diff --git a/extensions/memory-core/src/memory/manager.context-service-seam.test.ts b/extensions/memory-core/src/memory/manager.context-service-seam.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b4ed66077b708
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+++ b/extensions/memory-core/src/memory/manager.context-service-seam.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+import type {
+  MemorySearchResult,
+  MemorySource,
+} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/memory-core-host-engine-storage";
+// Memory Core tests cover the Fred context-service search seam in the manager.
+//
+// The seam (`__fredContextServiceSearch`) routes memory-corpus searches to an
+// external context-service HTTP API because the native sqlite fts5/vec path is
+// dead on this deployment. It must: map hits into MemorySearchResult[], only
+// serve searches that include the "memory" corpus, and never throw (returning
+// undefined so the native body runs instead). We also assert the short-circuit
+// wiring in `search()` returns the seam value and otherwise falls through.
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { MemoryIndexManager } from "./manager.js";
+
+type SeamOpts = {
+  maxResults?: number;
+  sources?: MemorySource[];
+};
+
+type SeamFn = (query: string, opts?: SeamOpts) => Promise<MemorySearchResult[] | undefined>;
+
+type SearchFn = (query: string, opts?: SeamOpts) => Promise<MemorySearchResult[]>;
+
+const seam = (MemoryIndexManager.prototype as unknown as { __fredContextServiceSearch: SeamFn })
+  // oxlint-disable-next-line eslint/no-underscore-dangle -- accessing the seam marker method under test.
+  .__fredContextServiceSearch;
+
+const searchImpl = (MemoryIndexManager.prototype as unknown as { search: SearchFn }).search;
+
+// The seam never touches `this`, so it can be invoked against an empty object.
+function callSeam(query: string, opts?: SeamOpts): Promise<MemorySearchResult[] | undefined> {
+  return seam.call({}, query, opts);
+}
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+  delete process.env.FRED_CONTEXT_SERVICE_URL;
+});
+
+describe("MemoryIndexManager context-service seam", () => {
+  it("maps context-service hits into MemorySearchResult[] on success", async () => {
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn(async () => ({
+      ok: true,
+      json: async () => ({
+        hits: [
+          { text: "alpha note", source: "MEMORY.md", line: 12, score: 0.9 },
+          { text: "beta note", source: "memory/2026-01-01.md", line: 3, score: 0.4 },
+        ],
+      }),
+    }));
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", fetchMock);
+
+    const results = await callSeam("recall alpha", { maxResults: 5 });
+
+    expect(results).toBeDefined();
+    expect(results).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(results?.[0]).toMatchObject({
+      id: "MEMORY.md:12",
+      source: "memory",
+      path: "MEMORY.md",
+      startLine: 12,
+      endLine: 12,
+      score: 0.9,
+      textScore: 0.9,
+      snippet: "alpha note",
+      text: "alpha note",
+    });
+    // Request shape: POST /getContext with hybrid mode and k = maxResults.
+    expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    const [url, init] = fetchMock.mock.calls[0] as unknown as [string, RequestInit];
+    expect(url).toBe("http://context-service:8090/getContext");
+    expect(init.method).toBe("POST");
+    expect(JSON.parse(String(init.body))).toEqual({
+      query: "recall alpha",
+      k: 5,
+      mode: "hybrid",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("applies sane defaults for missing hit fields and respects maxResults limit", async () => {
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn(async () => ({
+      ok: true,
+      json: async () => ({
+        hits: [
+          {}, // fully defaulted
+          { text: "x", source: "a.md", line: 2, score: 0.5 },
+          { text: "y", source: "b.md", line: 4, score: 0.6 },
+        ],
+      }),
+    }));
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", fetchMock);
+
+    const results = await callSeam("q", { maxResults: 2 });
+
+    expect(results).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(results?.[0]).toMatchObject({
+      id: "memory:1",
+      path: "memory",
+      startLine: 1,
+      endLine: 1,
+      score: 0,
+      textScore: 0,
+      snippet: "",
+      text: "",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("uses FRED_CONTEXT_SERVICE_URL and strips trailing slashes", async () => {
+    process.env.FRED_CONTEXT_SERVICE_URL = "https://ctx.example.com///";
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn(async () => ({ ok: true, json: async () => ({ hits: [] }) }));
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", fetchMock);
+
+    await callSeam("q");
+
+    const [url] = fetchMock.mock.calls[0] as unknown as [string];
+    expect(url).toBe("https://ctx.example.com/getContext");
+  });
+
+  it("falls through (undefined) when sources exclude the memory corpus", async () => {
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn();
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", fetchMock);
+
+    const results = await callSeam("q", { sources: ["sessions"] });
+
+    expect(results).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(fetchMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("serves searches that include the memory corpus among sources", async () => {
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn(async () => ({ ok: true, json: async () => ({ hits: [] }) }));
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", fetchMock);
+
+    const results = await callSeam("q", { sources: ["memory", "sessions"] });
+
+    expect(results).toEqual([]);
+    expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("falls through (undefined) on a non-ok response", async () => {
+    vi.stubGlobal(
+      "fetch",
+      vi.fn(async () => ({ ok: false, json: async () => ({}) })),
+    );
+    await expect(callSeam("q")).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("falls through (undefined) and never throws when fetch rejects", async () => {
+    vi.stubGlobal(
+      "fetch",
+      vi.fn(async () => {
+        throw new Error("network down");
+      }),
+    );
+    await expect(callSeam("q")).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("falls through (undefined) when global fetch is unavailable", async () => {
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", undefined);
+    await expect(callSeam("q")).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("search() short-circuits and returns the seam result (native path bypassed)", async () => {
+    const sentinel: MemorySearchResult[] = [
+      {
+        path: "MEMORY.md",
+        startLine: 1,
+        endLine: 1,
+        score: 1,
+        snippet: "hit",
+        source: "memory",
+      },
+    ];
+    const seamSpy = vi.fn(async () => sentinel);
+    // Minimal fake `this`: search() returns before touching any other member
+    // once the seam yields an array.
