diff --git a/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/find.ts b/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/find.ts
index 18d66dfd0f28..10c3b1b11ce2 100644
--- a/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/find.ts
+++ b/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/find.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { expectDefined } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/expect-runtime";
 import { isMap, isScalar, isSeq, type Node, type Pair } from "yaml";
 import type { MdAst } from "./ast.js";
 import type { JsoncValue } from "./jsonc/ast.js";
+import { resolveJsoncPositionalSegment } from "./jsonc/resolve-value.js";
 import type { JsonlAst, JsonlLine } from "./jsonl/ast.js";
 import { pickJsonlLine } from "./jsonl/line.js";
 import type { OcPath, PredicateSpec } from "./oc-path.js";
@@ -303,11 +304,15 @@ const jsoncOps: WalkOps<JsoncValue> = {
     return null;
   },
   positional(node, seg) {
-    const concrete = positionalForJsoncNode(node, seg);
+    const concrete = resolveJsoncPositionalSegment(node, seg);
     if (concrete === null) {
       return null;
     }
-    return jsoncOps.lookup(node, concrete);
+    const match = jsoncOps.lookup(node, concrete);
+    if (match === null || node.kind !== "object") {
+      return match;
+    }
+    return { keySub: quoteSeg(concrete), child: match.child };
   },
   *predicate(node, pred) {
     if (node.kind === "object") {
@@ -327,17 +332,6 @@ const jsoncOps: WalkOps<JsoncValue> = {
   walk: walkJsonc,
 };
 
-function positionalForJsoncNode(node: JsoncValue, seg: string): string | null {
-  if (node.kind === "object") {
-    const keys = node.entries.map((e) => e.key);
-    return resolvePositionalSeg(seg, { indexable: false, size: keys.length, keys });
-  }
-  if (node.kind === "array") {
-    return resolvePositionalSeg(seg, { indexable: true, size: node.items.length });
-  }
-  return null;
-}
-
 // ---------- JSONL walker ---------------------------------------------------
 
 // First slot is a line address; subsequent slots descend into the
diff --git a/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/jsonc/edit.ts b/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/jsonc/edit.ts
index c453f5abe4a3..ddb401fb1f86 100644
--- a/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/jsonc/edit.ts
+++ b/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/jsonc/edit.ts
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ import {
   isPositionalSeg,
   isQuotedSeg,
   parseArrayIndexSegment,
-  resolvePositionalSeg,
   splitRespectingBrackets,
   unquoteSeg,
 } from "../oc-path.js";
 import { OcEmitSentinelError, REDACTED_SENTINEL } from "../sentinel.js";
 import type { JsoncAst, JsoncValue } from "./ast.js";
 import { parseJsonc } from "./parse.js";
+import { resolveJsoncPositionalSegment } from "./resolve-value.js";
 
 type JsoncEditPath = Array<string | number>;
 type JsoncEditTarget = { readonly path: JsoncEditPath; readonly value: JsoncValue };
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ function resolveEditTarget(root: JsoncValue, segments: readonly string[]): Jsonc
       return null;
     }
     if (isPositionalSeg(segment)) {
-      const concrete = positionalForJsonc(current, segment);
+      const concrete = resolveJsoncPositionalSegment(current, segment);
       if (concrete !== null) {
         segment = concrete;
       }
@@ -154,17 +154,6 @@ function resolveEditTarget(root: JsoncValue, segments: readonly string[]): Jsonc
   return { path: out, value: current };
 }
 
-function positionalForJsonc(node: JsoncValue, segment: string): string | null {
-  if (node.kind === "object") {
-    const keys = node.entries.map((entry) => entry.key);
-    return resolvePositionalSeg(segment, { indexable: false, size: keys.length, keys });
-  }
-  if (node.kind === "array") {
-    return resolvePositionalSeg(segment, { indexable: true, size: node.items.length });
-  }
-  return null;
-}
-
 function jsoncValueToJson(value: JsoncValue): unknown {
   switch (value.kind) {
     case "object":
diff --git a/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/jsonc/resolve-value.ts b/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/jsonc/resolve-value.ts
index 2426abf5cac8..fdb3940cb695 100644
--- a/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/jsonc/resolve-value.ts
+++ b/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/jsonc/resolve-value.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export function resolveJsoncValueOcPath(
       return null;
     }
     if (isPositionalSeg(seg)) {
-      const concrete = positionalForJsonc(current, seg);
+      const concrete = resolveJsoncPositionalSegment(current, seg);
       if (concrete !== null) {
         seg = concrete;
       }
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export function resolveJsoncValueOcPath(
   return { kind: "value", node: current, path: walked };
 }
 
-function positionalForJsonc(node: JsoncValue, seg: string): string | null {
+export function resolveJsoncPositionalSegment(node: JsoncValue, seg: string): string | null {
   if (node.kind === "object") {
     const keys = node.entries.map((e) => e.key);
     return resolvePositionalSeg(seg, { indexable: false, size: keys.length, keys });
diff --git a/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/tests/find.test.ts b/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/tests/find.test.ts
index 6948915093e4..cc3e58370f8a 100644
--- a/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/tests/find.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/oc-path/src/oc-path/tests/find.test.ts
@@ -117,6 +117,31 @@ describe("findOcPaths — JSONC kind", () => {
       }
     }
   });
+
+  it.each([
+    {
+      name: "quotes positional object keys",
+      raw: '{"items":{"zeta.key":10,"alpha":20}}',
+      pattern: "oc://config/items/$first",
+      expectedPath: 'oc://config/items/"zeta.key"',
+      expectedValue: "10",
+    },
+    {
+      name: "emits positional array indexes",
+      raw: '{"items":[10,20,30]}',
+      pattern: "oc://config/items/$last",
+      expectedPath: "oc://config/items/2",
+      expectedValue: "30",
+    },
+  ])("$name", ({ raw, pattern, expectedPath, expectedValue }) => {
+    const ast = parseJsonc(raw).ast;
+    const out = findOcPaths(ast, parseOcPath(pattern));
+
+    expect(out).toHaveLength(1);
+    const result = requireFirstResult(out);
+    expect(formatOcPath(result.path)).toBe(expectedPath);
+    expect(result.match.kind === "leaf" && result.match.valueText).toBe(expectedValue);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("findOcPaths — slash-deep JSONC paths", () => {