diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e0d93a1d..5b1b6309 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -52,12 +52,14 @@ init-docs:
 	docker run --rm --workdir=/docs -v $${PWD}/docs:/docs node:18-buster yarn install
 
 # Ensure docs build without errors. Makes sure generated docs are in-sync with CLI.
-validate-docs:
+validate-docs: gen-docs
 	docker run --rm --workdir=/docs -v $${PWD}/docs:/docs node:18-buster yarn build
-	go run tools/gendocs/main.go
 	if [ -n "$$(git status --porcelain --untracked-files=no)" ]; then \
 		git status --porcelain --untracked-files=no; \
 		echo "Encountered dirty repo!"; \
 		git diff; \
 		exit 1 \
 	;fi
+
+gen-docs:
+	go run tools/gendocs/main.go
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/cli/gptscript.go b/pkg/cli/gptscript.go
index 4458d87b..536e339b 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/gptscript.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/gptscript.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func New() *cobra.Command {
 		root,
 		&Eval{gptscript: root},
 		&Credential{root: root},
-		&Parse{},
+		&Parse{gptscript: root},
 		&Fmt{},
 		&Getenv{},
 		&SDKServer{
diff --git a/pkg/cli/parse.go b/pkg/cli/parse.go
index 8599bd97..081116c1 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/parse.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/parse.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 type Parse struct {
 	PrettyPrint bool `usage:"Indent the json output" short:"p"`
+	gptscript   *GPTScript
 }
 
 func (e *Parse) Customize(cmd *cobra.Command) {
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ func locationName(l string) string {
 }
 
 func (e *Parse) Run(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	content, err := input.FromLocation(args[0])
+	content, err := input.FromLocation(args[0], e.gptscript.DisableCache)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/input/input.go b/pkg/input/input.go
index 3d480431..f930753f 100644
--- a/pkg/input/input.go
+++ b/pkg/input/input.go
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ func FromFile(file string) (string, error) {
 }
 
 // FromLocation takes a string that can be a file path or a URL to a file and returns the content of that file.
-func FromLocation(s string) (string, error) {
+func FromLocation(s string, disableCache bool) (string, error) {
 	// Attempt to read the file first, if that fails, try to load the URL. Finally,
 	// return an error if both fail.
 	content, err := FromFile(s)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Debugf("failed to read file %s (due to %v) attempting to load the URL...", s, err)
-		content, err = loader.ContentFromURL(s)
+		content, err = loader.ContentFromURL(s, disableCache)
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/loader/url.go b/pkg/loader/url.go
index 41400790..72970546 100644
--- a/pkg/loader/url.go
+++ b/pkg/loader/url.go
@@ -207,8 +207,10 @@ func getWithDefaults(req *http.Request) ([]byte, string, error) {
 	panic("unreachable")
 }
 
-func ContentFromURL(url string) (string, error) {
-	cache, err := cache.New()
+func ContentFromURL(url string, disableCache bool) (string, error) {
+	cache, err := cache.New(cache.Options{
+		DisableCache: disableCache,
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to create cache: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/sdkserver/routes.go b/pkg/sdkserver/routes.go
index 2e709e3f..c0d7a41b 100644
--- a/pkg/sdkserver/routes.go
+++ b/pkg/sdkserver/routes.go
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func (s *server) parse(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if reqObject.Content != "" {
 		out, err = parser.Parse(strings.NewReader(reqObject.Content), reqObject.Options)
 	} else {
-		content, loadErr := input.FromLocation(reqObject.File)
+		content, loadErr := input.FromLocation(reqObject.File, reqObject.DisableCache)
 		if loadErr != nil {
 			logger.Errorf(loadErr.Error())
 			writeError(logger, w, http.StatusInternalServerError, loadErr)
diff --git a/pkg/sdkserver/types.go b/pkg/sdkserver/types.go
index 9736f045..ade035b2 100644
--- a/pkg/sdkserver/types.go
+++ b/pkg/sdkserver/types.go
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ type parseRequest struct {
 	parser.Options `json:",inline"`
 	content        `json:",inline"`
 
-	File string `json:"file"`
+	DisableCache bool   `json:"disableCache"`
+	File         string `json:"file"`
 }
 
 type modelsRequest struct {