diff --git a/llama_stack/cli/stack/_show.py b/llama_stack/cli/stack/_show.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb7160b7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llama_stack/cli/stack/_show.py
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
+# the root directory of this source tree.
+
+import argparse
+import importlib.resources
+import json
+import os
+import shutil
+import sys
+import textwrap
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import yaml
+from prompt_toolkit import prompt
+from prompt_toolkit.completion import WordCompleter
+from prompt_toolkit.validation import Validator
+from termcolor import colored, cprint
+
+from llama_stack.cli.stack.utils import ImageType, available_templates_specs, generate_run_config
+from llama_stack.core.build import get_provider_dependencies
+from llama_stack.core.datatypes import (
+    BuildConfig,
+    BuildProvider,
+    DistributionSpec,
+)
+from llama_stack.core.distribution import get_provider_registry
+from llama_stack.core.external import load_external_apis
+from llama_stack.core.stack import replace_env_vars
+from llama_stack.core.utils.config_dirs import DISTRIBS_BASE_DIR
+from llama_stack.core.utils.exec import run_command
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
+from llama_stack.providers.datatypes import Api
+
+TEMPLATES_PATH = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent / "templates"
+
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="cli")
+
+
+# These are the dependencies needed by the distribution server.
+# `llama-stack` is automatically installed by the installation script.
+SERVER_DEPENDENCIES = [
+    "aiosqlite",
+    "fastapi",
+    "fire",
+    "httpx",
+    "uvicorn",
+    "opentelemetry-sdk",
+    "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http",
+]
+
+
+def run_stack_show_command(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
+    current_venv = os.environ.get("VIRTUAL_ENV")
+    env_name = args.env_name or current_venv
+
+    if args.distro:
+        available_templates = available_templates_specs()
+        if args.distro not in available_templates:
+            cprint(
+                f"Could not find template {args.distro}. Please run `llama stack show --list-distros` to check out the available templates",
+                color="red",
+                file=sys.stderr,
+            )
+            sys.exit(1)
+        build_config = available_templates[args.distro]
+        # always venv, conda is gone and container is separate.
+        build_config.image_type = ImageType.VENV.value
+    elif args.providers:
+        provider_list: dict[str, list[BuildProvider]] = dict()
+        for api_provider in args.providers.split(","):
+            if "=" not in api_provider:
+                cprint(
+                    "Could not parse `--providers`. Please ensure the list is in the format api1=provider1,api2=provider2",
+                    color="red",
+                    file=sys.stderr,
+                )
+                sys.exit(1)
+            api, provider_type = api_provider.split("=")
+            providers_for_api = get_provider_registry().get(Api(api), None)
+            if providers_for_api is None:
+                cprint(
+                    f"{api} is not a valid API.",
+                    color="red",
+                    file=sys.stderr,
+                )
+                sys.exit(1)
+            if provider_type in providers_for_api:
+                provider = BuildProvider(
+                    provider_type=provider_type,
+                    module=None,
+                )
+                provider_list.setdefault(api, []).append(provider)
+            else:
+                cprint(
+                    f"{provider} is not a valid provider for the {api} API.",
+                    color="red",
+                    file=sys.stderr,
+                )
+                sys.exit(1)
+        distribution_spec = DistributionSpec(
+            providers=provider_list,
+            description=",".join(args.providers),
+        )
+        build_config = BuildConfig(image_type=ImageType.VENV.value, distribution_spec=distribution_spec)
+    elif not args.config and not args.distro:
+        name = prompt(
+            "> Enter a name for your Llama Stack (e.g. my-local-stack): ",
+            validator=Validator.from_callable(
+                lambda x: len(x) > 0,
+                error_message="Name cannot be empty, please enter a name",
+            ),
+        )
+
+        image_type = prompt(
+            "> Enter the image type you want your Llama Stack to be built as (use <TAB> to see options): ",
+            completer=WordCompleter([e.value for e in ImageType]),
+            complete_while_typing=True,
+            validator=Validator.from_callable(
+                lambda x: x in [e.value for e in ImageType],
+                error_message="Invalid image type. Use <TAB> to see options",
+            ),
+        )
+
+        env_name = f"llamastack-{name}"
+
+        cprint(
+            textwrap.dedent(
+                """
+            Llama Stack is composed of several APIs working together. Let's select
+            the provider types (implementations) you want to use for these APIs.
