diff --git a/cloudflare/worker/scripts/audit-free-ai-embedding-contract.mjs b/cloudflare/worker/scripts/audit-free-ai-embedding-contract.mjs
index 7207e0a..948cc7c 100644
--- a/cloudflare/worker/scripts/audit-free-ai-embedding-contract.mjs
+++ b/cloudflare/worker/scripts/audit-free-ai-embedding-contract.mjs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 
 const REPO_ROOT = resolve(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '../../..');
 const FLEET_ROOT = resolve(REPO_ROOT, '..');
-const DEFAULT_FREE_AI_REPO = resolve(FLEET_ROOT, 'free-ai');
+export const DEFAULT_FREE_AI_REPO = resolve(FLEET_ROOT, 'free-ai');
 
 export const REQUIRED_MODELS = [
   { id: 'gemini-embedding-001', provider: 'gemini', dimensions: 1536, aliases: ['text-embedding-3-small', 'text-embedding-3-large', 'text-embedding-004'] },
diff --git a/cloudflare/worker/tests/audit-free-ai-embedding-contract.test.ts b/cloudflare/worker/tests/audit-free-ai-embedding-contract.test.ts
index 7c3caae..3455d50 100644
--- a/cloudflare/worker/tests/audit-free-ai-embedding-contract.test.ts
+++ b/cloudflare/worker/tests/audit-free-ai-embedding-contract.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
-import { mkdtempSync, mkdirSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { mkdtempSync, mkdirSync, rmSync, writeFileSync, existsSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
 import { resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import { auditFreeAiEmbeddingContract } from '../scripts/audit-free-ai-embedding-contract.mjs';
+import {
+  auditFreeAiEmbeddingContract,
+  DEFAULT_FREE_AI_REPO,
+} from '../scripts/audit-free-ai-embedding-contract.mjs';
+
+// The "current sibling" check reads the real free-ai repo on disk (fleet sibling).
+// It runs in local dev where free-ai is checked out alongside; CI checks out
+// knowledge-base alone, so skip it there. The fixture-based tests below still
+// cover the audit logic.
+const siblingFreeAiPresent = existsSync(DEFAULT_FREE_AI_REPO);
 
 function makeFreeAiRepo() {
   const freeAiRepo = mkdtempSync(resolve(tmpdir(), 'kb-free-ai-contract-'));
@@ -55,7 +64,7 @@ const embeddings = EMBEDDING_CANDIDATES.map((candidate) => ({
 }
 
 describe('audit-free-ai-embedding-contract', () => {
-  it('passes for the current sibling free-ai contract', () => {
+  it.skipIf(!siblingFreeAiPresent)('passes for the current sibling free-ai contract', () => {
     const report = auditFreeAiEmbeddingContract();
 
     expect(report.ok).toBe(true);