diff --git a/extensions/firecrawl/src/firecrawl-search-provider.ts b/extensions/firecrawl/src/firecrawl-search-provider.ts
index 6ba5cefa4ed..3f93fa2c738 100644
--- a/extensions/firecrawl/src/firecrawl-search-provider.ts
+++ b/extensions/firecrawl/src/firecrawl-search-provider.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,22 @@
-import { Type } from "@sinclair/typebox";
 import {
-  enablePluginInConfig,
-  getScopedCredentialValue,
-  resolveProviderWebSearchPluginConfig,
-  setScopedCredentialValue,
-  setProviderWebSearchPluginConfigValue,
+  createWebSearchProviderContractFields,
   type WebSearchProviderPlugin,
-} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-web-search";
-import { runFirecrawlSearch } from "./firecrawl-client.js";
+} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-web-search-contract";
 
-const GenericFirecrawlSearchSchema = Type.Object(
-  {
-    query: Type.String({ description: "Search query string." }),
-    count: Type.Optional(
-      Type.Number({
-        description: "Number of results to return (1-10).",
-        minimum: 1,
-        maximum: 10,
-      }),
-    ),
+const FIRECRAWL_CREDENTIAL_PATH = "plugins.entries.firecrawl.config.webSearch.apiKey";
+const GenericFirecrawlSearchSchema = {
+  type: "object",
+  properties: {
+    query: { type: "string", description: "Search query string." },
+    count: {
+      type: "number",
+      description: "Number of results to return (1-10).",
+      minimum: 1,
+      maximum: 10,
+    },
   },
-  { additionalProperties: false },
-);
+  additionalProperties: false,
+} satisfies Record<string, unknown>;
 
