diff --git a/examples/plugin/simple/README.md b/examples/plugin/simple/README.md
index b8a8895e8..bf2f4966c 100644
--- a/examples/plugin/simple/README.md
+++ b/examples/plugin/simple/README.md
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ The native plugin management endpoints remain:
 ```text
 GET /v0/management/plugins
 PATCH /v0/management/plugins/{pluginID}/enabled
+GET /v0/management/plugins/{pluginID}/config
 PUT /v0/management/plugins/{pluginID}/config
 PATCH /v0/management/plugins/{pluginID}/config
 ```
diff --git a/internal/api/handlers/management/plugins.go b/internal/api/handlers/management/plugins.go
index 6896265d8..0665a01b4 100644
--- a/internal/api/handlers/management/plugins.go
+++ b/internal/api/handlers/management/plugins.go
@@ -149,6 +149,50 @@ func (h *Handler) ListPlugins(c *gin.Context) {
 	})
 }
 
+// GetPluginConfig returns the preserved plugins.configs.<id> object as JSON.
+func (h *Handler) GetPluginConfig(c *gin.Context) {
+	id, okID := pluginIDFromRequest(c)
+	if !okID {
+		return
+	}
+	if h == nil || h.cfg == nil {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusNotFound, gin.H{"error": "plugin_not_found", "message": "plugin not found"})
+		return
+	}
+
+	h.mu.Lock()
+	item, configured := h.cfg.Plugins.Configs[id]
+	pluginsDir := normalizedPluginsDir(h.cfg.Plugins.Dir)
+	host := h.pluginHost
+	h.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if configured {
+		body, errBody := pluginConfigJSONObject(item)
+		if errBody != nil {
+			c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": "plugin_config_encode_failed", "message": errBody.Error()})
+			return
+		}
+		c.JSON(http.StatusOK, body)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if pluginRegistered(host, id) {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{})
+		return
+	}
+	discovered, errDiscover := pluginDiscovered(pluginsDir, id)
+	if errDiscover != nil {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": "plugin_discovery_failed", "message": errDiscover.Error()})
+		return
+	}
+	if discovered {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{})
+		return
+	}
+
+	c.JSON(http.StatusNotFound, gin.H{"error": "plugin_not_found", "message": "plugin not found"})
+}
+
 // PatchPluginEnabled updates plugins.configs.<id>.enabled without touching plugins.enabled.
 func (h *Handler) PatchPluginEnabled(c *gin.Context) {
 	id, okID := pluginIDFromRequest(c)
@@ -263,6 +307,31 @@ func pluginInstanceEnabled(item config.PluginInstanceConfig) bool {
 	return *item.Enabled
 }
 
+func pluginRegistered(host *pluginhost.Host, id string) bool {
+	if host == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	for _, info := range host.RegisteredPlugins() {
+		if info.ID == id {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func pluginDiscovered(pluginsDir string, id string) (bool, error) {
+	files, errDiscover := pluginhost.DiscoverPluginFiles(pluginsDir)
+	if errDiscover != nil {
+		return false, errDiscover
+	}
+	for _, file := range files {
+		if file.ID == id {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return false, nil
+}
+
 func pluginConfigFields(fields []pluginapi.ConfigField) []pluginConfigFieldInfo {
 	out := make([]pluginConfigFieldInfo, 0, len(fields))
 	for _, field := range fields {
@@ -344,6 +413,18 @@ func pluginConfigNode(item config.PluginInstanceConfig) *yaml.Node {
 	return node
 }
 
+func pluginConfigJSONObject(item config.PluginInstanceConfig) (map[string]any, error) {
+	value, errValue := yamlNodeToJSONValue(pluginConfigNode(item))
+	if errValue != nil {
+		return nil, errValue
+	}
+	body, ok := value.(map[string]any)
+	if !ok || body == nil {
+		return map[string]any{}, nil
+	}
+	return body, nil
+}
+
 func pluginInstanceConfigFromNode(node *yaml.Node) (config.PluginInstanceConfig, error) {
 	if node == nil {
 		node = emptyYAMLMappingNode()
@@ -407,6 +488,52 @@ func yamlNodeFromJSONValue(value any) (*yaml.Node, error) {
 	}
 }
 
