diff --git a/.github/workflows/openclaw-performance.yml b/.github/workflows/openclaw-performance.yml
index 2dea8e70d73..dde34619051 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openclaw-performance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openclaw-performance.yml
@@ -246,6 +246,23 @@ jobs:
           chmod 0755 "$HOME/.local/bin/kova"
           echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
 
+      - name: Configure OCM local workspace dependencies
+        if: steps.lane.outputs.run == 'true'
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          npm_wrapper="$PERFORMANCE_HELPER_DIR/scripts/ocm-npm-workspace-deps.mjs"
+          workspace_dependency_dirs=""
+          if [[ -f "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/packages/ai/package.json" ]]; then
+            workspace_dependency_dirs="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/packages/ai"
+          fi
+          chmod 0755 "$npm_wrapper"
+          {
+            echo "OCM_INTERNAL_NPM_BIN=$npm_wrapper"
+            echo "OPENCLAW_OCM_REAL_NPM_BIN=$(command -v npm)"
+            echo "OPENCLAW_OCM_WORKSPACE_DEPENDENCY_DIRS=$workspace_dependency_dirs"
+          } >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
       - name: Pin Kova OpenAI model to GPT 5.5
         if: steps.lane.outputs.run == 'true'
         shell: bash
diff --git a/scripts/ocm-npm-workspace-deps.mjs b/scripts/ocm-npm-workspace-deps.mjs
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..5a3ece81ca3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ocm-npm-workspace-deps.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { mkdtempSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, readdirSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { delimiter, join, resolve } from "node:path";
+import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
+
+const WORKSPACE_DIRS_ENV = "OPENCLAW_OCM_WORKSPACE_DEPENDENCY_DIRS";
+const REAL_NPM_ENV = "OPENCLAW_OCM_REAL_NPM_BIN";
+
+export function parseWorkspaceDependencyDirs(
+  raw = process.env[WORKSPACE_DIRS_ENV],
+  cwd = process.cwd(),
+) {
+  return (raw ?? "")
+    .split(delimiter)
+    .map((entry) => entry.trim())
+    .filter(Boolean)
+    .map((entry) => resolve(cwd, entry));
+}
+
+function optionValue(args, name) {
+  const index = args.indexOf(name);
+  return index >= 0 ? args[index + 1] : undefined;
+}
+
+export function resolveWorkspaceInstallPlan(args, workspaceDirs, cwd = process.cwd()) {
+  if (args[0] !== "install" || workspaceDirs.length === 0) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const prefixDir = optionValue(args, "--prefix");
+  const rootArchive = args.at(-1);
+  if (!prefixDir || !rootArchive?.endsWith(".tgz")) {
+    throw new Error("OCM workspace dependency install requires --prefix and a root .tgz archive");
+  }
+  return {
+    installArgs: args.slice(0, -1),
+    prefixDir: resolve(cwd, prefixDir),
+    rootArchive: resolve(cwd, rootArchive),
+  };
+}
+
+export function buildInstallManifest(rootArchive, workspacePackages) {
+  return {
+    private: true,
+    dependencies: {
+      openclaw: pathToFileURL(rootArchive).href,
+      ...Object.fromEntries(
+        workspacePackages.map(({ name, tarball }) => [name, pathToFileURL(tarball).href]),
+      ),
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+function runNpm(npm, args, options = {}) {
+  const result = spawnSync(npm, args, {
+    ...options,
+    env: process.env,
+  });
+  if (result.error) {
+    throw result.error;
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+function packWorkspaceDependencies(npm, workspaceDirs, outputDir) {
+  return workspaceDirs.map((packageDir) => {
+    const packageJson = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(packageDir, "package.json"), "utf8"));
+    if (typeof packageJson.name !== "string" || packageJson.name.trim() === "") {
+      throw new Error(`workspace dependency has no package name: ${packageDir}`);
+    }
+    const before = new Set(readdirSync(outputDir));
+    const result = runNpm(npm, ["pack", packageDir, "--pack-destination", outputDir, "--silent"], {
+      encoding: "utf8",
+      stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "inherit"],
+    });
+    if (result.status !== 0) {
+      throw new Error(`npm pack failed for ${packageJson.name} with status ${result.status ?? 1}`);
+    }
+    const tarballs = readdirSync(outputDir).filter(
+      (entry) => entry.endsWith(".tgz") && !before.has(entry),
+    );
+    if (tarballs.length !== 1) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `expected npm pack to create one archive for ${packageJson.name}, found ${tarballs.length}`,
+      );
+    }
+    return {
+      name: packageJson.name,
+      tarball: join(outputDir, tarballs[0]),
+    };
+  });
+}
+
+function main() {
+  const args = process.argv.slice(2);
+  const npm = process.env[REAL_NPM_ENV]?.trim() || "npm";
+  const workspaceDirs = parseWorkspaceDependencyDirs();
+  const plan = resolveWorkspaceInstallPlan(args, workspaceDirs);
+  if (!plan) {
+    const result = runNpm(npm, args, { stdio: "inherit" });
+    return result.status ?? 1;
+  }
+
