diff --git a/src/sp2xr/helpers.py b/src/sp2xr/helpers.py
index 52867ad..c44c76f 100644
--- a/src/sp2xr/helpers.py
+++ b/src/sp2xr/helpers.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import re
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Optional, List
 
 
 def find_matching_hk_file(pbp_path: str) -> Optional[str]:
@@ -28,3 +28,23 @@ def extract_base_filename(file_path: str) -> str:
     if len(parts) >= 2:
         return f"{parts[-2]}_{parts[-1]}"
     return Path(file_path).stem
+
+
+def find_files(directory: str, pattern: str) -> List[str]:
+    """
+    Recursively find all files in `directory` containing `pattern`.
+    """
+    matches = []
+    for root, _, files in os.walk(directory):
+        for f in files:
+            if pattern in f:
+                matches.append(str(Path(root) / f))
+    return sorted(matches)
+
+
+def chunks(lst: List[str], n: int):
+    """
+    Yield successive `n`-sized chunks from list `lst`.
+    """
+    for i in range(0, len(lst), n):
+        yield lst[i : i + n]