diff --git a/src/plugins/web-fetch-providers.runtime.test.ts b/src/plugins/web-fetch-providers.runtime.test.ts
index 2739d8e025f..de5630f1e7f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/web-fetch-providers.runtime.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/web-fetch-providers.runtime.test.ts
@@ -133,6 +133,18 @@ describe("resolvePluginWebFetchProviders", () => {
     expect(loadOpenClawPluginsMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
 
+  it("loads manifest-declared web-fetch providers in setup mode without the plugin loader", () => {
+    const providers = resolvePluginWebFetchProviders({
+      config: createFirecrawlAllowConfig(),
+      mode: "setup",
+    });
+
+    expect(providers.map((provider) => `${provider.pluginId}:${provider.id}`)).toEqual([
+      "firecrawl:firecrawl",
+    ]);
+    expect(loadOpenClawPluginsMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it("does not force a fresh snapshot load when the same web-provider load is already in flight", () => {
     const inFlightSpy = vi
       .spyOn(loaderModule, "isPluginRegistryLoadInFlight")
diff --git a/src/plugins/web-fetch-providers.runtime.ts b/src/plugins/web-fetch-providers.runtime.ts
index 52744558f25..4048a5bbeb2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/web-fetch-providers.runtime.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/web-fetch-providers.runtime.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   resolveBundledWebFetchResolutionConfig,
   sortWebFetchProviders,
 } from "./web-fetch-providers.shared.js";
+import { resolveBundledWebFetchProvidersFromPublicArtifacts } from "./web-provider-public-artifacts.js";
 import {
   mapRegistryProviders,
   resolveManifestDeclaredWebProviderCandidatePluginIds,
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ export function resolvePluginWebFetchProviders(params: {
     resolveBundledResolutionConfig: resolveBundledWebFetchResolutionConfig,
     resolveCandidatePluginIds: resolveWebFetchCandidatePluginIds,
     mapRegistryProviders: mapRegistryWebFetchProviders,
+    resolveBundledPublicArtifactProviders: resolveBundledWebFetchProvidersFromPublicArtifacts,
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/web-provider-runtime-shared.ts b/src/plugins/web-provider-runtime-shared.ts
index 2f108d9dbc0..54fa992b1c6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/web-provider-runtime-shared.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/web-provider-runtime-shared.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ type ResolveWebProviderRuntimeDeps<TEntry> = {
     registry: PluginRegistry;
     onlyPluginIds?: readonly string[];
   }) => TEntry[];
+  resolveBundledPublicArtifactProviders?: (params: {
+    config?: PluginLoadOptions["config"];
+    workspaceDir?: string;
+    env?: PluginLoadOptions["env"];
+    bundledAllowlistCompat?: boolean;
+    onlyPluginIds?: readonly string[];
+  }) => TEntry[] | null;
 };
 
 export function createWebProviderSnapshotCache<TEntry>(): WebProviderSnapshotCache<TEntry> {
@@ -132,6 +139,18 @@ export function resolvePluginWebProviders<TEntry>(
     if (pluginIds.length === 0) {
       return [];
     }
+    if (params.activate !== true) {
+      const bundledArtifactProviders = deps.resolveBundledPublicArtifactProviders?.({
+        config: params.config,
+        workspaceDir,
+        env,
+        bundledAllowlistCompat: params.bundledAllowlistCompat,
+        onlyPluginIds: pluginIds,
+      });
+      if (bundledArtifactProviders) {
+        return bundledArtifactProviders;
+      }
+    }
     const registry = loadOpenClawPlugins(
       buildPluginRuntimeLoadOptionsFromValues(
         {
diff --git a/src/plugins/web-search-providers.runtime.test.ts b/src/plugins/web-search-providers.runtime.test.ts
index f7b35a11e41..228d60c1769 100644
--- a/src/plugins/web-search-providers.runtime.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/web-search-providers.runtime.test.ts
@@ -401,19 +401,7 @@ describe("resolvePluginWebSearchProviders", () => {
     });
 