+func yamlNodeToJSONValue(node *yaml.Node) (any, error) {
+	if node == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	switch node.Kind {
+	case yaml.MappingNode:
+		out := make(map[string]any, len(node.Content)/2)
+		for index := 0; index+1 < len(node.Content); index += 2 {
+			key := node.Content[index]
+			value := node.Content[index+1]
+			if key == nil {
+				continue
+			}
+			child, errChild := yamlNodeToJSONValue(value)
+			if errChild != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", key.Value, errChild)
+			}
+			out[key.Value] = child
+		}
+		return out, nil
+	case yaml.SequenceNode:
+		out := make([]any, 0, len(node.Content))
+		for _, childNode := range node.Content {
+			child, errChild := yamlNodeToJSONValue(childNode)
+			if errChild != nil {
+				return nil, errChild
+			}
+			out = append(out, child)
+		}
+		return out, nil
+	case yaml.ScalarNode:
+		if node.Tag == "!!str" || node.Tag == "" {
+			return node.Value, nil
+		}
+		var value any
+		if errDecode := node.Decode(&value); errDecode != nil {
+			return nil, errDecode
+		}
+		return value, nil
+	case yaml.AliasNode:
+		return yamlNodeToJSONValue(node.Alias)
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported YAML node kind %d", node.Kind)
+	}
+}
+
 func emptyYAMLMappingNode() *yaml.Node {
 	return &yaml.Node{Kind: yaml.MappingNode, Tag: "!!map"}
 }
diff --git a/internal/api/handlers/management/plugins_test.go b/internal/api/handlers/management/plugins_test.go
index 7506cebf6..b88c2c567 100644
--- a/internal/api/handlers/management/plugins_test.go
+++ b/internal/api/handlers/management/plugins_test.go
@@ -102,6 +102,117 @@ func TestListPluginsIncludesScannedAndConfiguredPlugins(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestGetPluginConfigReturnsPreservedRawConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	gin.SetMode(gin.TestMode)
+
+	h := &Handler{
+		cfg: &config.Config{
+			Plugins: config.PluginsConfig{
+				Configs: map[string]config.PluginInstanceConfig{
+					"sample": pluginConfigFromYAML(t, `
+enabled: false
+priority: 7
+mode: safe
+allowed_models:
+  - gemini-2.5-pro
+  - claude-sonnet-4
+options:
+  retries: 2
+  strict: true
+`),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		configFilePath: writeTestConfigFile(t),
+	}
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(rec)
+	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: "sample"}}
+	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/v0/management/plugins/sample/config", nil)
+
+	h.GetPluginConfig(c)
+
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("status = %d, want %d; body=%s", rec.Code, http.StatusOK, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+
+	var body struct {
+		Enabled       bool           `json:"enabled"`
+		Priority      int            `json:"priority"`
+		Mode          string         `json:"mode"`
+		AllowedModels []string       `json:"allowed_models"`
+		Options       map[string]any `json:"options"`
+	}
+	if errDecode := json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &body); errDecode != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("decode response: %v; body=%s", errDecode, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+	if body.Enabled || body.Priority != 7 || body.Mode != "safe" {
+		t.Fatalf("base fields = enabled %v priority %d mode %q, want false 7 safe", body.Enabled, body.Priority, body.Mode)
+	}
+	if len(body.AllowedModels) != 2 || body.AllowedModels[0] != "gemini-2.5-pro" || body.AllowedModels[1] != "claude-sonnet-4" {
+		t.Fatalf("allowed_models = %#v", body.AllowedModels)
+	}
+	if body.Options["retries"] != float64(2) || body.Options["strict"] != true {
+		t.Fatalf("options = %#v", body.Options)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetPluginConfigReturnsEmptyObjectForKnownUnconfiguredPlugin(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	gin.SetMode(gin.TestMode)
+
+	pluginsDir := writeManagementPluginFile(t, "scanned")
+	h := &Handler{
+		cfg: &config.Config{
+			Plugins: config.PluginsConfig{
+				Dir: pluginsDir,
+			},
+		},
+		configFilePath: writeTestConfigFile(t),
+	}
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(rec)
+	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: "scanned"}}
+	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/v0/management/plugins/scanned/config", nil)
+
+	h.GetPluginConfig(c)
+
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("status = %d, want %d; body=%s", rec.Code, http.StatusOK, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+	var body map[string]any
+	if errDecode := json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &body); errDecode != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("decode response: %v; body=%s", errDecode, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+	if len(body) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("body = %#v, want empty object", body)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetPluginConfigReturnsNotFoundForUnknownPlugin(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	gin.SetMode(gin.TestMode)
+
+	h := &Handler{
+		cfg:            &config.Config{},
+		configFilePath: writeTestConfigFile(t),
+	}
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(rec)
+	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: "missing"}}
+	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/v0/management/plugins/missing/config", nil)
+
+	h.GetPluginConfig(c)
+
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusNotFound {
+		t.Fatalf("status = %d, want %d; body=%s", rec.Code, http.StatusNotFound, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+}
+
 func TestPatchPluginEnabledUpdatesOnlyPluginConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	gin.SetMode(gin.TestMode)
diff --git a/internal/api/server.go b/internal/api/server.go
index f7bed664e..d6e2fb83c 100644
--- a/internal/api/server.go
+++ b/internal/api/server.go
@@ -615,6 +615,7 @@ func (s *Server) registerManagementRoutes() {
 		mgmt.GET("/plugin-store", s.mgmt.ListPluginStore)
 		mgmt.POST("/plugin-store/:id/install", s.mgmt.InstallPluginFromStore)
 		mgmt.PATCH("/plugins/:id/enabled", s.mgmt.PatchPluginEnabled)
+		mgmt.GET("/plugins/:id/config", s.mgmt.GetPluginConfig)
 		mgmt.PUT("/plugins/:id/config", s.mgmt.PutPluginConfig)
 		mgmt.PATCH("/plugins/:id/config", s.mgmt.PatchPluginConfig)
 