 export function createFirecrawlWebSearchProvider(): WebSearchProviderPlugin {
   return {
@@ -35,27 +30,25 @@ export function createFirecrawlWebSearchProvider(): WebSearchProviderPlugin {
     signupUrl: "https://www.firecrawl.dev/",
     docsUrl: "https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/firecrawl",
     autoDetectOrder: 60,
-    credentialPath: "plugins.entries.firecrawl.config.webSearch.apiKey",
-    inactiveSecretPaths: ["plugins.entries.firecrawl.config.webSearch.apiKey"],
-    getCredentialValue: (searchConfig) => getScopedCredentialValue(searchConfig, "firecrawl"),
-    setCredentialValue: (searchConfigTarget, value) =>
-      setScopedCredentialValue(searchConfigTarget, "firecrawl", value),
-    getConfiguredCredentialValue: (config) =>
-      resolveProviderWebSearchPluginConfig(config, "firecrawl")?.apiKey,
-    setConfiguredCredentialValue: (configTarget, value) => {
-      setProviderWebSearchPluginConfigValue(configTarget, "firecrawl", "apiKey", value);
-    },
-    applySelectionConfig: (config) => enablePluginInConfig(config, "firecrawl").config,
+    credentialPath: FIRECRAWL_CREDENTIAL_PATH,
+    ...createWebSearchProviderContractFields({
+      credentialPath: FIRECRAWL_CREDENTIAL_PATH,
+      searchCredential: { type: "scoped", scopeId: "firecrawl" },
+      configuredCredential: { pluginId: "firecrawl" },
+      selectionPluginId: "firecrawl",
+    }),
     createTool: (ctx) => ({
       description:
         "Search the web using Firecrawl. Returns structured results with snippets from Firecrawl Search. Use firecrawl_search for Firecrawl-specific knobs like sources or categories.",
       parameters: GenericFirecrawlSearchSchema,
-      execute: async (args) =>
-        await runFirecrawlSearch({
+      execute: async (args) => {
+        const { runFirecrawlSearch } = await import("./firecrawl-client.js");
+        return await runFirecrawlSearch({
           cfg: ctx.config,
           query: typeof args.query === "string" ? args.query : "",
           count: typeof args.count === "number" ? args.count : undefined,
-        }),
+        });
+      },
     }),
   };
 }
diff --git a/extensions/google/src/gemini-web-search-provider.runtime.ts b/extensions/google/src/gemini-web-search-provider.runtime.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2f3252930ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/google/src/gemini-web-search-provider.runtime.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+import {
+  buildSearchCacheKey,
+  buildUnsupportedSearchFilterResponse,
+  DEFAULT_SEARCH_COUNT,
+  readCachedSearchPayload,
+  readConfiguredSecretString,
+  readNumberParam,
+  readProviderEnvValue,
+  readStringParam,
+  resolveCitationRedirectUrl,
+  resolveSearchCacheTtlMs,
+  resolveSearchCount,
+  resolveSearchTimeoutSeconds,
+  type SearchConfigRecord,
+  withTrustedWebSearchEndpoint,
+  wrapWebContent,
+  writeCachedSearchPayload,
+} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-web-search";
+import { DEFAULT_GOOGLE_API_BASE_URL } from "../api.js";
+import {
+  resolveGeminiConfig,
+  resolveGeminiModel,
+  type GeminiConfig,
+} from "./gemini-web-search-provider.shared.js";
+
+const GEMINI_API_BASE = DEFAULT_GOOGLE_API_BASE_URL;
+
+type GeminiGroundingResponse = {
+  candidates?: Array<{
+    content?: {
+      parts?: Array<{
+        text?: string;
+      }>;
+    };
+    groundingMetadata?: {
+      groundingChunks?: Array<{
+        web?: {
+          uri?: string;
+          title?: string;
+        };
+      }>;
+    };
+  }>;
+  error?: {
+    code?: number;
+    message?: string;
+    status?: string;
+  };
+};
+
+export function resolveGeminiRuntimeApiKey(gemini?: GeminiConfig): string | undefined {
+  return (
+    readConfiguredSecretString(gemini?.apiKey, "tools.web.search.gemini.apiKey") ??
+    readProviderEnvValue(["GEMINI_API_KEY"])
+  );
+}
+
+async function runGeminiSearch(params: {
+  query: string;
+  apiKey: string;
+  model: string;
+  timeoutSeconds: number;
+}): Promise<{ content: string; citations: Array<{ url: string; title?: string }> }> {
+  const endpoint = `${GEMINI_API_BASE}/models/${params.model}:generateContent`;
+
+  return withTrustedWebSearchEndpoint(
+    {
+      url: endpoint,
+      timeoutSeconds: params.timeoutSeconds,
+      init: {
+        method: "POST",
+        headers: {
+          "Content-Type": "application/json",
+          "x-goog-api-key": params.apiKey,
+        },
+        body: JSON.stringify({
+          contents: [{ parts: [{ text: params.query }] }],
+          tools: [{ google_search: {} }],
+        }),
+      },
+    },
+    async (res) => {
+      if (!res.ok) {
+        const safeDetail = ((await res.text()) || res.statusText).replace(
+          /key=[^&\s]+/giu,
+          "key=***",
+        );
+        throw new Error(`Gemini API error (${res.status}): ${safeDetail}`);
+      }
+
+      let data: GeminiGroundingResponse;
+      try {
+        data = (await res.json()) as GeminiGroundingResponse;
+      } catch (error) {
+        const safeError = String(error).replace(/key=[^&\s]+/giu, "key=***");
+        throw new Error(`Gemini API returned invalid JSON: ${safeError}`, { cause: error });
+      }
+
+      if (data.error) {
+        const rawMessage = data.error.message || data.error.status || "unknown";
+        throw new Error(
+          `Gemini API error (${data.error.code}): ${rawMessage.replace(/key=[^&\s]+/giu, "key=***")}`,
+        );
+      }
+
+      const candidate = data.candidates?.[0];
+      const content =
+        candidate?.content?.parts
