diff --git a/scripts/lib/claude-scope-migration.js b/scripts/lib/claude-scope-migration.js
index c4e00bc18..2ebac390a 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/claude-scope-migration.js
+++ b/scripts/lib/claude-scope-migration.js
@@ -46,48 +46,60 @@ function recoveryCommands(sourceScope, destinationScope) {
   return commands;
 }
 
-function enableRecoveryCommands(destinationScope) {
+function enableRecoveryCommands(destinationScope, enableScope = destinationScope) {
   return [
-    `claude plugin enable ${CURRENT_PLUGIN_ID} --scope ${destinationScope}`,
+    `claude plugin enable ${CURRENT_PLUGIN_ID} --scope ${enableScope}`,
     ...recoveryCommands(null, destinationScope),
   ];
 }
 
-function destinationSettingsPaths(paths, destinationScope) {
+function destinationSettingsPaths(paths) {
   const projectSettingsDir = path.join(paths.projectRoot, '.claude');
-  if (destinationScope === 'user') {
-    return [path.join(paths.configDir, 'settings.json')];
-  }
-  if (destinationScope === 'project') {
-    return [path.join(projectSettingsDir, 'settings.json')];
-  }
   return [
-    path.join(projectSettingsDir, 'settings.local.json'),
-    path.join(projectSettingsDir, 'settings.json'),
+    { scope: 'local', settingsPath: path.join(projectSettingsDir, 'settings.local.json') },
+    { scope: 'project', settingsPath: path.join(projectSettingsDir, 'settings.json') },
+    { scope: 'user', settingsPath: path.join(paths.configDir, 'settings.json') },
   ];
 }
 
-function readExplicitlyDisabledSettings(settingsPath) {
+function readPluginEnabledSetting(settingsPath) {
   try {
     const settings = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(settingsPath, 'utf8'));
-    return settings?.enabledPlugins?.[CURRENT_PLUGIN_ID] === false;
+    const enabled = settings?.enabledPlugins?.[CURRENT_PLUGIN_ID];
+    return typeof enabled === 'boolean' ? enabled : null;
   } catch {
     // Missing or unreadable settings are not an explicit user choice.
-    return false;
+    return null;
   }
 }
 
+function effectiveDestinationSetting(paths) {
+  for (const setting of destinationSettingsPaths(paths)) {
+    const enabled = readPluginEnabledSetting(setting.settingsPath);
+    if (enabled !== null) return { ...setting, enabled };
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+function destinationEnableRecoveryCommands(paths, destinationScope, setting = effectiveDestinationSetting(paths)) {
+  const scopes = ['user', 'project', 'local'];
+  const enableScope = setting?.enabled === false
+    && scopes.indexOf(setting.scope) > scopes.indexOf(destinationScope)
+    ? setting.scope : destinationScope;
+  return enableRecoveryCommands(destinationScope, enableScope);
+}
+
 function destinationExplicitlyDisabledError(paths, plugins, destinationScope) {
   const installed = currentEccPlugins(plugins);
   const destination = installed.find(plugin => plugin.scope === destinationScope);
   if (!destination || destination.enabled === true) {
     return null;
   }
-  const disabledSettingsPaths = destinationSettingsPaths(paths, destinationScope)
-    .filter(readExplicitlyDisabledSettings);
-  if (disabledSettingsPaths.length === 0) {
+  const effectiveSetting = effectiveDestinationSetting(paths);
+  if (!effectiveSetting || effectiveSetting.enabled !== false) {
     return null;
   }
+  const disabledSettingsPaths = [effectiveSetting.settingsPath];
   return migrationError(
     'DESTINATION_EXPLICITLY_DISABLED',
     `${CURRENT_PLUGIN_ID} is installed at ${destinationScope} scope but explicitly `
@@ -98,7 +110,7 @@ function destinationExplicitlyDisabledError(paths, plugins, destinationScope) {
       phase: 'destination-verification',
       observedScopes: installed.map(plugin => plugin.scope),
       settingsPaths: disabledSettingsPaths,
-      recovery: enableRecoveryCommands(destinationScope),
+      recovery: destinationEnableRecoveryCommands(paths, destinationScope, effectiveSetting),
     }
   );
 }
@@ -244,7 +256,7 @@ function verifySourceAndDestination(run, paths, migration, destinationScope, pha
         : `Could not verify ${CURRENT_PLUGIN_ID} at the destination before source cleanup.`,
       phase,
       recovery: destination && destination.enabled !== true
-        ? enableRecoveryCommands(destinationScope)
+        ? destinationEnableRecoveryCommands(paths, destinationScope)
         : recoveryCommands(null, destinationScope),
     }
   );
diff --git a/tests/lib/claude-scope-migration.test.js b/tests/lib/claude-scope-migration.test.js
index 648b591b1..c7fe81582 100644
--- a/tests/lib/claude-scope-migration.test.js
+++ b/tests/lib/claude-scope-migration.test.js
@@ -836,5 +836,93 @@ test('a two-scope disabled destination offers enable recovery without removing t
   });
 });
 
