fix: keep provider index previews authoritative

docs/plugins/manifest.md

@@ -740,7 +740,11 @@ Catalog authority order:
 4. OpenClaw Provider Index preview rows.
 
 The Provider Index must not contain secrets, enabled state, runtime hooks, or
-live account-specific model data. Providers with live `/models` discovery should
+live account-specific model data. Its preview catalogs use the same
+`modelCatalog` provider row shape as plugin manifests, but should stay limited
+to stable display metadata unless runtime adapter fields such as `api`,
+`baseUrl`, pricing, or compatibility flags are intentionally kept aligned with
+the installed plugin manifest. Providers with live `/models` discovery should
 write refreshed rows through the explicit model catalog cache path instead of
 making normal listing or onboarding call provider APIs.
 

src/model-catalog/provider-index/normalize.test.ts

@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ describe("OpenClaw provider index", () => {
   it("loads the bundled provider index without runtime plugin loading", () => {
     const index = loadOpenClawProviderIndex();
 
+    expect(index.providers.moonshot?.previewCatalog).not.toHaveProperty("api");
+    expect(index.providers.moonshot?.previewCatalog).not.toHaveProperty("baseUrl");
     expect(index.providers.moonshot?.previewCatalog?.models).toEqual(
       expect.arrayContaining([
         expect.objectContaining({
@@ -108,5 +110,13 @@ describe("OpenClaw provider index", () => {
       ]),
     );
     expect(index.providers.deepseek?.plugin.id).toBe("deepseek");
+    expect(index.providers.deepseek?.previewCatalog?.models).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          id: "deepseek-chat",
+          contextWindow: 131072,
+        }),
+      ]),
+    );
   });
 });

src/model-catalog/provider-index/openclaw-provider-index.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ import type { OpenClawProviderIndex } from "./types.js";
 // OpenClaw-owned preview metadata for providers whose plugins may not be
 // installed yet. Installed plugin manifests remain authoritative; this index is
 // a fallback for installable-provider and pre-install model picker surfaces.
+// Preview catalogs use the shared model catalog type, but intentionally keep to
+// stable display fields unless runtime adapter metadata is kept in sync with
+// the installed plugin manifest.
 export const OPENCLAW_PROVIDER_INDEX = {
   version: 1,
   providers: {
@@ -15,8 +18,6 @@ export const OPENCLAW_PROVIDER_INDEX = {
       docs: "/providers/moonshot",
       categories: ["cloud", "llm"],
       previewCatalog: {
-        api: "openai-responses",
-        baseUrl: "https://api.moonshot.ai/v1",
         models: [
           {
             id: "kimi-k2.6",
@@ -36,21 +37,19 @@ export const OPENCLAW_PROVIDER_INDEX = {
       docs: "/providers/deepseek",
       categories: ["cloud", "llm"],
       previewCatalog: {
-        api: "openai-responses",
-        baseUrl: "https://api.deepseek.com/v1",
         models: [
           {
             id: "deepseek-chat",
             name: "DeepSeek Chat",
             input: ["text"],
-            contextWindow: 64000,
+            contextWindow: 131072,
           },
           {
             id: "deepseek-reasoner",
             name: "DeepSeek Reasoner",
             input: ["text"],
             reasoning: true,
-            contextWindow: 64000,
+            contextWindow: 131072,
           },
         ],
       },