diff --git a/tools/installer/core/manifest-generator.js b/tools/installer/core/manifest-generator.js
index f7b5d0084..bd949ecef 100644
--- a/tools/installer/core/manifest-generator.js
+++ b/tools/installer/core/manifest-generator.js
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class ManifestGenerator {
     const debug = process.env.BMAD_DEBUG_MANIFEST === 'true';
 
     for (const moduleName of this.updatedModules) {
-      const moduleYamlPath = await resolveInstalledModuleYaml(moduleName);
+      const moduleYamlPath = await resolveInstalledModuleYaml(moduleName, this.bmadDir);
       if (!moduleYamlPath) {
         // External modules live in ~/.bmad/cache/external-modules, not src/modules.
         // Warn rather than silently skip so missing agent rosters don't vanish
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ class ManifestGenerator {
     // from module.yaml, so TOML sections use [modules.<code>] not [modules.<name>].
     const codeByModuleName = {};
     for (const moduleName of this.updatedModules) {
-      const moduleYamlPath = await resolveInstalledModuleYaml(moduleName);
+      const moduleYamlPath = await resolveInstalledModuleYaml(moduleName, this.bmadDir);
       if (!moduleYamlPath) {
         console.warn(
           `[warn] writeCentralConfig: could not locate module.yaml for '${moduleName}'. ` +
diff --git a/tools/installer/project-root.js b/tools/installer/project-root.js
index 84ecde5b0..802d1a459 100644
--- a/tools/installer/project-root.js
+++ b/tools/installer/project-root.js
@@ -99,7 +99,15 @@ function getExternalModuleCachePath(moduleName, ...segments) {
  * @param {string} moduleName
  * @returns {Promise<string|null>} Absolute path to module.yaml, or null if not found.
  */
-async function resolveInstalledModuleYaml(moduleName) {
+async function resolveInstalledModuleYaml(moduleName, bmadDir = null) {
+  // First: check _bmad/<moduleName>/module.yaml (installed location)
+  // This is written by installFromResolution during install, so check it
+  // before caches to find freshly-installed custom/community modules.
+  if (bmadDir) {
+    const installedPath = path.join(bmadDir, moduleName, 'module.yaml');
+    if (await fs.pathExists(installedPath)) return installedPath;
+  }
+
   const builtIn = path.join(getModulePath(moduleName), 'module.yaml');
   if (await fs.pathExists(builtIn)) return builtIn;