diff --git a/web/src/lib/api/_request.ts b/web/src/lib/api/_request.ts
index 2c6d16f0b..666ba670a 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/api/_request.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/api/_request.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 import { ClientResponseError, isXRPCErrorPayload, type XRPCErrorPayload } from "@atcute/client";
-import type { BobbinContext, QueryValue, XrpcRequestInit } from "$lib/api/client";
+import type { OAuthUserAgent } from "@atcute/oauth-browser-client";
+import {
+	createBobbinClient,
+	type BobbinContext,
+	type QueryValue,
+	type XrpcRequestInit
+} from "$lib/api/client";
+
+export const serviceUrlFor = (host: string): string =>
+	/^[a-z][a-z0-9+.-]*:\/\//i.test(host) ? host.replace(/\/+$/, "") : `https://${host}`;
+
+export const serviceClient = (agent: OAuthUserAgent, host: string): BobbinContext =>
+	createBobbinClient({ serviceUrl: serviceUrlFor(host), agent });
 
 export const buildUrl = (
 	origin: string,
diff --git a/web/src/lib/api/repoCreate.ts b/web/src/lib/api/repoCreate.ts
index 9500aea90..2c89fa712 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/api/repoCreate.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/api/repoCreate.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { ok } from "@atcute/client";
 import type { Cid, Did, Nsid, ResourceUri } from "@atcute/lexicons/syntax";
 import type { OAuthUserAgent } from "@atcute/oauth-browser-client";
 import { awaitIndexedRecord } from "$lib/api/awaitRecord";
+import { serviceUrlFor } from "$lib/api/_request";
 import { createBobbinClient, type BobbinContext } from "$lib/api/client";
 import { mainSchema as createRepoSchema } from "$lib/api/lexicons/types/sh/tangled/repo/create";
 import { mainSchema as deleteRepoSchema } from "$lib/api/lexicons/types/sh/tangled/repo/delete";
@@ -59,9 +60,6 @@ export const validateRepoName = (rawName: string): string => {
 	return rawName.endsWith(".git") ? rawName.slice(0, -4) : rawName;
 };
 
-export const knotServiceUrl = (knot: string): string =>
-	/^[a-z][a-z0-9+.-]*:\/\//i.test(knot) ? knot.replace(/\/+$/, "") : `https://${knot}`;
-
 const messageOf = (cause: unknown): string =>
 	cause instanceof Error ? cause.message : String(cause);
 
@@ -91,7 +89,7 @@ const deleteKnotRepo = async (
 	repoDid: Did
 ): Promise<string | null> => {
 	const ctx = createBobbinClient({
-		serviceUrl: knotServiceUrl(input.knot),
+		serviceUrl: serviceUrlFor(input.knot),
 		agent
 	});
 	let lastError = "unknown error";
@@ -128,7 +126,7 @@ const completeCreation = async (
 	let currentCid = initial.cid;
 	try {
 		const knot = createBobbinClient({
-			serviceUrl: knotServiceUrl(input.knot),
+			serviceUrl: serviceUrlFor(input.knot),
 			agent
 		});
 		const created = await ok(
diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/repo/RepoForkForm.svelte b/web/src/lib/components/repo/RepoForkForm.svelte
index 76e036866..07a64579d 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/repo/RepoForkForm.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/repo/RepoForkForm.svelte
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 	import GitFork from "$icon/git-fork";
-	import { createRepo, knotServiceUrl } from "$lib/api/repoCreate";
+	import { serviceUrlFor } from "$lib/api/_request";
+	import { createRepo } from "$lib/api/repoCreate";
 	import Card from "$lib/components/ui/Card.svelte";
 	import RepoCreationForm, {
 		type RepoCreationSubmit
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@
 			name: values.name.toLowerCase(),
 			source: {
 				record: repo.repoDid ?? repo.uri,
-				cloneUrl: `${knotServiceUrl(repo.knot)}/${sourceIdentifier}`
+				cloneUrl: `${serviceUrlFor(repo.knot)}/${sourceIdentifier}`
 			}
 		});
 	};