diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f572971b588..110968977c0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1757,6 +1757,7 @@
         "@mariozechner/pi-coding-agent",
         "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk",
         "ajv",
+        "chalk",
         "chokidar",
         "commander",
         "croner",
diff --git a/src/gateway/server-startup-plugins.test.ts b/src/gateway/server-startup-plugins.test.ts
index 687253e59b2..ffce1a250f7 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server-startup-plugins.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server-startup-plugins.test.ts
@@ -289,6 +289,13 @@ describe("prepareGatewayPluginBootstrap runtime-deps staging", () => {
         exactPluginIds: ["telegram"],
       }),
     );
+    expect(resolveOpenClawPackageRootSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        moduleUrl: expect.stringContaining("server-startup-plugins"),
+        argv1: process.argv[1],
+        cwd: process.cwd(),
+      }),
+    );
     expect(prepareBundledPluginRuntimeLoadRoot).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       expect.objectContaining({
         pluginId: "telegram",
diff --git a/src/gateway/server-startup-plugins.ts b/src/gateway/server-startup-plugins.ts
index 1250298d501..f3d1f0b17b6 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server-startup-plugins.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server-startup-plugins.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,11 @@ async function prestageGatewayBundledRuntimeDepsImpl(params: {
     return {};
   }
   let repairError: unknown;
-  const packageRoot = resolveOpenClawPackageRootSync({ moduleUrl: import.meta.url });
+  const packageRoot = resolveOpenClawPackageRootSync({
+    moduleUrl: import.meta.url,
+    argv1: process.argv[1],
+    cwd: process.cwd(),
+  });
   if (packageRoot) {
     try {
       pruneUnknownBundledRuntimeDepsRoots({
diff --git a/src/plugins/loader-records.test.ts b/src/plugins/loader-records.test.ts
index bb9f6a65e10..de0a8839477 100644
--- a/src/plugins/loader-records.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/loader-records.test.ts
@@ -29,4 +29,42 @@ describe("plugin loader records", () => {
 
     expect(record.providerIds).toEqual(["kitchen-sink-provider"]);
   });
+
+  it("preserves manifest-declared capability provider ids before runtime registration", () => {
+    const record = createPluginRecord({
+      id: "kitchen-sink",
+      name: "Kitchen Sink",
+      source: "/tmp/kitchen-sink/index.js",
+      origin: "global",
+      enabled: true,
+      contracts: {
+        speechProviders: ["kitchen-sink-speech-provider"],
+        realtimeTranscriptionProviders: ["kitchen-sink-transcription-provider"],
+        realtimeVoiceProviders: ["kitchen-sink-voice-provider"],
+        mediaUnderstandingProviders: ["kitchen-sink-media-provider"],
+        imageGenerationProviders: ["kitchen-sink-image-provider"],
+        videoGenerationProviders: ["kitchen-sink-video-provider"],
+        musicGenerationProviders: ["kitchen-sink-music-provider"],
+        webFetchProviders: ["kitchen-sink-web-fetch-provider"],
+        webSearchProviders: ["kitchen-sink-web-search-provider"],
+        migrationProviders: ["kitchen-sink-migration-provider"],
+        memoryEmbeddingProviders: ["kitchen-sink-memory-provider"],
+      },
+      configSchema: false,
+    });
+
+    expect(record.speechProviderIds).toEqual(["kitchen-sink-speech-provider"]);
+    expect(record.realtimeTranscriptionProviderIds).toEqual([
+      "kitchen-sink-transcription-provider",
+    ]);
+    expect(record.realtimeVoiceProviderIds).toEqual(["kitchen-sink-voice-provider"]);
+    expect(record.mediaUnderstandingProviderIds).toEqual(["kitchen-sink-media-provider"]);
+    expect(record.imageGenerationProviderIds).toEqual(["kitchen-sink-image-provider"]);
+    expect(record.videoGenerationProviderIds).toEqual(["kitchen-sink-video-provider"]);
