diff --git a/automation/presets/plugin/setup.sh b/automation/presets/plugin/setup.sh
index 26f497f..36c4f67 100644
--- a/automation/presets/plugin/setup.sh
+++ b/automation/presets/plugin/setup.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,26 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Install the OpenHands SDK from PyPI.
+# Install the OpenHands SDK from PR branch for testing.
+#
+# TESTING: SDK PR #3054 - MCP config fix
+# https://github.com/OpenHands/software-agent-sdk/pull/3054
+#
+# This installs from the fix/mcp-config-format-passthrough branch
+# to test the MCP config changes before PyPI release.
 #
 # Note: Repository cloning is handled by the SDK's
 # OpenHandsCloudWorkspace.clone_repos() method inside main.py.
 set -e
 
-SDK_VERSION="1.19.1"
+SDK_BRANCH="fix/mcp-config-format-passthrough"
+SDK_REPO="https://github.com/OpenHands/software-agent-sdk.git"
+
+echo "[setup] Installing OpenHands SDK from PR branch: $SDK_BRANCH"
+echo "[setup] This is a TEST build for SDK PR #3054"
 
-echo "[setup] Installing OpenHands SDK (version: $SDK_VERSION)"
-# Package order doesn't matter - pip resolves all dependencies together
+# Install all three packages from the PR branch
 pip install -q --no-cache-dir \
-  "openhands-sdk==${SDK_VERSION}" \
-  "openhands-tools==${SDK_VERSION}" \
-  "openhands-workspace==${SDK_VERSION}"
+  "openhands-sdk @ git+${SDK_REPO}@${SDK_BRANCH}#subdirectory=openhands-sdk" \
+  "openhands-tools @ git+${SDK_REPO}@${SDK_BRANCH}#subdirectory=openhands-tools" \
+  "openhands-workspace @ git+${SDK_REPO}@${SDK_BRANCH}#subdirectory=openhands-workspace"
 
-echo "[setup] Done"
+echo "[setup] Done - SDK installed from branch: $SDK_BRANCH"
diff --git a/automation/presets/prompt/setup.sh b/automation/presets/prompt/setup.sh
index 26f497f..36c4f67 100644
--- a/automation/presets/prompt/setup.sh
+++ b/automation/presets/prompt/setup.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,26 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Install the OpenHands SDK from PyPI.
+# Install the OpenHands SDK from PR branch for testing.
+#
+# TESTING: SDK PR #3054 - MCP config fix
+# https://github.com/OpenHands/software-agent-sdk/pull/3054
+#
+# This installs from the fix/mcp-config-format-passthrough branch
+# to test the MCP config changes before PyPI release.
 #
 # Note: Repository cloning is handled by the SDK's
 # OpenHandsCloudWorkspace.clone_repos() method inside main.py.
 set -e
 
-SDK_VERSION="1.19.1"
+SDK_BRANCH="fix/mcp-config-format-passthrough"
+SDK_REPO="https://github.com/OpenHands/software-agent-sdk.git"
+
+echo "[setup] Installing OpenHands SDK from PR branch: $SDK_BRANCH"
+echo "[setup] This is a TEST build for SDK PR #3054"
 
-echo "[setup] Installing OpenHands SDK (version: $SDK_VERSION)"
-# Package order doesn't matter - pip resolves all dependencies together
+# Install all three packages from the PR branch
 pip install -q --no-cache-dir \
-  "openhands-sdk==${SDK_VERSION}" \
-  "openhands-tools==${SDK_VERSION}" \
-  "openhands-workspace==${SDK_VERSION}"
+  "openhands-sdk @ git+${SDK_REPO}@${SDK_BRANCH}#subdirectory=openhands-sdk" \
+  "openhands-tools @ git+${SDK_REPO}@${SDK_BRANCH}#subdirectory=openhands-tools" \
+  "openhands-workspace @ git+${SDK_REPO}@${SDK_BRANCH}#subdirectory=openhands-workspace"
 
-echo "[setup] Done"
+echo "[setup] Done - SDK installed from branch: $SDK_BRANCH"