diff --git a/extensions/memory-lancedb/config.test.ts b/extensions/memory-lancedb/config.test.ts
index 59955efbbdc..8c4f007f1bd 100644
--- a/extensions/memory-lancedb/config.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/memory-lancedb/config.test.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ describe("memory-lancedb config", () => {
     expect(parsed.embedding.provider).toBe("openai");
   });
 
-  it("rejects empty embedding placeholders in the manifest schema", () => {
+  it("rejects empty embedding config in the manifest schema and runtime parser", () => {
     const manifestResult = validateJsonSchemaValue({
       schema: manifest.configSchema,
       cacheKey: "memory-lancedb.manifest.empty-embedding",
@@ -71,6 +71,17 @@ describe("memory-lancedb config", () => {
     });
 
     expect(manifestResult.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!manifestResult.ok) {
+      expect(manifestResult.errors.map((error) => error.text)).toContain(
+        "embedding: must NOT have fewer than 1 properties",
+      );
+    }
+
+    expect(() => {
+      memoryConfigSchema.parse({
+        embedding: {},
+      });
+    }).toThrow("embedding config must include at least one setting");
   });
 
   it("rejects empty embedding providers", () => {
diff --git a/extensions/memory-lancedb/config.ts b/extensions/memory-lancedb/config.ts
index 94ee305fa00..0c2648b6b2c 100644
--- a/extensions/memory-lancedb/config.ts
+++ b/extensions/memory-lancedb/config.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ const EMBEDDING_DIMENSIONS: Record<string, number> = {
   "text-embedding-3-small": 1536,
   "text-embedding-3-large": 3072,
 };
+const EMBEDDING_CONFIG_KEYS = ["provider", "apiKey", "model", "baseUrl", "dimensions"] as const;
 
 function assertAllowedKeys(value: Record<string, unknown>, allowed: string[], label: string) {
   const unknown = Object.keys(value).filter((key) => !allowed.includes(key));
@@ -118,11 +119,10 @@ export const memoryConfigSchema = {
     if (!embedding || typeof embedding !== "object" || Array.isArray(embedding)) {
       throw new Error("embedding config required");
     }
-    assertAllowedKeys(
-      embedding,
-      ["provider", "apiKey", "model", "baseUrl", "dimensions"],
-      "embedding config",
-    );
+    assertAllowedKeys(embedding, [...EMBEDDING_CONFIG_KEYS], "embedding config");
+    if (Object.keys(embedding).length === 0) {
+      throw new Error("embedding config must include at least one setting");
+    }
 
     const model = resolveEmbeddingModel(embedding);
     const provider = typeof embedding.provider === "string" ? embedding.provider.trim() : "openai";
diff --git a/extensions/memory-lancedb/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/memory-lancedb/openclaw.plugin.json
index d81873dbaf7..ef2df411add 100644
--- a/extensions/memory-lancedb/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/memory-lancedb/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
         "type": "object",
         "minProperties": 1,
         "additionalProperties": false,
+        "minProperties": 1,
         "properties": {
           "apiKey": {
             "type": "string"
diff --git a/src/cli/plugins-cli.install.test.ts b/src/cli/plugins-cli.install.test.ts
index 3b4e329a47c..5b64d869347 100644
--- a/src/cli/plugins-cli.install.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/plugins-cli.install.test.ts
@@ -517,6 +517,32 @@ describe("plugins cli install", () => {
     expect(runtimeLogs.some((line) => line.includes("requires configuration first"))).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it("enables config-gated bundled installs when provider-backed config is explicit", async () => {
+    const cfg = {
+      plugins: {
+        entries: {
+          "memory-lancedb": {
+            config: {
+              embedding: {
+                provider: "openai",
+                model: "text-embedding-3-small",
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    } as OpenClawConfig;
+    const enabledCfg = createEnabledPluginConfig("memory-lancedb");
+    loadConfig.mockReturnValue(cfg);
+    enablePluginInConfig.mockReturnValue({ config: enabledCfg });
+
+    await runPluginsCommand(["plugins", "install", "memory-lancedb"]);
+
+    expect(enablePluginInConfig).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(writeConfigFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(enabledCfg);
+    expect(runtimeLogs.some((line) => line.includes("requires configuration first"))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it("passes force through as overwrite mode for ClawHub installs", async () => {
     const cfg = {
       plugins: {