diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/dispatch-from-config.test.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/dispatch-from-config.test.ts
index 5a55bebcad43..d0b27293655f 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/dispatch-from-config.test.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/dispatch-from-config.test.ts
@@ -480,6 +480,16 @@ vi.mock("../../infra/outbound/session-binding-service.js", () => ({
     unbind: vi.fn(async () => []),
   }),
 }));
+vi.mock("../../bindings/records.js", () => ({
+  resolveConversationBindingRecord: (conversation: {
+    channel: string;
+    accountId: string;
+    conversationId: string;
+    parentConversationId?: string;
+  }) => sessionBindingMocks.resolveByConversation(conversation),
+  touchConversationBindingRecord: (...args: [bindingId: string, at?: number]) =>
+    sessionBindingMocks.touch(...args),
+}));
 vi.mock("../../infra/agent-events.js", () => ({
   emitAgentEvent: (params: unknown) => agentEventMocks.emitAgentEvent(params),
   onAgentEvent: (listener: unknown) => agentEventMocks.onAgentEvent(listener),
@@ -594,6 +604,11 @@ const automaticGroupReplyConfig = {
     },
   },
 } as const satisfies OpenClawConfig;
+const automaticDirectReplyConfig = {
+  messages: {
+    visibleReplies: "automatic",
+  },
+} as const satisfies OpenClawConfig;
 let dispatchReplyFromConfig: typeof import("./dispatch-from-config.js").dispatchReplyFromConfig;
 let dispatchFromConfigTesting: typeof import("./dispatch-from-config.js").testing;
 let resetInboundDedupe: typeof import("./inbound-dedupe.js").resetInboundDedupe;
@@ -854,6 +869,28 @@ function firstRouteReplyCall(): Record<string, unknown> {
   return call as Record<string, unknown>;
 }
 
+function installThreadingTestPlugin(params: { defaultAccountId?: string; id: string }) {
+  const plugin = createChannelTestPluginBase({ id: params.id });
+  const defaultAccountId = params.defaultAccountId;
+  setActivePluginRegistry(
+    createTestRegistry([
+      {
+        pluginId: params.id,
+        source: "test",
+        plugin: {
+          ...plugin,
+          config: defaultAccountId
+            ? { ...plugin.config, defaultAccountId: () => defaultAccountId }
+            : plugin.config,
+          threading: {
+            resolveReplyToMode: () => "all",
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    ]),
+  );
+}
+
 function requireToolResultHandler(
   handler: GetReplyOptions["onToolResult"] | undefined,
 ): NonNullable<GetReplyOptions["onToolResult"]> {
@@ -945,6 +982,25 @@ describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
           ),
       },
     };
+    const passiveThreadingTestPlugins = [
+      "slack",
+      "telegram",
+      "feishu",
+      "mattermost",
+      "imessage",
+    ].map((id) => {
+      const plugin = createChannelTestPluginBase({ id });
+      return {
+        pluginId: id,
+        source: "test" as const,
+        plugin: {
+          ...plugin,
+          threading: {
+            resolveReplyToMode: () => "all" as const,
+          },
+        },
+      };
+    });
     setActivePluginRegistry(
       createTestRegistry([
         {
@@ -957,6 +1013,7 @@ describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
           source: "test",
           plugin: signalTestPlugin,
         },
+        ...passiveThreadingTestPlugins,
       ]),
     );
     clearApprovalNativeRouteStateForTest();
@@ -1209,7 +1266,8 @@ describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
   it("does not route when Provider matches OriginatingChannel (even if Surface is missing)", async () => {
     setNoAbort();
     mocks.routeReply.mockClear();
-    const cfg = emptyConfig;
+    installThreadingTestPlugin({ id: "slack", defaultAccountId: "work" });
+    const cfg = automaticDirectReplyConfig;
     const dispatcher = createDispatcher();
     const ctx = buildTestCtx({
       Provider: "slack",
@@ -1227,11 +1285,23 @@ describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
 
     expect(mocks.routeReply).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(dispatcher.sendFinalReply).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    const replyDispatchCall = firstMockCall(hookMocks.runner.runReplyDispatch, "reply dispatch") as
+      | [
+          {
+            originatingAccountId?: unknown;
+            shouldRouteToOriginating?: unknown;
+          },
+          unknown,
+        ]
+      | undefined;
+    expect(replyDispatchCall?.[0]?.shouldRouteToOriginating).toBe(false);
+    expect(replyDispatchCall?.[0]?.originatingAccountId).toBe("work");
   });
 
