fix: include cli backend owners in provider metadata filters

src/agents/models-config.providers.implicit.ts

@@ -126,6 +126,25 @@ function resolveProviderDiscoveryFilter(params: {
     : undefined;
 }
 
+function resolvePluginMetadataProviderOwners(
+  pluginMetadataSnapshot: Pick<PluginMetadataSnapshot, "owners"> | undefined,
+  provider: string,
+): readonly string[] | undefined {
+  if (!pluginMetadataSnapshot) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const owners = new Set<string>();
+  for (const owner of pluginMetadataSnapshot.owners.providers.get(provider) ?? []) {
+    owners.add(owner);
+  }
+  for (const owner of pluginMetadataSnapshot.owners.cliBackends.get(provider) ?? []) {
+    owners.add(owner);
+  }
+  return owners.size > 0
+    ? [...owners].toSorted((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right))
+    : undefined;
+}
+
 export function resolveProviderDiscoveryFilterForTest(params: {
   config?: OpenClawConfig;
   workspaceDir?: string;
@@ -135,6 +154,13 @@ export function resolveProviderDiscoveryFilterForTest(params: {
   return resolveProviderDiscoveryFilter(params);
 }
 
+export function resolvePluginMetadataProviderOwnersForTest(
+  pluginMetadataSnapshot: Pick<PluginMetadataSnapshot, "owners"> | undefined,
+  provider: string,
+): readonly string[] | undefined {
+  return resolvePluginMetadataProviderOwners(pluginMetadataSnapshot, provider);
+}
+
 function mergeImplicitProviderSet(
   target: Record<string, ProviderConfig>,
   additions: Record<string, ProviderConfig> | undefined,
@@ -370,7 +396,7 @@ export async function resolveImplicitProviders(
       workspaceDir: params.workspaceDir,
       env,
       resolveOwners: params.pluginMetadataSnapshot
-        ? (provider) => params.pluginMetadataSnapshot?.owners.providers.get(provider)
+        ? (provider) => resolvePluginMetadataProviderOwners(params.pluginMetadataSnapshot, provider)
         : undefined,
     }),
     ...(params.pluginMetadataSnapshot

src/agents/models-config.providers.live-filter.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { resolveProviderDiscoveryFilterForTest } from "./models-config.providers.implicit.js";
+import type { PluginMetadataSnapshotOwnerMaps } from "../plugins/plugin-metadata-snapshot.js";
+import {
+  resolvePluginMetadataProviderOwnersForTest,
+  resolveProviderDiscoveryFilterForTest,
+} from "./models-config.providers.implicit.js";
 
 function liveFilterEnv(overrides: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): NodeJS.ProcessEnv {
   return {
@@ -12,6 +16,22 @@ function resolveOwners(provider: string): readonly string[] | undefined {
   return provider === "claude-cli" ? ["anthropic"] : undefined;
 }
 
+function metadataOwners(
+  overrides: Partial<PluginMetadataSnapshotOwnerMaps>,
+): PluginMetadataSnapshotOwnerMaps {
+  return {
+    channels: new Map(),
+    channelConfigs: new Map(),
+    providers: new Map(),
+    modelCatalogProviders: new Map(),
+    cliBackends: new Map(),
+    setupProviders: new Map(),
+    commandAliases: new Map(),
+    contracts: new Map(),
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
 describe("resolveProviderDiscoveryFilterForTest", () => {
   it("maps live provider backend ids to owning plugin ids", () => {
     expect(
@@ -48,4 +68,26 @@ describe("resolveProviderDiscoveryFilterForTest", () => {
       }),
     ).toEqual(["openrouter"]);
   });
+
+  it("maps live provider backend ids through plugin metadata cli backend owners", () => {
+    const snapshot = {
+      owners: metadataOwners({
+        cliBackends: new Map([["claude-cli", ["anthropic"]]]),
+      }),
+    };
+
+    const resolveMetadataOwners = (provider: string) =>
+      resolvePluginMetadataProviderOwnersForTest(snapshot, provider);
+
+    expect(resolveMetadataOwners("claude-cli")).toEqual(["anthropic"]);
+    expect(
+      resolveProviderDiscoveryFilterForTest({
+        env: liveFilterEnv({
+          OPENCLAW_LIVE_TEST: "1",
+          OPENCLAW_LIVE_PROVIDERS: "claude-cli",
+        }),
+        resolveOwners: resolveMetadataOwners,
+      }),
+    ).toEqual(["anthropic"]);
+  });
 });