diff --git a/runner/server.py b/runner/server.py
index 21607424..84d2eb3f 100644
--- a/runner/server.py
+++ b/runner/server.py
@@ -1855,7 +1855,8 @@ def _build_dsh(provider: str, auth: Auth, model: str, prompt: str, cwd: str, env
     # its dsh-agent-instructions loader), same mechanism as codex/hermes/pi.
     job = {"prompt": prompt, "model": model, "cwd": cwd,
            "session_id": resume_session_id or "",
-           "mcp_servers": [s for s in (mcp_servers or []) if (s or {}).get("url")]}
+           # a server is a url or, for a plugin's stdio server, the launcher the runner wrote
+           "mcp_servers": [s for s in (mcp_servers or []) if (s or {}).get("url") or (s or {}).get("command")]}
     if not _DSH_DEEPSEEK_MODEL.search(model or ""):
         # Family decides the route, not the integration's name: deepseek models keep the
         # verified dsh-llm-deepseek launch path whichever endpoint serves them; every other
diff --git a/runner/tests/test_uhp_plugins.py b/runner/tests/test_uhp_plugins.py
index 03ae4d28..c2f09c83 100644
--- a/runner/tests/test_uhp_plugins.py
+++ b/runner/tests/test_uhp_plugins.py
@@ -200,3 +200,15 @@ def test_clients_without_an_sse_transport_leave_the_server_out(tmp_path):
     names = [r["config"]["serverName"] for e in yaml.safe_load(out.read_text()) if isinstance(e, dict)
              for r in (e.get("insert") or []) if r.get("name") == "@deepseek-ai/dsh-mcp-client"]
     assert names == ["probe_http"]
+
+
+def test_dsh_job_keeps_a_stdio_server(tmp_path):
+    """_build_dsh hands the driver a job whose server list kept only urls, from before plugins:
+    the stdio row the driver knows how to write never saw the server (hosted, 2026-09-15, the
+    compose patch held the http row alone)."""
+    env = {"HOME": str(tmp_path)}
+    servers = [{"name": "probe", "command": "/ws/.launch-probe.sh", "args": ["--data", "/d"], "plugin": "hr-probe"},
+               {"name": "remote", "url": "https://mcp.example.invalid/mcp"}]
+    cmd = rn._build_dsh("deepseek", rn.Auth(api_key="k", base_url="https://api.deepseek.com"), "deepseek-v4-pro", "x", str(tmp_path), env, mcp_servers=servers)
+    job = json.loads(cmd[2])
+    assert [s["name"] for s in job["mcp_servers"]] == ["probe", "remote"]