diff --git a/src/plugins/contracts/shape.contract.test.ts b/src/plugins/contracts/shape.contract.test.ts
index 9a1a90cf2c7..f121d0e100c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/contracts/shape.contract.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/contracts/shape.contract.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {
   createPluginRegistryFixture,
   registerVirtualTestPlugin,
 } from "../../../test/helpers/plugins/contracts-testkit.js";
-import { buildAllPluginInspectReports } from "../status.js";
+import { buildPluginShapeSummary } from "../inspect-shape.js";
 
 describe("plugin shape compatibility matrix", () => {
   it("keeps legacy hook-only, plain capability, and hybrid capability shapes explicit", () => {
@@ -94,13 +94,14 @@ describe("plugin shape compatibility matrix", () => {
       },
     });
 
-    const inspect = buildAllPluginInspectReports({
-      config,
-      report: {
-        workspaceDir: "/virtual-workspace",
-        ...registry.registry,
-      },
-    });
+    const report = {
+      workspaceDir: "/virtual-workspace",
+      ...registry.registry,
+    };
+    const inspect = report.plugins.map((plugin) => ({
+      plugin,
+      ...buildPluginShapeSummary({ plugin, report }),
+    }));
 
     expect(
       inspect.map((entry) => ({
diff --git a/src/plugins/inspect-shape.ts b/src/plugins/inspect-shape.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..417b00b11ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/inspect-shape.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+import type { PluginRegistry } from "./registry.js";
+import { hasKind } from "./slots.js";
+
+export type PluginCapabilityKind =
+  | "cli-backend"
+  | "text-inference"
+  | "speech"
+  | "realtime-transcription"
+  | "realtime-voice"
+  | "media-understanding"
+  | "image-generation"
+  | "web-search"
+  | "agent-harness"
+  | "context-engine"
+  | "channel";
+
+export type PluginInspectShape =
+  | "hook-only"
+  | "plain-capability"
+  | "hybrid-capability"
+  | "non-capability";
+
+export type PluginCapabilityEntry = {
+  kind: PluginCapabilityKind;
+  ids: string[];
+};
+
+export type PluginShapeSummary = {
+  shape: PluginInspectShape;
+  capabilityMode: "none" | "plain" | "hybrid";
+  capabilityCount: number;
+  capabilities: PluginCapabilityEntry[];
+  usesLegacyBeforeAgentStart: boolean;
+};
+
+export function buildPluginCapabilityEntries(
+  plugin: PluginRegistry["plugins"][number],
+): PluginCapabilityEntry[] {
+  return [
+    { kind: "cli-backend" as const, ids: plugin.cliBackendIds ?? [] },
+    { kind: "text-inference" as const, ids: plugin.providerIds },
+    { kind: "speech" as const, ids: plugin.speechProviderIds },
+    { kind: "realtime-transcription" as const, ids: plugin.realtimeTranscriptionProviderIds },
+    { kind: "realtime-voice" as const, ids: plugin.realtimeVoiceProviderIds },
+    { kind: "media-understanding" as const, ids: plugin.mediaUnderstandingProviderIds },
+    { kind: "image-generation" as const, ids: plugin.imageGenerationProviderIds },
+    { kind: "web-search" as const, ids: plugin.webSearchProviderIds },
+    { kind: "agent-harness" as const, ids: plugin.agentHarnessIds },
+    {
+      kind: "context-engine" as const,
+      ids:
+        plugin.status === "loaded" && hasKind(plugin.kind, "context-engine")
+          ? (plugin.contextEngineIds ?? [])
+          : [],
+    },
+    { kind: "channel" as const, ids: plugin.channelIds },
+  ].filter((entry) => entry.ids.length > 0);
+}
+
+export function derivePluginInspectShape(params: {
+  capabilityCount: number;
+  typedHookCount: number;
+  customHookCount: number;
+  toolCount: number;
+  commandCount: number;
+  cliCount: number;
+  serviceCount: number;
+  gatewayMethodCount: number;
+  httpRouteCount: number;
+}): PluginInspectShape {
+  if (params.capabilityCount > 1) {
+    return "hybrid-capability";
+  }
+  if (params.capabilityCount === 1) {
+    return "plain-capability";
+  }
+  const hasOnlyHooks =
+    params.typedHookCount + params.customHookCount > 0 &&
+    params.toolCount === 0 &&
+    params.commandCount === 0 &&
+    params.cliCount === 0 &&
+    params.serviceCount === 0 &&
+    params.gatewayMethodCount === 0 &&
+    params.httpRouteCount === 0;
+  if (hasOnlyHooks) {
+    return "hook-only";
+  }
+  return "non-capability";
+}
+
+export function buildPluginShapeSummary(params: {
+  plugin: PluginRegistry["plugins"][number];
+  report: Pick<PluginRegistry, "hooks" | "typedHooks" | "tools">;
+}): PluginShapeSummary {
+  const capabilities = buildPluginCapabilityEntries(params.plugin);
+  const typedHookCount = params.report.typedHooks.filter(
+    (entry) => entry.pluginId === params.plugin.id,
+  ).length;
+  const customHookCount = params.report.hooks.filter(
+    (entry) => entry.pluginId === params.plugin.id,
+  ).length;
+  const toolCount = params.report.tools.filter(
+    (entry) => entry.pluginId === params.plugin.id,
+  ).length;
+  const capabilityCount = capabilities.length;
+  const shape = derivePluginInspectShape({
+    capabilityCount,
+    typedHookCount,
+    customHookCount,
+    toolCount,
+    commandCount: params.plugin.commands.length,
+    cliCount: params.plugin.cliCommands.length,
+    serviceCount: params.plugin.services.length,
+    gatewayMethodCount: params.plugin.gatewayMethods.length,
+    httpRouteCount: params.plugin.httpRoutes,
+  });
+
+  return {
+    shape,
+    capabilityMode: capabilityCount === 0 ? "none" : capabilityCount === 1 ? "plain" : "hybrid",
+    capabilityCount,
+    capabilities,
+    usesLegacyBeforeAgentStart: params.report.typedHooks.some(
+      (entry) => entry.pluginId === params.plugin.id && entry.hookName === "before_agent_start",
+    ),
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/status.ts b/src/plugins/status.ts
index e8fee4010ef..0b7c4efe511 100644
--- a/src/plugins/status.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/status.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ import {
   withBundledPluginEnablementCompat,
 } from "./bundled-compat.js";
 import { normalizePluginsConfig } from "./config-state.js";
+import {
+  buildPluginShapeSummary,
+  type PluginCapabilityEntry,
+  type PluginInspectShape,
+} from "./inspect-shape.js";
 import { loadOpenClawPlugins } from "./loader.js";
 import type { PluginDiagnostic } from "./manifest-types.js";
 import { resolveBundledProviderCompatPluginIds } from "./providers.js";
@@ -21,31 +26,13 @@ import {
   resolvePluginRuntimeLoadContext,
 } from "./runtime/load-context.js";
 import { loadPluginMetadataRegistrySnapshot } from "./runtime/metadata-registry-loader.js";
-import { hasKind } from "./slots.js";
 import type { PluginHookName } from "./types.js";
 