     expect(toRuntimeProviderKeys(providers)).toEqual(["brave:brave"]);
-    expect(loadOpenClawPluginsMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      expect.objectContaining({
-        onlyPluginIds: ["brave"],
-        config: expect.objectContaining({
-          plugins: expect.objectContaining({
-            allow: ["perplexity", "brave"],
-            entries: {
-              brave: { enabled: true },
-            },
-          }),
-        }),
-      }),
-    );
+    expect(loadOpenClawPluginsMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
   it("loads plugin web-search providers from the auto-enabled config snapshot", () => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/web-search-providers.runtime.ts b/src/plugins/web-search-providers.runtime.ts
index 1136b2ffe0b..9738fb0fa04 100644
--- a/src/plugins/web-search-providers.runtime.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/web-search-providers.runtime.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { loadOpenClawPlugins } from "./loader.js";
 import type { PluginLoadOptions } from "./loader.js";
 import { type PluginManifestRecord } from "./manifest-registry.js";
 import type { PluginWebSearchProviderEntry } from "./types.js";
+import { resolveBundledWebSearchProvidersFromPublicArtifacts } from "./web-provider-public-artifacts.js";
 import {
   mapRegistryProviders,
   resolveManifestDeclaredWebProviderCandidatePluginIds,
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ export function resolvePluginWebSearchProviders(params: {
     resolveBundledResolutionConfig: resolveBundledWebSearchResolutionConfig,
     resolveCandidatePluginIds: resolveWebSearchCandidatePluginIds,
     mapRegistryProviders: mapRegistryWebSearchProviders,
+    resolveBundledPublicArtifactProviders: resolveBundledWebSearchProvidersFromPublicArtifacts,
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/test/helpers/plugins/bundled-web-search-fast-path-contract.ts b/test/helpers/plugins/bundled-web-search-fast-path-contract.ts
index 84e40c2a0c5..c7fc787622f 100644
--- a/test/helpers/plugins/bundled-web-search-fast-path-contract.ts
+++ b/test/helpers/plugins/bundled-web-search-fast-path-contract.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../../../src/config/config.js";
-import { loadBundledCapabilityRuntimeRegistry } from "../../../src/plugins/bundled-capability-runtime.js";
 import { resolveManifestContractOwnerPluginId } from "../../../src/plugins/manifest-registry.js";
 import { resolveBundledExplicitWebSearchProvidersFromPublicArtifacts } from "../../../src/plugins/web-provider-public-artifacts.explicit.js";
 import { resolvePluginWebSearchProviders } from "../../../src/plugins/web-search-providers.runtime.js";
@@ -95,21 +94,18 @@ export function describeBundledWebSearchFastPathContract(pluginId: string) {
       }
     });
 
-    it("keeps fast-path provider metadata aligned with the bundled runtime registry", async () => {
+    it("keeps fast-path provider metadata aligned with bundled public artifacts", async () => {
       const fastPathProviders = resolvePluginWebSearchProviders({
         origin: "bundled",
         onlyPluginIds: [pluginId],
+        mode: "setup",
       }).filter((provider) => provider.pluginId === pluginId);
-      const pluginSdkResolution = process.env.VITEST ? "src" : "dist";
-      const bundledProviderEntries = loadBundledCapabilityRuntimeRegistry({
-        pluginIds: [pluginId],
-        pluginSdkResolution,
-      })
-        .webSearchProviders.filter((entry) => entry.pluginId === pluginId)
-        .map((entry) => ({
-          pluginId: entry.pluginId,
-          ...entry.provider,
-        }));
+      const bundledProviderEntries =
+        resolveBundledExplicitWebSearchProvidersFromPublicArtifacts({
+          onlyPluginIds: [pluginId],
+        })?.filter((entry) => entry.pluginId === pluginId) ?? [];
+
+      expect(bundledProviderEntries.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
 
       expect(
         sortComparableEntries(