diff --git a/extensions/bluebubbles/api.ts b/extensions/bluebubbles/api.ts
index c4ed99e6c6e..c5cd3e10a75 100644
--- a/extensions/bluebubbles/api.ts
+++ b/extensions/bluebubbles/api.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-export { bluebubblesPlugin } from "./src/channel.js";
 export * from "./src/conversation-id.js";
 export * from "./src/conversation-bindings.js";
+export { collectBlueBubblesStatusIssues } from "./src/status-issues.js";
 export {
   resolveBlueBubblesGroupRequireMention,
   resolveBlueBubblesGroupToolPolicy,
diff --git a/extensions/bluebubbles/index.ts b/extensions/bluebubbles/index.ts
index 3e4ab2b4ff8..1372f2958f9 100644
--- a/extensions/bluebubbles/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/bluebubbles/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { defineChannelPluginEntry } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
+import { defineChannelPluginEntry } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-core";
 import { bluebubblesPlugin } from "./src/channel.js";
 import { setBlueBubblesRuntime } from "./src/runtime.js";
 
diff --git a/extensions/bluebubbles/setup-entry.ts b/extensions/bluebubbles/setup-entry.ts
index 73260ef8316..a5074b91f59 100644
--- a/extensions/bluebubbles/setup-entry.ts
+++ b/extensions/bluebubbles/setup-entry.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { defineSetupPluginEntry } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
+import { defineSetupPluginEntry } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-core";
 import { bluebubblesSetupPlugin } from "./src/channel.setup.js";
 
 export { bluebubblesSetupPlugin } from "./src/channel.setup.js";
diff --git a/extensions/bluebubbles/src/monitor-processing-api.ts b/extensions/bluebubbles/src/monitor-processing-api.ts
index 924454f1bfe..7b7eb3e0d7f 100644
--- a/extensions/bluebubbles/src/monitor-processing-api.ts
+++ b/extensions/bluebubbles/src/monitor-processing-api.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export { resolveAckReaction } from "./runtime-api.js";
+export { resolveAckReaction } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-feedback";
 export { logAckFailure, logTypingFailure } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-feedback";
 export { logInboundDrop } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-inbound";
 export { mapAllowFromEntries } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-config-helpers";
diff --git a/extensions/bluebubbles/src/session-route.ts b/extensions/bluebubbles/src/session-route.ts
index a889887a4bd..f84e39a2bab 100644
--- a/extensions/bluebubbles/src/session-route.ts
+++ b/extensions/bluebubbles/src/session-route.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import {
   buildChannelOutboundSessionRoute,
   stripChannelTargetPrefix,
   type ChannelOutboundSessionRouteParams,
-} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
+} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-core";
 import { parseBlueBubblesTarget } from "./targets.js";
 
 export function resolveBlueBubblesOutboundSessionRoute(params: ChannelOutboundSessionRouteParams) {
diff --git a/extensions/discord/index.ts b/extensions/discord/index.ts
index 7328b96015d..df4c3d2ed32 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { defineChannelPluginEntry } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
+import { defineChannelPluginEntry } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-core";
 import { discordPlugin } from "./src/channel.js";
 import { setDiscordRuntime } from "./src/runtime.js";
 
diff --git a/extensions/discord/setup-entry.ts b/extensions/discord/setup-entry.ts
index e2c4689ed39..66e31c46778 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/setup-entry.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/setup-entry.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { defineSetupPluginEntry } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
+import { defineSetupPluginEntry } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-core";
 import { discordSetupPlugin } from "./src/channel.setup.js";
 
 export { discordSetupPlugin } from "./src/channel.setup.js";
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/channel-api.ts b/extensions/discord/src/channel-api.ts
index 7d16c3dabfa..4664eb4a3b2 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/channel-api.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/channel-api.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,24 @@ export {
   resolveConfiguredFromCredentialStatuses,
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-status";
 export { createScopedChannelConfigAdapter } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-config-helpers";
-export { getChatChannelMeta } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
-export type { ChannelPlugin } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
+export type { ChannelPlugin } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-core";
 export type { OpenClawConfig } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/config-runtime";
+
+const DISCORD_CHANNEL_META = {
+  id: "discord",
+  label: "Discord",
+  selectionLabel: "Discord (Bot API)",
+  detailLabel: "Discord Bot",
+  docsPath: "/channels/discord",
+  docsLabel: "discord",
+  blurb: "very well supported right now.",
+  systemImage: "bubble.left.and.bubble.right",
+  markdownCapable: true,
+} as const;
+
+export function getChatChannelMeta(id: string) {
+  if (id !== DISCORD_CHANNEL_META.id) {
+    throw new Error(`Unsupported Discord channel meta lookup: ${id}`);
+  }
+  return DISCORD_CHANNEL_META;
+}
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/config-ui-hints.ts b/extensions/discord/src/config-ui-hints.ts
index f738d5d4d55..f65df865bd7 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/config-ui-hints.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/config-ui-hints.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { ChannelConfigUiHint } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
+import type { ChannelConfigUiHint } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-core";
 
 export const discordChannelConfigUiHints = {
   "": {
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/exec-approvals.ts b/extensions/discord/src/exec-approvals.ts
index 056b8a58417..3b1b0ef3096 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/exec-approvals.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/exec-approvals.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type { OpenClawConfig } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/config-runtime";
 import type { DiscordExecApprovalConfig } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/config-runtime";
 import type { ReplyPayload } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/reply-dispatch-runtime";
 import { resolveDiscordAccount } from "./accounts.js";
-import { parseDiscordTarget } from "./targets.js";
+import { parseDiscordTarget } from "./target-parsing.js";
 
 function normalizeDiscordApproverId(value: string): string | undefined {
   const trimmed = value.trim();
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/group-policy.ts b/extensions/discord/src/group-policy.ts
index f1d19d98ef3..4357c95ef38 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/group-policy.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/group-policy.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {
   type GroupToolPolicyBySenderConfig,
   type GroupToolPolicyConfig,
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-policy";
-import { normalizeAtHashSlug } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
+import { normalizeAtHashSlug } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/string-normalization-runtime";
 import type { DiscordConfig } from "./runtime-api.js";
 
 function normalizeDiscordSlug(value?: string | null) {
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/monitor/thread-bindings.session-updates.ts b/extensions/discord/src/monitor/thread-bindings.session-updates.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..09945f5efe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/monitor/thread-bindings.session-updates.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import { normalizeAccountId } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/routing";
+import {
+  BINDINGS_BY_THREAD_ID,
+  ensureBindingsLoaded,
+  resolveBindingIdsForSession,
+  saveBindingsToDisk,
+  setBindingRecord,
+  shouldPersistBindingMutations,
+} from "./thread-bindings.state.js";
+import type { ThreadBindingRecord, ThreadBindingTargetKind } from "./thread-bindings.types.js";
+
+function normalizeNonNegativeMs(raw: number): number {
+  if (!Number.isFinite(raw)) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+  return Math.max(0, Math.floor(raw));
+}
+
+function resolveBindingIdsForTargetSession(params: {
+  targetSessionKey: string;
+  accountId?: string;
+  targetKind?: ThreadBindingTargetKind;
+}) {
+  ensureBindingsLoaded();
+  const targetSessionKey = params.targetSessionKey.trim();
+  if (!targetSessionKey) {
+    return [];
+  }
+  const accountId = params.accountId ? normalizeAccountId(params.accountId) : undefined;
+  return resolveBindingIdsForSession({
+    targetSessionKey,
+    accountId,
+    targetKind: params.targetKind,
+  });
+}
+
+function updateBindingsForTargetSession(
+  ids: string[],
+  update: (existing: ThreadBindingRecord, now: number) => ThreadBindingRecord,
+) {
+  if (ids.length === 0) {
+    return [];
+  }
+  const now = Date.now();
+  const updated: ThreadBindingRecord[] = [];
+  for (const bindingKey of ids) {
+    const existing = BINDINGS_BY_THREAD_ID.get(bindingKey);
+    if (!existing) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    const nextRecord = update(existing, now);
+    setBindingRecord(nextRecord);
+    updated.push(nextRecord);
+  }
+  if (updated.length > 0 && shouldPersistBindingMutations()) {
+    saveBindingsToDisk({ force: true });
+  }
+  return updated;
+}
+
+export function setThreadBindingIdleTimeoutBySessionKey(params: {
+  targetSessionKey: string;
+  accountId?: string;
+  idleTimeoutMs: number;
+}): ThreadBindingRecord[] {
+  const ids = resolveBindingIdsForTargetSession(params);
+  const idleTimeoutMs = normalizeNonNegativeMs(params.idleTimeoutMs);
+  return updateBindingsForTargetSession(ids, (existing, now) => ({
+    ...existing,
+    idleTimeoutMs,
+    lastActivityAt: now,
+  }));
+}
+
+export function setThreadBindingMaxAgeBySessionKey(params: {
+  targetSessionKey: string;
+  accountId?: string;
+  maxAgeMs: number;
+}): ThreadBindingRecord[] {
+  const ids = resolveBindingIdsForTargetSession(params);
+  const maxAgeMs = normalizeNonNegativeMs(params.maxAgeMs);
+  return updateBindingsForTargetSession(ids, (existing, now) => ({
+    ...existing,
+    maxAgeMs,
+    boundAt: now,
+    lastActivityAt: now,
+  }));
+}
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/normalize.ts b/extensions/discord/src/normalize.ts
index 231cba8e5dc..88830ad7b69 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/normalize.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/normalize.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { parseDiscordTarget } from "./targets.js";
+import { parseDiscordTarget } from "./target-parsing.js";
 