+          ?.map((part) => part.text)
+          .filter(Boolean)
+          .join("\n") ?? "No response";
+      const rawCitations = (candidate?.groundingMetadata?.groundingChunks ?? [])
+        .filter((chunk) => chunk.web?.uri)
+        .map((chunk) => ({
+          url: chunk.web!.uri!,
+          title: chunk.web?.title || undefined,
+        }));
+
+      const citations: Array<{ url: string; title?: string }> = [];
+      for (let index = 0; index < rawCitations.length; index += 10) {
+        const batch = rawCitations.slice(index, index + 10);
+        const resolved = await Promise.all(
+          batch.map(async (citation) => ({
+            ...citation,
+            url: await resolveCitationRedirectUrl(citation.url),
+          })),
+        );
+        citations.push(...resolved);
+      }
+
+      return { content, citations };
+    },
+  );
+}
+
+export async function executeGeminiSearch(
+  args: Record<string, unknown>,
+  searchConfig?: SearchConfigRecord,
+): Promise<Record<string, unknown>> {
+  const unsupportedResponse = buildUnsupportedSearchFilterResponse(args, "gemini");
+  if (unsupportedResponse) {
+    return unsupportedResponse;
+  }
+
+  const geminiConfig = resolveGeminiConfig(searchConfig);
+  const apiKey = resolveGeminiRuntimeApiKey(geminiConfig);
+  if (!apiKey) {
+    return {
+      error: "missing_gemini_api_key",
+      message:
+        "web_search (gemini) needs an API key. Set GEMINI_API_KEY in the Gateway environment, or configure tools.web.search.gemini.apiKey.",
+      docs: "https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/web",
+    };
+  }
+
+  const query = readStringParam(args, "query", { required: true });
+  const count =
+    readNumberParam(args, "count", { integer: true }) ?? searchConfig?.maxResults ?? undefined;
+  const model = resolveGeminiModel(geminiConfig);
+  const cacheKey = buildSearchCacheKey([
+    "gemini",
+    query,
+    resolveSearchCount(count, DEFAULT_SEARCH_COUNT),
+    model,
+  ]);
+  const cached = readCachedSearchPayload(cacheKey);
+  if (cached) {
+    return cached;
+  }
+
+  const start = Date.now();
+  const result = await runGeminiSearch({
+    query,
+    apiKey,
+    model,
+    timeoutSeconds: resolveSearchTimeoutSeconds(searchConfig),
+  });
+  const payload = {
+    query,
+    provider: "gemini",
+    model,
+    tookMs: Date.now() - start,
+    externalContent: {
+      untrusted: true,
+      source: "web_search",
+      provider: "gemini",
+      wrapped: true,
+    },
+    content: wrapWebContent(result.content),
+    citations: result.citations,
+  };
+  writeCachedSearchPayload(cacheKey, payload, resolveSearchCacheTtlMs(searchConfig));
+  return payload;
+}
diff --git a/extensions/google/src/gemini-web-search-provider.shared.ts b/extensions/google/src/gemini-web-search-provider.shared.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd754ca7479
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/google/src/gemini-web-search-provider.shared.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+export const DEFAULT_GEMINI_WEB_SEARCH_MODEL = "gemini-2.5-flash";
+
+export type GeminiConfig = {
+  apiKey?: unknown;
+  model?: unknown;
+};
+
+function isRecord(value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> {
+  return typeof value === "object" && value !== null && !Array.isArray(value);
+}
+
+function trimToUndefined(value: unknown): string | undefined {
+  return typeof value === "string" && value.trim().length > 0 ? value.trim() : undefined;
+}
+
+export function resolveGeminiConfig(searchConfig?: Record<string, unknown>): GeminiConfig {
+  const gemini = searchConfig?.gemini;
+  return isRecord(gemini) ? gemini : {};
+}
+
+export function resolveGeminiApiKey(
+  gemini?: GeminiConfig,
+  env: Record<string, string | undefined> = process.env,
+): string | undefined {
+  return trimToUndefined(gemini?.apiKey) ?? trimToUndefined(env.GEMINI_API_KEY);
+}
+
+export function resolveGeminiModel(gemini?: GeminiConfig): string {
+  return trimToUndefined(gemini?.model) ?? DEFAULT_GEMINI_WEB_SEARCH_MODEL;
+}
diff --git a/extensions/google/src/gemini-web-search-provider.ts b/extensions/google/src/gemini-web-search-provider.ts
index c10e6ba437a..37ca0966d8e 100644
--- a/extensions/google/src/gemini-web-search-provider.ts
+++ b/extensions/google/src/gemini-web-search-provider.ts
@@ -1,244 +1,42 @@
-import { Type } from "@sinclair/typebox";
 import {
-  buildSearchCacheKey,
-  buildUnsupportedSearchFilterResponse,
-  DEFAULT_SEARCH_COUNT,
-  getScopedCredentialValue,
-  MAX_SEARCH_COUNT,
+  createWebSearchProviderContractFields,
   mergeScopedSearchConfig,
-  readCachedSearchPayload,
-  readConfiguredSecretString,
-  readNumberParam,
-  readProviderEnvValue,
-  readStringParam,
-  resolveCitationRedirectUrl,
   resolveProviderWebSearchPluginConfig,
-  resolveSearchCacheTtlMs,
-  resolveSearchCount,
-  resolveSearchTimeoutSeconds,
-  setScopedCredentialValue,
-  setProviderWebSearchPluginConfigValue,
-  type SearchConfigRecord,
   type WebSearchProviderPlugin,
   type WebSearchProviderToolDefinition,
-  withTrustedWebSearchEndpoint,
-  wrapWebContent,
-  writeCachedSearchPayload,
-} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-web-search";
-import { normalizeOptionalString } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/text-runtime";
-import { DEFAULT_GOOGLE_API_BASE_URL } from "../api.js";
+} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-web-search-config-contract";
+import { resolveGeminiApiKey, resolveGeminiModel } from "./gemini-web-search-provider.shared.js";
 
