diff --git a/packages/community-cli-plugin/package.json b/packages/community-cli-plugin/package.json
index c780f698a96..b320c0db5b8 100644
--- a/packages/community-cli-plugin/package.json
+++ b/packages/community-cli-plugin/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
     }
   },
   "files": [
-    "dist"
+    "dist",
+    "react-native.config.js"
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "prepack": "node ../../scripts/build/prepack.js"
diff --git a/packages/community-cli-plugin/react-native.config.js b/packages/community-cli-plugin/react-native.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4bb3ce15d72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/community-cli-plugin/react-native.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ * @noflow
+ */
+
+const {
+  bundleCommand,
+  codegenCommand,
+  spmCommand,
+  startCommand,
+} = require('@react-native/community-cli-plugin');
+
+module.exports = {
+  commands: [bundleCommand, startCommand, spmCommand, codegenCommand],
+};
diff --git a/packages/react-native/react-native.config.js b/packages/react-native/react-native.config.js
index 36cc09508d4..9683c019136 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/react-native.config.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/react-native.config.js
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@ import type {Command} from '@react-native-community/cli-types';
 // IMPORTANT: This is a routing file only. Do NOT add new command
 // definitions or implementations here.
 //
-// New CLI commands belong in @react-native/community-cli-plugin, and
-// may (temporarily) be imported and registered here.
+// CLI commands belong in @react-native/community-cli-plugin, which registers
+// them via its own react-native.config.js.
 //
 // Future state: The Community Template should directly depend on and inject:
 // - @react-native-community/cli-platform-android
 // - @react-native-community/cli-platform-ios
-// - @react-native/community-cli-plugin
 
 const verbose = Boolean(process.env.DEBUG?.includes('react-native'));
 
@@ -72,15 +71,6 @@ try {
 
 const commands /*: Array<Command> */ = [];
 
-const {
-  bundleCommand,
-  codegenCommand,
-  spmCommand,
-  startCommand,
-} = require('@react-native/community-cli-plugin');
-
-commands.push(bundleCommand, startCommand, spmCommand, codegenCommand);
-
 const config = {
   commands,
   platforms: {} /*:: as {[string]: Readonly<{
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/package.json b/packages/rn-tester/package.json
index 0f4a2b6e888..a5580e8ecd0 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/package.json
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/package.json
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
     "@react-native-community/cli": "20.2.0",
     "@react-native-community/cli-platform-android": "20.2.0",
     "@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios": "20.2.0",
+    "@react-native/community-cli-plugin": "0.87.0-main",
     "@react-native/core-cli-utils": "*",
     "commander": "^12.0.0",
     "listr2": "^6.4.1",
diff --git a/private/helloworld/package.json b/private/helloworld/package.json
index 60a9176d610..f8a9791217c 100644
--- a/private/helloworld/package.json
+++ b/private/helloworld/package.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.25.3",
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.25.0",
     "@react-native/babel-preset": "0.87.0-main",
+    "@react-native/community-cli-plugin": "0.87.0-main",
     "@react-native/core-cli-utils": "*",
     "@react-native/eslint-config": "0.87.0-main",
     "@react-native/jest-preset": "0.87.0-main",