diff --git a/src/plugins/contracts/inventory/bundled-capability-metadata.ts b/src/plugins/contracts/inventory/bundled-capability-metadata.ts
index 7872c6e9f47..d624967fa2e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/contracts/inventory/bundled-capability-metadata.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/contracts/inventory/bundled-capability-metadata.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@ import {
   normalizeBundledPluginStringList,
   resolveBundledPluginScanDir,
 } from "../../bundled-plugin-scan.js";
-import { PLUGIN_MANIFEST_FILENAME, type PluginManifest } from "../../manifest.js";
+import {
+  getPackageManifestMetadata,
+  isPackageIncludedInCoreBundle,
+  PLUGIN_MANIFEST_FILENAME,
+  type PackageManifest,
+  type PluginManifest,
+} from "../../manifest.js";
 import { resolveLoaderPackageRoot } from "../../sdk-alias.js";
 import { uniqueStrings } from "../shared.js";
 
@@ -65,17 +71,7 @@ function readJsonRecord(filePath: string): Record<string, unknown> | undefined {
 }
 
 function isExplicitlyDownloadablePlugin(packageJson: Record<string, unknown> | undefined): boolean {
-  const openclaw = packageJson?.openclaw;
-  if (!openclaw || typeof openclaw !== "object" || Array.isArray(openclaw)) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  const bundle = (openclaw as { bundle?: unknown }).bundle;
-  return (
-    bundle !== null &&
-    typeof bundle === "object" &&
-    !Array.isArray(bundle) &&
-    (bundle as { includeInCore?: unknown }).includeInCore === false
-  );
+  return !isPackageIncludedInCoreBundle(getPackageManifestMetadata(packageJson as PackageManifest));
 }
 
 function readBundledCapabilityManifest(pluginDir: string): BundledCapabilityManifest | undefined {
diff --git a/src/plugins/contracts/registry.contract.test.ts b/src/plugins/contracts/registry.contract.test.ts
index a9e953d02e0..c058cb0235b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/contracts/registry.contract.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/contracts/registry.contract.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { uniqueSortedStrings } from "../../plugin-sdk/test-helpers/string-utils.js";
 import { loadPluginManifestRegistry } from "../manifest-registry.js";
+import { isPackageIncludedInCoreBundle } from "../manifest.js";
 import { resolveManifestContractPluginIds } from "../plugin-registry.js";
 import {
   pluginRegistrationContractRegistry,
@@ -44,7 +45,11 @@ describe("plugin contract registry", () => {
     }) => boolean,
   ) {
     return loadPluginManifestRegistry({})
-      .plugins.filter(predicate)
+      .plugins.filter(
+        (plugin) =>
+          (plugin.origin !== "bundled" || isPackageIncludedInCoreBundle(plugin.packageManifest)) &&
+          predicate(plugin),
+      )
       .map((plugin) => plugin.id)
       .toSorted((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right));
   }
diff --git a/src/plugins/manifest.ts b/src/plugins/manifest.ts
index 956906ea87f..cd281eaba2e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/manifest.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/manifest.ts
@@ -1530,6 +1530,10 @@ export type OpenClawPackageSetupFeatures = {
   legacySessionSurfaces?: boolean;
 };
 
+export type OpenClawPackageBundle = {
+  includeInCore?: boolean;
+};
+
 export type OpenClawPackageManifest = {
   extensions?: string[];
   runtimeExtensions?: string[];
@@ -1538,6 +1542,7 @@ export type OpenClawPackageManifest = {
   setupFeatures?: OpenClawPackageSetupFeatures;
   channel?: PluginPackageChannel;
   install?: PluginPackageInstall;
+  bundle?: OpenClawPackageBundle;
   startup?: OpenClawPackageStartup;
 };
 
@@ -1570,6 +1575,12 @@ export function getPackageManifestMetadata(
   return manifest[MANIFEST_KEY];
 }
 