-const DEFAULT_GEMINI_MODEL = "gemini-2.5-flash";
-const GEMINI_API_BASE = DEFAULT_GOOGLE_API_BASE_URL;
-
-type GeminiConfig = {
-  apiKey?: string;
-  model?: string;
-};
-
-type GeminiGroundingResponse = {
-  candidates?: Array<{
-    content?: {
-      parts?: Array<{
-        text?: string;
-      }>;
-    };
-    groundingMetadata?: {
-      groundingChunks?: Array<{
-        web?: {
-          uri?: string;
-          title?: string;
-        };
-      }>;
-    };
-  }>;
-  error?: {
-    code?: number;
-    message?: string;
-    status?: string;
-  };
-};
-
-function resolveGeminiConfig(searchConfig?: SearchConfigRecord): GeminiConfig {
-  const gemini = searchConfig?.gemini;
-  return gemini && typeof gemini === "object" && !Array.isArray(gemini)
-    ? (gemini as GeminiConfig)
-    : {};
-}
-
-function resolveGeminiApiKey(gemini?: GeminiConfig): string | undefined {
-  return (
-    readConfiguredSecretString(gemini?.apiKey, "tools.web.search.gemini.apiKey") ??
-    readProviderEnvValue(["GEMINI_API_KEY"])
-  );
-}
-
-function resolveGeminiModel(gemini?: GeminiConfig): string {
-  const model = normalizeOptionalString(gemini?.model) ?? "";
-  return model || DEFAULT_GEMINI_MODEL;
-}
-
-async function runGeminiSearch(params: {
-  query: string;
-  apiKey: string;
-  model: string;
-  timeoutSeconds: number;
-}): Promise<{ content: string; citations: Array<{ url: string; title?: string }> }> {
-  const endpoint = `${GEMINI_API_BASE}/models/${params.model}:generateContent`;
-
-  return withTrustedWebSearchEndpoint(
-    {
-      url: endpoint,
-      timeoutSeconds: params.timeoutSeconds,
-      init: {
-        method: "POST",
-        headers: {
-          "Content-Type": "application/json",
-          "x-goog-api-key": params.apiKey,
-        },
-        body: JSON.stringify({
-          contents: [{ parts: [{ text: params.query }] }],
-          tools: [{ google_search: {} }],
-        }),
-      },
+const GEMINI_CREDENTIAL_PATH = "plugins.entries.google.config.webSearch.apiKey";
+const GEMINI_TOOL_PARAMETERS = {
+  type: "object",
+  properties: {
+    query: { type: "string", description: "Search query string." },
+    count: {
+      type: "number",
+      description: "Number of results to return (1-10).",
+      minimum: 1,
+      maximum: 10,
     },
-    async (res) => {
-      if (!res.ok) {
-        const safeDetail = ((await res.text()) || res.statusText).replace(
-          /key=[^&\s]+/gi,
-          "key=***",
-        );
-        throw new Error(`Gemini API error (${res.status}): ${safeDetail}`);
-      }
-
-      let data: GeminiGroundingResponse;
-      try {
-        data = (await res.json()) as GeminiGroundingResponse;
-      } catch (error) {
-        const safeError = String(error).replace(/key=[^&\s]+/gi, "key=***");
-        throw new Error(`Gemini API returned invalid JSON: ${safeError}`, { cause: error });
-      }
-
-      if (data.error) {
-        const rawMessage = data.error.message || data.error.status || "unknown";
-        throw new Error(
-          `Gemini API error (${data.error.code}): ${rawMessage.replace(/key=[^&\s]+/gi, "key=***")}`,
-        );
-      }
-
-      const candidate = data.candidates?.[0];
-      const content =
-        candidate?.content?.parts
-          ?.map((part) => part.text)
-          .filter(Boolean)
-          .join("\n") ?? "No response";
-      const rawCitations = (candidate?.groundingMetadata?.groundingChunks ?? [])
-        .filter((chunk) => chunk.web?.uri)
-        .map((chunk) => ({
-          url: chunk.web!.uri!,
-          title: chunk.web?.title || undefined,
-        }));
-
-      const citations: Array<{ url: string; title?: string }> = [];
-      for (let index = 0; index < rawCitations.length; index += 10) {
-        const batch = rawCitations.slice(index, index + 10);
-        const resolved = await Promise.all(
-          batch.map(async (citation) => ({
-            ...citation,
-            url: await resolveCitationRedirectUrl(citation.url),
-          })),
-        );
-        citations.push(...resolved);
-      }
-
-      return { content, citations };
-    },
-  );
-}
-
-function createGeminiSchema() {
-  return Type.Object({
-    query: Type.String({ description: "Search query string." }),
-    count: Type.Optional(
-      Type.Number({
-        description: "Number of results to return (1-10).",
-        minimum: 1,
-        maximum: MAX_SEARCH_COUNT,
-      }),
-    ),
-    country: Type.Optional(Type.String({ description: "Not supported by Gemini." })),
-    language: Type.Optional(Type.String({ description: "Not supported by Gemini." })),
-    freshness: Type.Optional(Type.String({ description: "Not supported by Gemini." })),
-    date_after: Type.Optional(Type.String({ description: "Not supported by Gemini." })),
-    date_before: Type.Optional(Type.String({ description: "Not supported by Gemini." })),
-  });
-}
+    country: { type: "string", description: "Not supported by Gemini." },
+    language: { type: "string", description: "Not supported by Gemini." },
+    freshness: { type: "string", description: "Not supported by Gemini." },
+    date_after: { type: "string", description: "Not supported by Gemini." },
+    date_before: { type: "string", description: "Not supported by Gemini." },
+  },
+  required: ["query"],
+} satisfies Record<string, unknown>;
 
