diff --git a/changes/2377.feature.md b/changes/2377.feature.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69d390098e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/2377.feature.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Implement scanning plugin entrypoints of external packages
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/py b/py
index 58001570f4..3d8df6a547 100755
--- a/py
+++ b/py
@@ -11,8 +11,4 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 fi
 LOCKSET=${LOCKSET:-python-default/$PYTHON_VERSION}
 source dist/export/python/virtualenvs/$LOCKSET/bin/activate
-PYTHONPATH="${PYTHONPATH}"
-for plugin_dir in $(ls -d plugins/*/ 2>/dev/null); do
-  PYTHONPATH="${plugin_dir}/src:${PYTHONPATH}"
-done
 PYTHONPATH="src:${PYTHONPATH}" exec python "$@"
diff --git a/src/ai/backend/agent/docker/metadata/server.py b/src/ai/backend/agent/docker/metadata/server.py
index 32f981e8af..8f456cdec7 100644
--- a/src/ai/backend/agent/docker/metadata/server.py
+++ b/src/ai/backend/agent/docker/metadata/server.py
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ async def load_metadata_plugins(self):
         plugin_ctx = MetadataPluginContext(root_ctx.etcd, root_ctx.local_config)
         await plugin_ctx.init()
         root_ctx.metadata_plugin_ctx = plugin_ctx
-        log.debug("Available plugins: {}", plugin_ctx.plugins)
+        log.debug("Available metadata plugins: {}", plugin_ctx.plugins)
         for plugin_name, plugin_instance in plugin_ctx.plugins.items():
             log.info("Loading metadata plugin: {0}", plugin_name)
             subapp, global_middlewares, route_structure = await plugin_instance.create_app()
diff --git a/src/ai/backend/common/BUILD b/src/ai/backend/common/BUILD
index 4cd757e910..19b816be19 100644
--- a/src/ai/backend/common/BUILD
+++ b/src/ai/backend/common/BUILD
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ visibility_private_component(
         "//src/ai/backend/agent/**",
         "//src/ai/backend/client/**",
         "//src/ai/backend/cli/**",
+        "//src/ai/backend/plugin/**",
         "//src/ai/backend/storage/**",
         "//src/ai/backend/web/**",
         "//src/ai/backend/accelerator/**",
diff --git a/src/ai/backend/plugin/BUILD b/src/ai/backend/plugin/BUILD
index f375baf14e..13754f14cf 100644
--- a/src/ai/backend/plugin/BUILD
+++ b/src/ai/backend/plugin/BUILD
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ visibility_private_component(
     ],
     allowed_dependencies=[
         "//src/ai/backend/cli/**",
+        "//src/ai/backend/common/**",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/src/ai/backend/plugin/cli.py b/src/ai/backend/plugin/cli.py
index 63e3dc04a5..a91ea9d752 100644
--- a/src/ai/backend/plugin/cli.py
+++ b/src/ai/backend/plugin/cli.py
@@ -1,29 +1,70 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import enum
 import itertools
 import json
+import logging
 from collections import defaultdict
+from typing import Self
 
 import click
 import colorama
 import tabulate
 from colorama import Fore, Style
 
+from ai.backend.common.logging import AbstractLogger, LocalLogger
+from ai.backend.common.types import LogSeverity
+
 from .entrypoint import (
+    prepare_wheelhouse,
     scan_entrypoint_from_buildscript,
     scan_entrypoint_from_package_metadata,
     scan_entrypoint_from_plugin_checkouts,
 )
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__spec__.name)  # type: ignore[name-defined]
+
 
 class FormatOptions(enum.StrEnum):
     CONSOLE = "console"
     JSON = "json"
 
 
+class CLIContext:
+    _logger: AbstractLogger
+
+    def __init__(self, log_level: LogSeverity) -> None:
+        self.log_level = log_level
+
+    def __enter__(self) -> Self:
+        self._logger = LocalLogger({
+            "level": self.log_level,
+            "pkg-ns": {
+                "": LogSeverity.WARNING,
+                "ai.backend": self.log_level,
+            },
+        })
+        self._logger.__enter__()
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, *exc_info) -> None:
+        self._logger.__exit__()
+
+
 @click.group()
-def main():
+@click.option(
+    "--debug",
+    is_flag=True,
+    help="Set the logging level to DEBUG",
+)
+@click.pass_context
+def main(
+    ctx: click.Context,
+    debug: bool,
+) -> None:
     """The root entrypoint for unified CLI of the plugin subsystem"""
-    pass
+    log_level = LogSeverity.DEBUG if debug else LogSeverity.INFO
+    ctx.obj = ctx.with_resource(CLIContext(log_level))
 