   it("mirrors ownerless same-channel Slack finals after successful delivery", async () => {
     setNoAbort();
     mocks.routeReply.mockClear();
+    installThreadingTestPlugin({ id: "slack" });
     const dispatcher = createDispatcher();
     const ctx = buildTestCtx({
       Provider: "slack",
@@ -1273,6 +1343,7 @@ describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
 
   it("mirrors reset acknowledgements into the canonically prepared Slack session", async () => {
     setNoAbort();
+    hookMocks.runner.hasHooks.mockReturnValue(false);
     const dispatcher = createDispatcher();
     const sessionKey = "Agent:Main:Slack:Channel:C123";
     const preparedSessionKey = "agent:main:slack:channel:c123";
@@ -1352,6 +1423,8 @@ describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
     setNoAbort();
     const dispatcher = createDispatcher();
     mocks.routeReply.mockClear();
+    hookMocks.runner.hasHooks.mockReturnValue(false);
+    installThreadingTestPlugin({ id: "telegram", defaultAccountId: "default" });
 
     const result = await dispatchReplyFromConfig({
       ctx: buildTestCtx({
@@ -1359,9 +1432,10 @@ describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
         Surface: "slack",
         OriginatingChannel: "telegram",
         OriginatingTo: "telegram:999",
+        AccountId: "default",
         SessionKey: "agent:main:telegram:group:999",
       }),
-      cfg: emptyConfig,
+      cfg: automaticDirectReplyConfig,
       dispatcher,
       replyResolver: async () =>
         setReplyPayloadMetadata(
@@ -1581,6 +1655,7 @@ describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
 
   it("keeps non-Slack routed direct turns behind the active reply operation", async () => {
     setNoAbort();
+    installThreadingTestPlugin({ id: "telegram" });
     const sessionKey = "agent:main:telegram:direct:1";
     const activeOperation = createReplyOperation({
       sessionKey,
@@ -1627,6 +1702,7 @@ describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
   it("routes when OriginatingChannel differs from Provider", async () => {
     setNoAbort();
     mocks.routeReply.mockClear();
+    installThreadingTestPlugin({ id: "telegram" });
     const cfg = emptyConfig;
     const dispatcher = createDispatcher();
     const ctx = buildTestCtx({
@@ -1667,6 +1743,7 @@ describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
   it("routes exec-event replies using persisted session delivery context when current turn has no originating route", async () => {
     setNoAbort();
     mocks.routeReply.mockClear();
+    installThreadingTestPlugin({ id: "telegram" });
     sessionStoreMocks.currentEntry = {
       deliveryContext: {
         channel: "telegram",
@@ -1724,6 +1801,7 @@ describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
   it("routes sessions_send internal webchat handoffs through persisted external delivery context", async () => {
     setNoAbort();
     mocks.routeReply.mockClear();
+    installThreadingTestPlugin({ id: "feishu" });
     sessionStoreMocks.currentEntry = {
       route: {
         channel: "feishu",
@@ -1835,6 +1913,7 @@ describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
   it("honors sendPolicy deny for recovered exec-event delivery channel", async () => {
     setNoAbort();
     mocks.routeReply.mockClear();
+    installThreadingTestPlugin({ id: "telegram" });
     sessionStoreMocks.currentEntry = {
       deliveryContext: {
         channel: "telegram",
@@ -1908,6 +1987,7 @@ describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
   it("uses Slack DM TransportThreadId when ReplyToId is the current message", async () => {
     setNoAbort();
     mocks.routeReply.mockClear();
+    installThreadingTestPlugin({ id: "slack" });
     const cfg = emptyConfig;
     const dispatcher = createDispatcher();
     const ctx = buildTestCtx({
@@ -1935,6 +2015,7 @@ describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
   it("does not resurrect a cleared route thread from origin metadata", async () => {
     setNoAbort();
     mocks.routeReply.mockClear();
+    installThreadingTestPlugin({ id: "mattermost" });
     // Simulate the real store: lastThreadId and deliveryContext.threadId may be normalised from
     // origin.threadId on read, but a non-thread session key must still route to channel root.
     sessionStoreMocks.currentEntry = {
@@ -1975,6 +2056,7 @@ describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
 