+            """,
+            ),
+            color="green",
+            file=sys.stderr,
+        )
+
+        cprint("Tip: use <TAB> to see options for the providers.\n", color="green", file=sys.stderr)
+
+        providers: dict[str, list[BuildProvider]] = dict()
+        for api, providers_for_api in get_provider_registry().items():
+            available_providers = [x for x in providers_for_api.keys() if x not in ("remote", "remote::sample")]
+            if not available_providers:
+                continue
+            api_provider = prompt(
+                f"> Enter provider for API {api.value}: ",
+                completer=WordCompleter(available_providers),
+                complete_while_typing=True,
+                validator=Validator.from_callable(
+                    lambda x: x in available_providers,  # noqa: B023 - see https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/issues/7847
+                    error_message="Invalid provider, use <TAB> to see options",
+                ),
+            )
+
+            string_providers = api_provider.split(" ")
+
+            for provider in string_providers:
+                providers.setdefault(api.value, []).append(BuildProvider(provider_type=provider))
+
+        description = prompt(
+            "\n > (Optional) Enter a short description for your Llama Stack: ",
+            default="",
+        )
+
+        distribution_spec = DistributionSpec(
+            providers=providers,
+            description=description,
+        )
+
+        build_config = BuildConfig(image_type=image_type, distribution_spec=distribution_spec)
+    else:
+        with open(args.config) as f:
+            try:
+                contents = yaml.safe_load(f)
+                contents = replace_env_vars(contents)
+                build_config = BuildConfig(**contents)
+                build_config.image_type = "venv"
+            except Exception as e:
+                cprint(
+                    f"Could not parse config file {args.config}: {e}",
+                    color="red",
+                    file=sys.stderr,
+                )
+                sys.exit(1)
+
+    print(f"# Dependencies for {args.distro or args.config or env_name}")
+
+    normal_deps, special_deps, external_provider_dependencies = get_provider_dependencies(build_config)
+    normal_deps += SERVER_DEPENDENCIES
+
+    # Quote deps with commas
+    quoted_normal_deps = [quote_if_needed(dep) for dep in normal_deps]
+    print(f"uv pip install {' '.join(quoted_normal_deps)}")
+
+    for special_dep in special_deps:
+        print(f"uv pip install {quote_if_needed(special_dep)}")
+
+    for external_dep in external_provider_dependencies:
+        print(f"uv pip install {quote_if_needed(external_dep)}")
+
+
+def quote_if_needed(dep):
+    # Add quotes if the dependency contains a comma (likely version specifier)
+    return f"'{dep}'" if "," in dep else dep
diff --git a/llama_stack/cli/stack/show.py b/llama_stack/cli/stack/show.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c8c2c90e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llama_stack/cli/stack/show.py
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
+# the root directory of this source tree.
+import argparse
+import textwrap
+
+from llama_stack.cli.stack.utils import ImageType
+from llama_stack.cli.subcommand import Subcommand
+
+
+class StackShow(Subcommand):
+    def __init__(self, subparsers: argparse._SubParsersAction):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.parser = subparsers.add_parser(
+            "show",
+            prog="llama stack show",
+            description="show the dependencies for a llama stack distribution",
+            formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter,
+        )
+        self._add_arguments()
+        self.parser.set_defaults(func=self._run_stack_show_command)
+
+    def _add_arguments(self):
+        self.parser.add_argument(
+            "--config",
+            type=str,
+            default=None,
+            help="Path to a config file to use for the build. You can find example configs in llama_stack/distributions/**/build.yaml. If this argument is not provided, you will be prompted to enter information interactively",
+        )
+
+        self.parser.add_argument(
+            "--distro",
+            type=str,
+            default=None,
+            help="Name of the distro config to use for show. You may use `llama stack show --list-distros` to check out the available distros",
+        )
+
+        self.parser.add_argument(
+            "--list-distros",
+            action="store_true",
+            default=False,
+            help="Show the available templates for building a Llama Stack distribution",
+        )
+
+        self.parser.add_argument(
+            "--env-name",
+            type=str,
+            help=textwrap.dedent(
+                f"""[for image-type={"|".join(e.value for e in ImageType)}] Name of the conda or virtual environment to use for
+the build. If not specified, currently active environment will be used if found.
