diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/OneLoopStudio.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/OneLoopStudio.tsx
index 299ec5505..090f81f03 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/OneLoopStudio.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/OneLoopStudio.tsx
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import {
   studioEventsEmptyMessage,
   studioExportFilename,
   studioExportToastMessage,
+  studioFormationSupplementalEntities,
   studioInvalidHandoffMessage,
   studioPackCitation,
   studioPackFormation,
@@ -281,6 +282,11 @@ export default function OneLoopStudio({
       packTools,
     );
   }, [selected, packFormation.tools]);
+  const stackChecks = packFormation.checks;
+  const supplementalEntities = studioFormationSupplementalEntities(
+    packFormation.tools,
+    linkedSop?.entities,
+  );
 
   useEffect(() => {
     setCompletedChecks([]);
@@ -931,7 +937,7 @@ export default function OneLoopStudio({
               </h2>
             </div>
             <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-2 px-4 py-3">
-              {linkedSop.entities.length === 0 && packFormation.tools.length === 0 && (
+              {supplementalEntities.length === 0 && packFormation.tools.length === 0 && (
                 <p className="text-sm text-white/40">No catalogued tools in this transcript.</p>
               )}
               {packFormation.tools.map((tool) => (
@@ -942,14 +948,7 @@ export default function OneLoopStudio({
                   <span className="font-medium text-white">{tool.name}</span>
                 </span>
               ))}
-              {linkedSop.entities
-                .filter(
-                  (entity) =>
-                    !packFormation.tools.some(
-                      (tool) => tool.name.toLowerCase() === entity.name.toLowerCase(),
-                    ),
-                )
-                .map((entity) => (
+              {supplementalEntities.map((entity) => (
                 <span
                   key={entity.name}
                   className="inline-flex items-center gap-2 rounded-full border border-white/15 bg-white/5 px-3 py-1.5 text-sm"
@@ -1017,7 +1016,7 @@ export default function OneLoopStudio({
               ))}
             </ol>
 
-            {linkedSop.checklist.some((item) => item.source === 'stack') && (
+            {stackChecks.length > 0 && (
               <>
                 <div className="border-t border-white/10 px-4 py-3">
                   <h2 className="text-xs font-semibold uppercase tracking-[0.16em] text-white/45">
@@ -1025,9 +1024,7 @@ export default function OneLoopStudio({
                   </h2>
                 </div>
                 <ul className="divide-y divide-white/5">
-                  {linkedSop.checklist
-                    .filter((item) => item.source === 'stack')
-                    .map((item) => {
+                  {stackChecks.map((item) => {
                       const checked = completedChecks.includes(item.id);
                       const status = stackCheckStatus(item, completedChecks, 'anonymous');
                       return (
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/__tests__/studio-pipeline-status.test.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/__tests__/studio-pipeline-status.test.ts
index 4f3ecf9bf..2d0b0039d 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/__tests__/studio-pipeline-status.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/__tests__/studio-pipeline-status.test.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   studioVerifiedLiveUrl,
   studioInvalidHandoffMessage,
   studioPackCitation,
+  studioFormationSupplementalEntities,
   studioPackFormation,
   studioPasteOutcomeMessage,
   studioPlayerOverlay,
@@ -155,9 +156,39 @@ describe('studio-pipeline-status', () => {
     expect(studio).toContain('studioPackFormation');
     expect(studio).toContain('data-testid="pack-architecture"');
     expect(studio).toContain('data-testid="pack-artifacts"');
+    expect(studio).toContain('packFormation.checks');
     expect(studio).not.toMatch(/router\.(push|replace)\(['"]\/dashboard/);
   });
 
+  it('suppresses transcript-only tool chips when pack.stack.tools are grounded', () => {
+    expect(
+      studioFormationSupplementalEntities(
+        [{ name: 'Cloudflare' }, { name: 'x402' }],
+        [
+          {
+            name: 'Shopify',
+            kind: 'platform',
+            officialUrl: 'https://shopify.dev',
+            docsUrl: 'https://shopify.dev/docs',
+            timestamps: [],
+          },
+        ],
+      ),
+    ).toEqual([]);
+
+    expect(
+      studioFormationSupplementalEntities([], [
+        {
+          name: 'Shopify',
+          kind: 'platform',
+          officialUrl: 'https://shopify.dev',
+          docsUrl: 'https://shopify.dev/docs',
+          timestamps: [],
+        },
+      ]).map((entity) => entity.name),
+    ).toEqual(['Shopify']);
+  });
+
   it('tells the truth when events[] is empty after a completed run', () => {
     expect(
       studioEventsEmptyMessage({
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/__tests__/uvai-surface-unification.test.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/__tests__/uvai-surface-unification.test.ts
index 05a8e60b3..de54397b9 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/__tests__/uvai-surface-unification.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/__tests__/uvai-surface-unification.test.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ describe('UVAI is one product surface', () => {
 
   it('keeps stack-check unlock on the same OneLoopStudio page', () => {
     const studio = readSource('components/OneLoopStudio.tsx');
-    expect(studio).toContain("item.source === 'stack'");
+    expect(studio).toContain('packFormation.checks');
     expect(studio).toContain('setCompletedChecks');
     expect(studio).not.toMatch(/window\.location\.(href|assign).*dashboard/);
     expect(studio).not.toMatch(/router\.push\(['"`]\/dashboard/);
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/studio-pipeline-status.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/studio-pipeline-status.ts
index 29c8162cd..85fe2f665 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/studio-pipeline-status.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/studio-pipeline-status.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import type { VideoPackCitation } from '@/lib/emit-video-pack';
-import { stackChecksFromPackTools, type ChecklistItem } from '@/lib/linked-sop';
+import {
+  stackChecksFromPackTools,
+  type ChecklistItem,
+  type LinkedEntity,
+} from '@/lib/linked-sop';
 import type {
   VideoPackArchitecture,
   VideoPackArtifact,
@@ -86,6 +90,14 @@ export function studioPackFormation(pack: VideoPackCitation | null | undefined):
   };
 }
 
+export function studioFormationSupplementalEntities(
+  tools: VideoPackStackTool[] | null | undefined,
+  entities: LinkedEntity[] | null | undefined,
+): LinkedEntity[] {
+  if ((tools?.length ?? 0) > 0) return [];
+  return entities ?? [];
+}
+
 export function studioEventsEmptyMessage(input: {
   busy: boolean;
   hasCompletedRun: boolean;