 
 @main.command()
@@ -35,17 +76,23 @@ def main():
     show_default=True,
     help="Set the output format.",
 )
-def scan(group_name: str, format: FormatOptions) -> None:
-    duplicate_count: dict[str, int] = defaultdict(int)
+def scan(
+    group_name: str,
+    format: FormatOptions,
+) -> None:
+    sources: dict[str, set[str]] = defaultdict(set)
     rows = []
+
+    prepare_wheelhouse()
     for source, entrypoint in itertools.chain(
         (("buildscript", item) for item in scan_entrypoint_from_buildscript(group_name)),
         (("plugin-checkout", item) for item in scan_entrypoint_from_plugin_checkouts(group_name)),
         (("python-package", item) for item in scan_entrypoint_from_package_metadata(group_name)),
     ):
-        duplicate_count[entrypoint.name] += 1
+        sources[entrypoint.name].add(source)
         rows.append((source, entrypoint.name, entrypoint.module))
     rows.sort(key=lambda row: (row[2], row[1], row[0]))
+
     match format:
         case FormatOptions.CONSOLE:
             if not rows:
@@ -53,6 +100,7 @@ def scan(group_name: str, format: FormatOptions) -> None:
                 return
             colorama.init(autoreset=True)
             ITALIC = colorama.ansi.code_to_chars(3)
+            STRIKETHR = colorama.ansi.code_to_chars(9)
             src_style = {
                 "buildscript": Fore.LIGHTYELLOW_EX,
                 "plugin-checkout": Fore.LIGHTGREEN_EX,
@@ -62,22 +110,44 @@ def scan(group_name: str, format: FormatOptions) -> None:
                 f"{ITALIC}Source{Style.RESET_ALL}",
                 f"{ITALIC}Name{Style.RESET_ALL}",
                 f"{ITALIC}Module Path{Style.RESET_ALL}",
+                f"{ITALIC}Note{Style.RESET_ALL}",
             )
             display_rows = []
-            has_duplicate = False
+            duplicates = set()
+            warnings: dict[str, str] = dict()
             for source, name, module_path in rows:
+                note = ""
                 name_style = Style.BRIGHT
-                if duplicate_count[name] > 1:
-                    has_duplicate = True
+                has_plugin_checkout = "plugin-checkout" in sources[name]
+                duplication_threshold = 2 if has_plugin_checkout else 1
+                if len(sources[name]) > duplication_threshold:
+                    duplicates.add(name)
                     name_style = Fore.RED + Style.BRIGHT
+                if source == "plugin-checkout":
+                    name_style = Style.DIM + STRIKETHR
+                    if "python-package" in sources[name]:
+                        note = "Loaded via the python-package source"
+                    else:
+                        note = "Ignored when loading plugins unless installed as editable"
                 display_rows.append((
                     f"{src_style[source]}{source}{Style.RESET_ALL}",
                     f"{name_style}{name}{Style.RESET_ALL}",
                     module_path,
+                    note,
                 ))
             print(tabulate.tabulate(display_rows, display_headers))
-            if has_duplicate:
-                print(f"\n💥 {Fore.LIGHTRED_EX}Detected duplicated entrypoint(s)!{Style.RESET_ALL}")
+            for name, msg in warnings.items():
+                print(msg)
+            if duplicates:
+                duplicate_list = ", ".join(duplicates)
+                print(
+                    f"\n{Fore.LIGHTRED_EX}\u26a0 Detected duplicated entrypoint(s): {Style.BRIGHT}{duplicate_list}{Style.RESET_ALL}"
+                )
+                if "accelerator" in group_name:
+                    print(
+                        f"{Fore.LIGHTRED_EX}  You should check [agent].allow-compute-plugins in "
+                        f"agent.toml to activate only one accelerator implementation for each name.{Style.RESET_ALL}"
+                    )
         case FormatOptions.JSON:
             output_rows = []
             for source, name, module_path in rows:
diff --git a/src/ai/backend/plugin/entrypoint.py b/src/ai/backend/plugin/entrypoint.py
index 703b01ef48..326d91abf5 100644
--- a/src/ai/backend/plugin/entrypoint.py
+++ b/src/ai/backend/plugin/entrypoint.py
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import ast
 import collections
 import configparser
 import itertools
 import logging
 import os
+import sys
+import zipfile
 from importlib.metadata import EntryPoint, entry_points
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Iterable, Iterator, Optional
@@ -19,9 +23,10 @@ def scan_entrypoints(
     if blocklist is None:
         blocklist = set()
     existing_names: dict[str, EntryPoint] = {}
+
+    prepare_wheelhouse()
     for entrypoint in itertools.chain(
         scan_entrypoint_from_buildscript(group_name),
-        scan_entrypoint_from_plugin_checkouts(group_name),
         scan_entrypoint_from_package_metadata(group_name),
     ):
         if allowlist is not None and not match_plugin_list(entrypoint.value, allowlist):
@@ -62,6 +67,8 @@ def match_plugin_list(entry_path: str, plugin_list: set[str]) -> bool:
 
 
 def scan_entrypoint_from_package_metadata(group_name: str) -> Iterator[EntryPoint]:
+    log.debug("scan_entrypoint_from_package_metadata(%r)", group_name)
+
     yield from entry_points().select(group=group_name)
 
 
@@ -143,6 +150,20 @@ def scan_entrypoint_from_plugin_checkouts(group_name: str) -> Iterator[EntryPoin
     yield from entrypoints.values()
 
 
+def prepare_wheelhouse(base_dir: Path | None = None) -> None:
+    if base_dir is None:
+        base_dir = Path.cwd()
+    for whl_path in (base_dir / "wheelhouse").glob("*.whl"):
+        extracted_path = whl_path.with_suffix("")  # strip the extension
+        log.debug("prepare_wheelhouse(): loading %s", whl_path)
+        if not extracted_path.exists():
+            with zipfile.ZipFile(whl_path, "r") as z:
+                z.extractall(extracted_path)
+        decoded_path = os.fsdecode(extracted_path)
+        if decoded_path not in sys.path:
+            sys.path.append(decoded_path)
+
+
 def find_build_root(path: Optional[Path] = None) -> Path:
     if env_build_root := os.environ.get("BACKEND_BUILD_ROOT", None):
         return Path(env_build_root)
diff --git a/wheelhouse/.gitignore b/wheelhouse/.gitignore
index 704d307510..ce6d54956c 100644
--- a/wheelhouse/.gitignore
+++ b/wheelhouse/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-*.whl
+/*.whl
+/*/