+  const packDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "openclaw-ocm-workspace-deps-"));
+  try {
+    const workspacePackages = packWorkspaceDependencies(npm, workspaceDirs, packDir);
+    mkdirSync(plan.prefixDir, { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(plan.prefixDir, "package.json"),
+      `${JSON.stringify(buildInstallManifest(plan.rootArchive, workspacePackages), null, 2)}\n`,
+    );
+    const result = runNpm(npm, plan.installArgs, { stdio: "inherit" });
+    return result.status ?? 1;
+  } finally {
+    rmSync(packDir, { force: true, recursive: true });
+  }
+}
+
+if (import.meta.url === pathToFileURL(process.argv[1] ?? "").href) {
+  process.exitCode = main();
+}
diff --git a/scripts/test-projects.test-support.mjs b/scripts/test-projects.test-support.mjs
index 51ef67307dc..43e47622445 100644
--- a/scripts/test-projects.test-support.mjs
+++ b/scripts/test-projects.test-support.mjs
@@ -1418,6 +1418,7 @@ const TOOLING_SOURCE_TEST_TARGETS = new Map([
   ["scripts/create-dmg.sh", ["test/scripts/create-dmg.test.ts"]],
   ["scripts/kova-ci-summary.mjs", ["test/scripts/kova-ci-summary.test.ts"]],
   ["scripts/make_appcast.sh", ["test/scripts/make-appcast.test.ts"]],
+  ["scripts/ocm-npm-workspace-deps.mjs", ["test/scripts/ocm-npm-workspace-deps.test.ts"]],
   ["scripts/openclaw-npm-prepublish-verify.ts", ["test/openclaw-npm-prepublish-verify.test.ts"]],
   ["scripts/openclaw-npm-postpublish-verify.ts", ["test/openclaw-npm-postpublish-verify.test.ts"]],
   ["scripts/openclaw-npm-release-check.ts", ["test/openclaw-npm-release-check.test.ts"]],
diff --git a/test/scripts/ocm-npm-workspace-deps.test.ts b/test/scripts/ocm-npm-workspace-deps.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2ef491e4484
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/scripts/ocm-npm-workspace-deps.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { delimiter, join } from "node:path";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import {
+  buildInstallManifest,
+  parseWorkspaceDependencyDirs,
+  resolveWorkspaceInstallPlan,
+} from "../../scripts/ocm-npm-workspace-deps.mjs";
+
+describe("OCM npm workspace dependency adapter", () => {
+  it("resolves workspace package directories", () => {
+    expect(
+      parseWorkspaceDependencyDirs(["packages/ai", "extensions/example"].join(delimiter), "/repo"),
+    ).toEqual(["/repo/packages/ai", "/repo/extensions/example"]);
+  });
+
+  it("replaces the root archive argument with a prepared install manifest", () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveWorkspaceInstallPlan(
+        [
+          "install",
+          "--prefix",
+          "runtime",
+          "--omit=dev",
+          "--no-save",
+          "--package-lock=false",
+          "openclaw.tgz",
+        ],
+        ["/repo/packages/ai"],
+        "/repo",
+      ),
+    ).toEqual({
+      installArgs: [
+        "install",
+        "--prefix",
+        "runtime",
+        "--omit=dev",
+        "--no-save",
+        "--package-lock=false",
+      ],
+      prefixDir: "/repo/runtime",
+      rootArchive: "/repo/openclaw.tgz",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("keeps normal npm commands unchanged", () => {
+    expect(resolveWorkspaceInstallPlan(["pack", "--silent"], ["/repo/packages/ai"])).toBeNull();
+    expect(resolveWorkspaceInstallPlan(["install", "openclaw.tgz"], [])).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("builds a manifest with the root and local workspace tarballs", () => {
+    expect(
+      buildInstallManifest("/tmp/openclaw.tgz", [
+        { name: "@openclaw/ai", tarball: "/tmp/openclaw-ai.tgz" },
+      ]),
+    ).toEqual({
+      private: true,
+      dependencies: {
+        "@openclaw/ai": "file:///tmp/openclaw-ai.tgz",
+        openclaw: "file:///tmp/openclaw.tgz",
+      },
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/scripts/openclaw-performance-workflow.test.ts b/test/scripts/openclaw-performance-workflow.test.ts
index 2acfcdbcca6..73f6dc35956 100644
--- a/test/scripts/openclaw-performance-workflow.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/openclaw-performance-workflow.test.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,21 @@ describe("OpenClaw performance workflow", () => {
     expect(runKova.run).not.toContain("report.summary?.statuses ?? {}");
   });
 
+  it("installs local workspace packages beside the OCM root tarball", () => {
+    const configure = findStep("Configure OCM local workspace dependencies");
+
+    expect(configure.run).toContain(
+      'npm_wrapper="$PERFORMANCE_HELPER_DIR/scripts/ocm-npm-workspace-deps.mjs"',
+    );
+    expect(configure.run).toContain("OCM_INTERNAL_NPM_BIN=$npm_wrapper");
+    expect(configure.run).toContain(
+      'if [[ -f "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/packages/ai/package.json" ]]; then',
+    );
+    expect(configure.run).toContain(
+      "OPENCLAW_OCM_WORKSPACE_DEPENDENCY_DIRS=$workspace_dependency_dirs",
+    );
+  });
+
   it("fails selected live Kova lanes when live auth is missing", () => {
     const configureAuth = findStep("Configure live OpenAI auth");
     const runKova = findStep("Run Kova");