diff --git a/pkg/utils/args.go b/pkg/utils/args.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d9cceb85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/utils/args.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"github.com/mattn/go-shellwords"
+)
+
+// SplitArgs splits a string into arguments, respecting quoted strings.
+// This is a wrapper around shellwords.Parse for convenience.
+func SplitArgs(s string) []string {
+	args, err := shellwords.Parse(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		// If parsing fails, return empty slice
+		// The caller can check for empty result
+		return []string{}
+	}
+	return args
+}
diff --git a/pkg/utils/args_test.go b/pkg/utils/args_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18192a884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/utils/args_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestSplitArgs(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		input    string
+		expected []string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "simple arguments",
+			input:    "arg1 arg2 arg3",
+			expected: []string{"arg1", "arg2", "arg3"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "quoted arguments",
+			input:    `arg1 "arg with spaces" arg3`,
+			expected: []string{"arg1", "arg with spaces", "arg3"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "single quoted arguments",
+			input:    `arg1 'arg with spaces' arg3`,
+			expected: []string{"arg1", "arg with spaces", "arg3"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "mixed quotes",
+			input:    `arg1 "double quoted" 'single quoted' arg4`,
+			expected: []string{"arg1", "double quoted", "single quoted", "arg4"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "empty string",
+			input:    "",
+			expected: []string{},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "flags with values",
+			input:    "--flag1 value1 --flag2 value2",
+			expected: []string{"--flag1", "value1", "--flag2", "value2"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "flags with quoted values",
+			input:    `--flag1 "value with spaces" --flag2 value2`,
+			expected: []string{"--flag1", "value with spaces", "--flag2", "value2"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			result := SplitArgs(tt.input)
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(result, tt.expected) {
+				t.Errorf("SplitArgs(%q) = %v, expected %v", tt.input, result, tt.expected)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}