 function createGeminiToolDefinition(
-  searchConfig?: SearchConfigRecord,
+  searchConfig?: Record<string, unknown>,
 ): WebSearchProviderToolDefinition {
   return {
     description:
       "Search the web using Gemini with Google Search grounding. Returns AI-synthesized answers with citations from Google Search.",
-    parameters: createGeminiSchema(),
+    parameters: GEMINI_TOOL_PARAMETERS,
     execute: async (args) => {
-      const params = args;
-      const unsupportedResponse = buildUnsupportedSearchFilterResponse(params, "gemini");
-      if (unsupportedResponse) {
-        return unsupportedResponse;
-      }
-
-      const geminiConfig = resolveGeminiConfig(searchConfig);
-      const apiKey = resolveGeminiApiKey(geminiConfig);
-      if (!apiKey) {
-        return {
-          error: "missing_gemini_api_key",
-          message:
-            "web_search (gemini) needs an API key. Set GEMINI_API_KEY in the Gateway environment, or configure tools.web.search.gemini.apiKey.",
-          docs: "https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/web",
-        };
-      }
-
-      const query = readStringParam(params, "query", { required: true });
-      const count =
-        readNumberParam(params, "count", { integer: true }) ??
-        searchConfig?.maxResults ??
-        undefined;
-      const model = resolveGeminiModel(geminiConfig);
-      const cacheKey = buildSearchCacheKey([
-        "gemini",
-        query,
-        resolveSearchCount(count, DEFAULT_SEARCH_COUNT),
-        model,
-      ]);
-      const cached = readCachedSearchPayload(cacheKey);
-      if (cached) {
-        return cached;
-      }
-
-      const start = Date.now();
-      const result = await runGeminiSearch({
-        query,
-        apiKey,
-        model,
-        timeoutSeconds: resolveSearchTimeoutSeconds(searchConfig),
-      });
-      const payload = {
-        query,
-        provider: "gemini",
-        model,
-        tookMs: Date.now() - start,
-        externalContent: {
-          untrusted: true,
-          source: "web_search",
-          provider: "gemini",
-          wrapped: true,
-        },
-        content: wrapWebContent(result.content),
-        citations: result.citations,
-      };
-      writeCachedSearchPayload(cacheKey, payload, resolveSearchCacheTtlMs(searchConfig));
-      return payload;
+      const { executeGeminiSearch } = await import("./gemini-web-search-provider.runtime.js");
+      return await executeGeminiSearch(args, searchConfig);
     },
   };
 }
@@ -255,23 +53,19 @@ export function createGeminiWebSearchProvider(): WebSearchProviderPlugin {
     signupUrl: "https://aistudio.google.com/apikey",
     docsUrl: "https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/web",
     autoDetectOrder: 20,
-    credentialPath: "plugins.entries.google.config.webSearch.apiKey",
-    inactiveSecretPaths: ["plugins.entries.google.config.webSearch.apiKey"],
-    getCredentialValue: (searchConfig) => getScopedCredentialValue(searchConfig, "gemini"),
-    setCredentialValue: (searchConfigTarget, value) =>
-      setScopedCredentialValue(searchConfigTarget, "gemini", value),
-    getConfiguredCredentialValue: (config) =>
-      resolveProviderWebSearchPluginConfig(config, "google")?.apiKey,
-    setConfiguredCredentialValue: (configTarget, value) => {
-      setProviderWebSearchPluginConfigValue(configTarget, "google", "apiKey", value);
-    },
+    credentialPath: GEMINI_CREDENTIAL_PATH,
+    ...createWebSearchProviderContractFields({
+      credentialPath: GEMINI_CREDENTIAL_PATH,
+      searchCredential: { type: "scoped", scopeId: "gemini" },
+      configuredCredential: { pluginId: "google" },
+    }),
     createTool: (ctx) =>
       createGeminiToolDefinition(
         mergeScopedSearchConfig(
-          ctx.searchConfig as SearchConfigRecord | undefined,
+          ctx.searchConfig,
           "gemini",
           resolveProviderWebSearchPluginConfig(ctx.config, "google"),
-        ) as SearchConfigRecord | undefined,
+        ),
       ),
   };
 }
diff --git a/extensions/perplexity/src/perplexity-web-search-provider.shared.ts b/extensions/perplexity/src/perplexity-web-search-provider.shared.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..016b0979362
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/perplexity/src/perplexity-web-search-provider.shared.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+export const DEFAULT_PERPLEXITY_BASE_URL = "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1";
+export const PERPLEXITY_DIRECT_BASE_URL = "https://api.perplexity.ai";
+
+const PERPLEXITY_KEY_PREFIXES = ["pplx-"];
+const OPENROUTER_KEY_PREFIXES = ["sk-or-"];
+
+export type PerplexityTransport = "search_api" | "chat_completions";
+export type PerplexityBaseUrlHint = "direct" | "openrouter";
+export type PerplexityRuntimeTransportContext = {
+  searchConfig?: Record<string, unknown>;
+  resolvedKey?: string;
+  keySource: "config" | "secretRef" | "env" | "missing";
+  fallbackEnvVar?: string;
+};
+
+function trimToUndefined(value: unknown): string | undefined {
+  return typeof value === "string" && value.trim().length > 0 ? value.trim() : undefined;
+}
+
+function normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty(value: unknown): string {
+  return trimToUndefined(value)?.toLowerCase() ?? "";
+}
+
+export function inferPerplexityBaseUrlFromApiKey(
+  apiKey?: string,
+): PerplexityBaseUrlHint | undefined {
+  if (!apiKey) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const normalized = normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty(apiKey);
+  if (PERPLEXITY_KEY_PREFIXES.some((prefix) => normalized.startsWith(prefix))) {
+    return "direct";
+  }
+  if (OPENROUTER_KEY_PREFIXES.some((prefix) => normalized.startsWith(prefix))) {
+    return "openrouter";
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
+
+export function isDirectPerplexityBaseUrl(baseUrl: string): boolean {
+  try {
+    return (
+      normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty(new URL(baseUrl.trim()).hostname) === "api.perplexity.ai"
+    );
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+export function resolvePerplexityRuntimeTransport(
+  params: PerplexityRuntimeTransportContext,
+): PerplexityTransport | undefined {
+  const perplexity = params.searchConfig?.perplexity;
+  const scoped =
+    perplexity && typeof perplexity === "object" && !Array.isArray(perplexity)
+      ? (perplexity as { baseUrl?: string; model?: string })
+      : undefined;
+  const configuredBaseUrl = trimToUndefined(scoped?.baseUrl) ?? "";
+  const configuredModel = trimToUndefined(scoped?.model) ?? "";
+  const baseUrl = (() => {
+    if (configuredBaseUrl) {
+      return configuredBaseUrl;
+    }
+    if (params.keySource === "env") {
+      if (params.fallbackEnvVar === "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY") {
+        return PERPLEXITY_DIRECT_BASE_URL;
+      }
+      if (params.fallbackEnvVar === "OPENROUTER_API_KEY") {
+        return DEFAULT_PERPLEXITY_BASE_URL;
+      }
+    }
+    if ((params.keySource === "config" || params.keySource === "secretRef") && params.resolvedKey) {
+      return inferPerplexityBaseUrlFromApiKey(params.resolvedKey) === "openrouter"
+        ? DEFAULT_PERPLEXITY_BASE_URL
+        : PERPLEXITY_DIRECT_BASE_URL;
+    }
+    return DEFAULT_PERPLEXITY_BASE_URL;
+  })();
+  return configuredBaseUrl || configuredModel || !isDirectPerplexityBaseUrl(baseUrl)
+    ? "chat_completions"
+    : "search_api";
+}
diff --git a/extensions/perplexity/src/perplexity-web-search-provider.ts b/extensions/perplexity/src/perplexity-web-search-provider.ts
index ad9748ce5b2..7faa62597c2 100644
--- a/extensions/perplexity/src/perplexity-web-search-provider.ts
+++ b/extensions/perplexity/src/perplexity-web-search-provider.ts
@@ -25,24 +25,24 @@ import {
   setProviderWebSearchPluginConfigValue,
   throwWebSearchApiError,
   type SearchConfigRecord,
-  type WebSearchCredentialResolutionSource,
   type WebSearchProviderPlugin,
   type WebSearchProviderToolDefinition,
   withTrustedWebSearchEndpoint,
   wrapWebContent,
   writeCachedSearchPayload,
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-web-search";
+import { normalizeOptionalString } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/text-runtime";
 import {
-  normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty,
-  normalizeOptionalString,
-} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/text-runtime";
+  DEFAULT_PERPLEXITY_BASE_URL,
+  inferPerplexityBaseUrlFromApiKey,
+  isDirectPerplexityBaseUrl,
+  PERPLEXITY_DIRECT_BASE_URL,
+  resolvePerplexityRuntimeTransport,
+  type PerplexityTransport,
+} from "./perplexity-web-search-provider.shared.js";
 
