diff --git a/scripts/generate-http-docs.js b/scripts/generate-http-docs.js
index 617040b..4fda81b 100644
--- a/scripts/generate-http-docs.js
+++ b/scripts/generate-http-docs.js
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ function parseHttpBlock(text) {
     };
 }
 
-function formatVariableValue(value) {
+function formatVariableValue(value, renderContext = {}) {
     if (value === null || value === undefined) {
         return '';
     }
@@ -188,10 +188,11 @@ function formatVariableValue(value) {
         if (value.trim() === '') {
             return '';
         }
-        if (/\s/.test(value)) {
-            return `"${value.replace(/"/g, '\\"')}"`;
+        const renderedValue = renderContext.renderValue ? renderContext.renderValue(value) : value;
+        if (/\s/.test(renderedValue)) {
+            return `"${renderedValue.replace(/"/g, '\\"')}"`;
         }
-        return value;
+        return renderedValue;
     }
 
     return JSON.stringify(value);
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ export function mergeRequestConfig(base, updates) {
     return merged;
 }
 
-function buildRequestContent(request, requestName, requestConfig = {}, dotenvVariables = new Set()) {
+export function buildRequestContent(request, requestName, requestConfig = {}, dotenvVariables = new Set()) {
     const lines = [];
     const variableDefinitions = [];
     const commentedVariableDefinitions = [];
@@ -478,7 +479,7 @@ function buildRequestContent(request, requestName, requestConfig = {}, dotenvVar
     if (commentedVariableDefinitions.length > 0) {
         lines.push(`# Other variables for ${requestName}`);
         for (const variable of commentedVariableDefinitions) {
-            lines.push(`# ${sanitizeVarName(variable.name)} = ${formatVariableValue(variable.value)}`);
+            lines.push(`# ${sanitizeVarName(variable.name)} = ${formatVariableValue(variable.value, { renderValue })}`);
         }
         lines.push('');
     }
@@ -486,7 +487,7 @@ function buildRequestContent(request, requestName, requestConfig = {}, dotenvVar
     if (parameterVariableDefinitions.length > 0) {
         lines.push(`# Parameter variables for ${requestName}`);
         for (const variable of parameterVariableDefinitions) {
-            lines.push(`@${sanitizeVarName(variable.name)} = ${formatVariableValue(variable.value)}`);
+            lines.push(`@${sanitizeVarName(variable.name)} = ${formatVariableValue(variable.value, { renderValue })}`);
         }
         lines.push('');
     }
@@ -524,7 +525,7 @@ function buildRequestContent(request, requestName, requestConfig = {}, dotenvVar
     if (variableDefinitions.length > 0) {
         lines.push(`# Variables for ${requestName}`);
         for (const variable of variableDefinitions) {
-            lines.push(`@${sanitizeVarName(variable.name)} = ${formatVariableValue(variable.value)}`);
+            lines.push(`@${sanitizeVarName(variable.name)} = ${formatVariableValue(variable.value, { renderValue })}`);
         }
         lines.push('');
     }
diff --git a/scripts/generate-http-docs.test.mjs b/scripts/generate-http-docs.test.mjs
index 4b86757..5c4bf07 100644
--- a/scripts/generate-http-docs.test.mjs
+++ b/scripts/generate-http-docs.test.mjs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import os from 'node:os';
 import path from 'node:path';
-import { getRequestConfigForFile, mergeRequestConfig } from './generate-http-docs.js';
+import { buildRequestContent, getRequestConfigForFile, mergeRequestConfig } from './generate-http-docs.js';
 
 test('does not inherit parent auth when a child config has no auth override', () => {
   const parentAuth = { type: 'bearer', token: 'parent-token' };
@@ -32,3 +32,16 @@ test('reads auth inherit from a Bruno-style http block', () => {
 
   assert.deepEqual(config.auth, { type: 'bearer', token: 'parent-token' });
 });
+
+test('renders dotenv placeholders in generated variable definitions', () => {
+  const request = {
+    url: 'https://example.test',
+    params: [
+      { name: 'username', value: '{{elixFormsApiUsername}}', type: 'path' },
+    ],
+  };
+
+  const output = buildRequestContent(request, 'Logout', {}, new Set(['elixFormsApiUsername']));
+
+  assert.match(output, /@username = "\{\{\$dotenv elixFormsApiUsername\}\}"/);
+});