diff --git a/lib/prompt-templates/create-local-circuit-prompt.ts b/lib/prompt-templates/create-local-circuit-prompt.ts
index a93f11f..7d7e311 100644
--- a/lib/prompt-templates/create-local-circuit-prompt.ts
+++ b/lib/prompt-templates/create-local-circuit-prompt.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {
+  fp,
   getFootprintNamesByType,
   getFootprintSizes,
-  fp,
 } from "@tscircuit/footprinter"
 
 async function fetchFileContent(url: string): Promise<string> {
@@ -19,6 +19,22 @@ async function fetchFileContent(url: string): Promise<string> {
   }
 }
 
+async function fetchOptionalFileContent(url: string): Promise<string> {
+  try {
+    const response = await fetch(url)
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      console.warn(
+        `Skipping optional file: ${response.status} ${response.statusText}`,
+      )
+      return ""
+    }
+    return await response.text()
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.warn("Skipping optional file:", error)
+    return ""
+  }
+}
+
 export const createLocalCircuitPrompt = async () => {
   const footprintNamesByType = getFootprintNamesByType()
   const footprintSizes = getFootprintSizes()
@@ -44,11 +60,19 @@ export const createLocalCircuitPrompt = async () => {
     .join("\n")
     .replace(/\n\n+/g, "\n\n")
 
+  const generatedDocs = await fetchOptionalFileContent(
+    "https://docs.tscircuit.com/ai.txt",
+  )
+
   return `
 You are an expert in electronic circuit design and tscircuit, and your job is to create a circuit board in tscircuit with the user-provided description.
 
 YOU MUST ABIDE BY THE RULES IN THE RULES SECTION
 
+## Generated tscircuit documentation
+
+${generatedDocs}
+
 ## tscircuit API overview
 
 Here's an overview of the tscircuit API:
diff --git a/tests/prompt-templates/create-local-circuit-prompt.test.ts b/tests/prompt-templates/create-local-circuit-prompt.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a34f034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/prompt-templates/create-local-circuit-prompt.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "bun:test"
+import { createLocalCircuitPrompt } from "../../lib/prompt-templates/create-local-circuit-prompt"
+
+describe("createLocalCircuitPrompt", () => {
+  const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    globalThis.fetch = originalFetch
+  })
+
+  it("includes generated tscircuit docs in the system prompt", async () => {
+    globalThis.fetch = (async (input: RequestInfo | URL) => {
+      const url = input.toString()
+
+      if (url === "https://docs.tscircuit.com/ai.txt") {
+        return new Response("Generated docs marker", { status: 200 })
+      }
+
+      if (
+        url ===
+        "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tscircuit/props/main/generated/COMPONENT_TYPES.md"
+      ) {
+        return new Response("# Components\n\n<resistor />", { status: 200 })
+      }
+
+      throw new Error(`Unexpected URL: ${url}`)
+    }) as typeof fetch
+
+    const prompt = await createLocalCircuitPrompt()
+
+    expect(prompt).toContain("## Generated tscircuit documentation")
+    expect(prompt).toContain("Generated docs marker")
+  })
+
+  it("still creates a prompt when generated docs are unavailable", async () => {
+    globalThis.fetch = (async (input: RequestInfo | URL) => {
+      const url = input.toString()
+
+      if (url === "https://docs.tscircuit.com/ai.txt") {
+        return new Response("Unavailable", {
+          status: 503,
+          statusText: "Service Unavailable",
+        })
+      }
+
+      if (
+        url ===
+        "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tscircuit/props/main/generated/COMPONENT_TYPES.md"
+      ) {
+        return new Response("# Components\n\n<resistor />", { status: 200 })
+      }
+
+      throw new Error(`Unexpected URL: ${url}`)
+    }) as typeof fetch
+
+    const prompt = await createLocalCircuitPrompt()
+
+    expect(prompt).toContain("## Generated tscircuit documentation")
+    expect(prompt).toContain("## tscircuit API overview")
+  })
+})
diff --git a/tests/tscircuitCoder.test.ts b/tests/tscircuitCoder.test.ts
index d66c022..504cc78 100644
--- a/tests/tscircuitCoder.test.ts
+++ b/tests/tscircuitCoder.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-import { createTscircuitCoder } from "lib/tscircuit-coder/tscircuitCoder"
 import { expect, test } from "bun:test"
+import { createTscircuitCoder } from "lib/tscircuit-coder/tscircuitCoder"
 import { getPrimarySourceCodeFromVfs } from "lib/utils/get-primary-source-code-from-vfs"
 
-test("TscircuitCoder submitPrompt streams and updates vfs", async () => {
+const openAiTest = process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY ? test : test.skip
+
+openAiTest("TscircuitCoder submitPrompt streams and updates vfs", async () => {
   const streamedChunks: string[] = []
   let vfsUpdated = false
   const tscircuitCoder = createTscircuitCoder()
@@ -21,14 +23,14 @@ test("TscircuitCoder submitPrompt streams and updates vfs", async () => {
     prompt: "add a transistor component",
   })
 
-  let codeWithTransistor = getPrimarySourceCodeFromVfs(tscircuitCoder.vfs)
+  const codeWithTransistor = getPrimarySourceCodeFromVfs(tscircuitCoder.vfs)
   expect(codeWithTransistor).toInclude("transistor")
 
   await tscircuitCoder.submitPrompt({
     prompt: "add a tssop20 chip",
   })
 
-  let codeWithChip = getPrimarySourceCodeFromVfs(tscircuitCoder.vfs)
+  const codeWithChip = getPrimarySourceCodeFromVfs(tscircuitCoder.vfs)
   expect(codeWithChip).toInclude("tssop20")
   expect(codeWithChip).toInclude("transistor")
 
diff --git a/tests/utils/generate-random-prompts.test.ts b/tests/utils/generate-random-prompts.test.ts
index 41a061c..4b8b6e9 100644
--- a/tests/utils/generate-random-prompts.test.ts
+++ b/tests/utils/generate-random-prompts.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-import { describe, it, expect } from "bun:test"
+import { describe, expect, it } from "bun:test"
 import { generateRandomPrompts } from "../../lib/utils/generate-random-prompts"
 
 describe("generateRandomPrompts", () => {
-  it("should return an array of prompts", async () => {
+  const openAiIt = process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY ? it : it.skip
+
+  openAiIt("should return an array of prompts", async () => {
     const prompts = await generateRandomPrompts(3)
 
     expect(Array.isArray(prompts)).toBe(true)