 export function normalizeDiscordMessagingTarget(raw: string): string | undefined {
   // Default bare IDs to channels so routing is stable across tool actions.
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/outbound-session-route.ts b/extensions/discord/src/outbound-session-route.ts
index 9f527b8a793..6a64ddb3ea6 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/outbound-session-route.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/outbound-session-route.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   type RoutePeer,
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/routing";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "./runtime-api.js";
-import { parseDiscordTarget } from "./targets.js";
+import { parseDiscordTarget } from "./target-parsing.js";
 
 export type ResolveDiscordOutboundSessionRouteParams = {
   cfg: OpenClawConfig;
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/recipient-resolution.ts b/extensions/discord/src/recipient-resolution.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4f366c20eab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/recipient-resolution.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { loadConfig, type OpenClawConfig } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/config-runtime";
+import { resolveDiscordAccount } from "./accounts.js";
+import { parseAndResolveDiscordTarget } from "./target-resolver.js";
+
+type DiscordRecipient =
+  | {
+      kind: "user";
+      id: string;
+    }
+  | {
+      kind: "channel";
+      id: string;
+    };
+
+export async function parseAndResolveRecipient(
+  raw: string,
+  accountId?: string,
+  cfg?: OpenClawConfig,
+): Promise<DiscordRecipient> {
+  const resolvedCfg = cfg ?? loadConfig();
+  const accountInfo = resolveDiscordAccount({ cfg: resolvedCfg, accountId });
+  const trimmed = raw.trim();
+  const parseOptions = {
+    ambiguousMessage: `Ambiguous Discord recipient "${trimmed}". Use "user:${trimmed}" for DMs or "channel:${trimmed}" for channel messages.`,
+  };
+  const resolved = await parseAndResolveDiscordTarget(
+    raw,
+    {
+      cfg: resolvedCfg,
+      accountId: accountInfo.accountId,
+    },
+    parseOptions,
+  );
+  return { kind: resolved.kind, id: resolved.id };
+}
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/runtime-api.ts b/extensions/discord/src/runtime-api.ts
index 192e7bd48d0..daf217bbe4f 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/runtime-api.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/runtime-api.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ export type {
   ChannelMessageActionContext,
   ChannelMessageActionName,
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-contract";
-export type { ChannelPlugin, OpenClawPluginApi, PluginRuntime } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
+export type {
+  ChannelPlugin,
+  OpenClawPluginApi,
+  PluginRuntime,
+} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-plugin-common";
 export type {
   DiscordAccountConfig,
   DiscordActionConfig,
@@ -48,8 +52,7 @@ export { DEFAULT_ACCOUNT_ID, normalizeAccountId } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/acco
 export {
   emptyPluginConfigSchema,
   formatPairingApproveHint,
-  getChatChannelMeta,
-} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
+} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-plugin-common";
 export { loadOutboundMediaFromUrl } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/outbound-media";
 export { resolveAccountEntry } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/routing";
 export {
@@ -57,4 +60,5 @@ export {
   normalizeResolvedSecretInputString,
   normalizeSecretInputString,
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/secret-input";
+export { getChatChannelMeta } from "./channel-api.js";
 export { resolveDiscordOutboundSessionRoute } from "./outbound-session-route.js";
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/runtime.ts b/extensions/discord/src/runtime.ts
index 0ab6e8e6d2c..0aa5f660eea 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/runtime.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/runtime.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { PluginRuntime } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
+import type { PluginRuntime } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-core";
 import { createPluginRuntimeStore } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/runtime-store";
 
