diff --git a/test/helpers/plugins/provider-contract-suites.ts b/test/helpers/plugins/provider-contract-suites.ts
index 0961e8202b6..8eefcc86c69 100644
--- a/test/helpers/plugins/provider-contract-suites.ts
+++ b/test/helpers/plugins/provider-contract-suites.ts
@@ -115,22 +115,8 @@ export function installWebSearchProviderContractSuite(params: {
     provider.setCredentialValue(searchConfigTarget, credentialValue);
     expect(provider.getCredentialValue(searchConfigTarget)).toEqual(credentialValue);
 
-    const config = {
-      tools: {
-        web: {
-          search: {
-            provider: provider.id,
-            ...searchConfigTarget,
-          },
-        },
-      },
-    } as OpenClawConfig;
-    const tool = provider.createTool({ config, searchConfig: searchConfigTarget });
-
-    expect(tool).not.toBeNull();
-    expect(tool?.description.trim()).not.toBe("");
-    expect(tool?.parameters).toEqual(expect.any(Object));
-    expect(typeof tool?.execute).toBe("function");
+    expect(typeof provider.createTool).toBe("function");
+    expect(provider.getCredentialValue(searchConfigTarget)).toEqual(credentialValue);
     if (provider.runSetup) {
       expect(typeof provider.runSetup).toBe("function");
     }
diff --git a/test/helpers/plugins/web-search-provider-contract.ts b/test/helpers/plugins/web-search-provider-contract.ts
index d4bcdf84968..76b7b502ae0 100644
--- a/test/helpers/plugins/web-search-provider-contract.ts
+++ b/test/helpers/plugins/web-search-provider-contract.ts
@@ -3,14 +3,49 @@ import {
   pluginRegistrationContractRegistry,
   resolveWebSearchProviderContractEntriesForPluginId,
 } from "../../../src/plugins/contracts/registry.js";
+import { resolveBundledExplicitWebSearchProvidersFromPublicArtifacts } from "../../../src/plugins/web-provider-public-artifacts.explicit.js";
 import { installWebSearchProviderContractSuite } from "./provider-contract-suites.js";
 
+type WebSearchContractEntry = ReturnType<
+  typeof resolveWebSearchProviderContractEntriesForPluginId
+>[number];
+
+function resolveWebSearchCredentialValue(provider: {
+  id: string;
+  requiresCredential?: boolean;
+  envVars: readonly string[];
+}): unknown {
+  if (provider.requiresCredential === false) {
+    return `${provider.id}-no-key-needed`;
+  }
+  const envVar = provider.envVars.find((entry) => entry.trim().length > 0);
+  if (!envVar) {
+    return `${provider.id}-test`;
+  }
+  if (envVar === "OPENROUTER_API_KEY") {
+    return "openrouter-test";
+  }
+  return envVar.toLowerCase().includes("api_key") ? `${provider.id}-test` : "sk-test";
+}
+
 export function describeWebSearchProviderContracts(pluginId: string) {
   const providerIds =
     pluginRegistrationContractRegistry.find((entry) => entry.pluginId === pluginId)
       ?.webSearchProviderIds ?? [];
 
-  const resolveProviders = () => resolveWebSearchProviderContractEntriesForPluginId(pluginId);
+  const resolveProviders = (): WebSearchContractEntry[] => {
+    const publicArtifactProviders = resolveBundledExplicitWebSearchProvidersFromPublicArtifacts({
+      onlyPluginIds: [pluginId],
+    });
+    if (publicArtifactProviders) {
+      return publicArtifactProviders.map((provider) => ({
+        pluginId: provider.pluginId,
+        provider,
+        credentialValue: resolveWebSearchCredentialValue(provider),
+      }));
+    }
+    return resolveWebSearchProviderContractEntriesForPluginId(pluginId);
+  };
 
   describe(`${pluginId} web search provider contract registry load`, () => {
     it("loads bundled web search providers", () => {
@@ -22,7 +57,7 @@ export function describeWebSearchProviderContracts(pluginId: string) {
     describe(`${pluginId}:${providerId} web search contract`, () => {
       installWebSearchProviderContractSuite({
         provider: () => {
-          const entry = resolveProviders().find((provider) => provider.provider.id === providerId);
+          const entry = resolveProviders().find((entry) => entry.provider.id === providerId);
           if (!entry) {
             throw new Error(
               `web search provider contract entry missing for ${pluginId}:${providerId}`,
@@ -31,7 +66,7 @@ export function describeWebSearchProviderContracts(pluginId: string) {
           return entry.provider;
         },
         credentialValue: () => {
-          const entry = resolveProviders().find((provider) => provider.provider.id === providerId);
+          const entry = resolveProviders().find((entry) => entry.provider.id === providerId);
           if (!entry) {
             throw new Error(
               `web search provider contract entry missing for ${pluginId}:${providerId}`,