-const DEFAULT_PERPLEXITY_BASE_URL = "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1";
-const PERPLEXITY_DIRECT_BASE_URL = "https://api.perplexity.ai";
 const PERPLEXITY_SEARCH_ENDPOINT = "https://api.perplexity.ai/search";
 const DEFAULT_PERPLEXITY_MODEL = "perplexity/sonar-pro";
-const PERPLEXITY_KEY_PREFIXES = ["pplx-"];
-const OPENROUTER_KEY_PREFIXES = ["sk-or-"];
 
 type PerplexityConfig = {
   apiKey?: string;
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ type PerplexityConfig = {
   model?: string;
 };
 
-type PerplexityTransport = "search_api" | "chat_completions";
-type PerplexityBaseUrlHint = "direct" | "openrouter";
-
 type PerplexitySearchResponse = {
   choices?: Array<{
     message?: {
@@ -85,20 +82,6 @@ function resolvePerplexityConfig(searchConfig?: SearchConfigRecord): PerplexityC
     : {};
 }
 
-function inferPerplexityBaseUrlFromApiKey(apiKey?: string): PerplexityBaseUrlHint | undefined {
-  if (!apiKey) {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-  const normalized = normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty(apiKey);
-  if (PERPLEXITY_KEY_PREFIXES.some((prefix) => normalized.startsWith(prefix))) {
-    return "direct";
-  }
-  if (OPENROUTER_KEY_PREFIXES.some((prefix) => normalized.startsWith(prefix))) {
-    return "openrouter";
-  }
-  return undefined;
-}
-
 function resolvePerplexityApiKey(perplexity?: PerplexityConfig): {
   apiKey?: string;
   source: "config" | "perplexity_env" | "openrouter_env" | "none";
@@ -149,16 +132,6 @@ function resolvePerplexityModel(perplexity?: PerplexityConfig): string {
   return model || DEFAULT_PERPLEXITY_MODEL;
 }
 
-function isDirectPerplexityBaseUrl(baseUrl: string): boolean {
-  try {
-    return (
-      normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty(new URL(baseUrl.trim()).hostname) === "api.perplexity.ai"
-    );
-  } catch {
-    return false;
-  }
-}
-
 function resolvePerplexityRequestModel(baseUrl: string, model: string): string {
   if (!isDirectPerplexityBaseUrl(baseUrl)) {
     return model;
@@ -336,43 +309,6 @@ async function runPerplexitySearch(params: {
   );
 }
 
-function resolveRuntimeTransport(params: {
-  searchConfig?: Record<string, unknown>;
-  resolvedKey?: string;
-  keySource: WebSearchCredentialResolutionSource;
-  fallbackEnvVar?: string;
-}): PerplexityTransport | undefined {
-  const perplexity = params.searchConfig?.perplexity;
-  const scoped =
-    perplexity && typeof perplexity === "object" && !Array.isArray(perplexity)
-      ? (perplexity as { baseUrl?: string; model?: string })
-      : undefined;
-  const configuredBaseUrl = normalizeOptionalString(scoped?.baseUrl) ?? "";
-  const configuredModel = normalizeOptionalString(scoped?.model) ?? "";
-  const baseUrl = (() => {
-    if (configuredBaseUrl) {
-      return configuredBaseUrl;
-    }
-    if (params.keySource === "env") {
-      if (params.fallbackEnvVar === "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY") {
-        return PERPLEXITY_DIRECT_BASE_URL;
-      }
-      if (params.fallbackEnvVar === "OPENROUTER_API_KEY") {
-        return DEFAULT_PERPLEXITY_BASE_URL;
-      }
-    }
-    if ((params.keySource === "config" || params.keySource === "secretRef") && params.resolvedKey) {
-      return inferPerplexityBaseUrlFromApiKey(params.resolvedKey) === "openrouter"
-        ? DEFAULT_PERPLEXITY_BASE_URL
-        : PERPLEXITY_DIRECT_BASE_URL;
-    }
-    return DEFAULT_PERPLEXITY_BASE_URL;
-  })();
-  return configuredBaseUrl || configuredModel || !isDirectPerplexityBaseUrl(baseUrl)
-    ? "chat_completions"
-    : "search_api";
-}
-
 function createPerplexitySchema(transport?: PerplexityTransport) {
   const querySchema = {
     query: Type.String({ description: "Search query string." }),
@@ -697,7 +633,7 @@ export function createPerplexityWebSearchProvider(): WebSearchProviderPlugin {
       setProviderWebSearchPluginConfigValue(configTarget, "perplexity", "apiKey", value);
     },
     resolveRuntimeMetadata: (ctx) => ({
-      perplexityTransport: resolveRuntimeTransport({
+      perplexityTransport: resolvePerplexityRuntimeTransport({
         searchConfig: mergeScopedSearchConfig(
           ctx.searchConfig,
           "perplexity",
diff --git a/extensions/perplexity/web-search-contract-api.ts b/extensions/perplexity/web-search-contract-api.ts
index 60bf42e2288..a5cdeb901a8 100644
--- a/extensions/perplexity/web-search-contract-api.ts
+++ b/extensions/perplexity/web-search-contract-api.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import {
   createWebSearchProviderContractFields,
+  mergeScopedSearchConfig,
+  resolveProviderWebSearchPluginConfig,
   type WebSearchProviderPlugin,
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-web-search-config-contract";
+import { resolvePerplexityRuntimeTransport } from "./src/perplexity-web-search-provider.shared.js";
 