 type DiscordChannelRuntime = {
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/send-target-parsing.ts b/extensions/discord/src/send-target-parsing.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..582fda5d246
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/send-target-parsing.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import {
+  buildMessagingTarget,
+  type MessagingTarget,
+  type MessagingTargetParseOptions,
+} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/messaging-targets";
+import { parseMentionPrefixOrAtUserTarget } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/messaging-targets";
+
+export type SendDiscordTarget = MessagingTarget;
+
+export type SendDiscordTargetParseOptions = MessagingTargetParseOptions;
+
+export function parseDiscordSendTarget(
+  raw: string,
+  options: SendDiscordTargetParseOptions = {},
+): SendDiscordTarget | undefined {
+  const trimmed = raw.trim();
+  if (!trimmed) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const userTarget = parseMentionPrefixOrAtUserTarget({
+    raw: trimmed,
+    mentionPattern: /^<@!?(\d+)>$/,
+    prefixes: [
+      { prefix: "user:", kind: "user" },
+      { prefix: "channel:", kind: "channel" },
+      { prefix: "discord:", kind: "user" },
+    ],
+    atUserPattern: /^\d+$/,
+    atUserErrorMessage: "Discord DMs require a user id (use user:<id> or a <@id> mention)",
+  });
+  if (userTarget) {
+    return userTarget;
+  }
+  if (/^\d+$/.test(trimmed)) {
+    if (options.defaultKind) {
+      return buildMessagingTarget(options.defaultKind, trimmed, trimmed);
+    }
+    throw new Error(
+      options.ambiguousMessage ??
+        `Ambiguous Discord recipient "${trimmed}". Use "user:${trimmed}" for DMs or "channel:${trimmed}" for channel messages.`,
+    );
+  }
+  return buildMessagingTarget("channel", trimmed, trimmed);
+}
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/send.outbound.ts b/extensions/discord/src/send.outbound.ts
index 6d17d5d7212..c0e8f387d5a 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/send.outbound.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/send.outbound.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { loadWebMediaRaw } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/web-media";
 import { resolveDiscordAccount } from "./accounts.js";
 import { resolveDiscordClientAccountContext } from "./client.js";
 import { rewriteDiscordKnownMentions } from "./mentions.js";
+import { parseAndResolveRecipient } from "./recipient-resolution.js";
 import {
   buildDiscordMessagePayload,
   buildDiscordSendError,
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ import {
   createDiscordClient,
   normalizeDiscordPollInput,
   normalizeStickerIds,
-  parseAndResolveRecipient,
   resolveChannelId,
   resolveDiscordChannelType,
   resolveDiscordSendComponents,
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/shared.ts b/extensions/discord/src/shared.ts
index 4e32613da36..8c92f19991f 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/shared.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/shared.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { describeAccountSnapshot } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/account-helpers";
 import { formatAllowFromLowercase } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/allow-from";
 import { adaptScopedAccountAccessor } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-config-helpers";
 import { createScopedChannelConfigAdapter } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-config-helpers";
-import { createChannelPluginBase } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
 import { inspectDiscordAccount } from "./account-inspect.js";
 import {
   listDiscordAccountIds,
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ export function createDiscordPluginBase(params: {
   | "config"
   | "setup"
 > {
-  return createChannelPluginBase({
+  return {
     id: DISCORD_CHANNEL,
     setupWizard: discordSetupWizard,
     meta: { ...getChatChannelMeta(DISCORD_CHANNEL) },
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ export function createDiscordPluginBase(params: {
         }),
     },
     setup: params.setup,
-  }) as Pick<
+  } as Pick<
     ChannelPlugin<ResolvedDiscordAccount>,
     | "id"
     | "meta"
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/target-parsing.ts b/extensions/discord/src/target-parsing.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a56d7f8573c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/target-parsing.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import {
+  buildMessagingTarget,
+  parseMentionPrefixOrAtUserTarget,
+  requireTargetKind,
+  type MessagingTarget,
+  type MessagingTargetKind,
+  type MessagingTargetParseOptions,
+} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/messaging-targets";
+
+export type DiscordTargetKind = MessagingTargetKind;
+
+export type DiscordTarget = MessagingTarget;
+
+export type DiscordTargetParseOptions = MessagingTargetParseOptions;
+
+export function parseDiscordTarget(
+  raw: string,
+  options: DiscordTargetParseOptions = {},
+): DiscordTarget | undefined {
+  const trimmed = raw.trim();
+  if (!trimmed) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const userTarget = parseMentionPrefixOrAtUserTarget({
+    raw: trimmed,
+    mentionPattern: /^<@!?(\d+)>$/,
+    prefixes: [
+      { prefix: "user:", kind: "user" },
+      { prefix: "channel:", kind: "channel" },
+      { prefix: "discord:", kind: "user" },
+    ],
+    atUserPattern: /^\d+$/,
+    atUserErrorMessage: "Discord DMs require a user id (use user:<id> or a <@id> mention)",
+  });
+  if (userTarget) {
+    return userTarget;
+  }
+  if (/^\d+$/.test(trimmed)) {
+    if (options.defaultKind) {
+      return buildMessagingTarget(options.defaultKind, trimmed, trimmed);
+    }
+    throw new Error(
+      options.ambiguousMessage ??
+        `Ambiguous Discord recipient "${trimmed}". Use "user:${trimmed}" for DMs or "channel:${trimmed}" for channel messages.`,
+    );
+  }
+  return buildMessagingTarget("channel", trimmed, trimmed);
+}
+
+export function resolveDiscordChannelId(raw: string): string {
+  const target = parseDiscordTarget(raw, { defaultKind: "channel" });
+  return requireTargetKind({ platform: "Discord", target, kind: "channel" });
+}
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/targets.ts b/extensions/discord/src/targets.ts
index acaa7b75da6..43491ca88b0 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/targets.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/targets.ts
@@ -1,162 +1,12 @@
 import {
-  buildMessagingTarget,
-  parseMentionPrefixOrAtUserTarget,
-  requireTargetKind,
-  type MessagingTarget,
-  type MessagingTargetKind,
-  type MessagingTargetParseOptions,
-} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-targets";
-import type { DirectoryConfigParams } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/directory-runtime";
-import { resolveDiscordAccount } from "./accounts.js";
-import { rememberDiscordDirectoryUser } from "./directory-cache.js";
-import { listDiscordDirectoryPeersLive } from "./directory-live.js";
+  parseDiscordTarget,
+  type DiscordTarget,
+  type DiscordTargetKind,
+  type DiscordTargetParseOptions,
+  resolveDiscordChannelId,
+} from "./target-parsing.js";
+import { resolveDiscordTarget } from "./target-resolver.js";
 
-export type DiscordTargetKind = MessagingTargetKind;
-
-export type DiscordTarget = MessagingTarget;
-
-type DiscordTargetParseOptions = MessagingTargetParseOptions;
-
-export function parseDiscordTarget(
-  raw: string,
-  options: DiscordTargetParseOptions = {},
-): DiscordTarget | undefined {
-  const trimmed = raw.trim();
-  if (!trimmed) {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-  const userTarget = parseMentionPrefixOrAtUserTarget({
-    raw: trimmed,
-    mentionPattern: /^<@!?(\d+)>$/,
-    prefixes: [
-      { prefix: "user:", kind: "user" },
-      { prefix: "channel:", kind: "channel" },
-      { prefix: "discord:", kind: "user" },
-    ],
-    atUserPattern: /^\d+$/,
-    atUserErrorMessage: "Discord DMs require a user id (use user:<id> or a <@id> mention)",
-  });
-  if (userTarget) {
-    return userTarget;
-  }
-  if (/^\d+$/.test(trimmed)) {
-    if (options.defaultKind) {
-      return buildMessagingTarget(options.defaultKind, trimmed, trimmed);
-    }
-    throw new Error(
-      options.ambiguousMessage ??
-        `Ambiguous Discord recipient "${trimmed}". Use "user:${trimmed}" for DMs or "channel:${trimmed}" for channel messages.`,
-    );
-  }
-  return buildMessagingTarget("channel", trimmed, trimmed);
-}
-
-export function resolveDiscordChannelId(raw: string): string {
-  const target = parseDiscordTarget(raw, { defaultKind: "channel" });
-  return requireTargetKind({ platform: "Discord", target, kind: "channel" });
-}
-
-/**
- * Resolve a Discord username to user ID using the directory lookup.
- * This enables sending DMs by username instead of requiring explicit user IDs.
- *
- * @param raw - The username or raw target string (e.g., "john.doe")
- * @param options - Directory configuration params (cfg, accountId, limit)
- * @param parseOptions - Messaging target parsing options (defaults, ambiguity message)
- * @returns Parsed MessagingTarget with user ID, or undefined if not found
- */
-export async function resolveDiscordTarget(
-  raw: string,
-  options: DirectoryConfigParams,
-  parseOptions: DiscordTargetParseOptions = {},
-): Promise<MessagingTarget | undefined> {
-  const trimmed = raw.trim();
-  if (!trimmed) {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-
-  const likelyUsername = isLikelyUsername(trimmed);
-  const shouldLookup = isExplicitUserLookup(trimmed, parseOptions) || likelyUsername;
-
-  // Parse directly if it's already a known format. Use a safe parse so ambiguous
-  // numeric targets don't throw when we still want to attempt username lookup.
-  const directParse = safeParseDiscordTarget(trimmed, parseOptions);
-  if (directParse && directParse.kind !== "channel" && !likelyUsername) {
-    return directParse;
-  }
-
-  if (!shouldLookup) {
-    return directParse ?? parseDiscordTarget(trimmed, parseOptions);
-  }
-
-  // Try to resolve as a username via directory lookup
-  try {
-    const directoryEntries = await listDiscordDirectoryPeersLive({
-      ...options,
-      query: trimmed,
-      limit: 1,
-    });
-
-    const match = directoryEntries[0];
-    if (match && match.kind === "user") {
-      // Extract user ID from the directory entry (format: "user:<id>")
-      const userId = match.id.replace(/^user:/, "");
-      const resolvedAccountId = resolveDiscordAccount({
-        cfg: options.cfg,
-        accountId: options.accountId,
-      }).accountId;
-      rememberDiscordDirectoryUser({
-        accountId: resolvedAccountId,
-        userId,
-        handles: [trimmed, match.name, match.handle],
-      });
-      return buildMessagingTarget("user", userId, trimmed);
-    }
-  } catch {
-    // Directory lookup failed - fall through to parse as-is
-    // This preserves existing behavior for channel names
-  }
-
-  // Fallback to original parsing (for channels, etc.)
-  return parseDiscordTarget(trimmed, parseOptions);
-}
-
-function safeParseDiscordTarget(
-  input: string,
-  options: DiscordTargetParseOptions,
-): MessagingTarget | undefined {
-  try {
-    return parseDiscordTarget(input, options);
-  } catch {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-}
-
-function isExplicitUserLookup(input: string, options: DiscordTargetParseOptions): boolean {
-  if (/^<@!?(\d+)>$/.test(input)) {
-    return true;
-  }
-  if (/^(user:|discord:)/.test(input)) {
-    return true;
-  }
-  if (input.startsWith("@")) {
-    return true;
-  }
-  if (/^\d+$/.test(input)) {
-    return options.defaultKind === "user";
-  }
-  return false;
-}
-
-/**
- * Check if a string looks like a Discord username (not a mention, prefix, or ID).
- * Usernames typically don't start with special characters except underscore.
- */
-function isLikelyUsername(input: string): boolean {
-  // Skip if it's already a known format
-  if (/^(user:|channel:|discord:|@|<@!?)|[\d]+$/.test(input)) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  // Likely a username if it doesn't match known patterns
-  return true;
-}
+export { parseDiscordTarget, resolveDiscordChannelId };
+export type { DiscordTarget, DiscordTargetKind, DiscordTargetParseOptions };
+export { resolveDiscordTarget };
diff --git a/extensions/signal/index.ts b/extensions/signal/index.ts
index f18a7041b53..b31a0f0980c 100644
--- a/extensions/signal/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/signal/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { defineChannelPluginEntry } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
+import { defineChannelPluginEntry } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-core";
 import { signalPlugin } from "./src/channel.js";
 import { setSignalRuntime } from "./src/runtime.js";
 
