diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/EntryShell.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/EntryShell.tsx
index 7a1f046a44..1321701a66 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/EntryShell.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/EntryShell.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import {
   defaultScenarioPluginIdForKind,
   type ConnectorDetail,
+  type InstalledPluginRecord,
 } from '@open-design/contracts';
 import { LOCALE_LABEL, LOCALES, useI18n, useT, type Locale } from '../i18n';
 import { navigate, useRoute } from '../router';
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ import { HomeView } from './HomeView';
 import {
   buildPluginAuthoringPrompt,
   createPluginAuthoringHandoff,
+  createPluginUseHandoff,
   type HomePromptHandoff,
 } from './home-hero/plugin-authoring';
 import { Icon } from './Icon';
@@ -279,6 +281,11 @@ export function EntryShell({
     changeView('home');
   }
 
+  function usePluginFromLibrary(record: InstalledPluginRecord) {
+    setHomePromptHandoff(createPluginUseHandoff(Date.now(), record.id));
+    changeView('home');
+  }
+
   useEffect(() => {
     setIntegrationTab(integrationInitialTab);
   }, [integrationInitialTab]);
@@ -721,6 +728,7 @@ export function EntryShell({
             {view === 'plugins' ? (
               <PluginsView
                 onCreatePlugin={startPluginAuthoring}
+                onUsePlugin={usePluginFromLibrary}
                 onCreatePluginShareProject={onCreatePluginShareProject}
               />
             ) : null}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/HomeView.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/HomeView.tsx
index 0f33d98ef1..7eca7b1c51 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/HomeView.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/HomeView.tsx
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ interface PendingReplacement {
   confirm: () => void;
 }
 
+interface PendingPluginUseHandoff {
+  pluginId: string;
+  inputs?: Record<string, unknown>;
+}
+
 const AUTHORING_DEFAULT_SCENARIO_INPUTS = {
   artifactKind: 'Open Design plugin',
   audience: 'Open Design plugin authors',
@@ -111,6 +116,8 @@ export function HomeView({
   const [pendingChipId, setPendingChipId] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [pendingAuthoringChipId, setPendingAuthoringChipId] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [pendingAuthoringPrompt, setPendingAuthoringPrompt] = useState(PLUGIN_AUTHORING_PROMPT);
+  const [pendingPluginUseHandoff, setPendingPluginUseHandoff] =
+    useState<PendingPluginUseHandoff | null>(null);
   const [fallbackProjectKind, setFallbackProjectKind] = useState<ProjectKind | null>(null);
   const [active, setActive] = useState<ActivePlugin | null>(null);
   const [activeSkill, setActiveSkill] = useState<SkillSummary | null>(null);
@@ -156,18 +163,27 @@ export function HomeView({
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!promptHandoff || consumedHandoffIdRef.current === promptHandoff.id) return;
     consumedHandoffIdRef.current = promptHandoff.id;
+    setError(null);
+    if (promptHandoff.source === 'plugin-use') {
+      setPendingPluginUseHandoff({
+        pluginId: promptHandoff.pluginId,
+        ...(promptHandoff.inputs ? { inputs: promptHandoff.inputs } : {}),
+      });
+      if (promptHandoff.focus) {
+        requestAnimationFrame(() => inputRef.current?.focus());
+      }
+      return;
+    }
+
     setActive(null);
     setActiveSkill(null);
     setSelectedPluginContexts([]);
-    setError(null);
-    setFallbackProjectKind(promptHandoff.source === 'plugin-authoring' ? 'other' : null);
+    setFallbackProjectKind('other');
     setPrompt(promptHandoff.prompt);
     if (promptHandoff.focus) {
       requestAnimationFrame(() => inputRef.current?.focus());
     }
-    if (promptHandoff.source === 'plugin-authoring') {
-      setPendingAuthoringChipId('plugin-authoring');
-    }
+    setPendingAuthoringChipId('plugin-authoring');
   }, [promptHandoff]);
 
