diff --git a/rewrite-gradle/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/plugins/AddSettingsPluginRepository.java b/rewrite-gradle/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/plugins/AddSettingsPluginRepository.java
index 25b3490d476..1d602b8aa5e 100644
--- a/rewrite-gradle/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/plugins/AddSettingsPluginRepository.java
+++ b/rewrite-gradle/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/plugins/AddSettingsPluginRepository.java
@@ -138,6 +138,12 @@ private List<Statement> addPluginManagementRepos(List<Statement> statements, J p
                 if (mapped != statements) {
                     return mapped;
                 }
+                // Check if pluginManagement exists but no change was needed (repo already present)
+                for (Statement s : statements) {
+                    if (unwrapMethodCall(s, "pluginManagement") != null) {
+                        return statements;
+                    }
+                }
                 // No existing pluginManagement found — insert after any leading imports
                 Statement pluginManagementStatement = pluginManagement instanceof J.Block ?
                         ((J.Block) pluginManagement).getStatements().get(0) :
@@ -190,6 +196,11 @@ private Statement addRepoToRepositoriesBlock(Statement statement, J pluginManage
                     return statement;
                 }
                 J.MethodInvocation repoToAdd = extractRepository(pluginManagement);
+
+                if (repoAlreadyExists(repos, repoToAdd.getSimpleName())) {
+                    return statement;
+                }
+
                 J.MethodInvocation m2 = repos.withArguments(ListUtils.mapFirst(repos.getArguments(), arg2 -> {
                     if (!(arg2 instanceof J.Lambda) || !(((J.Lambda) arg2).getBody() instanceof J.Block)) {
                         return arg2;
@@ -208,6 +219,23 @@ private Statement addRepoToRepositoriesBlock(Statement statement, J pluginManage
                 return rewrap(statement, m2);
             }
 
+            // Name-based fallback for when MethodMatcher fails due to incorrect type attribution (e.g. rewrite-kotlin)
+            private boolean repoAlreadyExists(J.MethodInvocation repos, String repoName) {
+                if (repos.getArguments().isEmpty() || !(repos.getArguments().get(0) instanceof J.Lambda)) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                J.Lambda lambda = (J.Lambda) repos.getArguments().get(0);
+                if (!(lambda.getBody() instanceof J.Block)) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                for (Statement s : ((J.Block) lambda.getBody()).getStatements()) {
+                    if (unwrapMethodCall(s, repoName) != null) {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+                return false;
+            }
+
             private <T extends JavaSourceFile> J generatePluginManagementBlock(Class<T> compilationUnitClass, Function<T, J> methodExtractor, ExecutionContext ctx) {
                 String code;
                 if (url == null) {
diff --git a/rewrite-gradle/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/plugins/AddSettingsPluginRepositoryTest.java b/rewrite-gradle/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/plugins/AddSettingsPluginRepositoryTest.java
index 3ea6f65d872..eeb957fe31d 100644
--- a/rewrite-gradle/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/plugins/AddSettingsPluginRepositoryTest.java
+++ b/rewrite-gradle/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/plugins/AddSettingsPluginRepositoryTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.openrewrite.DocumentExample;
+import org.openrewrite.SourceFile;
+import org.openrewrite.java.JavaIsoVisitor;
+import org.openrewrite.java.tree.J;
+import org.openrewrite.java.tree.JavaType;
 import org.openrewrite.test.RewriteTest;
 
 import static org.openrewrite.gradle.Assertions.settingsGradle;
@@ -584,6 +588,60 @@ void noPluginManagementBlockWithBuildCacheKts() {
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Simulate platform behavior where KTS-parsed settings.gradle.kts has incomplete type
+     * attribution — method types have a wrong declaring type instead of being null.
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    private static <T extends SourceFile> T corruptMethodTypes(T sourceFile) {
+        JavaType.FullyQualified wrongType = JavaType.ShallowClass.build("kotlin.Unit");
+        return (T) new JavaIsoVisitor<Integer>() {
+            @Override
+            public J.MethodInvocation visitMethodInvocation(J.MethodInvocation method, Integer p) {
+                J.MethodInvocation m = super.visitMethodInvocation(method, p);
+                if (m.getMethodType() != null) {
+                    return m.withMethodType(m.getMethodType().withDeclaringType(wrongType));
+                }
+                return m;
+            }
+        }.visitNonNull(sourceFile, 0);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void skipWhenExistsGradlePluginPortalKtsWithoutTypeAttribution() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          spec -> spec.recipe(new AddSettingsPluginRepository("gradlePluginPortal", null)),
+          settingsGradleKts(
+            """
+              pluginManagement {
+                  repositories {
+                      gradlePluginPortal()
+                  }
+              }
+              """,
+            spec -> spec.mapBeforeRecipe(AddSettingsPluginRepositoryTest::corruptMethodTypes)
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void skipWhenExistsGradlePluginPortalWithOtherReposKtsWithoutTypeAttribution() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          spec -> spec.recipe(new AddSettingsPluginRepository("gradlePluginPortal", null)),
+          settingsGradleKts(
+            """
+              pluginManagement {
+                  repositories {
+                      mavenLocal()
+                      gradlePluginPortal()
+                  }
+              }
+              """,
+            spec -> spec.mapBeforeRecipe(AddSettingsPluginRepositoryTest::corruptMethodTypes)
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
     @Test
     void addToExistingPluginManagementWithPluginsBlockKts() {
         rewriteRun(