diff --git a/extensions/signal/setup-entry.ts b/extensions/signal/setup-entry.ts
index 11930cbba37..ef1016b454a 100644
--- a/extensions/signal/setup-entry.ts
+++ b/extensions/signal/setup-entry.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { defineSetupPluginEntry } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
+import { defineSetupPluginEntry } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-core";
 import { signalSetupPlugin } from "./src/channel.setup.js";
 
 export { signalSetupPlugin } from "./src/channel.setup.js";
diff --git a/extensions/slack/index.ts b/extensions/slack/index.ts
index 924e6bc50eb..8d94d42b2f6 100644
--- a/extensions/slack/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/slack/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { defineChannelPluginEntry } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
+import { defineChannelPluginEntry } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-core";
 import { slackPlugin } from "./src/channel.js";
 import { registerSlackPluginHttpRoutes } from "./src/http/plugin-routes.js";
 import { setSlackRuntime } from "./src/runtime.js";
diff --git a/extensions/slack/setup-entry.ts b/extensions/slack/setup-entry.ts
index 2600e593267..146157e103f 100644
--- a/extensions/slack/setup-entry.ts
+++ b/extensions/slack/setup-entry.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { defineSetupPluginEntry } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
+import { defineSetupPluginEntry } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-core";
 import { slackSetupPlugin } from "./src/channel.setup.js";
 
 export { slackSetupPlugin } from "./src/channel.setup.js";
diff --git a/extensions/slack/src/channel-api.ts b/extensions/slack/src/channel-api.ts
index 3c5f30e1f51..1a20abe3d99 100644
--- a/extensions/slack/src/channel-api.ts
+++ b/extensions/slack/src/channel-api.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,24 @@ export {
   projectCredentialSnapshotFields,
   resolveConfiguredFromRequiredCredentialStatuses,
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-status";
-export type { ChannelPlugin } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
-export { getChatChannelMeta } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
-export type { OpenClawConfig } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
-export { looksLikeSlackTargetId, normalizeSlackMessagingTarget } from "./targets.js";
+export type { ChannelPlugin } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-core";
+export type { OpenClawConfig } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/config-runtime";
+export { looksLikeSlackTargetId, normalizeSlackMessagingTarget } from "./target-parsing.js";
+
+const SLACK_CHANNEL_META = {
+  id: "slack",
+  label: "Slack",
+  selectionLabel: "Slack",
+  docsPath: "/channels/slack",
+  docsLabel: "slack",
+  blurb: "supports bot + app tokens, channels, threads, and interactive replies.",
+  systemImage: "number.square",
+  markdownCapable: true,
+} as const;
+
+export function getChatChannelMeta(id: string) {
+  if (id !== SLACK_CHANNEL_META.id) {
+    throw new Error(`Unsupported Slack channel meta lookup: ${id}`);
+  }
+  return SLACK_CHANNEL_META;
+}
diff --git a/extensions/slack/src/config-ui-hints.ts b/extensions/slack/src/config-ui-hints.ts
index d2aee4064b5..e4f50bdab32 100644
--- a/extensions/slack/src/config-ui-hints.ts
+++ b/extensions/slack/src/config-ui-hints.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { ChannelConfigUiHint } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
+import type { ChannelConfigUiHint } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-core";
 
 export const slackChannelConfigUiHints = {
   "": {
diff --git a/extensions/slack/src/group-policy.ts b/extensions/slack/src/group-policy.ts
index b6464381034..d4ab891c551 100644
--- a/extensions/slack/src/group-policy.ts
+++ b/extensions/slack/src/group-policy.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   type GroupToolPolicyBySenderConfig,
   type GroupToolPolicyConfig,
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-policy";
-import { normalizeHyphenSlug } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
+import { normalizeHyphenSlug } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/string-normalization-runtime";
 import { mergeSlackAccountConfig, resolveDefaultSlackAccountId } from "./accounts.js";
 
 type SlackChannelPolicyEntry = {
diff --git a/extensions/slack/src/runtime-api.ts b/extensions/slack/src/runtime-api.ts
index a86a2291d6a..f6ee16d23ab 100644
--- a/extensions/slack/src/runtime-api.ts
+++ b/extensions/slack/src/runtime-api.ts
@@ -9,18 +9,18 @@ export type { ChannelMessageActionContext } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-co
 export { DEFAULT_ACCOUNT_ID } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/account-id";
 export type {
   ChannelPlugin,
-  OpenClawConfig,
   OpenClawPluginApi,
   PluginRuntime,
-} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
+} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-plugin-common";
+export type { OpenClawConfig } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/config-runtime";
 export type { SlackAccountConfig } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/config-runtime";
 export {
   emptyPluginConfigSchema,
   formatPairingApproveHint,
-  getChatChannelMeta,
-} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
+} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-plugin-common";
 export { loadOutboundMediaFromUrl } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/outbound-media";
-export { looksLikeSlackTargetId, normalizeSlackMessagingTarget } from "./targets.js";
+export { looksLikeSlackTargetId, normalizeSlackMessagingTarget } from "./target-parsing.js";
+export { getChatChannelMeta } from "./channel-api.js";
 export {
   createActionGate,
   imageResultFromFile,
diff --git a/extensions/slack/src/runtime.ts b/extensions/slack/src/runtime.ts
index e0241e6c3a9..1c668df7484 100644
--- a/extensions/slack/src/runtime.ts
+++ b/extensions/slack/src/runtime.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { PluginRuntime } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
+import type { PluginRuntime } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-core";
 import { createPluginRuntimeStore } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/runtime-store";
 
