diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/bootstrap.ts b/packages/server/src/server/bootstrap.ts
index 50d32b9c1b..3033be77d5 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/bootstrap.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/bootstrap.ts
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ export async function createPaseoDaemon(
   });
   const browserToolsPolicy = new DaemonConfigBrowserToolsPolicy(daemonConfigStore);
   const browserToolsBroker = new BrowserToolsBroker({});
-  const pluginRuntime = new PluginService(logger, daemonConfigStore);
+  const pluginRuntime = new PluginService(logger, daemonConfigStore, daemonVersion);
 
   const serverId = getOrCreateServerId(config.paseoHome, { logger });
   const daemonKeyPair = await loadOrCreateDaemonKeyPair(config.paseoHome, logger);
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/plugins/index.posix.test.ts b/packages/server/src/server/plugins/index.posix.test.ts
index fc5c83d12e..755ddb054d 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/plugins/index.posix.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/plugins/index.posix.test.ts
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ function createStore(
 function createService(
   home: string,
   plugins: Record<string, { source: "directory"; path: string; enabled?: boolean }> = {},
-  runtime?: ConstructorParameters<typeof PluginService>[2],
+  runtime?: ConstructorParameters<typeof PluginService>[3],
 ): PluginService {
   return bindTestSessionHost(
-    new PluginService(pino({ level: "silent" }), createStore(home, plugins), runtime),
+    new PluginService(pino({ level: "silent" }), createStore(home, plugins), "0.4.0", runtime),
   );
 }
 
@@ -225,7 +225,9 @@ describe("PluginService", () => {
       `export default function contribute(plugin: unknown) { void plugin; return () => undefined; }`,
     );
     const store = createStore(home);
-    const service = bindTestSessionHost(new PluginService(pino({ level: "silent" }), store));
+    const service = bindTestSessionHost(
+      new PluginService(pino({ level: "silent" }), store, "0.4.0"),
+    );
     await service.start();
 
     await expect(
@@ -266,7 +268,9 @@ export default function contribute(plugin: unknown) {
 }`,
     );
     const store = createStore(home);
-    const service = bindTestSessionHost(new PluginService(pino({ level: "silent" }), store));
+    const service = bindTestSessionHost(
+      new PluginService(pino({ level: "silent" }), store, "0.4.0"),
+    );
     await service.start();
     await service.installDirectory({ path: directory });
 
@@ -293,7 +297,9 @@ export default function contribute(plugin: unknown) {
       `export default function contribute(plugin: unknown) { void plugin; return () => undefined; }`,
     );
     const store = createStore(home);
-    const service = bindTestSessionHost(new PluginService(pino({ level: "silent" }), store));
+    const service = bindTestSessionHost(
+      new PluginService(pino({ level: "silent" }), store, "0.4.0"),
+    );
     await service.start();
     await service.installDirectory({ path: first });
     await service.installDirectory({ path: second });
@@ -321,7 +327,7 @@ export default function contribute(plugin: unknown) {
     });
     store.patch({ pluginsEnabled: false });
     const paused = createPausedRuntime();
-    const service = new PluginService(pino({ level: "silent" }), store, paused.runtime);
+    const service = new PluginService(pino({ level: "silent" }), store, "0.4.0", paused.runtime);
     await service.start();
 
     store.patch({ pluginsEnabled: true });
@@ -343,7 +349,7 @@ export default function contribute(plugin: unknown) {
       slow: { source: "directory", path: "/plugins/slow", enabled: false },
     });
     const paused = createPausedRuntime();
-    const service = new PluginService(pino({ level: "silent" }), store, paused.runtime);
+    const service = new PluginService(pino({ level: "silent" }), store, "0.4.0", paused.runtime);
     await service.start();
 
     const enabling = expect(service.enablePlugin("slow")).rejects.toThrow(
@@ -366,7 +372,7 @@ export default function contribute(plugin: unknown) {
       slow: { source: "directory", path: "/plugins/slow", enabled: false },
     });
     const paused = createPluginSelectivePausedRuntime("occupier");
-    const service = new PluginService(pino({ level: "silent" }), store, paused.runtime);
+    const service = new PluginService(pino({ level: "silent" }), store, "0.4.0", paused.runtime);
     await service.start();
 
     const occupying = service.enablePlugin("occupier");
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/plugins/index.ts b/packages/server/src/server/plugins/index.ts
index 4b3d5dd9e6..513531b34f 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/plugins/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/plugins/index.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ export class PluginService {
   constructor(
     logger: pino.Logger,
     private readonly configStore: DaemonConfigStore,
-    runtime: PluginRuntimePort = new PluginRuntime(logger),
+    daemonVersion: string,
+    runtime: PluginRuntimePort = new PluginRuntime(logger, daemonVersion),
   ) {
     this.logger = logger.child({ module: "plugin-service" });
     this.runtime = runtime;
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/plugins/plugin-paseo-api.e2e.test.ts b/packages/server/src/server/plugins/plugin-paseo-api.e2e.test.ts
index a9e3fe3560..d01ff4d411 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/plugins/plugin-paseo-api.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/plugins/plugin-paseo-api.e2e.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import path from "node:path";
 import { afterEach, expect, test } from "vitest";
 import { DaemonClient } from "../test-utils/daemon-client.js";
 import { createTestPaseoDaemon } from "../test-utils/paseo-daemon.js";
+import { createTestAgentClient, createTestAgentClients } from "../test-utils/fake-agent-client.js";
 
 const roots: string[] = [];
 
