diff --git a/src/channels/config-presence.ts b/src/channels/config-presence.ts
index 5435e97dc8e..087ce410857 100644
--- a/src/channels/config-presence.ts
+++ b/src/channels/config-presence.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
 } from "../channels/plugins/persisted-auth-state.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import { resolveStateDir } from "../config/paths.js";
+import { hasNonEmptyString } from "../infra/outbound/channel-target.js";
 import { isRecord } from "../utils.js";
 import { listBundledChannelPluginIds } from "./plugins/bundled-ids.js";
 
@@ -15,10 +16,6 @@ type ChannelPresenceOptions = {
   includePersistedAuthState?: boolean;
 };
 
-function hasNonEmptyString(value: unknown): boolean {
-  return typeof value === "string" && value.trim().length > 0;
-}
-
 export function hasMeaningfulChannelConfig(value: unknown): boolean {
   if (!isRecord(value)) {
     return false;