diff --git a/.changeset/clean-bags-flash.md b/.changeset/clean-bags-flash.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-todo-common': minor
+---
+
+Creates a new common package to host the generated client at `@backstage/plugin-todo-common/client`.
diff --git a/.changeset/fair-buttons-divide.md b/.changeset/fair-buttons-divide.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-search-common': minor
+---
+
+Adds a new export for the generated client, `@backstage/plugin-search-common/client`.
diff --git a/.changeset/quiet-cherries-deny.md b/.changeset/quiet-cherries-deny.md
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index 0000000000..145ab9f39f
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+++ b/.changeset/quiet-cherries-deny.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-todo': minor
+---
+
+Updates the `TodoClient` to use `fetchApi` instead of `identityApi` for authenticated calls.
diff --git a/plugins/search-common/api-report-client.md b/plugins/search-common/api-report-client.md
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/plugins/search-common/api-report-client.md
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+## API Report File for "@backstage/plugin-search-common"
+
+> Do not edit this file. It is a report generated by [API Extractor](https://api-extractor.com/).
+
+```ts
+// @public
+export class DefaultApiClient {
+  constructor(options: {
+    discoveryApi: {
+      getBaseUrl(pluginId: string): Promise<string>;
+    };
+    fetchApi?: {
+      fetch: typeof fetch;
+    };
+  });
+  query(
+    request: Query,
+    options?: RequestOptions,
+  ): Promise<TypedResponse<Query200Response>>;
+}
+
+// @public (undocumented)
+export interface ErrorError {
+  // (undocumented)
+  message: string;
+  // (undocumented)
+  name: string;
+}
+
+// @public (undocumented)
+export interface ErrorRequest {
+  // (undocumented)
+  method: string;
+  // (undocumented)
+  url: string;
+}
+
+// @public (undocumented)
+export interface ErrorResponse {
+  // (undocumented)
+  statusCode: number;
+}
+
+// @public (undocumented)
+export interface ModelError {
+  // (undocumented)
+  error: ErrorError;
+  // (undocumented)
+  request: ErrorRequest;
+  // (undocumented)
+  response: ErrorResponse;
+}
+
+// @public (undocumented)
+export type Query = {
+  query: {
+    term?: string;
+    filters?: {
+      [key: string]: any;
+    };
+    types?: Array<string>;
+    pageCursor?: string;
+    pageLimit?: number;
+  };
+};
+
+// @public (undocumented)
+export interface Query200Response {
+  // (undocumented)
+  nextPageCursor?: string;
+  // (undocumented)
+  numberOfResults?: number;
+  // (undocumented)
+  previousPageCursor?: string;
+  // (undocumented)
+  results: Array<Query200ResponseResultsInner>;
+}
+
+// @public (undocumented)
+export interface Query200ResponseResultsInner {
+  // (undocumented)
+  document: Query200ResponseResultsInnerDocument;
+  highlight?: any;
+  rank?: number;
+  type: string;
+}
+
+// @public
+export interface Query200ResponseResultsInnerDocument {
+  location?: string;
+  text?: string;
+  title?: string;
+}
+
+// @public
+export interface RequestOptions {
+  // (undocumented)
+  token?: string;
+}
+
+// @public
+export type TypedResponse<T> = Omit<Response, 'json'> & {
+  json: () => Promise<T>;
+};
+
+// (No @packageDocumentation comment for this package)
+```
diff --git a/plugins/todo-common/api-report-client.md b/plugins/todo-common/api-report-client.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a866133d5
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+++ b/plugins/todo-common/api-report-client.md
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+## API Report File for "@backstage/plugin-todo-common"
+
+> Do not edit this file. It is a report generated by [API Extractor](https://api-extractor.com/).
+
+```ts
+// @public
+export class DefaultApiClient {
+  constructor(options: {
+    discoveryApi: {
+      getBaseUrl(pluginId: string): Promise<string>;
+    };
+    fetchApi?: {
+      fetch: typeof fetch;
+    };
+  });
+  // (undocumented)
+  listTodos(
+    request: ListTodos,
+    options?: RequestOptions,
+  ): Promise<TypedResponse<ListTodos200Response>>;
+}
+
+// @public (undocumented)
+export type ListTodos = {
+  query: {
+    entity?: string;
+    orderBy?: string;
+    filter?: Array<string>;
+    offset?: number;
+    limit?: number;
+  };
+};
+
+// @public (undocumented)
+export interface ListTodos200Response {
+  // (undocumented)
+  items: Array<TodoItem>;
+  // (undocumented)
+  limit: number;
+  // (undocumented)
+  offset: number;
+  // (undocumented)
+  totalCount: number;
+}
+
+// @public (undocumented)
+export interface ListTodos400Response {
+  // (undocumented)
+  error?: ListTodos400ResponseError;
+}
+
+// @public (undocumented)
+export interface ListTodos400ResponseError {
+  // (undocumented)
+  message?: string;
+}
+
+// @public
+export interface RequestOptions {
+  // (undocumented)
+  token?: string;
+}
+
+// @public (undocumented)
+export interface TodoItem {
+  author?: string;
+  lineNumber?: number;
+  repoFilePath?: string;
+  tag: string;
+  text: string;
+  viewUrl?: string;
+}
+
+// @public
+export type TypedResponse<T> = Omit<Response, 'json'> & {
+  json: () => Promise<T>;
+};
+
+// (No @packageDocumentation comment for this package)
+```
diff --git a/plugins/todo-common/api-report.md b/plugins/todo-common/api-report.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0cbc50301
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/todo-common/api-report.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+## API Report File for "@backstage/plugin-todo-common"
+
+> Do not edit this file. It is a report generated by [API Extractor](https://api-extractor.com/).
+
+```ts
+// (No @packageDocumentation comment for this package)
+```
diff --git a/plugins/todo-common/src/index.ts b/plugins/todo-common/src/index.ts
index b0d900d42e..b0f602d2d8 100644
--- a/plugins/todo-common/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/todo-common/src/index.ts
@@ -14,21 +14,4 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-/**
- * Common functionalities for the todo plugin.
- *
- * @packageDocumentation
- */
-
-/**
- * In this package you might for example declare types that are common
- * between the frontend and backend plugin packages.
- */
-export type CommonType = {
-  field: string;
-};
-
-/**
- * Or you might declare some common constants.
- */
-export const COMMON_CONSTANT = 1;
+export {};