diff --git a/src/channels/plugins/registry-read.ts b/src/channels/plugins/registry-read.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..20587895f7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/channels/plugins/registry-read.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { normalizeOptionalString } from "../../shared/string-coerce.js";
+import { getBundledChannelPlugin } from "./bundled.js";
+import { getLoadedChannelPluginById, listLoadedChannelPlugins } from "./registry-loaded.js";
+import type { ChannelPlugin } from "./types.plugin.js";
+import type { ChannelId } from "./types.public.js";
+
+export function listChannelPluginsForRead(): ChannelPlugin[] {
+  return listLoadedChannelPlugins() as ChannelPlugin[];
+}
+
+export function getLoadedChannelPluginForRead(id: ChannelId): ChannelPlugin | undefined {
+  const resolvedId = normalizeOptionalString(id) ?? "";
+  if (!resolvedId) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  return getLoadedChannelPluginById(resolvedId) as ChannelPlugin | undefined;
+}
+
+export function getChannelPluginForRead(id: ChannelId): ChannelPlugin | undefined {
+  const resolvedId = normalizeOptionalString(id) ?? "";
+  if (!resolvedId) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  return getLoadedChannelPluginForRead(resolvedId) ?? getBundledChannelPlugin(resolvedId);
+}
diff --git a/src/cron/isolated-agent/delivery-target.ts b/src/cron/isolated-agent/delivery-target.ts
index 52880efff6d..d2dd454d76d 100644
--- a/src/cron/isolated-agent/delivery-target.ts
+++ b/src/cron/isolated-agent/delivery-target.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getLoadedChannelPlugin } from "../../channels/plugins/index.js";
+import { getLoadedChannelPluginForRead } from "../../channels/plugins/registry-read.js";
 import type { ChannelId } from "../../channels/plugins/types.public.js";
 import { resolveAgentMainSessionKey } from "../../config/sessions/main-session.js";
 import { resolveStorePath } from "../../config/sessions/paths.js";
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ export async function resolveDeliveryTarget(
     };
   }
 
-  const channelPlugin = getLoadedChannelPlugin(channel);
+  const channelPlugin = getLoadedChannelPluginForRead(channel);
   const resolvedAccountId = normalizeAccountId(accountId);
   const configuredAllowFromRaw = channelPlugin?.config.resolveAllowFrom?.({
     cfg,
diff --git a/src/infra/outbound/target-normalization.test.ts b/src/infra/outbound/target-normalization.test.ts
index d4155fc3f9d..a8d7c80dfc2 100644
--- a/src/infra/outbound/target-normalization.test.ts
+++ b/src/infra/outbound/target-normalization.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { beforeAll, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../../config/config.js";
 
-const normalizeChannelIdMock = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
 const getChannelPluginMock = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
 const getActivePluginChannelRegistryVersionMock = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
 
@@ -15,12 +14,8 @@ let resolveNormalizedTargetInput: TargetNormalizationModule["resolveNormalizedTa
 let normalizeTargetForProvider: TargetNormalizationModule["normalizeTargetForProvider"];
 let resetTargetNormalizerCacheForTests: TargetNormalizationModule["__testing"]["resetTargetNormalizerCacheForTests"];
 
-vi.mock("../../channels/registry.js", () => ({
-  normalizeAnyChannelId: (...args: unknown[]) => normalizeChannelIdMock(...args),
-}));
-
-vi.mock("../../channels/plugins/index.js", () => ({
-  getChannelPlugin: (...args: unknown[]) => getChannelPluginMock(...args),
+vi.mock("../../channels/plugins/registry-read.js", () => ({
+  getChannelPluginForRead: (...args: unknown[]) => getChannelPluginMock(...args),
 }));
 
 vi.mock("../../plugins/runtime.js", () => ({
@@ -43,7 +38,6 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
 });
 
 beforeEach(() => {
-  normalizeChannelIdMock.mockReset();
   getChannelPluginMock.mockReset();
   getActivePluginChannelRegistryVersionMock.mockReset();
   resetTargetNormalizerCacheForTests();
@@ -64,14 +58,13 @@ describe("normalizeTargetForProvider", () => {
     {
       provider: "unknown",
       setup: () => {
-        normalizeChannelIdMock.mockReturnValueOnce(null);
+        getChannelPluginMock.mockReturnValueOnce(undefined);
       },
       expected: "raw-id",
     },
     {
       provider: "telegram",
       setup: () => {
-        normalizeChannelIdMock.mockReturnValueOnce("telegram");
         getActivePluginChannelRegistryVersionMock.mockReturnValueOnce(1);
         getChannelPluginMock.mockReturnValueOnce(undefined);
       },
@@ -88,7 +81,6 @@ describe("normalizeTargetForProvider", () => {
   it("uses the cached target normalizer until the plugin registry version changes", () => {
     const firstNormalizer = vi.fn((raw: string) => raw.trim().toUpperCase());
     const secondNormalizer = vi.fn((raw: string) => `next:${raw.trim()}`);
-    normalizeChannelIdMock.mockReturnValue("telegram");
     getActivePluginChannelRegistryVersionMock
       .mockReturnValueOnce(10)
       .mockReturnValueOnce(10)
@@ -111,7 +103,6 @@ describe("normalizeTargetForProvider", () => {
   });
 
   it("returns undefined when the provider normalizer resolves to an empty value", () => {
-    normalizeChannelIdMock.mockReturnValueOnce("telegram");
     getActivePluginChannelRegistryVersionMock.mockReturnValueOnce(20);
     getChannelPluginMock.mockReturnValueOnce({
       messaging: {
@@ -129,7 +120,6 @@ describe("resolveNormalizedTargetInput", () => {
   });
 