 type SlackChannelRuntime = {
diff --git a/extensions/slack/src/shared.ts b/extensions/slack/src/shared.ts
index 3c7fe4271a5..aa55cf779d8 100644
--- a/extensions/slack/src/shared.ts
+++ b/extensions/slack/src/shared.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import {
   adaptScopedAccountAccessor,
   createScopedChannelConfigAdapter,
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-config-helpers";
-import { createChannelPluginBase } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
 import {
   formatDocsLink,
   hasConfiguredSecretInput,
@@ -178,7 +177,7 @@ export function createSlackPluginBase(params: {
   | "config"
   | "setup"
 > {
-  return createChannelPluginBase({
+  return {
     id: SLACK_CHANNEL,
     meta: {
       ...getChatChannelMeta(SLACK_CHANNEL),
@@ -240,7 +239,7 @@ export function createSlackPluginBase(params: {
         }),
     },
     setup: params.setup,
-  }) as Pick<
+  } as Pick<
     ChannelPlugin<ResolvedSlackAccount>,
     | "id"
     | "meta"
diff --git a/extensions/slack/src/target-parsing.ts b/extensions/slack/src/target-parsing.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7f7720fa336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/slack/src/target-parsing.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import {
+  buildMessagingTarget,
+  ensureTargetId,
+  parseMentionPrefixOrAtUserTarget,
+  requireTargetKind,
+  type MessagingTarget,
+  type MessagingTargetKind,
+  type MessagingTargetParseOptions,
+} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/messaging-targets";
+
+export type SlackTargetKind = MessagingTargetKind;
+
+export type SlackTarget = MessagingTarget;
+
+export type SlackTargetParseOptions = MessagingTargetParseOptions;
+
+export function parseSlackTarget(
+  raw: string,
+  options: SlackTargetParseOptions = {},
+): SlackTarget | undefined {
+  const trimmed = raw.trim();
+  if (!trimmed) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const userTarget = parseMentionPrefixOrAtUserTarget({
+    raw: trimmed,
+    mentionPattern: /^<@([A-Z0-9]+)>$/i,
+    prefixes: [
+      { prefix: "user:", kind: "user" },
+      { prefix: "channel:", kind: "channel" },
+      { prefix: "slack:", kind: "user" },
+    ],
+    atUserPattern: /^[A-Z0-9]+$/i,
+    atUserErrorMessage: "Slack DMs require a user id (use user:<id> or <@id>)",
+  });
+  if (userTarget) {
+    return userTarget;
+  }
+  if (trimmed.startsWith("#")) {
+    const candidate = trimmed.slice(1).trim();
+    const id = ensureTargetId({
+      candidate,
+      pattern: /^[A-Z0-9]+$/i,
+      errorMessage: "Slack channels require a channel id (use channel:<id>)",
+    });
+    return buildMessagingTarget("channel", id, trimmed);
+  }
+  if (options.defaultKind) {
+    return buildMessagingTarget(options.defaultKind, trimmed, trimmed);
+  }
+  return buildMessagingTarget("channel", trimmed, trimmed);
+}
+
+export function resolveSlackChannelId(raw: string): string {
+  const target = parseSlackTarget(raw, { defaultKind: "channel" });
+  return requireTargetKind({ platform: "Slack", target, kind: "channel" });
+}
+
+export function normalizeSlackMessagingTarget(raw: string): string | undefined {
+  return parseSlackTarget(raw, { defaultKind: "channel" })?.normalized;
+}
+
+export function looksLikeSlackTargetId(raw: string): boolean {
+  const trimmed = raw.trim();
+  if (!trimmed) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (/^<@([A-Z0-9]+)>$/i.test(trimmed)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (/^(user|channel):/i.test(trimmed)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (/^slack:/i.test(trimmed)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (/^[@#]/.test(trimmed)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return /^[CUWGD][A-Z0-9]{8,}$/i.test(trimmed);
+}
diff --git a/extensions/slack/src/targets.ts b/extensions/slack/src/targets.ts
index bdafb120c05..5b22766ce8b 100644
--- a/extensions/slack/src/targets.ts
+++ b/extensions/slack/src/targets.ts
@@ -1,81 +1,7 @@
-import {
-  buildMessagingTarget,
-  ensureTargetId,
-  parseMentionPrefixOrAtUserTarget,
-  requireTargetKind,
-  type MessagingTarget,
-  type MessagingTargetKind,
-  type MessagingTargetParseOptions,
-} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-targets";
-
-export type SlackTargetKind = MessagingTargetKind;
-
-export type SlackTarget = MessagingTarget;
-
-type SlackTargetParseOptions = MessagingTargetParseOptions;
-
-export function parseSlackTarget(
-  raw: string,
-  options: SlackTargetParseOptions = {},
-): SlackTarget | undefined {
-  const trimmed = raw.trim();
-  if (!trimmed) {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-  const userTarget = parseMentionPrefixOrAtUserTarget({
-    raw: trimmed,
-    mentionPattern: /^<@([A-Z0-9]+)>$/i,
-    prefixes: [
-      { prefix: "user:", kind: "user" },
-      { prefix: "channel:", kind: "channel" },
-      { prefix: "slack:", kind: "user" },
-    ],
-    atUserPattern: /^[A-Z0-9]+$/i,
-    atUserErrorMessage: "Slack DMs require a user id (use user:<id> or <@id>)",
-  });
-  if (userTarget) {
-    return userTarget;
-  }
-  if (trimmed.startsWith("#")) {
-    const candidate = trimmed.slice(1).trim();
-    const id = ensureTargetId({
-      candidate,
-      pattern: /^[A-Z0-9]+$/i,
-      errorMessage: "Slack channels require a channel id (use channel:<id>)",
-    });
-    return buildMessagingTarget("channel", id, trimmed);
-  }
-  if (options.defaultKind) {
-    return buildMessagingTarget(options.defaultKind, trimmed, trimmed);
-  }
-  return buildMessagingTarget("channel", trimmed, trimmed);
-}
-
-export function resolveSlackChannelId(raw: string): string {
-  const target = parseSlackTarget(raw, { defaultKind: "channel" });
-  return requireTargetKind({ platform: "Slack", target, kind: "channel" });
-}
-
-export function normalizeSlackMessagingTarget(raw: string): string | undefined {
-  return parseSlackTarget(raw, { defaultKind: "channel" })?.normalized;
-}
-
-export function looksLikeSlackTargetId(raw: string): boolean {
-  const trimmed = raw.trim();
-  if (!trimmed) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  if (/^<@([A-Z0-9]+)>$/i.test(trimmed)) {
-    return true;
-  }
-  if (/^(user|channel):/i.test(trimmed)) {
-    return true;
-  }
-  if (/^slack:/i.test(trimmed)) {
-    return true;
-  }
-  if (/^[@#]/.test(trimmed)) {
-    return true;
-  }
-  return /^[CUWGD][A-Z0-9]{8,}$/i.test(trimmed);
-}
+export {
+  looksLikeSlackTargetId,
+  normalizeSlackMessagingTarget,
+  parseSlackTarget,
+  resolveSlackChannelId,
+} from "./target-parsing.js";
+export type { SlackTarget, SlackTargetKind, SlackTargetParseOptions } from "./target-parsing.js";
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c5610470a6c..3f1f6119cf8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -447,6 +447,14 @@
       "types": "./dist/plugin-sdk/channel-actions.d.ts",
       "default": "./dist/plugin-sdk/channel-actions.js"
     },
+    "./plugin-sdk/channel-plugin-common": {
+      "types": "./dist/plugin-sdk/channel-plugin-common.d.ts",
+      "default": "./dist/plugin-sdk/channel-plugin-common.js"
+    },
+    "./plugin-sdk/channel-core": {
+      "types": "./dist/plugin-sdk/channel-core.d.ts",
+      "default": "./dist/plugin-sdk/channel-core.js"
+    },
     "./plugin-sdk/channel-contract": {
       "types": "./dist/plugin-sdk/channel-contract.d.ts",
       "default": "./dist/plugin-sdk/channel-contract.js"
@@ -479,6 +487,10 @@
       "types": "./dist/plugin-sdk/channel-targets.d.ts",
       "default": "./dist/plugin-sdk/channel-targets.js"
     },
+    "./plugin-sdk/messaging-targets": {
+      "types": "./dist/plugin-sdk/messaging-targets.d.ts",
+      "default": "./dist/plugin-sdk/messaging-targets.js"
+    },
     "./plugin-sdk/feishu": {
       "types": "./dist/plugin-sdk/feishu.d.ts",
       "default": "./dist/plugin-sdk/feishu.js"
@@ -883,6 +895,10 @@
       "types": "./dist/plugin-sdk/synthetic.d.ts",
       "default": "./dist/plugin-sdk/synthetic.js"
     },
+    "./plugin-sdk/target-resolver-runtime": {
+      "types": "./dist/plugin-sdk/target-resolver-runtime.d.ts",
+      "default": "./dist/plugin-sdk/target-resolver-runtime.js"
+    },
     "./plugin-sdk/thread-ownership": {
       "types": "./dist/plugin-sdk/thread-ownership.d.ts",
       "default": "./dist/plugin-sdk/thread-ownership.js"
diff --git a/scripts/copy-bundled-plugin-metadata.mjs b/scripts/copy-bundled-plugin-metadata.mjs
index 14da11c03cb..04ecaac7ea3 100644
--- a/scripts/copy-bundled-plugin-metadata.mjs
+++ b/scripts/copy-bundled-plugin-metadata.mjs
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ function collectTopLevelPublicSurfaceEntries(pluginDir) {
 