   it("forces suppressTyping when routing to a different originating channel", async () => {
     setNoAbort();
+    installThreadingTestPlugin({ id: "telegram" });
     const cfg = emptyConfig;
     const dispatcher = createDispatcher();
     const ctx = buildTestCtx({
@@ -2015,6 +2097,7 @@ describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
   it("routes when provider is webchat but surface carries originating channel metadata", async () => {
     setNoAbort();
     mocks.routeReply.mockClear();
+    installThreadingTestPlugin({ id: "telegram" });
     const cfg = emptyConfig;
     const dispatcher = createDispatcher();
     const ctx = buildTestCtx({
@@ -2036,6 +2119,7 @@ describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
   it("routes Feishu replies when provider is webchat and origin metadata points to Feishu", async () => {
     setNoAbort();
     mocks.routeReply.mockClear();
+    installThreadingTestPlugin({ id: "feishu" });
     const cfg = emptyConfig;
     const dispatcher = createDispatcher();
     const ctx = buildTestCtx({
@@ -2076,6 +2160,7 @@ describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
   it("does not route external origin replies when current surface is internal webchat without explicit delivery", async () => {
     setNoAbort();
     mocks.routeReply.mockClear();
+    installThreadingTestPlugin({ id: "imessage" });
     const cfg = emptyConfig;
     const dispatcher = createDispatcher();
     const ctx = buildTestCtx({
@@ -2099,6 +2184,7 @@ describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
   it("routes external origin replies for internal webchat turns when explicit delivery is set", async () => {
     setNoAbort();
     mocks.routeReply.mockClear();
+    installThreadingTestPlugin({ id: "imessage" });
     const cfg = emptyConfig;
     const dispatcher = createDispatcher();
     const ctx = buildTestCtx({
@@ -2128,6 +2214,7 @@ describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
   it("routes media-only tool results when summaries are suppressed", async () => {
     setNoAbort();
     mocks.routeReply.mockClear();
+    installThreadingTestPlugin({ id: "telegram" });
     const cfg = automaticGroupReplyConfig;
     const dispatcher = createDispatcher();
     const ctx = buildTestCtx({
@@ -5497,6 +5584,7 @@ describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
 
   it("deduplicates same-agent inbound replies across main and direct session keys", async () => {
     setNoAbort();
+    hookMocks.runner.hasHooks.mockReturnValue(false);
     const cfg = emptyConfig;
     const replyResolver = vi.fn(async () => ({ text: "hi" }) as ReplyPayload);
     const baseCtx = buildTestCtx({
@@ -5530,6 +5618,7 @@ describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
   it("emits message_received hook with originating channel metadata", async () => {
     setNoAbort();
     hookMocks.runner.hasHooks.mockReturnValue(true);
+    installThreadingTestPlugin({ id: "telegram" });
     const cfg = emptyConfig;
     const dispatcher = createDispatcher();
     const ctx = buildTestCtx({
@@ -5789,6 +5878,7 @@ describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
     // would receive divergent keys on every native redirect.
     setNoAbort();
     mocks.routeReply.mockClear();
+    installThreadingTestPlugin({ id: "telegram" });
     const cfg = emptyConfig;
     const dispatcher = createDispatcher();
     const ctx = buildTestCtx({
@@ -5825,6 +5915,7 @@ describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
     // generalization of the native-redirect branch.
     setNoAbort();
     mocks.routeReply.mockClear();
+    installThreadingTestPlugin({ id: "telegram" });
     const cfg = emptyConfig;
     const dispatcher = createDispatcher();
     const ctx = buildTestCtx({
@@ -7669,6 +7760,7 @@ describe("before_dispatch hook", () => {
   it("uses canonical hook metadata and shared routed final delivery", async () => {
     ttsMocks.state.synthesizeFinalAudio = true;
     hookMocks.runner.runBeforeDispatch.mockResolvedValue({ handled: true, text: "Blocked" });
+    installThreadingTestPlugin({ id: "telegram" });
     const dispatcher = createDispatcher();
     const ctx = createHookCtx({
       Body: "raw body",
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/dispatch-from-config.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/dispatch-from-config.ts
index 29f468b38518..3b9018cfe05f 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/dispatch-from-config.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/dispatch-from-config.ts
@@ -1606,10 +1606,12 @@ export async function dispatchReplyFromConfig(
   });
   const routeReplyTo = replyRoute.to;
   const deliveryChannel = shouldRouteToOriginating ? routeReplyChannel : currentSurface;
-  const routedReplyAccountId = routeReplyChannel
+  const shouldPrepareRoutedReplyDelivery = shouldRouteToOriginating && Boolean(routeReplyChannel);
+  const replyContextAccountId = routeReplyChannel
     ? resolveReplyDeliveryAccountId(cfg, routeReplyChannel, replyRoute.accountId)
     : undefined;
-  const routedReplyDelivery = routeReplyChannel
+  const routedReplyAccountId = shouldPrepareRoutedReplyDelivery ? replyContextAccountId : undefined;
+  const routedReplyDelivery = shouldPrepareRoutedReplyDelivery
     ? createReplyDeliveryContext(
         resolveReplyToMode(cfg, routeReplyChannel, routedReplyAccountId, replyRoute.chatType),
         replyRoute.chatType,
@@ -1630,7 +1632,7 @@ export async function dispatchReplyFromConfig(
       sessionKey: acpDispatchSessionKey,
       workspaceDir,
       messageProvider: deliveryChannel,
-      accountId: routedReplyAccountId,
+      accountId: replyContextAccountId,
       groupId,
       groupChannel: ctx.GroupChannel,
       groupSpace: ctx.GroupSpace,
@@ -2500,7 +2502,7 @@ export async function dispatchReplyFromConfig(
               shouldRouteToOriginating,
               originatingChannel: routeReplyChannel,
               originatingTo: routeReplyTo,
-              originatingAccountId: routedReplyAccountId,
+              originatingAccountId: replyContextAccountId,
               originatingThreadId: routeReplyThreadId,
               originatingChatType: replyRoute.chatType,
               shouldSendToolSummaries,
@@ -3216,7 +3218,7 @@ export async function dispatchReplyFromConfig(
               shouldRouteToOriginating,
               originatingChannel: routeReplyChannel,
               originatingTo: routeReplyTo,
-              originatingAccountId: routedReplyAccountId,
+              originatingAccountId: replyContextAccountId,
               originatingThreadId: routeReplyThreadId,
               originatingChatType: replyRoute.chatType,
               shouldSendToolSummaries,
diff --git a/src/commands/agent.test.ts b/src/commands/agent.test.ts
index 57b78075bbd4..d0b7cd32a584 100644
--- a/src/commands/agent.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/agent.test.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ import {
 import type { PluginProviderRegistration } from "../plugins/registry.js";
 import { resetPluginRuntimeStateForTest, setActivePluginRegistry } from "../plugins/runtime.js";
 import type { RuntimeEnv } from "../runtime.js";
-import { createTestRegistry } from "../test-utils/channel-plugins.js";
+import {
+  createDirectOutboundTestAdapter,
+  createOutboundTestPlugin,
+  createTestRegistry,
+} from "../test-utils/channel-plugins.js";
 import { agentCommand, agentCommandFromIngress, testing as agentCommandTesting } from "./agent.js";
 import { createThrowingTestRuntime } from "./test-runtime-config-helpers.js";
 
