diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7cc4b07..fdb3aea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Give scanner commands run against OpenClaw plugin targets a 30-minute budget (was 20 minutes); skill, file and URL targets keep 20 minutes. The judge and overview budgets are unchanged.
 - Refresh Node setup to 7.1.0, use Node 24.22.2 for CI and docs, and Node 26.13.0 for release packaging.
 
 - **Breaking for plugin targets:** add the plugin-only `aig-mcp` scanner (Tencent A.I.G `aig-mcp-scan` 0.2.0, patched in the runtime image to allow only confined read-only tools, refuse model-chosen MCP destinations and fail unusable reports) and the profile field `pluginScanners`. The `clawhub` profile now runs only `aig-mcp` for OpenClaw plugins, over a bounded copy without `node_modules`; skills keep `skillspector` and `aig`. Consumers that read `scanners.skillspector` or `scanners.aig` for plugin runs must read `scanners["aig-mcp"]` instead. Host runs need `AIG_MCP_SCAN_ALLOW_HOST_EXEC=1` ([#149](https://github.com/openclaw/clawscan/pull/149)).
diff --git a/docs/scanner-runtime.md b/docs/scanner-runtime.md
index 529d463..e2154fc 100644
--- a/docs/scanner-runtime.md
+++ b/docs/scanner-runtime.md
@@ -315,7 +315,8 @@ not detached or given a fresh request deadline. Python cannot forcibly terminate
 an uncooperative thread/finalizer. Process budgets belong to the caller: ClawHub's
 external consumer supplies a 900-second process budget plus a 60-second cleanup
 allowance. The public CLI instead uses the external-command runner's configured
-timeout (20 minutes by default), cancelling the direct command via Go's
+timeout (20 minutes per scanner by default; 30 minutes for scanners run against
+an OpenClaw plugin target, which is audited as one whole artifact), cancelling the direct command via Go's
 `exec.CommandContext` without a separate 60-second cleanup phase. That cancellation
 does not guarantee process-tree termination or a strict wall-clock bound on pipe
 cleanup.
diff --git a/docs/scanners.md b/docs/scanners.md
index 55afbcc..900f384 100644
--- a/docs/scanners.md
+++ b/docs/scanners.md
@@ -383,6 +383,11 @@ release with this profile change therefore needs the runtime image published
 first and any host worker updated before its ClawScan pin moves; until then,
 plugin scans fail closed rather than running without `aig-mcp`.
 
+Each scanner command against a plugin target gets a 30-minute budget, instead
+of the 20 minutes used for skills, because the whole plugin is audited as one
+artifact. A run that hits the budget is cancelled and fails like any other
+command failure.
+
 Failures are never reported as clean scans. `aig-mcp-scan` exits 0 and writes
 SARIF marked `scanNote: complete` even when its audit did not finish, so the
 adapter also reads its output. Any of these marks `aig-mcp` failed with the
diff --git a/internal/runner/aig_mcp_scanner.go b/internal/runner/aig_mcp_scanner.go
index 47b8cef..6ea718a 100644
--- a/internal/runner/aig_mcp_scanner.go
+++ b/internal/runner/aig_mcp_scanner.go
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func (runner ExternalScannerRunner) runAIGMCP(target string, startedAt string) (
 	fullCommand := append([]string{aigMCPCommand}, args...)
 	timeout := runner.Timeout
 	if timeout == 0 {
-		timeout = 20 * time.Minute
+		timeout = pluginScannerTimeout
 	}
 	output, runErr := runner.CommandRunner.Run(aigMCPCommand, args, workDir, timeout)
 	exitCode := gateEligibleExitCode(output.ExitCode)
diff --git a/internal/runner/runner.go b/internal/runner/runner.go
index 2ccd52f..6ec5745 100644
--- a/internal/runner/runner.go
+++ b/internal/runner/runner.go
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ func Run(opts Options, ctx RunContext) (artifact Artifact, runErr error) {
 			Registry:            registryForOptions(opts),
 			SandboxMode:         scannerSandboxMode,
 			SkillSpectorCommand: ctx.SkillSpectorCommand,
-			Timeout:             20 * time.Minute,
+			Timeout:             scannerTimeoutForTarget(target.kind),
 		}
 	}
 	artifact.Sandbox = sandbox
@@ -2250,6 +2250,25 @@ type ExternalScannerRunner struct {
 	Timeout             time.Duration
 }
 
