diff --git a/packages/gittensory-engine/src/index.ts b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/index.ts
index 617d471a1c..1b98555235 100644
--- a/packages/gittensory-engine/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/index.ts
@@ -255,6 +255,14 @@ export {
 // Issue-centric RAG query composition (#2320, extracted in #4254): the pure query builder + the shared
 // minimum-query floor; the Vectorize/D1 retrieval backend intentionally stays in the backend.
 export { MIN_QUERY_CHARS, buildIssueRagQuery, type IssueRagQueryInput } from "./issue-rag-query.js";
+// #782 deterministic local scorer (extracted in #4253): pure token-scoring from changed-file metadata,
+// shared by the published CLIs and the hosted Worker. The Node-coupled local-branch.ts stays in the backend.
+export {
+  computeLocalScorerTokens,
+  type LocalScorerChangedFile,
+  type LocalScorerValidation,
+  type LocalScorerResult,
+} from "./local-scorer.js";
 export {
   buildPredictedGateVerdict,
   predictedGateNote,
diff --git a/packages/gittensory-engine/src/local-scorer.ts b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/local-scorer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..daf4b9dcaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gittensory-engine/src/local-scorer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// #782 deterministic local scorer, extracted from src/signals/local-scorer.ts (#4253) so the published
+// gittensory-mcp / gittensory-miner CLIs and the hosted Worker share one implementation. Replicates the
+// gittensor-root token-scoring view from changed-file METADATA (paths + line counts) — never source content,
+// so the no-upload boundary holds and it runs in every surface. It mirrors buildScorePreview's
+// source/test/non-code classification, so feeding its output back in as `localScorer` (mode external_command)
+// flips the preview off metadata-only with numbers it would otherwise have derived itself.
+//
+// The 3 dependent type shapes are narrowly duplicated here (the issue explicitly allows this) rather than
+// moving the large, Node-coupled local-branch.ts; they are structurally identical to local-branch.ts's
+// definitions. isCodeFile/isTestPath are the same portable classifiers local-branch.ts already delegates to.
+
+import { isCodeFile, isTestPath } from "./signals/test-evidence.js";
+
+export type LocalScorerChangedFile = {
+  path: string;
+  previousPath?: string | undefined;
+  additions?: number | undefined;
+  deletions?: number | undefined;
+  status?: "added" | "modified" | "deleted" | "renamed" | "copied" | "unknown" | undefined;
+  binary?: boolean | undefined;
+};
+
+export type LocalScorerValidation = {
+  command: string;
+  status: "passed" | "failed" | "not_run" | "skipped" | "focused" | "unknown";
+  summary?: string | undefined;
+  durationMs?: number | undefined;
+  exitCode?: number | undefined;
+};
+
+export type LocalScorerResult = {
+  mode: "metadata_only" | "external_command" | "gittensor_root";
+  activeModel?: string | undefined;
+  sourceTokenScore?: number | undefined;
+  totalTokenScore?: number | undefined;
+  sourceLines?: number | undefined;
+  testTokenScore?: number | undefined;
+  nonCodeTokenScore?: number | undefined;
+  warnings?: string[] | undefined;
+};
+
+const fileLines = (file: LocalScorerChangedFile): number => Math.max(0, file.additions ?? 0) + Math.max(0, file.deletions ?? 0);
+
+/**
+ * Compute token scores from changed-file metadata + the local validation results. `isCodeFile` already excludes
+ * tests, so source / test / non-code are disjoint. Binary files carry no token value and are dropped. A failed
+ * validation does not change the scores (they describe the diff) but is surfaced as a warning. Pure.