+export function isPackageIncludedInCoreBundle(
+  manifest: OpenClawPackageManifest | undefined,
+): boolean {
+  return manifest?.bundle?.includeInCore !== false;
+}
+
 export function resolvePackageExtensionEntries(
   manifest: PackageManifest | undefined,
 ): PackageExtensionResolution {
diff --git a/src/plugins/plugin-registry-contributions.ts b/src/plugins/plugin-registry-contributions.ts
index 342029f73c2..1b2107b8637 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plugin-registry-contributions.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin-registry-contributions.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import type {
   PluginManifestRecord,
   PluginManifestRegistry,
 } from "./manifest-registry.js";
+import { isPackageIncludedInCoreBundle } from "./manifest.js";
 import type { PluginOrigin } from "./plugin-origin.types.js";
 import {
   createPluginRegistryIdNormalizer,
@@ -119,6 +120,10 @@ function sortUnique(values: Iterable<string>): string[] {
   );
 }
 
+function isCoreBundledManifestSurface(plugin: PluginManifestRecord): boolean {
+  return plugin.origin !== "bundled" || isPackageIncludedInCoreBundle(plugin.packageManifest);
+}
+
 function collectObjectKeys(value: Record<string, unknown> | undefined): readonly string[] {
   return value ? Object.keys(value) : [];
 }
@@ -415,6 +420,7 @@ export function resolveManifestContractPluginIds(
     .plugins.filter(
       (plugin) =>
         (!params.origin || plugin.origin === params.origin) &&
+        isCoreBundledManifestSurface(plugin) &&
         listManifestContractValues(plugin, params.contract).length > 0,
     )
     .map((plugin) => plugin.id)
@@ -432,6 +438,7 @@ export function resolveManifestContractPluginIdsByCompatibilityRuntimePath(
     .plugins.filter(
       (plugin) =>
         (!params.origin || plugin.origin === params.origin) &&
+        isCoreBundledManifestSurface(plugin) &&
         listManifestContractValues(plugin, params.contract).length > 0 &&
         (plugin.configContracts?.compatibilityRuntimePaths ?? []).includes(normalizedPath),
     )
diff --git a/src/plugins/providers.ts b/src/plugins/providers.ts
index 1459a9cb380..50686434a59 100644
--- a/src/plugins/providers.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/providers.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 } from "./manifest-owner-policy.js";
 import { loadPluginManifestRegistryForInstalledIndex } from "./manifest-registry-installed.js";
 import { type PluginManifestRecord, type PluginManifestRegistry } from "./manifest-registry.js";
+import { isPackageIncludedInCoreBundle } from "./manifest.js";
 import {
   loadPluginRegistrySnapshot,
   normalizePluginsConfigWithRegistry,
@@ -71,10 +72,16 @@ function resolveProviderSurfacePluginIdSet(
     resolveManifestRegistry({
       ...params,
       includeDisabled: true,
-    }).plugins.flatMap((plugin) => (plugin.providers.length > 0 ? [plugin.id] : [])),
+    }).plugins.flatMap((plugin) =>
+      plugin.providers.length > 0 && isCoreBundledManifestSurface(plugin) ? [plugin.id] : [],
+    ),
   );
 }
 
+function isCoreBundledManifestSurface(plugin: PluginManifestRecord): boolean {
+  return plugin.origin !== "bundled" || isPackageIncludedInCoreBundle(plugin.packageManifest);
+}
+
 function resolveProviderOwnerPluginIds(
   params: ProviderRegistryLoadParams & {
     pluginIds: readonly string[];
@@ -139,6 +146,7 @@ export function resolveBundledProviderCompatPluginIds(params: {
       .filter(
         (plugin) =>
           plugin.origin === "bundled" &&
+          isCoreBundledManifestSurface(plugin) &&
           plugin.providers.length > 0 &&
           (!onlyPluginIdSet || onlyPluginIdSet.has(plugin.id)),
       )