 export type PluginStatusReport = PluginRegistry & {
   workspaceDir?: string;
 };
 
-export type PluginCapabilityKind =
-  | "cli-backend"
-  | "text-inference"
-  | "speech"
-  | "realtime-transcription"
-  | "realtime-voice"
-  | "media-understanding"
-  | "image-generation"
-  | "web-search"
-  | "agent-harness"
-  | "context-engine"
-  | "channel";
-
-export type PluginInspectShape =
-  | "hook-only"
-  | "plain-capability"
-  | "hybrid-capability"
-  | "non-capability";
+export type { PluginCapabilityKind, PluginInspectShape } from "./inspect-shape.js";
 
 export type PluginCompatibilityNotice = {
   pluginId: string;
@@ -65,10 +52,7 @@ export type PluginInspectReport = {
   shape: PluginInspectShape;
   capabilityMode: "none" | "plain" | "hybrid";
   capabilityCount: number;
-  capabilities: Array<{
-    kind: PluginCapabilityKind;
-    ids: string[];
-  }>;
+  capabilities: PluginCapabilityEntry[];
   typedHooks: Array<{
     name: PluginHookName;
     priority?: number;
@@ -240,59 +224,6 @@ export function buildPluginDiagnosticsReport(params?: PluginReportParams): Plugi
   return buildPluginReport(params, true);
 }
 