diff --git a/internal/api/server_test.go b/internal/api/server_test.go
index 3556a581d..5669c07ba 100644
--- a/internal/api/server_test.go
+++ b/internal/api/server_test.go
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ func TestManagementPluginsRouteRegistered(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Setenv("MANAGEMENT_PASSWORD", "test-management-key")
 
 	server := newTestServer(t)
+	enabled := true
+	server.cfg.Plugins.Configs = map[string]proxyconfig.PluginInstanceConfig{
+		"sample": {Enabled: &enabled, Priority: 4},
+	}
 
 	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/v0/management/plugins", nil)
 	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer test-management-key")
@@ -202,6 +206,24 @@ func TestManagementPluginsRouteRegistered(t *testing.T) {
 	if payload.Plugins == nil {
 		t.Fatalf("plugins field = nil, want array; body=%s", rr.Body.String())
 	}
+
+	req = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/v0/management/plugins/sample/config", nil)
+	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer test-management-key")
+	rr = httptest.NewRecorder()
+	server.engine.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
+	if rr.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("config status = %d, want %d body=%s", rr.Code, http.StatusOK, rr.Body.String())
+	}
+	var configPayload struct {
+		Enabled  bool `json:"enabled"`
+		Priority int  `json:"priority"`
+	}
+	if errUnmarshal := json.Unmarshal(rr.Body.Bytes(), &configPayload); errUnmarshal != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unmarshal config response: %v body=%s", errUnmarshal, rr.Body.String())
+	}
+	if !configPayload.Enabled || configPayload.Priority != 4 {
+		t.Fatalf("plugin config = %#v, want enabled true priority 4", configPayload)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestHomeEnabledHidesManagementEndpointsAndControlPanel(t *testing.T) {