diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c6ef54673e0..db40952a030 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     "dist/",
     "!dist/**/*.map",
     "!dist/plugin-sdk/.tsbuildinfo",
+    "!dist/extensions/node_modules/**",
     "!dist/extensions/*/node_modules/**",
     "!dist/extensions/qa-channel/**",
     "dist/extensions/qa-channel/runtime-api.js",
diff --git a/scripts/stage-bundled-plugin-runtime.mjs b/scripts/stage-bundled-plugin-runtime.mjs
index fcf7cb750f5..65531b75fae 100644
--- a/scripts/stage-bundled-plugin-runtime.mjs
+++ b/scripts/stage-bundled-plugin-runtime.mjs
@@ -68,6 +68,57 @@ function symlinkPath(sourcePath, targetPath, type) {
   ensureSymlink(relativeSymlinkTarget(sourcePath, targetPath), targetPath, type, sourcePath);
 }
 
+function writeJsonFile(targetPath, value) {
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(targetPath), { recursive: true });
+  fs.writeFileSync(targetPath, `${JSON.stringify(value, null, 2)}\n`, "utf8");
+}
+
+function removeStaleOpenClawSelfReference(sourcePluginNodeModulesDir, repoRoot) {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(sourcePluginNodeModulesDir)) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const selfReferencePath = path.join(sourcePluginNodeModulesDir, "openclaw");
+  try {
+    const existing = fs.lstatSync(selfReferencePath);
+    if (!existing.isSymbolicLink()) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (fs.realpathSync(selfReferencePath) === fs.realpathSync(repoRoot)) {
+      removePathIfExists(selfReferencePath);
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (error?.code !== "ENOENT") {
+      throw error;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function ensureOpenClawExtensionAlias(params) {
+  const pluginSdkDir = path.join(params.repoRoot, "dist", "plugin-sdk");
+  if (!fs.existsSync(pluginSdkDir)) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const aliasDir = path.join(params.distExtensionsRoot, "node_modules", "openclaw");
+  const pluginSdkAliasPath = path.join(aliasDir, "plugin-sdk");
+  fs.mkdirSync(aliasDir, { recursive: true });
+  writeJsonFile(path.join(aliasDir, "package.json"), {
+    name: "openclaw",
+    type: "module",
+    exports: {
+      "./plugin-sdk": "./plugin-sdk/index.js",
+      "./plugin-sdk/*": "./plugin-sdk/*.js",
+    },
+  });
+  ensureSymlink(
+    relativeSymlinkTarget(pluginSdkDir, pluginSdkAliasPath),
+    pluginSdkAliasPath,
+    symlinkType(),
+    pluginSdkDir,
+  );
+}
+
 function shouldWrapRuntimeJsFile(sourcePath) {
   return path.extname(sourcePath) === ".js";
 }
@@ -144,6 +195,7 @@ function linkPluginNodeModules(params) {
   if (!fs.existsSync(params.sourcePluginNodeModulesDir)) {
     return;
   }
+  removeStaleOpenClawSelfReference(params.sourcePluginNodeModulesDir, params.repoRoot);
   ensureSymlink(
     params.sourcePluginNodeModulesDir,
     runtimeNodeModulesDir,
@@ -166,9 +218,10 @@ export function stageBundledPluginRuntime(params = {}) {
 
   removePathIfExists(runtimeRoot);
   fs.mkdirSync(runtimeExtensionsRoot, { recursive: true });
+  ensureOpenClawExtensionAlias({ repoRoot, distExtensionsRoot });
 
   for (const dirent of fs.readdirSync(distExtensionsRoot, { withFileTypes: true })) {
-    if (!dirent.isDirectory()) {
+    if (!dirent.isDirectory() || dirent.name === "node_modules") {
       continue;
     }
     const distPluginDir = path.join(distExtensionsRoot, dirent.name);
@@ -177,6 +230,7 @@ export function stageBundledPluginRuntime(params = {}) {
 
     stagePluginRuntimeOverlay(distPluginDir, runtimePluginDir);
     linkPluginNodeModules({
+      repoRoot,
       runtimePluginDir,
       sourcePluginNodeModulesDir: distPluginNodeModulesDir,
     });
diff --git a/src/plugins/stage-bundled-plugin-runtime.test.ts b/src/plugins/stage-bundled-plugin-runtime.test.ts
index 6cfb034f3b9..ff6c7aa30ee 100644
--- a/src/plugins/stage-bundled-plugin-runtime.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/stage-bundled-plugin-runtime.test.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ describe("stageBundledPluginRuntime", () => {
     const repoRoot = makeRepoRoot("openclaw-stage-bundled-runtime-");
     const distPluginDir = createDistPluginDir(repoRoot, "diffs");
     fs.mkdirSync(path.join(repoRoot, "dist"), { recursive: true });
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(repoRoot, "dist", "plugin-sdk"), { recursive: true });
     fs.mkdirSync(path.join(distPluginDir, "node_modules", "@pierre", "diffs"), {
       recursive: true,
     });
@@ -102,6 +103,31 @@ describe("stageBundledPluginRuntime", () => {
       fs.realpathSync(path.join(distPluginDir, "node_modules")),
     );
     expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(distPluginDir, "node_modules"))).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      fs
+        .lstatSync(
+          path.join(repoRoot, "dist", "extensions", "node_modules", "openclaw", "plugin-sdk"),
+        )
+        .isSymbolicLink(),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      fs.readFileSync(
+        path.join(repoRoot, "dist", "extensions", "node_modules", "openclaw", "package.json"),
+        "utf8",
+      ),
+    ).toContain('"./plugin-sdk": "./plugin-sdk/index.js"');
+    expect(
+      fs.readFileSync(
+        path.join(repoRoot, "dist", "extensions", "node_modules", "openclaw", "package.json"),
+        "utf8",
+      ),
+    ).toContain('"./plugin-sdk/*": "./plugin-sdk/*.js"');
+    expect(
+      fs.realpathSync(
+        path.join(repoRoot, "dist", "extensions", "node_modules", "openclaw", "plugin-sdk"),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(fs.realpathSync(path.join(repoRoot, "dist", "plugin-sdk")));
+    expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(runtimePluginDir, "node_modules", "openclaw"))).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it("writes wrappers that forward plugin entry imports into canonical dist files", async () => {