diff --git a/src/features.ts b/src/features.ts
index db81c8eb..ab809106 100644
--- a/src/features.ts
+++ b/src/features.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ export async function setupAI(nuxt: Nuxt, hub: HubConfig) {
   if (nuxt.options.dev && !hub.remote && !hub.projectKey) {
     return log.warn('`hubAI()` is disabled: link a project with `npx nuxthub link` to run AI models in development mode.')
   }
+
+  // Register auto-imports first so types are correct even when not running remotely
+  addServerImportsDir(resolve('./runtime/ai/server/utils'))
   // If we are in dev mode and the project is linked, verify it
   if (nuxt.options.dev && !hub.remote && hub.projectKey) {
     try {
@@ -115,7 +118,6 @@ export async function setupAI(nuxt: Nuxt, hub: HubConfig) {
   }
   // Add Server scanning
   addServerScanDir(resolve('./runtime/ai/server'))
-  addServerImportsDir(resolve('./runtime/ai/server/utils'))
 }
 
 export function setupAnalytics(_nuxt: Nuxt) {
@@ -134,6 +136,8 @@ export function setupBlob(_nuxt: Nuxt) {
 }
 
 export async function setupBrowser(nuxt: Nuxt) {
+  // Register auto-imports first so types are correct even when not running remotely
+  addServerImportsDir(resolve('./runtime/browser/server/utils'))
   // Check if dependencies are installed
   const missingDeps = []
   try {
@@ -156,7 +160,6 @@ export async function setupBrowser(nuxt: Nuxt) {
   }
   // Add Server scanning
   // addServerScanDir(resolve('./runtime/browser/server'))
-  addServerImportsDir(resolve('./runtime/browser/server/utils'))
 }
 
 export async function setupCache(nuxt: Nuxt) {
@@ -206,13 +209,14 @@ export function setupKV(_nuxt: Nuxt) {
 }
 
 export function setupVectorize(nuxt: Nuxt, hub: HubConfig) {
+  // Register auto-imports first so types are correct even when not running remotely
+  addServerImportsDir(resolve('./runtime/vectorize/server/utils'))
   if (nuxt.options.dev && !hub.remote) {
-    log.warn('`hubVectorize()` is disabled: it is currently only supported with `--remote`.')
+    log.warn('`hubVectorize()` is disabled: only supported with remote storage in development mode.')
     return
   }
   // Add Server scanning
   addServerScanDir(resolve('./runtime/vectorize/server'))
-  addServerImportsDir(resolve('./runtime/vectorize/server/utils'))
 }
 
 export function vectorizeRemoteCheck(hub: HubConfig) {
diff --git a/src/runtime/vectorize/server/utils/vectorize.ts b/src/runtime/vectorize/server/utils/vectorize.ts
index fb4d1c27..bbb7905d 100644
--- a/src/runtime/vectorize/server/utils/vectorize.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/vectorize/server/utils/vectorize.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ export function hubVectorize(index: VectorizeIndexes): Vectorize {
     _vectorize[index] = binding as Vectorize
     return _vectorize[index]
   }
+  if (import.meta.dev && !hub.remote) {
+    throw createError({
+      statusCode: 500,
+      message: 'hubVectorize() is only supported with remote storage in development mode'
+    })
+  }
+
   throw createError(`Missing Cloudflare Vectorize binding (${bindingName})`)
 }