@@ -63,6 +67,10 @@ vi.mock("../agents/auth-profiles/store.js", () => {
   };
 });
 
+vi.mock("../agents/auth-profiles/source-check.js", () => ({
+  hasAnyAuthProfileStoreSource: vi.fn(() => false),
+}));
+
 vi.mock("../agents/command/session-store.runtime.js", () => {
   return {
     updateSessionStoreAfterAgentRun: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
@@ -336,8 +344,8 @@ function mockModelCatalogOnce(entries: ReturnType<typeof loadManifestModelCatalo
   vi.mocked(loadModelCatalog).mockResolvedValueOnce(entries);
 }
 
-function installThinkingTestProviders() {
-  const registry = createTestRegistry();
+function installThinkingTestProviders(channels: Parameters<typeof createTestRegistry>[0] = []) {
+  const registry = createTestRegistry(channels);
   registry.providers = ["anthropic", "codex", "ollama", "openai", "openrouter"].map(
     (providerId): PluginProviderRegistration => ({
       pluginId: providerId,
@@ -1311,6 +1319,16 @@ describe("agentCommand", () => {
         },
       });
       mockConfig(home, store);
+      installThinkingTestProviders([
+        {
+          pluginId: "telegram",
+          source: "test",
+          plugin: createOutboundTestPlugin({
+            id: "telegram",
+            outbound: createDirectOutboundTestAdapter({ channel: "telegram" }),
+          }),
+        },
+      ]);
 
       await agentCommand(
         { message: "hi", to: sessionKey, deliver: true, channel: "telegram" },
diff --git a/ui/src/ui/views/skills.ts b/ui/src/ui/views/skills.ts
index 5e4364d142e7..cdacc6ea31ac 100644
--- a/ui/src/ui/views/skills.ts
+++ b/ui/src/ui/views/skills.ts
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ export function renderSkills(props: SkillsProps) {
         ${agents.length > 0
           ? html`
               <label class="field" style="min-width: 180px;">
-                <span>Agent</span>
+                <span>${t("common.filters.agent")}</span>
                 <select
                   name="skills-agent"
                   .value=${selectedAgentId}