   const contextItemCount = useMemo(
@@ -349,6 +365,26 @@ export function HomeView({
     return renderPluginBriefTemplate(query, hydratePluginInputs(record.manifest?.od?.inputs ?? [], inputs));
   }
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!pendingPluginUseHandoff || pluginsLoading) return;
+    const record = plugins.find((plugin) => plugin.id === pendingPluginUseHandoff.pluginId);
+    setPendingPluginUseHandoff(null);
+    if (!record) {
+      setError(
+        `Plugin "${pendingPluginUseHandoff.pluginId}" is not installed. Refresh Plugins and try again.`,
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+    requestUsePlugin(
+      record,
+      undefined,
+      pendingPluginUseHandoff.inputs
+        ? { inputs: pendingPluginUseHandoff.inputs }
+        : undefined,
+    );
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [pendingPluginUseHandoff, pluginsLoading, plugins]);
+
   function addPluginContext(record: InstalledPluginRecord, nextPrompt: string | null) {
     setSelectedPluginContexts((prev) => {
       if (prev.some((item) => item.record.id === record.id)) return prev;
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/PluginsView.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/PluginsView.tsx
index 3486ee552e..cf210ad835 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/PluginsView.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/PluginsView.tsx
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ const PLUGIN_SHARE_DETAILS: Record<PluginShareAction, {
 
 interface PluginsViewProps {
   onCreatePlugin?: (goal?: string) => void;
+  onUsePlugin?: (record: InstalledPluginRecord) => void;
   onCreatePluginShareProject?: (
     pluginId: string,
     action: PluginShareAction,
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ interface PluginsViewProps {
 
 export function PluginsView({
   onCreatePlugin,
+  onUsePlugin,
   onCreatePluginShareProject,
 }: PluginsViewProps) {
   const { locale } = useI18n();
@@ -161,6 +163,11 @@ export function PluginsView({
   }
 
   async function handleUsePlugin(record: InstalledPluginRecord) {
+    if (onUsePlugin) {
+      setDetailsRecord(null);
+      onUsePlugin(record);
+      return;
+    }
     setPendingApplyId(record.id);
     setNotice(null);
     const result = await applyPlugin(record.id, { locale });
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/home-hero/plugin-authoring.ts b/apps/web/src/components/home-hero/plugin-authoring.ts
index a87364b3c0..aa2d596da5 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/home-hero/plugin-authoring.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/home-hero/plugin-authoring.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
-export interface HomePromptHandoff {
-  id: number;
-  prompt: string;
-  focus: boolean;
-  source: 'plugin-authoring';
-}
+export type HomePromptHandoff =
+  | {
+    id: number;
+    prompt: string;
+    focus: boolean;
+    source: 'plugin-authoring';
+  }
+  | {
+    id: number;
+    pluginId: string;
+    focus: boolean;
+    source: 'plugin-use';
+    inputs?: Record<string, unknown>;
+  };
 
 export const PLUGIN_AUTHORING_PROMPT = [
   'Create an Open Design plugin for: <describe the workflow you want to package>.',
@@ -44,3 +52,17 @@ export function createPluginAuthoringHandoff(
     source: 'plugin-authoring',
   };
 }
+
+export function createPluginUseHandoff(
+  id: number,
+  pluginId: string,
+  inputs?: Record<string, unknown>,
+): HomePromptHandoff {
+  return {
+    id,
+    pluginId,
+    ...(inputs ? { inputs } : {}),
+    focus: true,
+    source: 'plugin-use',
+  };
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/tests/components/HomeView.prefill.test.tsx b/apps/web/tests/components/HomeView.prefill.test.tsx
index 3b13345e8b..41f808e0bc 100644
--- a/apps/web/tests/components/HomeView.prefill.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/tests/components/HomeView.prefill.test.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { HomeView } from '../../src/components/HomeView';
 import {
   createPluginAuthoringHandoff,
+  createPluginUseHandoff,
   PLUGIN_AUTHORING_PROMPT,
 } from '../../src/components/home-hero/plugin-authoring';
 
@@ -200,6 +201,46 @@ describe('HomeView prompt handoff', () => {
     expect(screen.queryByRole('alert')).toBeNull();
   });
 
