolved result rows in input order", () => {
+    const unresolved = buildDiscordUnresolvedResults(["a", "b"], (input) => ({
+      input,
+      resolved: false,
+    }));
+    expect(unresolved).toEqual([
+      { input: "a", resolved: false },
+      { input: "b", resolved: false },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("normalizes allowlist token values", () => {
+    expect(resolveDiscordAllowlistToken(" discord-token ")).toBe("discord-token");
+    expect(resolveDiscordAllowlistToken("")).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/discord/resolve-allowlist-common.ts b/src/discord/resolve-allowlist-common.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9831e390002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/discord/resolve-allowlist-common.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import type { DiscordGuildSummary } from "./guilds.js";
+import { normalizeDiscordSlug } from "./monitor/allow-list.js";
+import { normalizeDiscordToken } from "./token.js";
+
+export function resolveDiscordAllowlistToken(token: string): string | undefined {
+  return normalizeDiscordToken(token, "channels.discord.token");
+}
+
+export function buildDiscordUnresolvedResults<T extends { input: string; resolved: boolean }>(
+  entries: string[],
+  buildResult: (input: string) => T,
+): T[] {
+  return entries.map((input) => buildResult(input));
+}
+
+export function findDiscordGuildByName(
+  guilds: DiscordGuildSummary[],
+  input: string,
+): DiscordGuildSummary | undefined {
+  const slug = normalizeDiscordSlug(input);
+  if (!slug) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  return guilds.find((guild) => guild.slug === slug);
+}
+
+export function filterDiscordGuilds(
+  guilds: DiscordGuildSummary[],
+  params: { guildId?: string; guildName?: string },
+): DiscordGuildSummary[] {
+  if (params.guildId) {
+    return guilds.filter((guild) => guild.id === params.guildId);
+  }
+  if (params.guildName) {
+    const match = findDiscordGuildByName(guilds, params.guildName);
+    return match ? [match] : [];
+  }
+  return guilds;
+}
diff --git a/src/discord/resolve-channels.ts b/src/discord/resolve-channels.ts
index ba7fbcdf8d5..b881a73b8b1 100644
--- a/src/discord/resolve-channels.ts
+++ b/src/discord/resolve-channels.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import { DiscordApiError, fetchDiscord } from "./api.js";
-import { listGuilds, type DiscordGuildSummary } from "./guilds.js";
+import { listGuilds } from "./guilds.js";
 import { normalizeDiscordSlug } from "./monitor/allow-list.js";
-import { normalizeDiscordToken } from "./token.js";
+import {
+  buildDiscordUnresolvedResults,
+  filterDiscordGuilds,
+  resolveDiscordAllowlistToken,
+} from "./resolve-allowlist-common.js";
 
 type DiscordChannelSummary = {
   id: string;
@@ -146,25 +150,14 @@ function preferActiveMatch(candidates: DiscordChannelSummary[]): DiscordChannelS
   return scored[0]?.channel ?? candidates[0];
 }
 
-function resolveGuildByName(
-  guilds: DiscordGuildSummary[],
-  input: string,
-): DiscordGuildSummary | undefined {
-  const slug = normalizeDiscordSlug(input);
-  if (!slug) {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-  return guilds.find((guild) => guild.slug === slug);
-}
-
 export async function resolveDiscordChannelAllowlist(params: {
   token: string;
   entries: string[];
   fetcher?: typeof fetch;
 }): Promise<DiscordChannelResolution[]> {
-  const token = normalizeDiscordToken(params.token, "channels.discord.token");
+  const token = resolveDiscordAllowlistToken(params.token);
   if (!token) {
-    return params.entries.map((input) => ({
+    return buildDiscordUnresolvedResults(params.entries, (input) => ({
       input,
       resolved: false,
     }));
@@ -187,11 +180,10 @@ export async function resolveDiscordChannelAllowlist(params: {
   for (const input of params.entries) {
     const parsed = parseDiscordChannelInput(input);
     if (parsed.guildOnly) {
-      const guildById = parsed.guildId
-        ? guilds.find((entry) => entry.id === parsed.guildId)
-        : undefined;
-      const guild =
-        guildById ?? (parsed.guild ? resolveGuildByName(guilds, parsed.guild) : undefined);
+      const guild = filterDiscordGuilds(guilds, {
+        guildId: parsed.guildId,
+        guildName: parsed.guild,
+      })[0];
       if (guild) {
         results.push({
           input,
@@ -277,11 +269,10 @@ export async function resolveDiscordChannelAllowlist(params: {
     }
 
     if (parsed.guildId || parsed.guild) {
-      const guildById = parsed.guildId
-        ? guilds.find((entry) => entry.id === parsed.guildId)
-        : undefined;
-      const guild =
-        guildById ?? (parsed.guild ? resolveGuildByName(guilds, parsed.guild) : undefined);
+      const guild = filterDiscordGuilds(guilds, {
+        guildId: parsed.guildId,
+        guildName: parsed.guild,
+      })[0];
       const channelQuery = parsed.channel?.trim();
       if (!guild || !channelQuery) {
         results.push({
diff --git a/src/discord/resolve-users.ts b/src/discord/resolve-users.ts
index 3d3b99a89c6..d71edf6234f 100644
--- a/src/discord/resolve-users.ts
+++ b/src/discord/resolve-users.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import { fetchDiscord } from "./api.js";
 import { listGuilds, type DiscordGuildSummary } from "./guilds.js";
-import { normalizeDiscordSlug } from "./monitor/allow-list.js";
-import { normalizeDiscordToken } from "./token.js";
+import {
+  buildDiscordUnresolvedResults,
+  filterDiscordGuilds,
+  resolveDiscordAllowlistToken,
+} from "./resolve-allowlist-common.js";
 
 type DiscordUser = {
   id: string;
@@ -80,9 +83,9 @@ export async function resolveDiscordUserAllowlist(params: {
   entries: string[];
   fetcher?: typeof fetch;
 }): Promise<DiscordUserResolution[]> {
-  const token = normalizeDiscordToken(params.token, "channels.discord.token");
+  const token = resolveDiscordAllowlistToken(params.token);
   if (!token) {
-    return params.entries.map((input) => ({
+    return buildDiscordUnresolvedResults(params.entries, (input) => ({
       input,
       resolved: false,
     }));
@@ -119,13 +122,11 @@ export async function resolveDiscordUserAllowlist(params: {
       continue;
     }
 
-    const guildName = parsed.guildName?.trim();
     const allGuilds = await getGuilds();
-    const guildList = parsed.guildId
-      ? allGuilds.filter((g) => g.id === parsed.guildId)
-      : guildName
-        ? allGuilds.filter((g) => g.slug === normalizeDiscordSlug(guildName))
-        : allGuilds;
+    const guildList = filterDiscordGuilds(allGuilds, {
+      guildId: parsed.guildId,
+      guildName: parsed.guildName?.trim(),
+    });
 
     let best: { member: DiscordMember; guild: DiscordGuildSummary; score: number } | null = null;
     let matches = 0;