   it("returns raw and normalized values", () => {
-    normalizeChannelIdMock.mockReturnValueOnce("telegram");
     getActivePluginChannelRegistryVersionMock.mockReturnValueOnce(1);
     getChannelPluginMock.mockReturnValueOnce({
       messaging: {
@@ -198,7 +188,6 @@ describe("maybeResolvePluginMessagingTarget", () => {
   });
 
   it("invokes the plugin resolver with normalized input and defaults source", async () => {
-    normalizeChannelIdMock.mockReturnValueOnce("slack");
     getActivePluginChannelRegistryVersionMock.mockReturnValueOnce(1);
     const resolveTarget = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
       to: "channel:C123ABC",
diff --git a/src/infra/outbound/target-normalization.ts b/src/infra/outbound/target-normalization.ts
index 969775cce7e..39d99e92ce0 100644
--- a/src/infra/outbound/target-normalization.ts
+++ b/src/infra/outbound/target-normalization.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-import { getChannelPlugin } from "../../channels/plugins/index.js";
+import { getChannelPluginForRead } from "../../channels/plugins/registry-read.js";
 import type { ChannelDirectoryEntryKind, ChannelId } from "../../channels/plugins/types.public.js";
-import { normalizeAnyChannelId } from "../../channels/registry.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../../config/types.openclaw.js";
 import { getActivePluginChannelRegistryVersion } from "../../plugins/runtime.js";
-import { normalizeOptionalString } from "../../shared/string-coerce.js";
+import {
+  normalizeOptionalLowercaseString,
+  normalizeOptionalString,
+} from "../../shared/string-coerce.js";
 
 export function normalizeChannelTargetInput(raw: string): string {
   return raw.trim();
@@ -28,10 +30,10 @@ export const __testing = {
 function resolveTargetNormalizer(channelId: ChannelId): TargetNormalizer {
   const version = getActivePluginChannelRegistryVersion();
   const cached = targetNormalizerCacheByChannelId.get(channelId);
-  if (cached?.version === version) {
+  if (cached && cached.version === version) {
     return cached.normalizer;
   }
-  const plugin = getChannelPlugin(channelId);
+  const plugin = getChannelPluginForRead(channelId);
   const normalizer = plugin?.messaging?.normalizeTarget;
   targetNormalizerCacheByChannelId.set(channelId, {
     version,
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ export function normalizeTargetForProvider(provider: string, raw?: string): stri
   if (!fallback) {
     return undefined;
   }
-  const providerId = normalizeAnyChannelId(provider);
+  const providerId = normalizeOptionalLowercaseString(provider);
   const normalizer = providerId ? resolveTargetNormalizer(providerId) : undefined;
   return normalizeOptionalString(normalizer?.(raw) ?? fallback);
 }
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ export function looksLikeTargetId(params: {
 }): boolean {
   const normalizedInput =
     params.normalized ?? normalizeTargetForProvider(params.channel, params.raw);
-  const lookup = getChannelPlugin(params.channel)?.messaging?.targetResolver?.looksLikeId;
+  const lookup = getChannelPluginForRead(params.channel)?.messaging?.targetResolver?.looksLikeId;
   if (lookup) {
     return lookup(params.raw, normalizedInput ?? params.raw);
   }
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ export async function maybeResolvePluginMessagingTarget(params: {
   if (!normalizedInput) {
     return undefined;
   }
-  const resolver = getChannelPlugin(params.channel)?.messaging?.targetResolver;
+  const resolver = getChannelPluginForRead(params.channel)?.messaging?.targetResolver;
   if (!resolver?.resolveTarget) {
     return undefined;
   }
@@ -147,7 +149,7 @@ export async function maybeResolvePluginMessagingTarget(params: {
 }
 
 export function buildTargetResolverSignature(channel: ChannelId): string {
-  const plugin = getChannelPlugin(channel);
+  const plugin = getChannelPluginForRead(channel);
   const resolver = plugin?.messaging?.targetResolver;
   const hint = resolver?.hint ?? "";
   const looksLike = resolver?.looksLikeId;
diff --git a/src/infra/outbound/targets-loaded.test.ts b/src/infra/outbound/targets-loaded.test.ts
index c0691fcae84..5f639a64cc6 100644
--- a/src/infra/outbound/targets-loaded.test.ts
+++ b/src/infra/outbound/targets-loaded.test.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   getLoadedChannelPlugin: vi.fn(),
 }));
 
-vi.mock("../../channels/plugins/index.js", () => ({
-  getLoadedChannelPlugin: mocks.getLoadedChannelPlugin,
+vi.mock("../../channels/plugins/registry-read.js", () => ({
+  getLoadedChannelPluginForRead: mocks.getLoadedChannelPlugin,
 }));
 
 describe("tryResolveLoadedOutboundTarget", () => {
diff --git a/src/infra/outbound/targets-loaded.ts b/src/infra/outbound/targets-loaded.ts
index b5cabd71efe..8769215b726 100644
--- a/src/infra/outbound/targets-loaded.ts
+++ b/src/infra/outbound/targets-loaded.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getLoadedChannelPlugin } from "../../channels/plugins/index.js";
+import { getLoadedChannelPluginForRead } from "../../channels/plugins/registry-read.js";
 import type { ChannelPlugin } from "../../channels/plugins/types.plugin.js";
 import type { ChannelOutboundTargetMode } from "../../channels/plugins/types.public.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../../config/types.openclaw.js";
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ function resolveLoadedOutboundChannelPlugin(channel: string): ChannelPlugin | un
     return undefined;
   }
 
-  return getLoadedChannelPlugin(normalized);
+  return getLoadedChannelPluginForRead(normalized);
 }
 
 export function tryResolveLoadedOutboundTarget(params: {