 export function createPerplexityWebSearchProvider(): WebSearchProviderPlugin {
   const credentialPath = "plugins.entries.perplexity.config.webSearch.apiKey";
@@ -23,6 +26,18 @@ export function createPerplexityWebSearchProvider(): WebSearchProviderPlugin {
       searchCredential: { type: "scoped", scopeId: "perplexity" },
       configuredCredential: { pluginId: "perplexity" },
     }),
+    resolveRuntimeMetadata: (ctx) => ({
+      perplexityTransport: resolvePerplexityRuntimeTransport({
+        searchConfig: mergeScopedSearchConfig(
+          ctx.searchConfig,
+          "perplexity",
+          resolveProviderWebSearchPluginConfig(ctx.config, "perplexity"),
+        ),
+        resolvedKey: ctx.resolvedCredential?.value,
+        keySource: ctx.resolvedCredential?.source ?? "missing",
+        fallbackEnvVar: ctx.resolvedCredential?.fallbackEnvVar,
+      }),
+    }),
     createTool: () => null,
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/web-provider-public-artifacts.explicit-fast-path.test.ts b/src/plugins/web-provider-public-artifacts.explicit-fast-path.test.ts
index 2e02de9c405..459daefdbec 100644
--- a/src/plugins/web-provider-public-artifacts.explicit-fast-path.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/web-provider-public-artifacts.explicit-fast-path.test.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ vi.mock("./manifest-registry.js", async (importOriginal) => {
   };
 });
 
+import { resolveBundledExplicitRuntimeWebSearchProvidersFromPublicArtifacts as resolveExplicitRuntimeWebSearchProviders } from "./web-provider-public-artifacts.explicit.js";
 import {
   resolveBundledWebFetchProvidersFromPublicArtifacts,
   resolveBundledWebSearchProvidersFromPublicArtifacts,
@@ -35,6 +36,16 @@ describe("web provider public artifacts explicit fast path", () => {
     expect(loadPluginManifestRegistryMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it("resolves bundled runtime web search providers by explicit plugin id", () => {
+    const provider = resolveExplicitRuntimeWebSearchProviders({
+      onlyPluginIds: ["google"],
+    })?.[0];
+
+    expect(provider?.pluginId).toBe("google");
+    expect(provider?.createTool({ config: {} as never })).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(loadPluginManifestRegistryMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it("resolves bundled web fetch providers by explicit plugin id without manifest scans", () => {
     const provider = resolveBundledWebFetchProvidersFromPublicArtifacts({
       bundledAllowlistCompat: true,
diff --git a/src/plugins/web-provider-public-artifacts.explicit.ts b/src/plugins/web-provider-public-artifacts.explicit.ts
index 60550892da1..c801b87b5d7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/web-provider-public-artifacts.explicit.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/web-provider-public-artifacts.explicit.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const WEB_SEARCH_ARTIFACT_CANDIDATES = [
   "web-search-provider.js",
   "web-search.js",
 ] as const;
+const WEB_SEARCH_RUNTIME_ARTIFACT_CANDIDATES = ["web-search-provider.js", "web-search.js"] as const;
 const WEB_FETCH_ARTIFACT_CANDIDATES = [
   "web-fetch-contract-api.js",
   "web-fetch-provider.js",
@@ -128,6 +129,28 @@ export function loadBundledWebSearchProviderEntriesFromDir(params: {
   return providers.map((provider) => ({ ...provider, pluginId: params.pluginId }));
 }
 
+export function loadBundledRuntimeWebSearchProviderEntriesFromDir(params: {
+  dirName: string;
+  pluginId: string;
+}): PluginWebSearchProviderEntry[] | null {
+  const mod = tryLoadBundledPublicArtifactModule({
+    dirName: params.dirName,
+    artifactCandidates: WEB_SEARCH_RUNTIME_ARTIFACT_CANDIDATES,
+  });
+  if (!mod) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const providers = collectProviderFactories({
+    mod,
+    suffix: "WebSearchProvider",
+    isProvider: isWebSearchProviderPlugin,
+  });
+  if (providers.length === 0) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return providers.map((provider) => ({ ...provider, pluginId: params.pluginId }));
+}
+
 export function loadBundledWebFetchProviderEntriesFromDir(params: {
   dirName: string;
   pluginId: string;
@@ -167,6 +190,23 @@ export function resolveBundledExplicitWebSearchProvidersFromPublicArtifacts(para
   return providers;
 }
 