+    expect(record.musicGenerationProviderIds).toEqual(["kitchen-sink-music-provider"]);
+    expect(record.webFetchProviderIds).toEqual(["kitchen-sink-web-fetch-provider"]);
+    expect(record.webSearchProviderIds).toEqual(["kitchen-sink-web-search-provider"]);
+    expect(record.migrationProviderIds).toEqual(["kitchen-sink-migration-provider"]);
+    expect(record.memoryEmbeddingProviderIds).toEqual(["kitchen-sink-memory-provider"]);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/plugins/loader-records.ts b/src/plugins/loader-records.ts
index 0073d9b7d63..8b98665276a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/loader-records.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/loader-records.ts
@@ -52,18 +52,18 @@ export function createPluginRecord(params: {
     channelIds: [...(params.channelIds ?? [])],
     cliBackendIds: [],
     providerIds: [...(params.providerIds ?? [])],
-    speechProviderIds: [],
-    realtimeTranscriptionProviderIds: [],
-    realtimeVoiceProviderIds: [],
-    mediaUnderstandingProviderIds: [],
-    imageGenerationProviderIds: [],
-    videoGenerationProviderIds: [],
-    musicGenerationProviderIds: [],
-    webFetchProviderIds: [],
-    webSearchProviderIds: [],
-    migrationProviderIds: [],
+    speechProviderIds: [...(params.contracts?.speechProviders ?? [])],
+    realtimeTranscriptionProviderIds: [...(params.contracts?.realtimeTranscriptionProviders ?? [])],
+    realtimeVoiceProviderIds: [...(params.contracts?.realtimeVoiceProviders ?? [])],
+    mediaUnderstandingProviderIds: [...(params.contracts?.mediaUnderstandingProviders ?? [])],
+    imageGenerationProviderIds: [...(params.contracts?.imageGenerationProviders ?? [])],
+    videoGenerationProviderIds: [...(params.contracts?.videoGenerationProviders ?? [])],
+    musicGenerationProviderIds: [...(params.contracts?.musicGenerationProviders ?? [])],
+    webFetchProviderIds: [...(params.contracts?.webFetchProviders ?? [])],
+    webSearchProviderIds: [...(params.contracts?.webSearchProviders ?? [])],
+    migrationProviderIds: [...(params.contracts?.migrationProviders ?? [])],
     contextEngineIds: [],
-    memoryEmbeddingProviderIds: [],
+    memoryEmbeddingProviderIds: [...(params.contracts?.memoryEmbeddingProviders ?? [])],
     agentHarnessIds: [],
     gatewayMethods: [],
     cliCommands: [],
diff --git a/src/plugins/registry.provider-like.test.ts b/src/plugins/registry.provider-like.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..61397218487
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/registry.provider-like.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { createPluginRecord } from "./loader-records.js";
+import { createPluginRegistry } from "./registry.js";
+import type { PluginRuntime } from "./runtime/types.js";
+
+function createTestRegistry() {
+  return createPluginRegistry({
+    logger: {
+      info() {},
+      warn() {},
+      error() {},
+      debug() {},
+    },
+    runtime: {} as PluginRuntime,
+    activateGlobalSideEffects: false,
+  });
+}
+
+describe("plugin registry provider-like registrations", () => {
+  it("does not duplicate manifest-declared capability provider ids during runtime registration", () => {
+    const pluginRegistry = createTestRegistry();
+    const record = createPluginRecord({
+      id: "kitchen-sink",
+      name: "Kitchen Sink",
+      source: "/tmp/kitchen-sink/index.js",
+      origin: "global",
+      enabled: true,
+      contracts: {
+        speechProviders: ["kitchen-sink-speech-provider"],
+      },
+      configSchema: false,
+    });
+
+    pluginRegistry.registerSpeechProvider(record, {
+      id: "kitchen-sink-speech-provider",
+      label: "Kitchen Sink Speech",
+      isConfigured: () => true,
+      synthesize: async () => ({
+        audioBuffer: Buffer.alloc(0),
+        fileExtension: "mp3",
+        outputFormat: "audio/mpeg",
+        voiceCompatible: true,
+      }),
+    });
+