+    const fakeThis = { __fredContextServiceSearch: seamSpy };
+
+    const result = await searchImpl.call(fakeThis as never, "q", {});
+
+    expect(result).toBe(sentinel);
+    expect(seamSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("search() falls through to the native body when the seam returns undefined", async () => {
+    const seamSpy = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+    // No native members on the fake `this`, so falling through past the
+    // short-circuit must reach native code (which then throws). This proves the
+    // seam's `undefined` is NOT returned as the search result.
+    const fakeThis = { __fredContextServiceSearch: seamSpy };
+
+    await expect(searchImpl.call(fakeThis as never, "q", {})).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(TypeError);
+    expect(seamSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/extensions/memory-core/src/memory/manager.ts b/extensions/memory-core/src/memory/manager.ts
index e51dd310a0f0e..857188debc6f7 100644
--- a/extensions/memory-core/src/memory/manager.ts
+++ b/extensions/memory-core/src/memory/manager.ts
@@ -582,6 +582,94 @@ export class MemoryIndexManager extends MemoryManagerEmbeddingOps implements Mem
     return state;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Fred context-service seam.
+   *
+   * On this deployment the native OpenClaw memory search is dead (vector
+   * provider = none and fts5 is stripped from the Node build), so
+   * {@link search} returns no memory-corpus hits. A separate context-service
+   * HTTP API holds the ingested memory corpus and answers `POST /getContext`.
+   *
+   * This method routes memory-corpus searches to that service. It returns a
+   * `MemorySearchResult[]` on success (short-circuiting the dead native path)
+   * or `undefined` to fall through to the native body. It is dependency-free
+   * (global `fetch`), bounded by a short abort timeout, and never throws.
+   *
+   * This replaces the runtime dist-patch
+   * `docker/patches/patch-memory-context-service.py`. Once this method exists
+   * in the built dist the patch is a no-op (idempotent marker match).
+   */
+  private async __fredContextServiceSearch(
+    query: string,
+    opts?: {
+      maxResults?: number;
+      minScore?: number;
+      sessionKey?: string;
+      qmdSearchModeOverride?: "query" | "search" | "vsearch";
+      onDebug?: (debug: MemorySearchRuntimeDebug) => void;
+      sources?: MemorySource[];
+      signal?: AbortSignal;
+    },
+  ): Promise<MemorySearchResult[] | undefined> {
+    try {
+      if (typeof fetch !== "function") {
+        return undefined;
+      }
+      // Only serve searches that include the memory corpus. Sessions-only (or
+      // other non-memory) source filters fall through to the native path.
+      const sources = opts?.sources;
+      if (Array.isArray(sources) && sources.length > 0 && !sources.includes("memory")) {
+        return undefined;
+      }
+      const rawBase = process.env.FRED_CONTEXT_SERVICE_URL || "http://context-service:8090";
+      const base = rawBase.replace(/\/+$/, "");
+      const k = typeof opts?.maxResults === "number" && opts.maxResults > 0 ? opts.maxResults : 8;
+      const res = await fetch(`${base}/getContext`, {
+        method: "POST",
+        headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+        body: JSON.stringify({ query, k, mode: "hybrid" }),
+        signal: AbortSignal.timeout(800),
+      });
+      if (!res || !res.ok) {
+        return undefined;
+      }
+      const data = (await res.json()) as { hits?: unknown };
+      const hits = Array.isArray(data.hits) ? data.hits : [];
+      const mapped: MemorySearchResult[] = hits.map(
+        (raw): MemorySearchResult & { id: string; text: string } => {
+          const hit = (raw ?? {}) as {
+            line?: unknown;
+            source?: unknown;
+            text?: unknown;
+            score?: unknown;
+          };
+          const line = typeof hit.line === "number" ? hit.line : 1;
+          const src = typeof hit.source === "string" && hit.source ? hit.source : "memory";
+          const text = typeof hit.text === "string" ? hit.text : "";
+          const score = typeof hit.score === "number" ? hit.score : 0;
+          return {
+            id: `${src}:${line}`,
+            source: "memory",
+            path: src,
+            startLine: line,
+            endLine: line,
+            score,
+            textScore: score,
+            snippet: text,
+            text,
+          };
+        },
+      );
+      const limit =
+        typeof opts?.maxResults === "number" && opts.maxResults > 0
+          ? opts.maxResults
+          : mapped.length;
+      return mapped.slice(0, limit);
+    } catch {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+  }
+
   async search(
     query: string,
     opts?: {
@@ -597,6 +685,15 @@ export class MemoryIndexManager extends MemoryManagerEmbeddingOps implements Mem
     },
   ): Promise<MemorySearchResult[]> {
     opts?.onDebug?.({ backend: "builtin" });
+    try {
+      // oxlint-disable-next-line eslint/no-underscore-dangle -- stable marker consumed by the retiring context-service dist-patch (idempotency).
+      const ctx = await this.__fredContextServiceSearch(query, opts);
+      if (ctx !== undefined) {
+        return ctx;
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // fall through to native search
+    }
     if (this.providerRequirement.mode === "required") {
       await this.ensureProviderInitialized();
       this.assertRequiredProviderAvailable("search");