diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/marketplace-actions.test.ts b/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/marketplace-actions.test.ts
index 1eb81bfacf6..fc47330c300 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/marketplace-actions.test.ts
+++ b/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/marketplace-actions.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ import {
   type MarketplaceRemoveContext,
 } from "../../src/services/marketplace/actions"
 import type { McpMarketplaceItem } from "../../src/services/marketplace/types"
-import { filterItems, installedScopes, retain } from "../../webview-ui/src/components/marketplace/utils"
+import {
+  filterItems,
+  hasRelevantItems,
+  installedScopes,
+  retain,
+} from "../../webview-ui/src/components/marketplace/utils"
 import type { MarketplaceItem } from "../../webview-ui/src/types/marketplace"
 
 const project = "/repo"
@@ -133,11 +138,10 @@ describe("Marketplace installation metadata", () => {
         "mcp:warehouse": { vscodeExtension: ["data.warehouse"] },
       }).map((item) => item.id),
     ).toEqual(["reviewer", "warehouse"])
-    expect(
-      filterItems(items, metadata, "warehouse", "all", [], [], {}, true, {
-        "agent:reviewer": { filename: ["*.review.ts"] },
-      }),
-    ).toEqual([])
+    const relevance = { "agent:reviewer": { filename: ["*.review.ts"] } }
+    expect(filterItems(items, metadata, "warehouse", "all", [], [], {}, true, relevance)).toEqual([])
+    expect(hasRelevantItems(items, relevance)).toBe(true)
+    expect(hasRelevantItems(items, {})).toBe(false)
   })
 })
 
diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/components/marketplace/MarketplaceListView.tsx b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/components/marketplace/MarketplaceListView.tsx
index 1d5cabc7496..4735d7c6b16 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/components/marketplace/MarketplaceListView.tsx
+++ b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/components/marketplace/MarketplaceListView.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import type {
   MarketplaceRelevanceMetadata,
 } from "../../types/marketplace"
 import { useLanguage } from "../../context/language"
-import { filterItems, retain } from "./utils"
+import { filterItems, hasRelevantItems, retain } from "./utils"
 import { ItemCard } from "./ItemCard"
 import { MarketplaceContribute } from "./MarketplaceContribute"
 
@@ -171,7 +171,9 @@ export const MarketplaceListView = (props: Props) => {
           fallback={
             <div class="marketplace-empty">
               <span class="marketplace-empty-message">
-                {relevant() ? props.relevantEmptyMessage : props.emptyMessage}
+                {relevant() && !hasRelevantItems(props.items, props.relevance)
+                  ? props.relevantEmptyMessage
+                  : props.emptyMessage}
               </span>
               <MarketplaceContribute />
             </div>
diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/components/marketplace/utils.ts b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/components/marketplace/utils.ts
index 85ca9042e93..e8f63e82225 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/components/marketplace/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/components/marketplace/utils.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ import type {
   MarketplaceRelevanceMetadata,
 } from "../../types/marketplace"
 
+export function hasRelevantItems(items: MarketplaceItem[], relevance: MarketplaceRelevanceMetadata): boolean {
+  return items.some((item) => !!relevance[`${item.type}:${item.id}`])
+}
+
 export function retain<T>(selected: T[], available: T[]): T[] {
   const values = new Set(available)
   const next = selected.filter((value) => values.has(value))