diff --git a/scripts/generate-manifest.js b/scripts/generate-manifest.js
index aa18c2ed..91619b28 100644
--- a/scripts/generate-manifest.js
+++ b/scripts/generate-manifest.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
+const { listModelFiles } = require('./utils');
 
 const SEARCH_ROOTS = ['Published', 'Examples', 'Tutorials'];
 
@@ -120,13 +121,6 @@ function listMetadataFiles(dir, results = []) {
   return results;
 }
 
-function listModelFiles(dir) {
-  return fs.readdirSync(dir, { withFileTypes: true })
-    .filter(entry => entry.isFile() && entry.name.endsWith('.bngl'))
-    .map(entry => entry.name)
-    .sort();
-}
-
 function buildEntry(root, metadata, metadataFile, modelFile, isCollection) {
   const modelDir = path.dirname(metadataFile);
   const relativeModelPath = path.relative(root, path.join(modelDir, modelFile)).replace(/\\/g, '/');
diff --git a/scripts/utils.js b/scripts/utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d0f4c2ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+function listModelFiles(dir) {
+  return fs.readdirSync(dir, { withFileTypes: true })
+    .filter((entry) => entry.isFile() && entry.name.endsWith('.bngl'))
+    .map((entry) => entry.name)
+    .sort();
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  listModelFiles
+};
diff --git a/scripts/validate-metadata.js b/scripts/validate-metadata.js
index c9fc04e8..f5189bca 100644
--- a/scripts/validate-metadata.js
+++ b/scripts/validate-metadata.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
+const { listModelFiles } = require('./utils');
 
 const SEARCH_ROOTS = ['Published', 'Examples', 'Tutorials'];
 const CATEGORY_VALUES = new Set([
@@ -136,13 +137,6 @@ function listMetadataFiles(dir, results = []) {
   return results;
 }
 
-function listModelFiles(dir) {
-  return fs.readdirSync(dir, { withFileTypes: true })
-    .filter((entry) => entry.isFile() && entry.name.endsWith('.bngl'))
-    .map((entry) => entry.name)
-    .sort();
-}
-
 function normalizeModelKey(value) {
   return String(value || '')
     .replace(/\.bngl$/i, '')