diff --git a/src/model-catalog/manifest-planner.test.ts b/src/model-catalog/manifest-planner.test.ts
index 1535c2a484b..906c3b77d94 100644
--- a/src/model-catalog/manifest-planner.test.ts
+++ b/src/model-catalog/manifest-planner.test.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ describe("manifest model catalog planner", () => {
           {
             id: "moonshot",
             modelCatalog: {
+              discovery: {
+                moonshot: "static",
+              },
               providers: {
                 Moonshot: {
                   api: "openai-responses",
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ describe("manifest model catalog planner", () => {
       {
         pluginId: "moonshot",
         provider: "moonshot",
+        discovery: "static",
         rows: [
           {
             provider: "moonshot",
diff --git a/src/model-catalog/manifest-planner.ts b/src/model-catalog/manifest-planner.ts
index e0f0f42843e..f14b6d9b61d 100644
--- a/src/model-catalog/manifest-planner.ts
+++ b/src/model-catalog/manifest-planner.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { normalizeModelCatalogProviderRows } from "./normalize.js";
 import { normalizeModelCatalogProviderId } from "./refs.js";
-import type { ModelCatalog, NormalizedModelCatalogRow } from "./types.js";
+import type { ModelCatalog, ModelCatalogDiscovery, NormalizedModelCatalogRow } from "./types.js";
 
 export type ManifestModelCatalogPlugin = {
   id: string;
-  modelCatalog?: Pick<ModelCatalog, "providers">;
+  modelCatalog?: Pick<ModelCatalog, "providers" | "discovery">;
 };
 
 export type ManifestModelCatalogRegistry = {
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export type ManifestModelCatalogRegistry = {
 export type ManifestModelCatalogPlanEntry = {
   pluginId: string;
   provider: string;
+  discovery?: ModelCatalogDiscovery;
   rows: readonly NormalizedModelCatalogRow[];
 };
 
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ function planManifestModelCatalogPluginEntries(params: {
       {
         pluginId: params.plugin.id,
         provider: normalizedProvider,
+        discovery: params.plugin.modelCatalog?.discovery?.[normalizedProvider],
         rows,
       },
     ];