diff --git a/docs/plugins/memory-wiki.md b/docs/plugins/memory-wiki.md
index 12719fe96da..17b04a102b9 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/memory-wiki.md
+++ b/docs/plugins/memory-wiki.md
@@ -441,6 +441,9 @@ knowledge layer:
 {
   memory: {
     backend: "qmd",
+  },
+  plugins: {
+    entries: {
       "memory-wiki": {
         enabled: true,
         config: {
diff --git a/src/docs/plugin-doc-examples.test.ts b/src/docs/plugin-doc-examples.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..248fa61077c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/docs/plugin-doc-examples.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
+import JSON5 from "json5";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+const PLUGIN_DOCS_DIR = path.join(process.cwd(), "docs", "plugins");
+
+function lineNumberAt(source: string, index: number): number {
+  return source.slice(0, index).split("\n").length;
+}
+
+function listMarkdownFiles(dir: string): string[] {
+  const files: string[] = [];
+  for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(dir, { withFileTypes: true })) {
+    const entryPath = path.join(dir, entry.name);
+    if (entry.isDirectory()) {
+      files.push(...listMarkdownFiles(entryPath));
+    } else if (entry.isFile() && entry.name.endsWith(".md")) {
+      files.push(entryPath);
+    }
+  }
+  return files;
+}
+
+describe("plugin docs examples", () => {
+  it("keeps plugin docs JSON fences parseable", () => {
+    const failures: string[] = [];
+    for (const docPath of listMarkdownFiles(PLUGIN_DOCS_DIR)) {
+      const markdown = fs.readFileSync(docPath, "utf8");
+      const blocks = markdown.matchAll(/```(json5|json)\n([\s\S]*?)```/g);
+      for (const match of blocks) {
+        const lang = match[1] ?? "";
+        const code = match[2] ?? "";
+        const relativePath = path.relative(process.cwd(), docPath).split(path.sep).join("/");
+        const location = `${relativePath}:${lineNumberAt(markdown, match.index ?? 0)}`;
+        try {
+          if (lang === "json") {
+            JSON.parse(code);
+          } else {
+            JSON5.parse(code);
+          }
+        } catch (error) {
+          failures.push(`${location} ${lang.toUpperCase()} parse failed: ${String(error)}`);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    expect(failures).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/vitest/vitest.unit-fast-paths.mjs b/test/vitest/vitest.unit-fast-paths.mjs
index 4ce9cd9fa6b..f5a445c0f85 100644
--- a/test/vitest/vitest.unit-fast-paths.mjs
+++ b/test/vitest/vitest.unit-fast-paths.mjs
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ export const forcedUnitFastTestFiles = [
   "src/canvas-host/server.state-dir.test.ts",
   "src/docs/clawhub-plugin-docs.test.ts",
   "src/docs/channel-config-examples.test.ts",
+  "src/docs/plugin-doc-examples.test.ts",
   "src/docs/install-cloud-secrets.test.ts",
   "src/docker-build-cache.test.ts",
   "src/docker-image-digests.test.ts",