+const (
+	// defaultScannerTimeout bounds one scanner command for skill, file and URL
+	// targets.
+	defaultScannerTimeout = 20 * time.Minute
+	// pluginScannerTimeout bounds one scanner command for an OpenClaw plugin
+	// target. A plugin is audited as one whole artifact (compiled output,
+	// embedded skills and hooks), so it gets a larger budget.
+	pluginScannerTimeout = 30 * time.Minute
+)
+
+// scannerTimeoutForTarget returns the per-scanner command budget for a target
+// kind. Only plugin targets differ; every other kind keeps the default.
+func scannerTimeoutForTarget(kind string) time.Duration {
+	if kind == targetKindPlugin {
+		return pluginScannerTimeout
+	}
+	return defaultScannerTimeout
+}
+
 func (runner ExternalScannerRunner) RunScanner(name string, target string, startedAt string) (ScannerResult, error) {
 	if err := workContext(runner.Context).Err(); err != nil {
 		return ScannerResult{}, err
diff --git a/internal/runner/scanner_timeout_test.go b/internal/runner/scanner_timeout_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fc9a83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/runner/scanner_timeout_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+package runner
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// timeoutRecordingRunner records each command's timeout and answers like the
+// scanners' fixtures, so the runner's per-target budget is observable.
+type timeoutRecordingRunner struct {
+	timeouts map[string]time.Duration
+}
+
+func (runner *timeoutRecordingRunner) Run(command string, args []string, cwd string, timeout time.Duration) (CommandOutput, error) {
+	runner.timeouts[command] = timeout
+	if output := argValue(args, "-o"); output != "" {
+		if !filepath.IsAbs(output) {
+			output = filepath.Join(cwd, output)
+		}
+		if err := os.WriteFile(output, []byte(aigMCPSARIF), 0o644); err != nil {
+			return CommandOutput{}, err
+		}
+	}
+	return CommandOutput{Stdout: `{"findings":[]}`}, nil
+}
+
+func scannerTimeouts(t *testing.T, target string, scanners ...string) map[string]time.Duration {
+	t.Helper()
+	args := []string{target, "--sandbox", "off"}
+	for _, scanner := range scanners {
+		args = append(args, "--scanner", scanner)
+	}
+	opts, err := ParseArgs(args)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	commands := &timeoutRecordingRunner{timeouts: map[string]time.Duration{}}
+	if _, err := Run(opts, RunContext{Env: withAIGMCPHostExec(map[string]string{"LLM_API_KEY": "k"}), CommandRunner: commands}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return commands.timeouts
+}
+
+func TestPluginScannersGetThirtyMinutesAndSkillScannersKeepTwenty(t *testing.T) {
+	plugin := scannerTimeouts(t, createAIGMCPTestPlugin(t), "aig-mcp")
+	if got := plugin[aigMCPCommand]; got != 30*time.Minute {
+		t.Fatalf("plugin aig-mcp-scan timeout = %s, want 30m0s", got)
+	}
+
+	skill := scannerTimeouts(t, createAIGTestSkill(t), "aig")
+	if got := skill["aig-skill-scan"]; got != 20*time.Minute {
+		t.Fatalf("skill aig-skill-scan timeout = %s, want 20m0s", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestScannerTimeoutDependsOnlyOnTargetKind(t *testing.T) {
+	for kind, want := range map[string]time.Duration{
+		targetKindPlugin: 30 * time.Minute,
+		targetKindSkill:  20 * time.Minute,
+		targetKindURL:    20 * time.Minute,
+	} {
+		if got := scannerTimeoutForTarget(kind); got != want {
+			t.Fatalf("%s timeout = %s, want %s", kind, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+	// A directly constructed runner without a budget still gives aig-mcp the
+	// plugin budget, since it only ever scans plugins.
+	commands := &timeoutRecordingRunner{timeouts: map[string]time.Duration{}}
+	runner := ExternalScannerRunner{CommandRunner: commands, Env: withAIGMCPHostExec(map[string]string{"LLM_API_KEY": "k"})}
+	if _, err := runner.runAIGMCP(createAIGMCPTestPlugin(t), "now"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if got := commands.timeouts[aigMCPCommand]; got != 30*time.Minute {
+		t.Fatalf("default aig-mcp-scan timeout = %s, want 30m0s", got)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestProfilePluginSelectionUsesPluginBudget follows the clawhub profile's
+// shape: skill scanners in Scanners, aig-mcp in PluginScanners.
+func TestProfilePluginSelectionUsesPluginBudget(t *testing.T) {
+	run := func(target string) map[string]time.Duration {
+		opts, err := ParseArgs([]string{target, "--scanner", "aig", "--sandbox", "off"})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		opts.PluginScanners = []string{aigMCPScannerID}
+		commands := &timeoutRecordingRunner{timeouts: map[string]time.Duration{}}
+		if _, err := Run(opts, RunContext{Env: withAIGMCPHostExec(map[string]string{"LLM_API_KEY": "k"}), CommandRunner: commands}); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		return commands.timeouts
+	}
+	if got := run(createAIGMCPTestPlugin(t)); got[aigMCPCommand] != 30*time.Minute || len(got) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("plugin run timeouts = %v, want only aig-mcp-scan at 30m0s", got)
+	}
+	if got := run(createAIGTestSkill(t)); got["aig-skill-scan"] != 20*time.Minute || len(got) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("skill run timeouts = %v, want only aig-skill-scan at 20m0s", got)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestDockerSandboxPassesPluginBudgetToTheHost checks the default sandboxed
+// path: the docker invocation carries the plugin budget.
+func TestDockerSandboxPassesPluginBudgetToTheHost(t *testing.T) {
+	opts, err := ParseArgs([]string{createAIGMCPTestPlugin(t), "--scanner", "aig-mcp"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	host := &dockerTimeoutRecorder{}
+	if _, err := Run(opts, RunContext{
+		Env:                map[string]string{"LLM_API_KEY": "k"},
+		HostCommandRunner:  host,
+		DockerAvailability: func() error { return nil },
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if host.timeout != 30*time.Minute {
+		t.Fatalf("docker command timeout = %s, want 30m0s", host.timeout)
+	}
+}
+
+type dockerTimeoutRecorder struct{ timeout time.Duration }
+
+func (recorder *dockerTimeoutRecorder) Run(command string, args []string, cwd string, timeout time.Duration) (CommandOutput, error) {
+	recorder.timeout = timeout
+	workDir := argValue(args, "-w")
+	return CommandOutput{}, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(workDir, argValue(args, "-o")), []byte(aigMCPSARIF), 0o644)
+}