diff --git a/cli/azd/cmd/templates.go b/cli/azd/cmd/templates.go
index 90a253627cb..3a3e66b198f 100644
--- a/cli/azd/cmd/templates.go
+++ b/cli/azd/cmd/templates.go
@@ -131,6 +131,12 @@ func (tl *templateListAction) Run(ctx context.Context) (*actions.ActionResult, e
 		err = tl.formatter.Format(listedTemplates, tl.writer, output.TableFormatterOptions{
 			Columns: columns,
 		})
+
+		if err == nil {
+			templates.PrintGalleryLinks(tl.writer)
+			fmt.Fprintf(tl.writer, "Select a template from the gallery, then run %s\n",
+				output.WithHighLightFormat("azd init -t <template name>"))
+		}
 	} else {
 		err = tl.formatter.Format(listedTemplates, tl.writer, nil)
 	}
diff --git a/cli/azd/pkg/templates/template_manager.go b/cli/azd/pkg/templates/template_manager.go
index d7596b232cd..ae116c080ce 100644
--- a/cli/azd/pkg/templates/template_manager.go
+++ b/cli/azd/pkg/templates/template_manager.go
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ package templates
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"log"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/azure/azure-dev/cli/azd/pkg/input"
+	"github.com/azure/azure-dev/cli/azd/pkg/output"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -196,6 +198,9 @@ func PromptTemplate(
 		return Template{}, fmt.Errorf("prompting for template: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	// Display gallery links before template selection
+	PrintGalleryLinks(console.Handles().Stdout)
+
 	templateChoices := []*Template{}
 	duplicateNames := []string{}
 
@@ -251,3 +256,13 @@ func PromptTemplate(
 
 	return *template, nil
 }
+
+// PrintGalleryLinks prints the template gallery banner message to the given writer.
+func PrintGalleryLinks(w io.Writer) {
+	fmt.Fprintln(w)
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "For Microsoft AI Gallery visit",
+		output.WithLinkFormat("https://azure.github.io/ai-app-templates"))
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "For azd community gallery (awesome-azd) visit",
+		output.WithLinkFormat("https://azure.github.io/awesome-azd"))
+	fmt.Fprintln(w)
+}