+    expect(record.speechProviderIds).toEqual(["kitchen-sink-speech-provider"]);
+    expect(pluginRegistry.registry.speechProviders).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/plugins/registry.ts b/src/plugins/registry.ts
index b38f32d83db..aef8bf069c0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/registry.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/registry.ts
@@ -970,7 +970,9 @@ export function createPluginRegistry(registryParams: PluginRegistryParams) {
       });
       return;
     }
-    params.ownedIds.push(id);
+    if (!params.ownedIds.includes(id)) {
+      params.ownedIds.push(id);
+    }
     params.registrations.push({
       pluginId: record.id,
       pluginName: record.name,
diff --git a/src/plugins/status.registry-snapshot.test.ts b/src/plugins/status.registry-snapshot.test.ts
index eaddf388bb7..91661a1acc7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/status.registry-snapshot.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/status.registry-snapshot.test.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ describe("buildPluginRegistrySnapshotReport", () => {
         description: "Manifest-backed list metadata",
         version: "1.2.3",
         providers: ["indexed-provider"],
+        contracts: {
+          speechProviders: ["indexed-speech-provider"],
+          realtimeTranscriptionProviders: ["indexed-transcription-provider"],
+          realtimeVoiceProviders: ["indexed-voice-provider"],
+        },
         commandAliases: [{ name: "indexed-demo" }],
         configSchema: {
           type: "object",
@@ -58,6 +63,9 @@ describe("buildPluginRegistrySnapshotReport", () => {
       version: "9.8.7",
       format: "openclaw",
       providerIds: ["indexed-provider"],
+      speechProviderIds: ["indexed-speech-provider"],
+      realtimeTranscriptionProviderIds: ["indexed-transcription-provider"],
+      realtimeVoiceProviderIds: ["indexed-voice-provider"],
       commands: ["indexed-demo"],
       source: fs.realpathSync(fixture.runtimeSource),
       status: "loaded",
diff --git a/src/plugins/status.ts b/src/plugins/status.ts
index 1d16ca3eb20..4e7e285370e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/status.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/status.ts
@@ -200,17 +200,19 @@ function buildPluginRecordFromInstalledIndex(
     channelIds: [...(manifest?.channels ?? [])],
     cliBackendIds: [...(manifest?.cliBackends ?? []), ...(manifest?.setup?.cliBackends ?? [])],
     providerIds: [...(manifest?.providers ?? [])],
-    speechProviderIds: [],
-    realtimeTranscriptionProviderIds: [],
-    realtimeVoiceProviderIds: [],
-    mediaUnderstandingProviderIds: [],
-    imageGenerationProviderIds: [],
-    videoGenerationProviderIds: [],
-    musicGenerationProviderIds: [],
-    webFetchProviderIds: [],
-    webSearchProviderIds: [],
-    migrationProviderIds: [],
-    memoryEmbeddingProviderIds: [],
+    speechProviderIds: [...(manifest?.contracts?.speechProviders ?? [])],
+    realtimeTranscriptionProviderIds: [
+      ...(manifest?.contracts?.realtimeTranscriptionProviders ?? []),
+    ],
+    realtimeVoiceProviderIds: [...(manifest?.contracts?.realtimeVoiceProviders ?? [])],
+    mediaUnderstandingProviderIds: [...(manifest?.contracts?.mediaUnderstandingProviders ?? [])],
+    imageGenerationProviderIds: [...(manifest?.contracts?.imageGenerationProviders ?? [])],
+    videoGenerationProviderIds: [...(manifest?.contracts?.videoGenerationProviders ?? [])],
+    musicGenerationProviderIds: [...(manifest?.contracts?.musicGenerationProviders ?? [])],
+    webFetchProviderIds: [...(manifest?.contracts?.webFetchProviders ?? [])],
+    webSearchProviderIds: [...(manifest?.contracts?.webSearchProviders ?? [])],
+    migrationProviderIds: [...(manifest?.contracts?.migrationProviders ?? [])],
+    memoryEmbeddingProviderIds: [...(manifest?.contracts?.memoryEmbeddingProviders ?? [])],
     agentHarnessIds: [],
     gatewayMethods: [],
     cliCommands: [],