diff --git a/crates/plugin-pdk/tests/template.rs b/crates/plugin-pdk/tests/template.rs
index 526abb34..82b8ff13 100644
--- a/crates/plugin-pdk/tests/template.rs
+++ b/crates/plugin-pdk/tests/template.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ fn rust_component_service_template_has_event_output_pattern() {
         plugin["runtime"]["world"].as_str(),
         Some("yoi:plugin/instance@1.0.0")
     );
+    assert!(
+        plugin["permissions"]
+            .as_array()
+            .expect("permissions array")
+            .iter()
+            .any(|permission| permission["kind"].as_str() == Some("host_api")
+                && permission["api"].as_str() == Some("websocket"))
+    );
     assert_eq!(
         plugin["services"].as_array().expect("services array").len(),
         1
@@ -89,10 +97,17 @@ fn rust_component_service_template_has_event_output_pattern() {
             .as_array()
             .expect("sources")
             .iter()
-            .any(|source| source
-                .as_str()
-                .unwrap_or_default()
-                .starts_with("websocket:wss://"))
+            .any(|source| source.as_str() == Some("websocket:wss://example.com/socket"))
+    );
+    let websocket = &plugin["websocket"].as_array().expect("websocket targets")[0];
+    assert_eq!(websocket["scheme"].as_str(), Some("wss"));
+    assert_eq!(websocket["host"].as_str(), Some("example.com"));
+    assert!(
+        websocket["path_prefixes"]
+            .as_array()
+            .expect("websocket path prefixes")
+            .iter()
+            .any(|prefix| prefix.as_str() == Some("/socket"))
     );
 
     assert!(SERVICE_TEMPLATE_LIB.contains("world: \"instance\""));
diff --git a/crates/yoi/src/plugin_cli.rs b/crates/yoi/src/plugin_cli.rs
index 69ffe40a..c54251b3 100644
--- a/crates/yoi/src/plugin_cli.rs
+++ b/crates/yoi/src/plugin_cli.rs
@@ -2188,6 +2188,10 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(manifest.contains("kind = \"wasm-component\""));
         assert!(manifest.contains("[[services]]"));
         assert!(manifest.contains("[[ingresses]]"));
+        assert!(manifest.contains("{ kind = \"host_api\", api = \"websocket\" }"));
+        assert!(manifest.contains("[[websocket]]"));
+        assert!(manifest.contains("host = \"example.com\""));
+        assert!(manifest.contains("path_prefixes = [\"/socket\"]"));
         let source = fs::read_to_string(service_destination.join("src/lib.rs")).unwrap();
         assert!(source.contains("ServiceOutput::websocket_send"));
         assert!(!source.contains("recv(timeout"));
diff --git a/docs/development/plugin-development.md b/docs/development/plugin-development.md
index 68a31066..0e745dd7 100644
--- a/docs/development/plugin-development.md
+++ b/docs/development/plugin-development.md
@@ -352,6 +352,13 @@ A minimal manifest shape is:
 
 ```toml
 surfaces = ["tool", "service", "ingress"]
+permissions = [
+  { kind = "surface", surface = "service" },
+  { kind = "service", name = "example_service" },
+  { kind = "surface", surface = "ingress" },
+  { kind = "ingress", name = "example_ws" },
+  { kind = "host_api", api = "websocket" },
+]
 
 [runtime]
 kind = "wasm-component"
@@ -369,8 +376,15 @@ description = "Handles host-owned WebSocket text events."
 event_kinds = ["websocket_text", "websocket_close", "websocket_error"]
 sources = ["websocket:wss://gateway.example.com/gateway"]
 input_schema = { type = "object" }
+
+[[websocket]]
+scheme = "wss"
+host = "gateway.example.com"
+path_prefixes = ["/gateway"]
 ```
 
+The `host_api.websocket` permission and `[[websocket]]` target are required for `websocket_send` output commands. Runtime enablement grants must explicitly allow the same WebSocket target; the manifest declaration alone is not authority.
+
 Generate a fuller example with `yoi plugin new rust-component-service ./my-service-plugin`.
 
 ## `websocket` host API
diff --git a/resources/plugin/templates/rust-component-instance/README.md b/resources/plugin/templates/rust-component-instance/README.md
index 6682aed4..8a9930bc 100644
--- a/resources/plugin/templates/rust-component-instance/README.md
+++ b/resources/plugin/templates/rust-component-instance/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ This template targets the Component Model-only runtime (`runtime.kind = "wasm-co
 It demonstrates both authoring surfaces supported by a shared Plugin instance:
 
 - `example_echo` is an ordinary request/response Tool handler.
-- `example_ws` is a Service ingress handler. The host owns WebSocket receive/reconnect work and dispatches bounded `websocket_text` events into `handle_ingress`. The guest replies by returning a `websocket_send` output command in `ServiceOutput`; do not run a guest-side `recv(timeout)` polling loop.
+- `example_ws` is a Service ingress handler. The host owns WebSocket receive/reconnect work and dispatches bounded `websocket_text` events into `handle_ingress`. The guest replies by returning a `websocket_send` output command in `ServiceOutput`; do not run a guest-side `recv(timeout)` polling loop. The manifest declares `host_api.websocket` plus a matching `[[websocket]]` target for the example URL. Enablement grants must explicitly allow the same WebSocket target before the host will send output commands.
 
 Build with `cargo component build --release` (or the project-specific build command used by your Plugin packaging flow), then run `yoi plugin check` / `yoi plugin pack` from the generated Plugin directory.
diff --git a/resources/plugin/templates/rust-component-instance/plugin.toml b/resources/plugin/templates/rust-component-instance/plugin.toml
index a7bfd629..59495d37 100644
--- a/resources/plugin/templates/rust-component-instance/plugin.toml
+++ b/resources/plugin/templates/rust-component-instance/plugin.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ permissions = [
   { kind = "service", name = "example_service" },
   { kind = "surface", surface = "ingress" },
   { kind = "ingress", name = "example_ws" },
+  { kind = "host_api", api = "websocket" },
 ]
 
 [runtime]
@@ -34,3 +35,8 @@ description = "Handles host-owned WebSocket text events and returns websocket_se
 event_kinds = ["websocket_text"]
 sources = ["websocket:wss://example.com/socket"]
 input_schema = { type = "object" }
+
+[[websocket]]
+scheme = "wss"
+host = "example.com"
+path_prefixes = ["/socket"]