-function buildCapabilityEntries(plugin: PluginRegistry["plugins"][number]) {
-  return [
-    { kind: "cli-backend" as const, ids: plugin.cliBackendIds ?? [] },
-    { kind: "text-inference" as const, ids: plugin.providerIds },
-    { kind: "speech" as const, ids: plugin.speechProviderIds },
-    { kind: "realtime-transcription" as const, ids: plugin.realtimeTranscriptionProviderIds },
-    { kind: "realtime-voice" as const, ids: plugin.realtimeVoiceProviderIds },
-    { kind: "media-understanding" as const, ids: plugin.mediaUnderstandingProviderIds },
-    { kind: "image-generation" as const, ids: plugin.imageGenerationProviderIds },
-    { kind: "web-search" as const, ids: plugin.webSearchProviderIds },
-    { kind: "agent-harness" as const, ids: plugin.agentHarnessIds },
-    {
-      kind: "context-engine" as const,
-      ids:
-        plugin.status === "loaded" && hasKind(plugin.kind, "context-engine")
-          ? (plugin.contextEngineIds ?? [])
-          : [],
-    },
-    { kind: "channel" as const, ids: plugin.channelIds },
-  ].filter((entry) => entry.ids.length > 0);
-}
-
-function deriveInspectShape(params: {
-  capabilityCount: number;
-  typedHookCount: number;
-  customHookCount: number;
-  toolCount: number;
-  commandCount: number;
-  cliCount: number;
-  serviceCount: number;
-  gatewayMethodCount: number;
-  httpRouteCount: number;
-}): PluginInspectShape {
-  if (params.capabilityCount > 1) {
-    return "hybrid-capability";
-  }
-  if (params.capabilityCount === 1) {
-    return "plain-capability";
-  }
-  const hasOnlyHooks =
-    params.typedHookCount + params.customHookCount > 0 &&
-    params.toolCount === 0 &&
-    params.commandCount === 0 &&
-    params.cliCount === 0 &&
-    params.serviceCount === 0 &&
-    params.gatewayMethodCount === 0 &&
-    params.httpRouteCount === 0;
-  if (hasOnlyHooks) {
-    return "hook-only";
-  }
-  return "non-capability";
-}
-
 export function buildPluginInspectReport(params: {
   id: string;
   config?: OpenClawConfig;
@@ -318,7 +249,6 @@ export function buildPluginInspectReport(params: {
     return null;
   }
 
-  const capabilities = buildCapabilityEntries(plugin);
   const typedHooks = report.typedHooks
     .filter((entry) => entry.pluginId === plugin.id)
     .map((entry) => ({
@@ -341,18 +271,8 @@ export function buildPluginInspectReport(params: {
     }));
   const diagnostics = report.diagnostics.filter((entry) => entry.pluginId === plugin.id);
   const policyEntry = normalizePluginsConfig(config.plugins).entries[plugin.id];
-  const capabilityCount = capabilities.length;
-  const shape = deriveInspectShape({
-    capabilityCount,
-    typedHookCount: typedHooks.length,
-    customHookCount: customHooks.length,
-    toolCount: tools.length,
-    commandCount: plugin.commands.length,
-    cliCount: plugin.cliCommands.length,
-    serviceCount: plugin.services.length,
-    gatewayMethodCount: plugin.gatewayMethods.length,
-    httpRouteCount: plugin.httpRoutes,
-  });
+  const shapeSummary = buildPluginShapeSummary({ plugin, report });
+  const shape = shapeSummary.shape;
 
   // Populate MCP server info for bundle-format plugins with a known rootDir.
   let mcpServers: PluginInspectReport["mcpServers"] = [];
@@ -394,9 +314,7 @@ export function buildPluginInspectReport(params: {
     ];
   }
 
-  const usesLegacyBeforeAgentStart = typedHooks.some(
-    (entry) => entry.name === "before_agent_start",
-  );
+  const usesLegacyBeforeAgentStart = shapeSummary.usesLegacyBeforeAgentStart;
   const compatibility = buildCompatibilityNoticesForInspect({
     plugin,
     shape,
@@ -406,9 +324,9 @@ export function buildPluginInspectReport(params: {
     workspaceDir: report.workspaceDir,
     plugin,
     shape,
-    capabilityMode: capabilityCount === 0 ? "none" : capabilityCount === 1 ? "plain" : "hybrid",
-    capabilityCount,
-    capabilities,
+    capabilityMode: shapeSummary.capabilityMode,
+    capabilityCount: shapeSummary.capabilityCount,
+    capabilities: shapeSummary.capabilities,
     typedHooks,
     customHooks,
     tools,