diff --git a/config/knip.config.ts b/config/knip.config.ts
index b942eb9c2f1e..66606e6a1270 100644
--- a/config/knip.config.ts
+++ b/config/knip.config.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ const rootEntries = [
   "openclaw.mjs!",
   "src/index.ts!",
   "src/entry.ts!",
+  // Shipped compatibility facade for statusCommand and getStatusSummary.
+  "src/commands/status.ts!",
   "src/cli/daemon-cli.ts!",
   "src/agents/code-mode.worker.ts!",
   // Worker-thread and script entrypoints import contracts that production Knip cannot trace.
diff --git a/src/commands/status.public-api.test.ts b/src/commands/status.public-api.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c96d257194a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/status.public-api.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { getStatusSummary as getStatusSummaryFromOwner } from "../status/summary.js";
+import { getStatusSummary as getStatusSummaryFromCommandFacade } from "./status.js";
+
+describe("status command public API", () => {
+  it("preserves the shipped summary builder export", () => {
+    expect(getStatusSummaryFromCommandFacade).toBe(getStatusSummaryFromOwner);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/commands/status.ts b/src/commands/status.ts
index b1647601dae8..dbe83e48ab31 100644
--- a/src/commands/status.ts
+++ b/src/commands/status.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // Public status command barrel.
-// Exposes CLI orchestration without importing owner implementation details.
+// Keeps the shipped command facade while owner implementations live outside commands.
 
 export { statusCommand } from "./status.command.js";
+export { getStatusSummary } from "../status/summary.js";