+for (const destinationScope of ['project', 'user']) {
+  test(`local settings control recovery for a disabled ${destinationScope} destination`, () => {
+    const sourceScope = destinationScope === 'project' ? 'user' : 'project';
+    withFixture({ plugins: [plugin(sourceScope), plugin(destinationScope, { enabled: false })] }, fixture => {
+      const localSettings = path.join(fixture.projectRoot, '.claude', 'settings.local.json');
+      writeExplicitDisable(localSettings);
+      const before = fs.readFileSync(localSettings, 'utf8');
+      const error = captureError(() => migrateClaudePluginScope(migrationOptions(fixture, destinationScope)));
+      assert.strictEqual(error.code, 'DESTINATION_EXPLICITLY_DISABLED');
+      assert.ok(error.message.includes(localSettings));
+      assert.strictEqual(error.recovery[0], 'claude plugin enable ecc@ecc --scope local');
+      assert.strictEqual(error.recovery[1], `ecc setup --mode claude-plugin --scope ${destinationScope} --move-scope --yes`);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(mutationCalls(fixture), []);
+      assert.strictEqual(fs.readFileSync(localSettings, 'utf8'), before);
+      assert.strictEqual(readState(fixture).plugins.length, 2);
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+test('a newly installed disabled destination points recovery at the local override before cleanup', () => {
+  withFixture({
+    plugins: [plugin('user')],
+    marketplaces: [marketplace('user')],
+    pluginListResponses: [
+      [plugin('user')],
+      [plugin('user'), plugin('project', { enabled: false })],
+    ],
+  }, fixture => {
+    const localSettings = path.join(fixture.projectRoot, '.claude', 'settings.local.json');
+    writeExplicitDisable(localSettings);
+    const before = fs.readFileSync(localSettings, 'utf8');
+    const error = captureError(() => migrateClaudePluginScope(migrationOptions(fixture, 'project')));
+    assert.strictEqual(error.code, 'DESTINATION_VERIFICATION_FAILED');
+    assert.strictEqual(error.recovery[0], 'claude plugin enable ecc@ecc --scope local');
+    assert.ok(!readCalls(fixture).some(argv => argv[1] === 'uninstall'));
+    assert.strictEqual(fs.readFileSync(localSettings, 'utf8'), before);
+    assert.ok(readState(fixture).plugins.some(entry => entry.scope === 'user'));
+  });
+});
+
+test('a higher-precedence true does not blame an overridden false', () => {
+  withFixture({ plugins: [plugin('project', { enabled: false })] }, fixture => {
+    const projectSettings = path.join(fixture.projectRoot, '.claude', 'settings.json');
+    const localSettings = path.join(fixture.projectRoot, '.claude', 'settings.local.json');
+    writeExplicitDisable(projectSettings);
+    fs.writeFileSync(localSettings, JSON.stringify({ enabledPlugins: { 'ecc@ecc': true } }));
+    const error = captureError(() => migrateClaudePluginScope(migrationOptions(fixture, 'project')));
+    assert.strictEqual(error.code, 'DESTINATION_VERIFICATION_FAILED');
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(mutationCalls(fixture), []);
+  });
+});
+
+test('an unrelated local plugin entry leaves the project choice effective', () => {
+  withFixture({ plugins: [plugin('project', { enabled: false })] }, fixture => {
+    const projectSettings = path.join(fixture.projectRoot, '.claude', 'settings.json');
+    const localSettings = path.join(fixture.projectRoot, '.claude', 'settings.local.json');
+    writeExplicitDisable(projectSettings);
+    writeExplicitDisable(fixture.settingsPath);
+    fs.writeFileSync(localSettings, JSON.stringify({ enabledPlugins: { 'other@marketplace': true } }));
+    const error = captureError(() => migrateClaudePluginScope(migrationOptions(fixture, 'project')));
+    assert.strictEqual(error.code, 'DESTINATION_EXPLICITLY_DISABLED');
+    assert.ok(error.message.includes(projectSettings));
+    assert.ok(!error.message.includes(fixture.settingsPath));
+    assert.strictEqual(error.recovery[0], 'claude plugin enable ecc@ecc --scope project');
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(mutationCalls(fixture), []);
+  });
+});
+
+test('the public setup CLI preserves locally disabled project migration and names local recovery', () => {
+  withFixture({ plugins: [plugin('user'), plugin('project', { enabled: false })] }, fixture => {
+    const localSettings = path.join(fixture.projectRoot, '.claude', 'settings.local.json');
+    writeExplicitDisable(localSettings);
+    const before = fs.readFileSync(localSettings, 'utf8');
+    const result = require('child_process').spawnSync(process.execPath, [
+      path.join(repoRoot, 'scripts/ecc.js'), 'setup', '--mode', 'claude-plugin',
+      '--scope', 'project', '--move-scope', '--yes', '--json',
+    ], { cwd: fixture.projectRoot, env: process.env, encoding: 'utf8', timeout: 15000 });
+    assert.strictEqual(result.error, undefined);
+    assert.strictEqual(result.status, 1, result.stderr);
+    const error = JSON.parse(result.stderr).error;
+    assert.strictEqual(error.code, 'DESTINATION_EXPLICITLY_DISABLED');
+    assert.strictEqual(error.recovery[0], 'claude plugin enable ecc@ecc --scope local');
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(mutationCalls(fixture), []);
+    assert.strictEqual(fs.readFileSync(localSettings, 'utf8'), before);
+    assert.strictEqual(readState(fixture).plugins.length, 2);
+  });
+});
+
 console.log(`\nResults: Passed: ${passed}, Failed: ${failed}`);
 process.exit(failed > 0 ? 1 : 0);