       const normalizedName = dirent.name.toLowerCase();
       if (
+        /^config-api\.(?:[cm]?[jt]s)$/u.test(normalizedName) ||
         normalizedName.includes(".test.") ||
         normalizedName.includes(".spec.") ||
         normalizedName.includes(".fixture.") ||
diff --git a/scripts/lib/bundled-plugin-build-entries.mjs b/scripts/lib/bundled-plugin-build-entries.mjs
index dccdec932e4..413106a764f 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/bundled-plugin-build-entries.mjs
+++ b/scripts/lib/bundled-plugin-build-entries.mjs
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ function collectTopLevelPublicSurfaceEntries(pluginDir) {
       const normalizedName = dirent.name.toLowerCase();
       if (
         normalizedName.endsWith(".d.ts") ||
+        /^config-api\.(?:[cm]?[jt]s)$/u.test(normalizedName) ||
         normalizedName.includes(".test.") ||
         normalizedName.includes(".spec.") ||
         normalizedName.includes(".fixture.") ||
diff --git a/scripts/lib/plugin-sdk-entrypoints.json b/scripts/lib/plugin-sdk-entrypoints.json
index 269bca270de..9bb36d7035c 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/plugin-sdk-entrypoints.json
+++ b/scripts/lib/plugin-sdk-entrypoints.json
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@
   "channel-config-primitives",
   "channel-config-schema",
   "channel-actions",
+  "channel-plugin-common",
+  "channel-core",
   "channel-contract",
   "channel-feedback",
   "channel-inbound",
@@ -130,6 +132,7 @@
   "realtime-transcription",
   "realtime-voice",
   "media-understanding",
+  "messaging-targets",
   "request-url",
   "runtime-store",
   "json-store",
@@ -210,6 +213,7 @@
   "string-normalization-runtime",
   "state-paths",
   "synthetic",
+  "target-resolver-runtime",
   "thread-ownership",
   "tlon",
   "tool-send",
diff --git a/src/channels/chat-meta-shared.ts b/src/channels/chat-meta-shared.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d34befacedd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/channels/chat-meta-shared.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import { listBundledPluginMetadata } from "../plugins/bundled-plugin-metadata.js";
+import type { PluginPackageChannel } from "../plugins/manifest.js";
+import { CHAT_CHANNEL_ORDER, type ChatChannelId } from "./ids.js";
+import type { ChannelMeta } from "./plugins/types.js";
+
+export type ChatChannelMeta = ChannelMeta;
+
+const CHAT_CHANNEL_ID_SET = new Set<string>(CHAT_CHANNEL_ORDER);
+
+function toChatChannelMeta(params: {
+  id: ChatChannelId;
+  channel: PluginPackageChannel;
+}): ChatChannelMeta {
+  const label = params.channel.label?.trim();
+  if (!label) {
+    throw new Error(`Missing label for bundled chat channel "${params.id}"`);
+  }
+
+  return {
+    id: params.id,
+    label,
+    selectionLabel: params.channel.selectionLabel?.trim() || label,
+    docsPath: params.channel.docsPath?.trim() || `/channels/${params.id}`,
+    docsLabel: params.channel.docsLabel?.trim() || undefined,
+    blurb: params.channel.blurb?.trim() || "",
+    ...(params.channel.aliases?.length ? { aliases: params.channel.aliases } : {}),
+    ...(params.channel.order !== undefined ? { order: params.channel.order } : {}),
+    ...(params.channel.selectionDocsPrefix !== undefined
+      ? { selectionDocsPrefix: params.channel.selectionDocsPrefix }
+      : {}),
+    ...(params.channel.selectionDocsOmitLabel !== undefined
+      ? { selectionDocsOmitLabel: params.channel.selectionDocsOmitLabel }
+      : {}),
+    ...(params.channel.selectionExtras?.length
+      ? { selectionExtras: params.channel.selectionExtras }
+      : {}),
+    ...(params.channel.detailLabel?.trim()
+      ? { detailLabel: params.channel.detailLabel.trim() }
+      : {}),
+    ...(params.channel.systemImage?.trim()
+      ? { systemImage: params.channel.systemImage.trim() }
+      : {}),
+    ...(params.channel.markdownCapable !== undefined
+      ? { markdownCapable: params.channel.markdownCapable }
+      : {}),
+    ...(params.channel.showConfigured !== undefined
+      ? { showConfigured: params.channel.showConfigured }
+      : {}),
+    ...(params.channel.quickstartAllowFrom !== undefined
+      ? { quickstartAllowFrom: params.channel.quickstartAllowFrom }
+      : {}),
+    ...(params.channel.forceAccountBinding !== undefined
+      ? { forceAccountBinding: params.channel.forceAccountBinding }
+      : {}),
+    ...(params.channel.preferSessionLookupForAnnounceTarget !== undefined
+      ? {
+          preferSessionLookupForAnnounceTarget: params.channel.preferSessionLookupForAnnounceTarget,
+        }
+      : {}),
+    ...(params.channel.preferOver?.length ? { preferOver: params.channel.preferOver } : {}),
+  };
+}
+
+export function buildChatChannelMetaById(): Record<ChatChannelId, ChatChannelMeta> {
+  const entries = new Map<ChatChannelId, ChatChannelMeta>();
+
+  for (const entry of listBundledPluginMetadata({
+    includeChannelConfigs: true,
+    includeSyntheticChannelConfigs: false,
+  })) {
+    const channel =
+      entry.packageManifest && "channel" in entry.packageManifest
+        ? entry.packageManifest.channel
+        : undefined;
+    if (!channel) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    const rawId = channel?.id?.trim();
+    if (!rawId || !CHAT_CHANNEL_ID_SET.has(rawId)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    const id = rawId;
+    entries.set(
+      id,
+      toChatChannelMeta({
+        id,
+        channel,
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+
+  return Object.freeze(Object.fromEntries(entries)) as Record<ChatChannelId, ChatChannelMeta>;
+}
diff --git a/src/config/telegram-command-config.ts b/src/config/telegram-command-config.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a3ec2ee276..00000000000
--- a/src/config/telegram-command-config.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-import { getBundledChannelContractSurfaceModule } from "../channels/plugins/contract-surfaces.js";
-
-export type TelegramCustomCommandInput = {
-  command?: string | null;
-  description?: string | null;
-};
-
-export type TelegramCustomCommandIssue = {
-  index: number;
-  field: "command" | "description";
-  message: string;
-};
-
-type TelegramCommandConfigContract = {
-  TELEGRAM_COMMAND_NAME_PATTERN: RegExp;
-  normalizeTelegramCommandName: (value: string) => string;
-  normalizeTelegramCommandDescription: (value: string) => string;
-  resolveTelegramCustomCommands: (params: {
-    commands?: TelegramCustomCommandInput[] | null;
-    reservedCommands?: Set<string>;
-    checkReserved?: boolean;
-    checkDuplicates?: boolean;
-  }) => {
-    commands: Array<{ command: string; description: string }>;
-    issues: TelegramCustomCommandIssue[];
-  };
-};
-
-function loadTelegramCommandConfigContract(): TelegramCommandConfigContract {
-  const contract = getBundledChannelContractSurfaceModule<TelegramCommandConfigContract>({
-    pluginId: "telegram",
-    preferredBasename: "contract-surfaces.ts",
-  });
-  if (!contract) {
-    throw new Error("telegram command config contract surface is unavailable");
-  }
-  return contract;
-}
-
-export const TELEGRAM_COMMAND_NAME_PATTERN =
-  loadTelegramCommandConfigContract().TELEGRAM_COMMAND_NAME_PATTERN;
-
-export function normalizeTelegramCommandName(value: string): string {
-  return loadTelegramCommandConfigContract().normalizeTelegramCommandName(value);
-}
-
-export function normalizeTelegramCommandDescription(value: string): string {
-  return loadTelegramCommandConfigContract().normalizeTelegramCommandDescription(value);
-}
-
-export function resolveTelegramCustomCommands(params: {
-  commands?: TelegramCustomCommandInput[] | null;
-  reservedCommands?: Set<string>;
-  checkReserved?: boolean;
-  checkDuplicates?: boolean;
-}): {
-  commands: Array<{ command: string; description: string }>;
-  issues: TelegramCustomCommandIssue[];
-} {
-  return loadTelegramCommandConfigContract().resolveTelegramCustomCommands(params);
-}
diff --git a/src/config/zod-schema.providers-core.ts b/src/config/zod-schema.providers-core.ts
index f2c3b7e5065..2c6111a92e6 100644
--- a/src/config/zod-schema.providers-core.ts
+++ b/src/config/zod-schema.providers-core.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   normalizeTelegramCommandDescription,
   normalizeTelegramCommandName,
   resolveTelegramCustomCommands,
-} from "./telegram-command-config.js";
+} from "../plugin-sdk/telegram-command-config.js";
 import { ToolPolicySchema } from "./zod-schema.agent-runtime.js";
 import {
   ChannelHealthMonitorSchema,
diff --git a/src/infra/outbound/current-conversation-bindings.ts b/src/infra/outbound/current-conversation-bindings.ts
index 3708cba2d8f..03418c5075f 100644
--- a/src/infra/outbound/current-conversation-bindings.ts
+++ b/src/infra/outbound/current-conversation-bindings.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { normalizeAnyChannelId } from "../../channels/registry.js";
 import { resolveStateDir } from "../../config/paths.js";
 import { loadJsonFile } from "../../infra/json-file.js";
 import { writeJsonFileAtomically } from "../../plugin-sdk/json-store.js";
-import { getActivePluginChannelRegistry } from "../../plugins/runtime.js";
+import { getActivePluginChannelRegistryFromState } from "../../plugins/runtime-state.js";
 import { normalizeAccountId } from "../../routing/session-key.js";
 import type {
   ConversationRef,
@@ -127,9 +127,10 @@ function resolveChannelSupportsCurrentConversationBinding(channel: string): bool
   const matchesPluginId = (plugin: { id: string; meta?: { aliases?: readonly string[] } }) =>
     plugin.id === normalized ||
     (plugin.meta?.aliases ?? []).some((alias) => alias.trim().toLowerCase() === normalized);
-  // Keep this resolver on the active runtime registry only. Importing bundled
-  // channel loaders here creates a module cycle through plugin-sdk surfaces.
-  const plugin = getActivePluginChannelRegistry()?.channels.find((entry) =>
+  // Read the already-installed runtime channel registry from shared state only.
+  // Importing plugins/runtime here creates a module cycle through plugin-sdk
+  // surfaces during bundled channel discovery.
+  const plugin = getActivePluginChannelRegistryFromState()?.channels.find((entry) =>
     matchesPluginId(entry.plugin),
   )?.plugin;
   if (plugin?.conversationBindings?.supportsCurrentConversationBinding === true) {
diff --git a/src/plugin-sdk/command-auth.ts b/src/plugin-sdk/command-auth.ts
index 3b57057d88d..3b4ea92c2dd 100644
--- a/src/plugin-sdk/command-auth.ts
+++ b/src/plugin-sdk/command-auth.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { getBundledChannelContractSurfaceModule } from "../channels/plugins/contract-surfaces.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import { resolveDmGroupAccessWithLists } from "../security/dm-policy-shared.js";
+export { buildCommandsPaginationKeyboard } from "./telegram-command-ui.js";
 export {
   createPreCryptoDirectDmAuthorizer,
   resolveInboundDirectDmAccessWithRuntime,
@@ -86,37 +86,6 @@ export {
   buildHelpMessage,
 } from "../auto-reply/status.js";
 