+            """
+            ),
+            default=None,
+        )
+        self.parser.add_argument(
+            "--print-deps-only",
+            default=False,
+            action="store_true",
+            help="Print the dependencies for the stack only, without building the stack",
+        )
+        self.parser.add_argument(
+            "--providers",
+            type=str,
+            default=None,
+            help="sync dependencies for a list of providers and only those providers. This list is formatted like: api1=provider1,api2=provider2. Where there can be multiple providers per API.",
+        )
+
+    def _run_stack_show_command(self, args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
+        # always keep implementation completely silo-ed away from CLI so CLI
+        # can be fast to load and reduces dependencies
+        from ._show import run_stack_show_command
+
+        return run_stack_show_command(args)
diff --git a/llama_stack/cli/stack/stack.py b/llama_stack/cli/stack/stack.py
index 3aff78e23..85365989c 100644
--- a/llama_stack/cli/stack/stack.py
+++ b/llama_stack/cli/stack/stack.py
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ from llama_stack.cli.stack.list_stacks import StackListBuilds
 from llama_stack.cli.stack.utils import print_subcommand_description
 from llama_stack.cli.subcommand import Subcommand
 
-from .build import StackBuild
 from .list_apis import StackListApis
 from .list_providers import StackListProviders
 from .remove import StackRemove
 from .run import StackRun
+from .show import StackShow
 
 
 class StackParser(Subcommand):
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class StackParser(Subcommand):
         subparsers = self.parser.add_subparsers(title="stack_subcommands")
 
         # Add sub-commands
-        StackBuild.create(subparsers)
+        StackShow.create(subparsers)
         StackListApis.create(subparsers)
         StackListProviders.create(subparsers)
         StackRun.create(subparsers)
diff --git a/llama_stack/cli/stack/utils.py b/llama_stack/cli/stack/utils.py
index fdf9e1761..4d4c1b538 100644
--- a/llama_stack/cli/stack/utils.py
+++ b/llama_stack/cli/stack/utils.py
@@ -4,7 +4,28 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
+import json
+import sys
 from enum import Enum
+from functools import lru_cache
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import yaml
+from termcolor import cprint
+
+from llama_stack.core.datatypes import (
+    BuildConfig,
+    Provider,
+    StackRunConfig,
+)
+from llama_stack.core.distribution import get_provider_registry
+from llama_stack.core.resolver import InvalidProviderError
+from llama_stack.core.utils.config_dirs import EXTERNAL_PROVIDERS_DIR
+from llama_stack.core.utils.dynamic import instantiate_class_type
+from llama_stack.core.utils.image_types import LlamaStackImageType
+from llama_stack.providers.datatypes import Api
+
+TEMPLATES_PATH = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent / "distributions"
 
 
 class ImageType(Enum):
@@ -19,3 +40,91 @@ def print_subcommand_description(parser, subparsers):
         description = subcommand.description
         description_text += f"  {name:<21} {description}\n"
     parser.epilog = description_text
+
+
+def generate_run_config(
+    build_config: BuildConfig,
+    build_dir: Path,
+    image_name: str,
+) -> Path:
+    """
+    Generate a run.yaml template file for user to edit from a build.yaml file
+    """
+    apis = list(build_config.distribution_spec.providers.keys())
+    run_config = StackRunConfig(
+        container_image=(image_name if build_config.image_type == LlamaStackImageType.CONTAINER.value else None),
+        image_name=image_name,
+        apis=apis,
+        providers={},
+        external_providers_dir=build_config.external_providers_dir
+        if build_config.external_providers_dir
+        else EXTERNAL_PROVIDERS_DIR,
+    )
+    # build providers dict
+    provider_registry = get_provider_registry(build_config)
+    for api in apis:
+        run_config.providers[api] = []
+        providers = build_config.distribution_spec.providers[api]
+
+        for provider in providers:
+            pid = provider.provider_type.split("::")[-1]
+
+            p = provider_registry[Api(api)][provider.provider_type]
+            if p.deprecation_error:
+                raise InvalidProviderError(p.deprecation_error)
+
+            try:
+                config_type = instantiate_class_type(provider_registry[Api(api)][provider.provider_type].config_class)
+            except (ModuleNotFoundError, ValueError) as exc:
+                # HACK ALERT:
+                # This code executes after building is done, the import cannot work since the
+                # package is either available in the venv or container - not available on the host.
