diff --git a/docs/introduction/work-with-ai.mdx b/docs/introduction/work-with-ai.mdx
index dc5e7cd53..fb63578c6 100644
--- a/docs/introduction/work-with-ai.mdx
+++ b/docs/introduction/work-with-ai.mdx
@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ iconType: "solid"
 
 Codegen is designed to be used with AI assistants. This document describes how to use Codegen with common AI tools, including Copilot, Cursor, Devin and more.
 
+## System Prompt
+
+Codegen provides a `.txt` file that you can drag-and-drop into any chat assistant. This is roughly 60k tokens and will enable chat assistants like, ChatGPT, Claude 3.5 etc. to build effectively with Codegen.
+
+import {
+  CODEGEN_SYSTEM_PROMPT
+} from "/snippets/links.mdx";
+
+<Card title="Download System Prompt" href={CODEGEN_SYSTEM_PROMPT} icon="download">
+  Download System Prompt
+</Card>
+
 ## Codegen Playground
 
 The [Codegen Playground](https://codegen.sh/playground) includes an integrated chat assistant purpose-built for generating Codegen programs.
diff --git a/docs/snippets/links.mdx b/docs/snippets/links.mdx
index 3ec8cb712..bb9332ee5 100644
--- a/docs/snippets/links.mdx
+++ b/docs/snippets/links.mdx
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ export const CODEGEN_SDK_GITHUB_URL =
 
 export const CODEGEN_SDK_EXAMPLES_GITHUB_URL =
   "https://github.com/codegen-sh/codegen-examples";
+
+export const CODEGEN_SYSTEM_PROMPT = "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jayhack/15681a2ceaccd726f19e6fdb3a44738b/raw/17c08054e3931b3b7fdf424458269c9e607541e8/codegen-system-prompt.txt"
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diff --git a/src/codegen/cli/workspace/initialize_workspace.py b/src/codegen/cli/workspace/initialize_workspace.py
index 8c7839d20..eac71b5c3 100644
--- a/src/codegen/cli/workspace/initialize_workspace.py
+++ b/src/codegen/cli/workspace/initialize_workspace.py
@@ -153,6 +153,11 @@ def modify_gitignore(codegen_folder: Path):
         "prompts/",
         "jupyter/",
         "",
+        "# Python cache files",
+        "__pycache__/",
+        "*.py[cod]",
+        "*$py.class",
+        "",
         "# Keep config.toml and codemods",
         "!config.toml",
         "!codemods/",
diff --git a/src/codegen/gscli/generate/system_prompt.py b/src/codegen/gscli/generate/system_prompt.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ab2aefd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/codegen/gscli/generate/system_prompt.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+docs = Path("./docs")
+mint = json.load(open(docs / "mint.json"))
+
+
+def render_page(page_str: str):
+    return open(docs / (page_str + ".mdx")).read()
+
+
+def render_group(page_strs: list[str]):
+    return "\n\n".join([render_page(x) for x in page_strs])
+
+
+def get_group(name) -> list[str]:
+    group = next((x for x in mint["navigation"] if x.get("group") == name), None)
+    if group:
+        return group["pages"]
+
+
+def render_groups(group_names: list[str]) -> str:
+    groups = [get_group(x) for x in group_names]
+    return "\n\n".join([render_group(g) for g in groups])
+
+
+def get_system_prompt() -> str:
+    """Generates a string system prompt based on the docs"""
+    return render_groups(["Introduction", "Building with Codegen", "Tutorials"])
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    system_prompt = get_system_prompt()
+    open("/tmp/system-prompt.txt", "w").write(system_prompt)
+    print("Wrote to /tmp/system-prompt.txt")