+export function resolveBundledExplicitRuntimeWebSearchProvidersFromPublicArtifacts(params: {
+  onlyPluginIds: readonly string[];
+}): PluginWebSearchProviderEntry[] | null {
+  const providers: PluginWebSearchProviderEntry[] = [];
+  for (const pluginId of normalizeExplicitBundledPluginIds(params.onlyPluginIds)) {
+    const loadedProviders = loadBundledRuntimeWebSearchProviderEntriesFromDir({
+      dirName: pluginId,
+      pluginId,
+    });
+    if (!loadedProviders) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    providers.push(...loadedProviders);
+  }
+  return providers;
+}
+
 export function resolveBundledExplicitWebFetchProvidersFromPublicArtifacts(params: {
   onlyPluginIds: readonly string[];
 }): PluginWebFetchProviderEntry[] | null {
diff --git a/test/helpers/plugins/bundled-web-search-fast-path-contract.ts b/test/helpers/plugins/bundled-web-search-fast-path-contract.ts
index c7fc787622f..3b0b8d5f3bc 100644
--- a/test/helpers/plugins/bundled-web-search-fast-path-contract.ts
+++ b/test/helpers/plugins/bundled-web-search-fast-path-contract.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../../../src/config/config.js";
 import { resolveManifestContractOwnerPluginId } from "../../../src/plugins/manifest-registry.js";
-import { resolveBundledExplicitWebSearchProvidersFromPublicArtifacts } from "../../../src/plugins/web-provider-public-artifacts.explicit.js";
-import { resolvePluginWebSearchProviders } from "../../../src/plugins/web-search-providers.runtime.js";
+import {
+  resolveBundledExplicitRuntimeWebSearchProvidersFromPublicArtifacts,
+  resolveBundledExplicitWebSearchProvidersFromPublicArtifacts,
+} from "../../../src/plugins/web-provider-public-artifacts.explicit.js";
 
 type ComparableProvider = {
   pluginId: string;
@@ -94,19 +96,16 @@ export function describeBundledWebSearchFastPathContract(pluginId: string) {
       }
     });
 
-    it("keeps fast-path provider metadata aligned with bundled public artifacts", async () => {
-      const fastPathProviders = resolvePluginWebSearchProviders({
-        origin: "bundled",
-        onlyPluginIds: [pluginId],
-        mode: "setup",
-      }).filter((provider) => provider.pluginId === pluginId);
-      const bundledProviderEntries =
+    it("keeps fast-path provider metadata aligned with the bundled runtime artifact", async () => {
+      const fastPathProviders =
         resolveBundledExplicitWebSearchProvidersFromPublicArtifacts({
           onlyPluginIds: [pluginId],
+        })?.filter((provider) => provider.pluginId === pluginId) ?? [];
+      const bundledProviderEntries =
+        resolveBundledExplicitRuntimeWebSearchProvidersFromPublicArtifacts({
+          onlyPluginIds: [pluginId],
         })?.filter((entry) => entry.pluginId === pluginId) ?? [];
 
-      expect(bundledProviderEntries.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-
       expect(
         sortComparableEntries(
           fastPathProviders.map((provider) =>
diff --git a/test/vitest-projects-config.test.ts b/test/vitest-projects-config.test.ts
index 9186350b702..93b6dd0a985 100644
--- a/test/vitest-projects-config.test.ts
+++ b/test/vitest-projects-config.test.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,19 @@ describe("projects vitest config", () => {
     expect(normalizeConfigPath(config.test.runner)).toBe("test/non-isolated-runner.ts");
   });
 
+  it("narrows the contracts lane to targeted contract files", () => {
+    const config = createContractsVitestConfig({}, [
+      "node",
+      "vitest",
+      "run",
+      "src/plugins/contracts/bundled-web-search.google.contract.test.ts",
+    ]);
+
+    expect(config.test.include).toEqual([
+      "src/plugins/contracts/bundled-web-search.google.contract.test.ts",
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it("keeps the root ui lane aligned with the isolated jsdom setup", () => {
     const config = createUiVitestConfig();
     expect(config.test.environment).toBe("jsdom");
diff --git a/test/vitest/vitest.contracts.config.ts b/test/vitest/vitest.contracts.config.ts
index eacb6ce8981..adc768e7696 100644
--- a/test/vitest/vitest.contracts.config.ts
+++ b/test/vitest/vitest.contracts.config.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,25 @@
 import { defineConfig } from "vitest/config";
+import { loadPatternListFromEnv, narrowIncludePatternsForCli } from "./vitest.pattern-file.ts";
 import { nonIsolatedRunnerPath, sharedVitestConfig } from "./vitest.shared.config.ts";
 
 const base = sharedVitestConfig as Record<string, unknown>;
 const baseTest = sharedVitestConfig.test ?? {};
+const contractIncludePatterns = [
+  "src/channels/plugins/contracts/**/*.test.ts",
+  "src/plugins/contracts/**/*.test.ts",
+];
 
-export function createContractsVitestConfig() {
+export function loadContractsIncludePatternsFromEnv(
+  env: Record<string, string | undefined> = process.env,
+): string[] | null {
+  return loadPatternListFromEnv("OPENCLAW_VITEST_INCLUDE_FILE", env);
+}
+
+export function createContractsVitestConfig(
+  env: Record<string, string | undefined> = process.env,
+  argv: string[] = process.argv,
+) {
+  const cliIncludePatterns = narrowIncludePatternsForCli(contractIncludePatterns, argv);
   return defineConfig({
     ...base,
     test: {
@@ -16,10 +31,8 @@ export function createContractsVitestConfig() {
       pool: "forks",
       runner: nonIsolatedRunnerPath,
       setupFiles: baseTest.setupFiles ?? [],
-      include: [
-        "src/channels/plugins/contracts/**/*.test.ts",
-        "src/plugins/contracts/**/*.test.ts",
-      ],
+      include:
+        loadContractsIncludePatternsFromEnv(env) ?? cliIncludePatterns ?? contractIncludePatterns,
       passWithNoTests: true,
     },
   });