@@ -30,6 +31,12 @@ const create = defineRpc({
   output: z.object({ workspaceId: z.string(), agentId: z.string() }),
 });
 
+const list = defineRpc({
+  name: "list",
+  input: z.object({}),
+  output: z.object({ agentIds: z.array(z.string()) }),
+});
+
 export default function contribute(plugin: PluginContext) {
   plugin.handle(create, async ({ path }, { paseo }) => {
     const workspace = await paseo.workspaces.create({
@@ -37,16 +44,22 @@ export default function contribute(plugin: PluginContext) {
       title: "Plugin workspace",
     });
     const agent = await workspace.agents.create({
-      config: { provider: "codex/test" },
+      config: { provider: "pi/test" },
       prompt: "Created by a plugin handler",
     });
     return { workspaceId: workspace.id, agentId: agent.id };
   });
+  plugin.handle(list, async (_input, { paseo }) => {
+    const result = await paseo.agents.list({ page: { limit: 100 } });
+    return { agentIds: result.entries.map((entry) => entry.agent.id) };
+  });
   return () => undefined;
 }`,
   );
 
-  const daemon = await createTestPaseoDaemon();
+  const daemon = await createTestPaseoDaemon({
+    agentClients: { ...createTestAgentClients(), pi: createTestAgentClient("pi") },
+  });
   const client = new DaemonClient({
     url: `ws://127.0.0.1:${daemon.port}/ws`,
     appVersion: "0.4.0",
@@ -71,6 +84,10 @@ export default function contribute(plugin: PluginContext) {
     if (typeof created !== "object" || created === null) {
       throw new Error("Plugin returned an invalid creation result");
     }
+    const listed = await client.invokePluginRpc("paseo-api", "list", {});
+    expect(listed).toEqual({
+      agentIds: expect.arrayContaining([Reflect.get(created, "agentId")]),
+    });
     await client.removePlugin("paseo-api");
     const workspaces = await client.fetchWorkspaces();
     const agents = await client.fetchAgents();
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/plugins/plugin-process-protocol.ts b/packages/server/src/server/plugins/plugin-process-protocol.ts
index 2d953bd9a9..c9d61336c0 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/plugins/plugin-process-protocol.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/plugins/plugin-process-protocol.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export type PluginProcessRequest =
-  | { type: "initialize"; pluginId: string; bundle: string }
+  | { type: "initialize"; pluginId: string; bundle: string; appVersion: string }
   | { type: "invoke"; requestId: string; method: string; input: unknown }
   | { type: "shutdown" }
   | { type: "paseo_frame"; data: string | Uint8Array; isBinary: boolean }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/plugins/plugin-process.ts b/packages/server/src/server/plugins/plugin-process.ts
index 7fe29aef26..89c848f957 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/plugins/plugin-process.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/plugins/plugin-process.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ async function initialize(message: Extract<PluginProcessRequest, { type: "initia
     url: `ipc://plugin/${encodeURIComponent(message.pluginId)}`,
     clientId: `plugin:${message.pluginId}`,
     clientType: "cli",
+    appVersion: message.appVersion,
     reconnect: { enabled: false },
     transportFactory,
   });
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/plugins/runtime.posix.test.ts b/packages/server/src/server/plugins/runtime.posix.test.ts
index 4b881d009a..297e9bcd2b 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/plugins/runtime.posix.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/plugins/runtime.posix.test.ts
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ function createReloadChild(name: string, events: string[], methods: string[] = [
 }
 
 function createTestRuntime(
-  dependencies: NonNullable<ConstructorParameters<typeof PluginRuntime>[1]> = {},
+  dependencies: NonNullable<ConstructorParameters<typeof PluginRuntime>[2]> = {},
   logger = pino({ level: "silent" }),
 ): PluginRuntime {
-  return new PluginRuntime(logger, {
+  return new PluginRuntime(logger, "0.4.0", {
     ...dependencies,
     sessionHost: dependencies.sessionHost ?? {
       async attachPluginSocket(_pluginId, socket) {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/plugins/runtime.ts b/packages/server/src/server/plugins/runtime.ts
index f786dbed52..c6edb0bb7c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/plugins/runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/plugins/runtime.ts
@@ -204,7 +204,11 @@ export class PluginRuntime {
   private sessionHost: PluginPaseoSessionHost | null;
   private readonly listeners = new Set<(pluginId: string, error?: string) => void>();
 
-  constructor(logger: pino.Logger, dependencies: PluginRuntimeDependencies = {}) {
+  constructor(
+    logger: pino.Logger,
+    private readonly daemonVersion: string,
+    dependencies: PluginRuntimeDependencies = {},
+  ) {
     this.logger = logger.child({ module: "plugins" });
     this.spawnChild = dependencies.spawnChild ?? spawnPluginChild;
     this.sessionHost = dependencies.sessionHost ?? null;
@@ -363,6 +367,7 @@ export class PluginRuntime {
         void send(child, {
           type: "initialize",
           pluginId,
+          appVersion: this.daemonVersion,
           bundle: bundles.serverBundle,
         }).catch(fail);
       });
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/test-utils/fake-agent-client.ts b/packages/server/src/server/test-utils/fake-agent-client.ts
index 2b60ab424d..4d16f0302e 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/test-utils/fake-agent-client.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/test-utils/fake-agent-client.ts
@@ -1281,3 +1281,10 @@ export function createTestAgentClients(
     opencode: new FakeAgentClient("opencode", options),
   };
 }
+
+export function createTestAgentClient(
+  provider: string,
+  options: TestAgentClientOptions = {},
+): AgentClient {
+  return new FakeAgentClient(provider, options);
+}