diff --git a/src/cli/plugin-registry.ts b/src/cli/plugin-registry.ts
index f51a57d7fda..bff91129204 100644
--- a/src/cli/plugin-registry.ts
+++ b/src/cli/plugin-registry.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import { resolveAgentWorkspaceDir, resolveDefaultAgentId } from "../agents/agent-scope.js";
-import { listPotentialConfiguredChannelIds } from "../channels/config-presence.js";
 import { loadConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import { createSubsystemLogger } from "../logging.js";
+import {
+  resolveChannelPluginIds,
+  resolveConfiguredChannelPluginIds,
+} from "../plugins/channel-plugin-ids.js";
 import { loadOpenClawPlugins } from "../plugins/loader.js";
-import { loadPluginManifestRegistry } from "../plugins/manifest-registry.js";
 import { getActivePluginRegistry } from "../plugins/runtime.js";
 import type { PluginLogger } from "../plugins/types.js";
 
@@ -25,34 +27,6 @@ function scopeRank(scope: typeof pluginRegistryLoaded): number {
   }
 }
 
-function resolveChannelPluginIds(params: {
-  config: ReturnType<typeof loadConfig>;
-  workspaceDir?: string;
-  env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
-}): string[] {
-  return loadPluginManifestRegistry({
-    config: params.config,
-    workspaceDir: params.workspaceDir,
-    env: params.env,
-  })
-    .plugins.filter((plugin) => plugin.channels.length > 0)
-    .map((plugin) => plugin.id);
-}
-
-function resolveConfiguredChannelPluginIds(params: {
-  config: ReturnType<typeof loadConfig>;
-  workspaceDir?: string;
-  env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
-}): string[] {
-  const configuredChannelIds = new Set(
-    listPotentialConfiguredChannelIds(params.config, params.env).map((id) => id.trim()),
-  );
-  if (configuredChannelIds.size === 0) {
-    return [];
-  }
-  return resolveChannelPluginIds(params).filter((pluginId) => configuredChannelIds.has(pluginId));
-}
-
 export function ensurePluginRegistryLoaded(options?: { scope?: PluginRegistryScope }): void {
   const scope = options?.scope ?? "all";
   if (scopeRank(pluginRegistryLoaded) >= scopeRank(scope)) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/channel-plugin-ids.ts b/src/plugins/channel-plugin-ids.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3cbf761bbd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/channel-plugin-ids.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { listPotentialConfiguredChannelIds } from "../channels/config-presence.js";
+import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
+import { loadPluginManifestRegistry } from "./manifest-registry.js";
+
+export function resolveChannelPluginIds(params: {
+  config: OpenClawConfig;
+  workspaceDir?: string;
+  env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
+}): string[] {
+  return loadPluginManifestRegistry({
+    config: params.config,
+    workspaceDir: params.workspaceDir,
+    env: params.env,
+  })
+    .plugins.filter((plugin) => plugin.channels.length > 0)
+    .map((plugin) => plugin.id);
+}
+
+export function resolveConfiguredChannelPluginIds(params: {
+  config: OpenClawConfig;
+  workspaceDir?: string;
+  env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
+}): string[] {
+  const configuredChannelIds = new Set(
+    listPotentialConfiguredChannelIds(params.config, params.env).map((id) => id.trim()),
+  );
+  if (configuredChannelIds.size === 0) {
+    return [];
+  }
+  return resolveChannelPluginIds(params).filter((pluginId) => configuredChannelIds.has(pluginId));
+}