diff --git a/extensions/alibaba/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/alibaba/openclaw.plugin.json
index 992909c419e..2c7d6d3dda4 100644
--- a/extensions/alibaba/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/alibaba/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "alibaba",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "enabledByDefault": true,
   "providerAuthEnvVars": {
     "alibaba": ["MODELSTUDIO_API_KEY", "DASHSCOPE_API_KEY", "QWEN_API_KEY"]
diff --git a/extensions/azure-speech/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/azure-speech/openclaw.plugin.json
index ffa9bae0235..0fc219481bc 100644
--- a/extensions/azure-speech/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/azure-speech/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "azure-speech",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "enabledByDefault": true,
   "name": "Azure Speech",
   "description": "Azure AI Speech text-to-speech (MP3, native Ogg/Opus voice notes, PCM telephony).",
diff --git a/extensions/brave/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/brave/openclaw.plugin.json
index b427278aa2e..1698421ae47 100644
--- a/extensions/brave/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/brave/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "brave",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "providerAuthEnvVars": {
     "brave": ["BRAVE_API_KEY"]
   },
diff --git a/extensions/deepgram/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/deepgram/openclaw.plugin.json
index 12a38b7149e..fcfa267a623 100644
--- a/extensions/deepgram/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/deepgram/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "deepgram",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "enabledByDefault": true,
   "providerAuthEnvVars": {
     "deepgram": ["DEEPGRAM_API_KEY"]
diff --git a/extensions/document-extract/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/document-extract/openclaw.plugin.json
index fda53cb0537..6b9263822a7 100644
--- a/extensions/document-extract/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/document-extract/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "document-extract",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "enabledByDefault": true,
   "name": "Document Extraction",
   "description": "Extract text and fallback page images from local document attachments.",
diff --git a/extensions/duckduckgo/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/duckduckgo/openclaw.plugin.json
index bc5cbe9a4b8..afd2335929b 100644
--- a/extensions/duckduckgo/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/duckduckgo/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "duckduckgo",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "uiHints": {
     "webSearch.region": {
       "label": "DuckDuckGo Region",
diff --git a/extensions/elevenlabs/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/elevenlabs/openclaw.plugin.json
index 4d172d57694..4e1230fa150 100644
--- a/extensions/elevenlabs/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/elevenlabs/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "elevenlabs",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "enabledByDefault": true,
   "providerAuthEnvVars": {
     "elevenlabs": ["ELEVENLABS_API_KEY", "XI_API_KEY"]
diff --git a/extensions/exa/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/exa/openclaw.plugin.json
index e6a7a2be985..8a2c0865634 100644
--- a/extensions/exa/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/exa/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "exa",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "providerAuthEnvVars": {
     "exa": ["EXA_API_KEY"]
   },
diff --git a/extensions/firecrawl/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/firecrawl/openclaw.plugin.json
index e765e8484af..e1f6ae663b4 100644
--- a/extensions/firecrawl/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/firecrawl/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "firecrawl",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "providerAuthEnvVars": {
     "firecrawl": ["FIRECRAWL_API_KEY"]
   },
diff --git a/extensions/gradium/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/gradium/openclaw.plugin.json
index 1c10f40637b..8614e0c7059 100644
--- a/extensions/gradium/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/gradium/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "gradium",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "providerAuthEnvVars": {
     "gradium": ["GRADIUM_API_KEY"]
   },
diff --git a/extensions/inworld/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/inworld/openclaw.plugin.json
index 3b64bd56715..5b458a3f1e7 100644
--- a/extensions/inworld/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/inworld/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "inworld",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "enabledByDefault": true,
   "name": "Inworld",
   "description": "Inworld streaming text-to-speech (MP3, OGG_OPUS, PCM telephony).",
diff --git a/extensions/memory-core/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/memory-core/openclaw.plugin.json
index bd7b39f3ea0..c7ef0f6cfb2 100644
--- a/extensions/memory-core/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/memory-core/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "memory-core",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "kind": "memory",
   "contracts": {
     "memoryEmbeddingProviders": ["local"]
diff --git a/extensions/memory-lancedb/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/memory-lancedb/openclaw.plugin.json
index ef2df411add..cf5fee434c9 100644
--- a/extensions/memory-lancedb/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/memory-lancedb/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "memory-lancedb",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "kind": "memory",
   "uiHints": {
     "embedding.apiKey": {
diff --git a/extensions/microsoft/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/microsoft/openclaw.plugin.json
index 2cac16c5986..62c910e6a7e 100644
--- a/extensions/microsoft/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/microsoft/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "microsoft",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "enabledByDefault": true,
   "contracts": {
     "speechProviders": ["microsoft"]
diff --git a/extensions/migrate-claude/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/migrate-claude/openclaw.plugin.json
index 39b28a8766a..c00e43f1c4a 100644
--- a/extensions/migrate-claude/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/migrate-claude/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "migrate-claude",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "name": "Claude Migration",
