diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f8af783..ec6339b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     "build": "tsc && node scripts/sync-dist-manifest.mjs",
     "test": "npm run build && node dist/__tests__/memory-context-format.test.js && node dist/__tests__/company-brain-tools.test.js && node dist/__tests__/company-brain-context-format.test.js && node dist/__tests__/core-entity-graph-tools.test.js && node dist/__tests__/plugin-manifest-parity.test.js && node dist/__tests__/owner-context.test.js",
     "company-brain:canary": "node scripts/company-brain-canary.mjs",
+    "deploy:local": "bash scripts/deploy-local-extension.sh",
     "runtime:smoke": "node scripts/cortex-runtime-smoke.mjs",
     "prepublishOnly": "npm run build"
   },
@@ -15,6 +16,11 @@
     "dist/",
     "openclaw.plugin.json"
   ],
+  "openclaw": {
+    "extensions": [
+      "./dist/index.js"
+    ]
+  },
   "dependencies": {
     "@sinclair/typebox": "^0.32.0"
   },
diff --git a/scripts/deploy-local-extension.sh b/scripts/deploy-local-extension.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c311d9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/deploy-local-extension.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+ROOT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+TARGET_DIR="${OPENCLAW_CORTEX_EXTENSION_DIR:-$HOME/.openclaw/extensions/cortex}"
+
+cd "$ROOT_DIR"
+npm run build
+
+mkdir -p "$TARGET_DIR"
+rsync -a --delete dist/ "$TARGET_DIR/dist/"
+cp openclaw.plugin.json package.json package-lock.json README.md "$TARGET_DIR/"
+
+SOURCE_COMMIT="$(git rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)"
+DEPLOYED_AT="$(date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')"
+DIST_HASH="$(shasum -a 256 dist/index.js | awk '{print $1}')"
+MANIFEST_HASH="$(shasum -a 256 openclaw.plugin.json | awk '{print $1}')"
+PACKAGE_HASH="$(shasum -a 256 package.json | awk '{print $1}')"
+PACKAGE_LOCK_HASH="$(shasum -a 256 package-lock.json | awk '{print $1}')"
+
+cat > "$TARGET_DIR/.deploy-manifest.json" <<JSON
+{
+  "deployed_at": "$DEPLOYED_AT",
+  "source_repo": "$ROOT_DIR",
+  "source_commit": "$SOURCE_COMMIT",
+  "target": "$TARGET_DIR",
+  "files": {
+    "dist/index.js": "$DIST_HASH",
+    "openclaw.plugin.json": "$MANIFEST_HASH",
+    "package.json": "$PACKAGE_HASH",
+    "package-lock.json": "$PACKAGE_LOCK_HASH"
+  }
+}
+JSON
+
+echo "Deployed Cortex plugin to $TARGET_DIR"
+cat "$TARGET_DIR/.deploy-manifest.json"