+ */
+export function computeLocalScorerTokens(input: { changedFiles: LocalScorerChangedFile[]; validation?: LocalScorerValidation[] | undefined }): LocalScorerResult {
+  const files = input.changedFiles.filter((file) => !file.binary);
+  const testTokenScore = files.filter((file) => isTestPath(file.path)).reduce((sum, file) => sum + fileLines(file), 0);
+  const sourceTokenScore = files.filter((file) => isCodeFile(file.path)).reduce((sum, file) => sum + fileLines(file), 0);
+  const totalTokenScore = files.reduce((sum, file) => sum + fileLines(file), 0);
+  const nonCodeTokenScore = Math.max(0, totalTokenScore - sourceTokenScore - testTokenScore);
+  const failed = (input.validation ?? []).some((entry) => entry.status === "failed");
+  const warnings = failed ? ["Local validation reported failures — token scores describe the diff, not a passing build."] : [];
+  return {
+    mode: "external_command",
+    activeModel: "gittensory-deterministic",
+    sourceTokenScore,
+    totalTokenScore,
+    sourceLines: Math.max(1, sourceTokenScore || totalTokenScore || 1),
+    testTokenScore,
+    nonCodeTokenScore,
+    ...(warnings.length > 0 ? { warnings } : {}),
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/gittensory-engine/test/local-scorer.test.ts b/packages/gittensory-engine/test/local-scorer.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..501a21c740
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gittensory-engine/test/local-scorer.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { test } from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+
+import { computeLocalScorerTokens } from "../dist/index.js";
+
+test("barrel: the public entrypoint re-exports computeLocalScorerTokens", () => {
+  assert.equal(typeof computeLocalScorerTokens, "function");
+});
+
+test("classifies source / test / non-code disjointly from changed-file metadata", () => {
+  const r = computeLocalScorerTokens({
+    changedFiles: [
+      { path: "src/a.ts", additions: 10, deletions: 2 }, // source: 12
+      { path: "src/a.test.ts", additions: 5, deletions: 1 }, // test: 6
+      { path: "README.md", additions: 4, deletions: 0 }, // non-code: 4
+    ],
+  });
+  assert.equal(r.mode, "external_command");
+  assert.equal(r.activeModel, "gittensory-deterministic");
+  assert.equal(r.sourceTokenScore, 12);
+  assert.equal(r.testTokenScore, 6);
+  assert.equal(r.nonCodeTokenScore, 4);
+  assert.equal(r.totalTokenScore, 22);
+  assert.equal(r.warnings, undefined);
+});
+
+test("drops binary files and floors sourceLines at 1", () => {
+  const r = computeLocalScorerTokens({ changedFiles: [{ path: "img.png", additions: 999, binary: true }] });
+  assert.equal(r.totalTokenScore, 0);
+  assert.equal(r.sourceLines, 1);
+});
+
+test("surfaces a warning when a validation entry failed, without changing scores", () => {
+  const r = computeLocalScorerTokens({
+    changedFiles: [{ path: "src/a.ts", additions: 3 }],
+    validation: [{ command: "npm test", status: "failed" }],
+  });
+  assert.equal(r.sourceTokenScore, 3);
+  assert.ok(r.warnings && r.warnings.length === 1);
+});
diff --git a/src/signals/local-scorer.ts b/src/signals/local-scorer.ts
index ef4d706b70..9cbe70bf29 100644
--- a/src/signals/local-scorer.ts
+++ b/src/signals/local-scorer.ts
@@ -1,34 +1,6 @@
-import { isCodeFile, isTestFile, type LocalBranchChangedFile, type LocalBranchScorer, type LocalBranchValidation } from "./local-branch";
-
-// #782 deterministic local scorer. Replicates the gittensor-root token-scoring view from changed-file METADATA
-// (paths + line counts) — never source content, so the no-upload boundary holds and it runs in every surface
-// (stdio package AND hosted Worker). It mirrors buildScorePreview's source/test/non-code classification, so
-// feeding its output back in as `localScorer` (mode external_command) flips the preview off metadata-only with
-// numbers it would otherwise have derived itself — closing the "miner runs the scorer manually" gap.
-
-const fileLines = (file: LocalBranchChangedFile): number => Math.max(0, file.additions ?? 0) + Math.max(0, file.deletions ?? 0);
-
-/**
- * Compute token scores from changed-file metadata + the local validation results. `isCodeFile` already excludes
- * tests, so source / test / non-code are disjoint. Binary files carry no token value and are dropped. A failed
- * validation does not change the scores (they describe the diff) but is surfaced as a warning. Pure.
- */
-export function computeLocalScorerTokens(input: { changedFiles: LocalBranchChangedFile[]; validation?: LocalBranchValidation[] | undefined }): LocalBranchScorer {
-  const files = input.changedFiles.filter((file) => !file.binary);
-  const testTokenScore = files.filter((file) => isTestFile(file.path)).reduce((sum, file) => sum + fileLines(file), 0);
-  const sourceTokenScore = files.filter((file) => isCodeFile(file.path)).reduce((sum, file) => sum + fileLines(file), 0);
-  const totalTokenScore = files.reduce((sum, file) => sum + fileLines(file), 0);
-  const nonCodeTokenScore = Math.max(0, totalTokenScore - sourceTokenScore - testTokenScore);
-  const failed = (input.validation ?? []).some((entry) => entry.status === "failed");
-  const warnings = failed ? ["Local validation reported failures — token scores describe the diff, not a passing build."] : [];
-  return {
-    mode: "external_command",
-    activeModel: "gittensory-deterministic",
-    sourceTokenScore,
-    totalTokenScore,
-    sourceLines: Math.max(1, sourceTokenScore || totalTokenScore || 1),
-    testTokenScore,
-    nonCodeTokenScore,
-    ...(warnings.length > 0 ? { warnings } : {}),
-  };
-}
+// #782 deterministic local scorer — extracted to `@jsonbored/gittensory-engine` (#4253) so the published
+// gittensory-mcp / gittensory-miner CLIs and the hosted Worker import the identical, versioned scoring logic
+// instead of drifting. The Vectorize/Node-coupled local-branch.ts is intentionally NOT moved; this shim only
+// re-exports the pure scorer. packages/gittensory-engine/src/local-scorer.ts (imported via relative source
+// path, matching the #2278/#2282/#4254 extraction shims) is the source of truth.
+export { computeLocalScorerTokens } from "../../packages/gittensory-engine/src/local-scorer";