+  it('applies a plugin-use handoff from the Plugins page', async () => {
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn<typeof fetch>(async (url) => {
+      if (typeof url === 'string' && url === '/api/plugins') {
+        return new Response(JSON.stringify({ plugins: [WEB_PROTOTYPE_PLUGIN] }), {
+          status: 200,
+          headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+        });
+      }
+      if (typeof url === 'string' && url.includes('/apply')) {
+        return new Response(JSON.stringify(DEFAULT_APPLY_RESULT), {
+          status: 200,
+          headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+        });
+      }
+      throw new Error(`unexpected fetch ${url}`);
+    });
+    vi.stubGlobal('fetch', fetchMock);
+    vi.stubGlobal('requestAnimationFrame', (cb: FrameRequestCallback) => {
+      cb(0);
+      return 0;
+    });
+
+    render(
+      <HomeView
+        projects={[]}
+        onSubmit={() => undefined}
+        onOpenProject={() => undefined}
+        onViewAllProjects={() => undefined}
+        promptHandoff={createPluginUseHandoff(1, 'example-web-prototype')}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      '/api/plugins/example-web-prototype/apply',
+      expect.anything(),
+    ));
+    expect((await screen.findByTestId('home-hero-input') as HTMLTextAreaElement).value)
+      .toBe('Create a plugin.');
+  });
+
   it('routes free-form submits through the hidden default plugin without applying a visible chip', async () => {
     const fetchMock = vi.fn<typeof fetch>(async (url) => {
       if (typeof url === 'string' && url === '/api/plugins') {
@@ -400,6 +441,61 @@ describe('HomeView prompt handoff', () => {
     ));
   });
 
+  it('confirms before a plugin-use handoff replaces an existing prompt', async () => {
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn<typeof fetch>(async (url) => {
+      if (typeof url === 'string' && url === '/api/plugins') {
+        return new Response(JSON.stringify({ plugins: [WEB_PROTOTYPE_PLUGIN] }), {
+          status: 200,
+          headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+        });
+      }
+      if (typeof url === 'string' && url.includes('/apply')) {
+        return new Response(JSON.stringify(DEFAULT_APPLY_RESULT), {
+          status: 200,
+          headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+        });
+      }
+      throw new Error(`unexpected fetch ${url}`);
+    });
+    vi.stubGlobal('fetch', fetchMock);
+    vi.stubGlobal('requestAnimationFrame', (cb: FrameRequestCallback) => {
+      cb(0);
+      return 0;
+    });
+
+    const { rerender } = render(
+      <HomeView
+        projects={[]}
+        onSubmit={() => undefined}
+        onOpenProject={() => undefined}
+        onViewAllProjects={() => undefined}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    const input = await screen.findByTestId('home-hero-input');
+    fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: 'Keep my current brief' } });
+
+    rerender(
+      <HomeView
+        projects={[]}
+        onSubmit={() => undefined}
+        onOpenProject={() => undefined}
+        onViewAllProjects={() => undefined}
+        promptHandoff={createPluginUseHandoff(2, 'example-web-prototype')}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    expect(await screen.findByRole('dialog', { name: /replace current prompt/i })).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(fetchMock.mock.calls.some(([url]) => String(url).includes('/apply'))).toBe(false);
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Replace' }));
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      '/api/plugins/example-web-prototype/apply',
+      expect.anything(),
+    ));
+  });
+
   it('binds od-plugin-authoring before submitting the rail create-plugin prompt', async () => {
     const fetchMock = vi.fn<typeof fetch>(async (url) => {
       if (typeof url === 'string' && url === '/api/plugins') {
diff --git a/apps/web/tests/components/PluginsView.test.tsx b/apps/web/tests/components/PluginsView.test.tsx
index 077a151126..78ecbc7d5a 100644
--- a/apps/web/tests/components/PluginsView.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/tests/components/PluginsView.test.tsx
@@ -203,6 +203,19 @@ describe('PluginsView', () => {
     expect(screen.getByText('Example Catalog')).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
+  it('hands installed plugin Use actions to the host shell', async () => {
+    const onUsePlugin = vi.fn();
+    render(<PluginsView onUsePlugin={onUsePlugin} />);
+
+    fireEvent.click(await screen.findByTestId('plugins-home-use-user-plugin'));
+
+    expect(onUsePlugin).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({
+      id: 'user-plugin',
+      title: 'User Plugin',
+    }));
+    expect(mockedApplyPlugin).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it('installs from a supported source string', async () => {
     render(<PluginsView />);