diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 0826a3d..56a1fda 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ env:
   CARGO_INCREMENTAL: 0
   # Skip inspector frontend for CI (not needed for type checking)
   SANDBOX_AGENT_SKIP_INSPECTOR: 1
+  # Skip OpenAPI generation in CI (use pre-committed docs/openapi.json)
+  SKIP_OPENAPI_GEN: 1
 
 jobs:
   setup:
diff --git a/sdks/typescript/package.json b/sdks/typescript/package.json
index af3e62f..ae48338 100644
--- a/sdks/typescript/package.json
+++ b/sdks/typescript/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "generate:openapi": "cargo check -p sandbox-agent-openapi-gen && cargo run -p sandbox-agent-openapi-gen -- --out ../../docs/openapi.json",
     "generate:types": "openapi-typescript ../../docs/openapi.json -o src/generated/openapi.ts",
     "generate": "pnpm run generate:openapi && pnpm run generate:types",
-    "build": "pnpm run generate && tsup",
+    "build": "if [ -z \"$SKIP_OPENAPI_GEN\" ]; then pnpm run generate:openapi; fi && pnpm run generate:types && tsup",
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
     "test": "vitest run",
     "test:watch": "vitest"
diff --git a/turbo.json b/turbo.json
index b6d326c..843ff55 100644
--- a/turbo.json
+++ b/turbo.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://turbo.build/schema.json",
-  "globalPassThroughEnv": ["SANDBOX_AGENT_SKIP_INSPECTOR"],
+  "globalPassThroughEnv": ["SANDBOX_AGENT_SKIP_INSPECTOR", "SKIP_OPENAPI_GEN"],
   "tasks": {
     "build": {
       "dependsOn": ["^build"],