share utility for loading textensions

Author: rcholic

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@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 from playwright.sync_api import BrowserContext, Page, Playwright, sync_playwright
 
+from sentience._extension_loader import find_extension_path
 from sentience.models import ProxyConfig, StorageState
 
 # Import stealth for bot evasion (optional - graceful fallback if not available)
@@ -156,28 +157,8 @@ def _parse_proxy(self, proxy_string: str) -> ProxyConfig | None:
 
     def start(self) -> None:
         """Launch browser with extension loaded"""
-        # Get extension source path (relative to project root/package)
-        # Handle both development (src/) and installed package cases
-
-        # 1. Try relative to this file (installed package structure)
-        # sentience/browser.py -> sentience/extension/
-        package_ext_path = Path(__file__).parent / "extension"
-
-        # 2. Try development root (if running from source repo)
-        # sentience/browser.py -> ../sentience-chrome
-        dev_ext_path = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent / "sentience-chrome"
-
-        if package_ext_path.exists() and (package_ext_path / "manifest.json").exists():
-            extension_source = package_ext_path
-        elif dev_ext_path.exists() and (dev_ext_path / "manifest.json").exists():
-            extension_source = dev_ext_path
-        else:
-            raise FileNotFoundError(
-                f"Extension not found. Checked:\n"
-                f"1. {package_ext_path}\n"
-                f"2. {dev_ext_path}\n"
-                "Make sure the extension is built and 'sentience/extension' directory exists."
-            )
+        # Get extension source path using shared utility
+        extension_source = find_extension_path()
 
         # Create temporary extension bundle
         # We copy it to a temp dir to avoid file locking issues and ensure clean state