-type TelegramCommandUiContract = {
-  buildCommandsPaginationKeyboard: (
-    currentPage: number,
-    totalPages: number,
-    agentId?: string,
-  ) => Array<Array<{ text: string; callback_data: string }>>;
-};
-
-function loadTelegramCommandUiContract(): TelegramCommandUiContract {
-  const contract = getBundledChannelContractSurfaceModule<TelegramCommandUiContract>({
-    pluginId: "telegram",
-    preferredBasename: "contract-api.ts",
-  });
-  if (!contract) {
-    throw new Error("telegram command ui contract surface is unavailable");
-  }
-  return contract;
-}
-
-export function buildCommandsPaginationKeyboard(
-  currentPage: number,
-  totalPages: number,
-  agentId?: string,
-): Array<Array<{ text: string; callback_data: string }>> {
-  return loadTelegramCommandUiContract().buildCommandsPaginationKeyboard(
-    currentPage,
-    totalPages,
-    agentId,
-  );
-}
-
 export type ResolveSenderCommandAuthorizationParams = {
   cfg: OpenClawConfig;
   rawBody: string;
diff --git a/src/plugin-sdk/messaging-targets.ts b/src/plugin-sdk/messaging-targets.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c373f42d6c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugin-sdk/messaging-targets.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+export {
+  buildMessagingTarget,
+  ensureTargetId,
+  normalizeTargetId,
+  parseAtUserTarget,
+  parseMentionPrefixOrAtUserTarget,
+  parseTargetMention,
+  parseTargetPrefix,
+  parseTargetPrefixes,
+  requireTargetKind,
+  type MessagingTarget,
+  type MessagingTargetKind,
+  type MessagingTargetParseOptions,
+} from "../channels/targets.js";
diff --git a/src/plugin-sdk/string-normalization-runtime.ts b/src/plugin-sdk/string-normalization-runtime.ts
index 97da1d7a98a..4871e2f69ef 100644
--- a/src/plugin-sdk/string-normalization-runtime.ts
+++ b/src/plugin-sdk/string-normalization-runtime.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export {
+  normalizeAtHashSlug,
   normalizeHyphenSlug,
   normalizeStringEntries,
   normalizeStringEntriesLower,
diff --git a/src/plugin-sdk/target-resolver-runtime.ts b/src/plugin-sdk/target-resolver-runtime.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..06b83916565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugin-sdk/target-resolver-runtime.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export {
+  buildUnresolvedTargetResults,
+  resolveTargetsWithOptionalToken,
+} from "../channels/plugins/target-resolvers.js";
diff --git a/src/plugin-sdk/telegram-command-config.ts b/src/plugin-sdk/telegram-command-config.ts
index bad29b2ced2..9a3ec2ee276 100644
--- a/src/plugin-sdk/telegram-command-config.ts
+++ b/src/plugin-sdk/telegram-command-config.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,61 @@
-export {
-  TELEGRAM_COMMAND_NAME_PATTERN,
-  normalizeTelegramCommandDescription,
-  normalizeTelegramCommandName,
-  resolveTelegramCustomCommands,
-  type TelegramCustomCommandInput,
-  type TelegramCustomCommandIssue,
-} from "../config/telegram-command-config.js";
+import { getBundledChannelContractSurfaceModule } from "../channels/plugins/contract-surfaces.js";
+
+export type TelegramCustomCommandInput = {
+  command?: string | null;
+  description?: string | null;
+};
+
+export type TelegramCustomCommandIssue = {
+  index: number;
+  field: "command" | "description";
+  message: string;
+};
+
+type TelegramCommandConfigContract = {
+  TELEGRAM_COMMAND_NAME_PATTERN: RegExp;
+  normalizeTelegramCommandName: (value: string) => string;
+  normalizeTelegramCommandDescription: (value: string) => string;
+  resolveTelegramCustomCommands: (params: {
+    commands?: TelegramCustomCommandInput[] | null;
+    reservedCommands?: Set<string>;
+    checkReserved?: boolean;
+    checkDuplicates?: boolean;
+  }) => {
+    commands: Array<{ command: string; description: string }>;
+    issues: TelegramCustomCommandIssue[];
+  };
+};
+
+function loadTelegramCommandConfigContract(): TelegramCommandConfigContract {
+  const contract = getBundledChannelContractSurfaceModule<TelegramCommandConfigContract>({
+    pluginId: "telegram",
+    preferredBasename: "contract-surfaces.ts",
+  });
+  if (!contract) {
+    throw new Error("telegram command config contract surface is unavailable");
+  }
+  return contract;
+}
+
+export const TELEGRAM_COMMAND_NAME_PATTERN =
+  loadTelegramCommandConfigContract().TELEGRAM_COMMAND_NAME_PATTERN;
+
+export function normalizeTelegramCommandName(value: string): string {
+  return loadTelegramCommandConfigContract().normalizeTelegramCommandName(value);
+}
+
+export function normalizeTelegramCommandDescription(value: string): string {
+  return loadTelegramCommandConfigContract().normalizeTelegramCommandDescription(value);
+}
+
+export function resolveTelegramCustomCommands(params: {
+  commands?: TelegramCustomCommandInput[] | null;
+  reservedCommands?: Set<string>;
+  checkReserved?: boolean;
+  checkDuplicates?: boolean;
+}): {
+  commands: Array<{ command: string; description: string }>;
+  issues: TelegramCustomCommandIssue[];
+} {
+  return loadTelegramCommandConfigContract().resolveTelegramCustomCommands(params);
+}
diff --git a/src/plugin-sdk/telegram-command-ui.ts b/src/plugin-sdk/telegram-command-ui.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b9a303deb2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugin-sdk/telegram-command-ui.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { getBundledChannelContractSurfaceModule } from "../channels/plugins/contract-surfaces.js";
+
+type TelegramCommandUiContract = {
+  buildCommandsPaginationKeyboard: (
+    currentPage: number,
+    totalPages: number,
+    agentId?: string,
+  ) => Array<Array<{ text: string; callback_data: string }>>;
+};
+
+function loadTelegramCommandUiContract(): TelegramCommandUiContract {
+  const contract = getBundledChannelContractSurfaceModule<TelegramCommandUiContract>({
+    pluginId: "telegram",
+    preferredBasename: "contract-api.ts",
+  });
+  if (!contract) {
+    throw new Error("telegram command ui contract surface is unavailable");
+  }
+  return contract;
+}
+
+export function buildCommandsPaginationKeyboard(
+  currentPage: number,
+  totalPages: number,
+  agentId?: string,
+): Array<Array<{ text: string; callback_data: string }>> {
+  return loadTelegramCommandUiContract().buildCommandsPaginationKeyboard(
+    currentPage,
+    totalPages,
+    agentId,
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/plugin-sdk/thread-bindings-runtime.ts b/src/plugin-sdk/thread-bindings-runtime.ts
index 8ca19f3608d..cacbb56ba03 100644
--- a/src/plugin-sdk/thread-bindings-runtime.ts
+++ b/src/plugin-sdk/thread-bindings-runtime.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,13 @@
 // expiry and session-binding record types without loading the full
 // conversation-runtime surface.
 
