diff --git a/src/plugins/loader.cli-metadata.test.ts b/src/plugins/loader.cli-metadata.test.ts
index e5caefe3751..1068ae632b6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/loader.cli-metadata.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/loader.cli-metadata.test.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,33 @@ afterAll(() => {
   cleanupPluginLoaderFixturesForTest();
 });
 
+function inlineChannelPluginEntryFactorySource(): string {
+  return `function defineChannelPluginEntry(options) {
+  return {
+    id: options.id,
+    name: options.name,
+    description: options.description,
+    configSchema: { schema: { type: "object" } },
+    channelPlugin: options.plugin,
+    setChannelRuntime: options.setRuntime,
+    register(api) {
+      if (api.registrationMode === "cli-metadata") {
+        options.registerCliMetadata?.(api);
+        return;
+      }
+      options.setRuntime?.(api.runtime);
+      api.registerChannel({ plugin: options.plugin });
+      if (api.registrationMode !== "full") {
+        return;
+      }
+      options.registerCliMetadata?.(api);
+      options.registerFull?.(api);
+    },
+  };
+}
+`;
+}
+
 describe("plugin loader CLI metadata", () => {
   it("suppresses trust warning logs during CLI metadata loads", async () => {
     useNoBundledPlugins();
@@ -162,7 +189,7 @@ describe("plugin loader CLI metadata", () => {
     );
     fs.writeFileSync(
       path.join(pluginDir, "index.cjs"),
-      `const { defineChannelPluginEntry } = require("openclaw/plugin-sdk/core");
+      `${inlineChannelPluginEntryFactorySource()}
 require("node:fs").writeFileSync(${JSON.stringify(fullMarker)}, "loaded", "utf-8");
 module.exports = {
   ...defineChannelPluginEntry({
@@ -485,7 +512,7 @@ module.exports = {
     );
     fs.writeFileSync(
       path.join(pluginDir, "index.cjs"),
-      `const { defineChannelPluginEntry } = require("openclaw/plugin-sdk/core");
+      `${inlineChannelPluginEntryFactorySource()}
 module.exports = {
   ...defineChannelPluginEntry({
     id: "full-cli-metadata-channel",