+                # TODO: use a "is_external" flag in ProviderSpec to check if the provider is
+                # external
+                cprint(
+                    f"Failed to import provider {provider.provider_type} for API {api} - assuming it's external, skipping: {exc}",
+                    color="yellow",
+                    file=sys.stderr,
+                )
+                # Set config_type to None to avoid UnboundLocalError
+                config_type = None
+
+            if config_type is not None and hasattr(config_type, "sample_run_config"):
+                config = config_type.sample_run_config(__distro_dir__=f"~/.llama/distributions/{image_name}")
+            else:
+                config = {}
+
+            p_spec = Provider(
+                provider_id=pid,
+                provider_type=provider.provider_type,
+                config=config,
+                module=provider.module,
+            )
+            run_config.providers[api].append(p_spec)
+
+    run_config_file = build_dir / f"{image_name}-run.yaml"
+
+    with open(run_config_file, "w") as f:
+        to_write = json.loads(run_config.model_dump_json())
+        f.write(yaml.dump(to_write, sort_keys=False))
+
+    # Only print this message for non-container builds since it will be displayed before the
+    # container is built
+    # For non-container builds, the run.yaml is generated at the very end of the build process so it
+    # makes sense to display this message
+    if build_config.image_type != LlamaStackImageType.CONTAINER.value:
+        cprint(f"You can now run your stack with `llama stack run {run_config_file}`", color="green", file=sys.stderr)
+    return run_config_file
+
+
+@lru_cache
+def available_templates_specs() -> dict[str, BuildConfig]:
+    import yaml
+
+    template_specs = {}
+    for p in TEMPLATES_PATH.rglob("*build.yaml"):
+        template_name = p.parent.name
+        with open(p) as f:
+            build_config = BuildConfig(**yaml.safe_load(f))
+            template_specs[template_name] = build_config
+    return template_specs
diff --git a/llama_stack/core/build.py b/llama_stack/core/build.py
index 4b20588fd..5586b1dd8 100644
--- a/llama_stack/core/build.py
+++ b/llama_stack/core/build.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 import importlib.resources
 import logging
 import sys
+import tomllib
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from termcolor import cprint
@@ -72,8 +74,13 @@ def get_provider_dependencies(
                         external_provider_deps.append(provider_spec.module)
                     else:
                         external_provider_deps.extend(provider_spec.module)
-            if hasattr(provider_spec, "pip_packages"):
-                deps.extend(provider_spec.pip_packages)
+
+            pyproject = Path(provider_spec.module.replace(".", "/")) / "pyproject.toml"
+            with open(pyproject, "rb") as f:
+                data = tomllib.load(f)
+
+            dependencies = data.get("project", {}).get("dependencies", [])
+            deps.extend(dependencies)
             if hasattr(provider_spec, "container_image") and provider_spec.container_image:
                 raise ValueError("A stack's dependencies cannot have a container image")
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/distribution/test_build_path.py b/tests/unit/distribution/test_build_path.py
index 52a71286b..b4094618e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/distribution/test_build_path.py
+++ b/tests/unit/distribution/test_build_path.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from llama_stack.cli.stack._build import (
+from llama_stack.cli.stack._sync import (
     _run_stack_build_command_from_build_config,
 )
 from llama_stack.core.datatypes import BuildConfig, DistributionSpec