   "description": "Imports Claude Code and Claude Desktop instructions, MCP servers, skills, and safe configuration into OpenClaw.",
   "contracts": {
diff --git a/extensions/migrate-hermes/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/migrate-hermes/openclaw.plugin.json
index 0b848a4f627..f06331e464e 100644
--- a/extensions/migrate-hermes/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/migrate-hermes/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "migrate-hermes",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "name": "Hermes Migration",
   "description": "Imports Hermes configuration, memories, skills, and supported credentials into OpenClaw.",
   "contracts": {
diff --git a/extensions/open-prose/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/open-prose/openclaw.plugin.json
index e5a83b53224..4693a0721a8 100644
--- a/extensions/open-prose/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/open-prose/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "open-prose",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "name": "OpenProse",
   "description": "OpenProse VM skill pack with a /prose slash command.",
   "skills": ["./skills"],
diff --git a/extensions/perplexity/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/perplexity/openclaw.plugin.json
index 252f796a04c..9a20e419040 100644
--- a/extensions/perplexity/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/perplexity/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "perplexity",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "providerAuthEnvVars": {
     "perplexity": ["PERPLEXITY_API_KEY", "OPENROUTER_API_KEY"]
   },
diff --git a/extensions/qa-lab/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/qa-lab/openclaw.plugin.json
index 3f61b2435ce..a7b42654862 100644
--- a/extensions/qa-lab/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/qa-lab/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "qa-lab",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "configSchema": {
     "type": "object",
     "additionalProperties": false,
diff --git a/extensions/qa-matrix/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/qa-matrix/openclaw.plugin.json
index 718ad710609..92d4c93ad8e 100644
--- a/extensions/qa-matrix/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/qa-matrix/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "qa-matrix",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "name": "QA Matrix",
   "description": "Matrix QA transport runner and substrate",
   "qaRunners": [
diff --git a/extensions/runway/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/runway/openclaw.plugin.json
index 9edfbca568d..c2e7f82ac3e 100644
--- a/extensions/runway/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/runway/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "runway",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "enabledByDefault": true,
   "providerAuthEnvVars": {
     "runway": ["RUNWAYML_API_SECRET", "RUNWAY_API_KEY"]
diff --git a/extensions/searxng/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/searxng/openclaw.plugin.json
index c6afd618d19..a557a868664 100644
--- a/extensions/searxng/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/searxng/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "searxng",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "uiHints": {
     "webSearch.baseUrl": {
       "label": "SearXNG Base URL",
diff --git a/extensions/senseaudio/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/senseaudio/openclaw.plugin.json
index c23b461697d..10ebdcd0e05 100644
--- a/extensions/senseaudio/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/senseaudio/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "senseaudio",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "enabledByDefault": true,
   "providerAuthEnvVars": {
     "senseaudio": ["SENSEAUDIO_API_KEY"]
diff --git a/extensions/skill-workshop/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/skill-workshop/openclaw.plugin.json
index fc1964dfb29..7ccdcb67eab 100644
--- a/extensions/skill-workshop/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/skill-workshop/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "skill-workshop",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "name": "Skill Workshop",
   "description": "Captures repeatable workflows as workspace skills, with pending review, safe writes, and skill prompt refresh.",
   "contracts": {
diff --git a/extensions/tavily/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/tavily/openclaw.plugin.json
index 1815b07f159..d122f5d6555 100644
--- a/extensions/tavily/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/tavily/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "tavily",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "skills": ["./skills"],
   "providerAuthEnvVars": {
     "tavily": ["TAVILY_API_KEY"]
diff --git a/extensions/tokenjuice/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/tokenjuice/openclaw.plugin.json
index 42c62576f54..53a1e53e9e3 100644
--- a/extensions/tokenjuice/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/tokenjuice/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "tokenjuice",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "name": "tokenjuice",
   "description": "Compacts exec and bash tool results with tokenjuice reducers.",
   "contracts": {
diff --git a/extensions/tts-local-cli/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/tts-local-cli/openclaw.plugin.json
index 418a9c7fbe4..d8d5a3812b5 100644
--- a/extensions/tts-local-cli/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/tts-local-cli/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "tts-local-cli",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "enabledByDefault": true,
   "contracts": {
     "speechProviders": ["tts-local-cli", "cli"]
diff --git a/extensions/voyage/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/voyage/openclaw.plugin.json
index 4615d1d3600..1a2cc666283 100644
--- a/extensions/voyage/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/voyage/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "voyage",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "enabledByDefault": true,
   "contracts": {
     "memoryEmbeddingProviders": ["voyage"]
diff --git a/extensions/web-readability/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/web-readability/openclaw.plugin.json
index 0704dfab90c..3196a845ac0 100644
--- a/extensions/web-readability/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/web-readability/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "web-readability",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
   "enabledByDefault": true,
   "name": "Web Readability Extraction",
   "description": "Extract readable article content from local HTML web fetch responses.",