diff --git a/apps/backend/src/services/generate/prompts.ts b/apps/backend/src/services/generate/prompts.ts
index 89a5f4c..ac2e5fc 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/services/generate/prompts.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/src/services/generate/prompts.ts
@@ -104,19 +104,24 @@ export const buildSystemPrompt = (deps?: PackageInfo[]): string =>
 export const buildCorrectivePrompt = (
   error: GenerationError,
   successfulPatches: readonly Patch[] = [],
+  currentHtml?: string,
 ): string => {
   const applied =
     successfulPatches.length > 0
       ? `\nAPPLIED: ${JSON.stringify(successfulPatches)}\nContinue from here.`
       : "";
 
+  const pageState = currentHtml
+    ? `\nCURRENT PAGE STATE:\n${currentHtml}\n`
+    : "";
+
   if (error._tag === "JsonParseError") {
-    return `JSON ERROR: ${error.message}
+    return `${pageState}JSON ERROR: ${error.message}
 Bad: ${error.line.slice(0, 100)}
 Fix: valid JSONL, one JSON/line, single quotes in HTML attrs${applied}`;
   }
 
-  return `PATCH ERROR "${error.patch.selector}": ${error.reason}
+  return `${pageState}PATCH ERROR "${error.patch.selector}": ${error.reason}
 Fix: selector must exist, use #id only${applied}`;
 };
 
diff --git a/apps/backend/src/services/generate/service.ts b/apps/backend/src/services/generate/service.ts
index 6fbeea1..c0a9ebe 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/services/generate/service.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/src/services/generate/service.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { streamText, type TextStreamPart } from "ai";
 import type { LanguageModelConfig } from "@cuttlekit/common/server";
 import { MemoryService, type MemorySearchResult } from "../memory/index.js";
 import { accumulateLinesWithFlush } from "../../stream/utils.js";
-import { PatchValidator, renderCETree, type Patch, type ValidationContext } from "../vdom/index.js";
+import { PatchValidator, renderCETree, getCompactHtmlFromCtx, type Patch, type ValidationContext } from "../vdom/index.js";
 import { ModelRegistry } from "../model-registry.js";
 import {
   PatchSchema,
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ export class GenerateService extends Effect.Service<GenerateService>()(
               Effect.gen(function* () {
                 const successfulPatches = yield* Ref.get(patchesRef);
                 yield* Ref.set(patchesRef, []); // Reset for next attempt
+                const compactHtml = yield* getCompactHtmlFromCtx(validationCtx);
                 yield* Effect.log(
                   `[Attempt ${attempt}] ${genError._tag}, retrying...`,
                   {
@@ -323,6 +324,7 @@ export class GenerateService extends Effect.Service<GenerateService>()(
                         content: buildCorrectivePrompt(
                           genError,
                           successfulPatches,
+                          compactHtml,
                         ),
                       },
                     ],
diff --git a/apps/backend/src/services/vdom/patch-validator.ts b/apps/backend/src/services/vdom/patch-validator.ts
index cd51bce..3c60343 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/services/vdom/patch-validator.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/src/services/vdom/patch-validator.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Effect, Data, pipe } from "effect";
-import { Window } from "happy-dom";
+import { Window, HTMLElement as HappyHTMLElement } from "happy-dom";
 import { applyPatch, type Patch } from "@cuttlekit/common/client";
 import {
   makeCEShell,
@@ -203,3 +203,35 @@ export class PatchValidator extends Effect.Service<PatchValidator>()(
     }),
   },
 ) {}
+
+/**
+ * Extract compact HTML from a ValidationContext.
+ * Clones the DOM and strips CE template content, keeping only data-children content.
+ */
+export const getCompactHtmlFromCtx = (ctx: ValidationContext) =>
+  Effect.gen(function* () {
+    if (ctx.registry.size === 0) return ctx.window.document.body.innerHTML;
+
+    // Clone to avoid mutating real VDOM
+    const clone = yield* Effect.sync(() =>
+      ctx.window.document.body.cloneNode(true) as unknown as HappyHTMLElement
+    );
+
+    // Strip rendered CE template content, keeping only data-children content
+    yield* pipe(
+      [...ctx.registry.keys()],
+      Effect.forEach((tag) =>
+        pipe(
+          [...clone.querySelectorAll(tag)],
+          Effect.forEach((el) =>
+            Effect.sync(() => {
+              const childrenContainer = el.querySelector("[data-children]");
+              el.innerHTML = childrenContainer ? childrenContainer.innerHTML : "";
+            }),
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+
+    return clone.innerHTML;
+  });