diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/generate/generate.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/generate/generate.ts
index 57b4c901f3830..0225b0b988165 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/generate/generate.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/generate/generate.ts
@@ -51,11 +51,13 @@ export function printChanges(fileChanges: FileChange[]) {
 
 async function promptForCollection(
   generatorName: string,
-  ws: Workspaces,
   interactive: boolean,
   projectsConfiguration: ProjectsConfigurations
 ): Promise<string> {
-  const localPlugins = await getLocalWorkspacePlugins(projectsConfiguration);
+  const localPlugins = await getLocalWorkspacePlugins(
+    projectsConfiguration,
+    readNxJson()
+  );
 
   const installedCollections = Array.from(
     new Set(findInstalledPlugins().map((x) => x.name))
@@ -221,7 +223,6 @@ async function convertToGenerateOptions(
     } else if (!defaultCollectionName) {
       const generatorString = await promptForCollection(
         generatorDescriptor,
-        ws,
         interactive,
         projectsConfiguration
       );
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/list/list.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/list/list.ts
index adfa98200a9ab..09a459c83b9a3 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/list/list.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/list/list.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   createProjectGraphAsync,
   readProjectsConfigurationFromProjectGraph,
 } from '../../project-graph/project-graph';
+import { readNxJson } from '../../config/nx-json';
 
 export interface ListArgs {
   /** The name of an installed plugin to query  */
@@ -33,11 +34,13 @@ export async function listHandler(args: ListArgs): Promise<void> {
   if (args.plugin) {
     await listPluginCapabilities(args.plugin);
   } else {
+    const nxJson = readNxJson();
     const corePlugins = fetchCorePlugins();
     const projectGraph = await createProjectGraphAsync({ exitOnError: true });
 
     const localPlugins = await getLocalWorkspacePlugins(
-      readProjectsConfigurationFromProjectGraph(projectGraph)
+      readProjectsConfigurationFromProjectGraph(projectGraph),
+      nxJson
     );
     const installedPlugins = await getInstalledPluginsAndCapabilities(
       workspaceRoot
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/report/report.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/report/report.ts
index 2bce04b90714c..f6378cc1c3874 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/report/report.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/report/report.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
 import { gt, valid } from 'semver';
 import { findInstalledPlugins } from '../../utils/plugins/installed-plugins';
 import { getNxRequirePaths } from '../../utils/installation-directory';
+import { NxJsonConfiguration, readNxJson } from '../../config/nx-json';
 
 const nxPackageJson = readJsonFile<typeof import('../../../package.json')>(
   join(__dirname, '../../../package.json')
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ export async function getReportData(): Promise<ReportData> {
   const pm = detectPackageManager();
   const pmVersion = getPackageManagerVersion(pm);
 
-  const localPlugins = await findLocalPlugins();
+  const localPlugins = await findLocalPlugins(readNxJson());
   const communityPlugins = findInstalledCommunityPlugins();
 
   let projectGraphError: Error | null = null;
@@ -185,11 +186,12 @@ export async function getReportData(): Promise<ReportData> {
   };
 }
 
-async function findLocalPlugins() {
+async function findLocalPlugins(nxJson: NxJsonConfiguration) {
   try {
     const projectGraph = await createProjectGraphAsync({ exitOnError: true });
     const localPlugins = await getLocalWorkspacePlugins(
-      readProjectsConfigurationFromProjectGraph(projectGraph)
+      readProjectsConfigurationFromProjectGraph(projectGraph),
+      nxJson
     );
     return Array.from(localPlugins.keys());
   } catch {
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/utils/plugins/local-plugins.ts b/packages/nx/src/utils/plugins/local-plugins.ts
index 43ed122ac9795..4ea842b884a37 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/utils/plugins/local-plugins.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/utils/plugins/local-plugins.ts
@@ -9,23 +9,29 @@ import { join } from 'path';
 import { workspaceRoot } from '../workspace-root';
 import { existsSync } from 'fs';
 import { getPluginCapabilities } from './plugin-capabilities';
+import { NxJsonConfiguration, readNxJson } from '../../config/nx-json';
 
 export async function getLocalWorkspacePlugins(
-  projectsConfiguration: ProjectsConfigurations
+  projectsConfiguration: ProjectsConfigurations,
+  nxJson: NxJsonConfiguration
 ): Promise<Map<string, PluginCapabilities>> {
   const plugins: Map<string, PluginCapabilities> = new Map();
   for (const project of Object.values(projectsConfiguration.projects)) {
     const packageJsonPath = join(workspaceRoot, project.root, 'package.json');
     if (existsSync(packageJsonPath)) {
       const packageJson: PackageJson = readJsonFile(packageJsonPath);
+      const includeRuntimeCapabilities = nxJson?.plugins?.some((p) =>
+        p.startsWith(packageJson.name)
+      );
       const capabilities = await getPluginCapabilities(
         workspaceRoot,
-        packageJson.name
+        packageJson.name,
+        includeRuntimeCapabilities
       );
       if (
         capabilities &&
-        (capabilities.executors ||
-          capabilities.generators ||
+        (Object.keys(capabilities.executors ?? {}).length ||
+          Object.keys(capabilities.generators ?? {}).length ||
           capabilities.projectGraphExtension ||
           capabilities.projectInference)
       ) {
@@ -36,7 +42,6 @@ export async function getLocalWorkspacePlugins(
       }
     }
   }
-
   return plugins;
 }
 
@@ -53,6 +58,12 @@ export function listLocalWorkspacePlugins(
     if (hasElements(p.generators)) {
       capabilities.push('generators');
     }
+    if (p.projectGraphExtension) {
+      capabilities.push('graph-extension');
+    }
+    if (p.projectInference) {
+      capabilities.push('project-inference');
+    }
     bodyLines.push(`${chalk.bold(p.name)} (${capabilities.join()})`);
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/utils/plugins/plugin-capabilities.ts b/packages/nx/src/utils/plugins/plugin-capabilities.ts
index dd2d0642436b1..e420f7760f7dc 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/utils/plugins/plugin-capabilities.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/utils/plugins/plugin-capabilities.ts
@@ -33,14 +33,17 @@ function tryGetCollection<T extends object>(
 
 export async function getPluginCapabilities(
   workspaceRoot: string,
-  pluginName: string
+  pluginName: string,
+  includeRuntimeCapabilities = false
 ): Promise<PluginCapabilities | null> {
   try {
     const { json: packageJson, path: packageJsonPath } = readPluginPackageJson(
       pluginName,
       getNxRequirePaths(workspaceRoot)
     );
-    const pluginModule = await tryGetModule(packageJson, workspaceRoot);
+    const pluginModule = includeRuntimeCapabilities
+      ? await tryGetModule(packageJson, workspaceRoot)
+      : ({} as Record<string, unknown>);
     return {
       name: pluginName,
       generators: {