diff --git a/codex-rs/agent-message-board-host/src/lib.rs b/codex-rs/agent-message-board-host/src/lib.rs
index bffc8dee78..fc60220721 100644
--- a/codex-rs/agent-message-board-host/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/agent-message-board-host/src/lib.rs
@@ -230,24 +230,11 @@ impl MessageBoardHost for LocalBoardHost {
                 Err(error) => return Err(error),
             };
             let recipient_path = self.registered_path(&recipient).await?;
-            let suffix = if post.truncated {
-                "\n[Use read_post for the rest.]"
-            } else {
-                ""
-            };
-            let content = format!(
-                "Message Type: CHANNEL_POST\nSender: {}\nChannel: {}\nMessage ID: {}\nThread ID: {}\nPayload:\n{}{suffix}",
-                post.metadata.author,
-                post.metadata.channel_name,
-                post.metadata.message_id,
-                post.metadata.thread_id,
-                post.text_preview,
-            );
             let communication = InterAgentCommunication::new(
                 post.metadata.author.clone(),
                 recipient_path,
                 Vec::new(),
-                content,
+                post.notification_text(),
                 /*trigger_turn*/ false,
             );
             // Remote metadata is untrusted. Skip an oversized notice without closing
diff --git a/codex-rs/message-board/src/types.rs b/codex-rs/message-board/src/types.rs
index 02e8ab0b1a..7bc28a55b1 100644
--- a/codex-rs/message-board/src/types.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/message-board/src/types.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//! Message-board records shared by backends and tool adapters.
+//! Message-board records and notification text shared by backends and tool adapters.
 
 use crate::BoardPermissions;
 use crate::ChannelPermissions;
@@ -29,6 +29,25 @@ pub struct PostPreview {
     pub truncated: bool,
 }
 
+impl PostPreview {
+    /// Formats a channel notification from this preview, including its truncation marker.
+    pub fn notification_text(&self) -> String {
+        let suffix = if self.truncated {
+            "\n[Use read_post for the rest.]"
+        } else {
+            ""
+        };
+        format!(
+            "Message Type: CHANNEL_POST\nSender: {}\nChannel: {}\nMessage ID: {}\nThread ID: {}\nPayload:\n{}{suffix}",
+            self.metadata.author,
+            self.metadata.channel_name,
+            self.metadata.message_id,
+            self.metadata.thread_id,
+            self.text_preview,
+        )
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct PostContent {
     #[serde(flatten)]