+export { resolveThreadBindingConversationIdFromBindingId } from "../channels/thread-binding-id.js";
 export { resolveThreadBindingFarewellText } from "../channels/thread-bindings-messages.js";
-export { resolveThreadBindingLifecycle } from "../channels/thread-bindings-policy.js";
+export {
+  resolveThreadBindingIdleTimeoutMsForChannel,
+  resolveThreadBindingLifecycle,
+  resolveThreadBindingMaxAgeMsForChannel,
+} from "../channels/thread-bindings-policy.js";
 export type {
   BindingTargetKind,
   SessionBindingAdapter,
diff --git a/src/plugins/bundled-plugin-metadata.ts b/src/plugins/bundled-plugin-metadata.ts
index 5ef7c8c43c2..4a1af2d69dd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/bundled-plugin-metadata.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/bundled-plugin-metadata.ts
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ function isTopLevelPublicSurfaceSource(name: string): boolean {
   if (name.endsWith(".d.ts")) {
     return false;
   }
+  if (/^config-api(\.[cm]?[jt]s)$/u.test(name)) {
+    return false;
+  }
   return !/(\.test|\.spec)(\.[cm]?[jt]s)$/u.test(name);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/runtime-state.ts b/src/plugins/runtime-state.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f063a72bb07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/runtime-state.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import type { PluginRegistry } from "./registry.js";
+
+export const PLUGIN_REGISTRY_STATE = Symbol.for("openclaw.pluginRegistryState");
+
+export type RegistrySurfaceState = {
+  registry: PluginRegistry | null;
+  pinned: boolean;
+  version: number;
+};
+
+export type RegistryState = {
+  activeRegistry: PluginRegistry | null;
+  activeVersion: number;
+  httpRoute: RegistrySurfaceState;
+  channel: RegistrySurfaceState;
+  key: string | null;
+  runtimeSubagentMode: "default" | "explicit" | "gateway-bindable";
+  importedPluginIds: Set<string>;
+};
+
+type GlobalRegistryState = typeof globalThis & {
+  [PLUGIN_REGISTRY_STATE]?: RegistryState;
+};
+
+export function getPluginRegistryState(): RegistryState | undefined {
+  return (globalThis as GlobalRegistryState)[PLUGIN_REGISTRY_STATE];
+}
+
+export function getActivePluginChannelRegistryFromState(): PluginRegistry | null {
+  const state = getPluginRegistryState();
+  return state?.channel.registry ?? state?.activeRegistry ?? null;
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/runtime.ts b/src/plugins/runtime.ts
index 175a8df790f..d3d27bfcb31 100644
--- a/src/plugins/runtime.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/runtime.ts
@@ -1,30 +1,17 @@
 import { createEmptyPluginRegistry } from "./registry-empty.js";
 import type { PluginRegistry } from "./registry.js";
-
-const REGISTRY_STATE = Symbol.for("openclaw.pluginRegistryState");
-
-type RegistrySurfaceState = {
-  registry: PluginRegistry | null;
-  pinned: boolean;
-  version: number;
-};
-
-type RegistryState = {
-  activeRegistry: PluginRegistry | null;
-  activeVersion: number;
-  httpRoute: RegistrySurfaceState;
-  channel: RegistrySurfaceState;
-  key: string | null;
-  runtimeSubagentMode: "default" | "explicit" | "gateway-bindable";
-  importedPluginIds: Set<string>;
-};
+import {
+  PLUGIN_REGISTRY_STATE,
+  type RegistryState,
+  type RegistrySurfaceState,
+} from "./runtime-state.js";
 
 const state: RegistryState = (() => {
   const globalState = globalThis as typeof globalThis & {
-    [REGISTRY_STATE]?: RegistryState;
+    [PLUGIN_REGISTRY_STATE]?: RegistryState;
   };
-  if (!globalState[REGISTRY_STATE]) {
-    globalState[REGISTRY_STATE] = {
+  if (!globalState[PLUGIN_REGISTRY_STATE]) {
+    globalState[PLUGIN_REGISTRY_STATE] = {
       activeRegistry: null,
       activeVersion: 0,
       httpRoute: {
@@ -42,7 +29,7 @@ const state: RegistryState = (() => {
       importedPluginIds: new Set<string>(),
     };
   }
-  return globalState[REGISTRY_STATE];
+  return globalState[PLUGIN_REGISTRY_STATE];
 })();
 
 export function recordImportedPluginId(pluginId: string): void {
diff --git a/src/secrets/channel-contract-surface-guardrails.test.ts b/src/secrets/channel-contract-surface-guardrails.test.ts
index 0ff5069271b..9be86cc4808 100644
--- a/src/secrets/channel-contract-surface-guardrails.test.ts
+++ b/src/secrets/channel-contract-surface-guardrails.test.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ const CORE_SECRET_SURFACE_GUARDS = [
       /\bWhatsAppConfigSchema\b/,
     ],
   },
+  {
+    path: "src/plugin-sdk/command-auth.ts",
+    forbiddenPatterns: [/\bpluginId:\s*"telegram"/],
+  },
 ] as const;
 
 describe("channel secret contract surface guardrails", () => {
diff --git a/test/helpers/channels/session-binding-registry-backed-contract.ts b/test/helpers/channels/session-binding-registry-backed-contract.ts
index 7509309f4da..4ac426a9f28 100644
--- a/test/helpers/channels/session-binding-registry-backed-contract.ts
+++ b/test/helpers/channels/session-binding-registry-backed-contract.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ function getBluebubblesPlugin(): ChannelPlugin {
   if (!bluebubblesPluginCache) {
     ({ bluebubblesPlugin: bluebubblesPluginCache } = loadBundledPluginPublicSurfaceSync<{
       bluebubblesPlugin: ChannelPlugin;
-    }>({ pluginId: "bluebubbles", artifactBasename: "api.js" }));
+    }>({ pluginId: "bluebubbles", artifactBasename: "index.js" }));
   }
   return bluebubblesPluginCache;
 }