diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-api-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/update-api-docs.yml
index 1c8ab4dcb..8496d278c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-api-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-api-docs.yml
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create Pull Request
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@22a9089034f40e5a961c8808d113e2c98fb63676 # v7
+        # The action runs its own `git commit`, which triggers the husky
+        # pre-commit hook (lint-staged → cspell/prettier). On auto-generated
+        # docs that hook can fail on harmless unknown words and abort the run.
+        # HUSKY=0 skips the hook for this commit — equivalent to `git commit -n`.
+        env:
+          HUSKY: '0'
         with:
           branch: bot/update-api-docs
           delete-branch: true
diff --git a/cspell.json b/cspell.json
index c36ad178c..f79f9e0f4 100644
--- a/cspell.json
+++ b/cspell.json
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     "rstest",
     "tiktoken",
     "genui",
+    "openui",
     "impls"
   ],
   "maxNumberOfProblems": 1000,