diff --git a/codeflash/api/aiservice.py b/codeflash/api/aiservice.py
index 81ab84d4..0c4bb252 100644
--- a/codeflash/api/aiservice.py
+++ b/codeflash/api/aiservice.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from pydantic.json import pydantic_encoder
 
 from codeflash.cli_cmds.console import console, logger
+from codeflash.code_utils.code_utils import get_installed_packages
 from codeflash.code_utils.env_utils import get_codeflash_api_key
 from codeflash.code_utils.git_utils import get_last_commit_author_if_pr_exists, get_repo_owner_and_name
 from codeflash.models.models import OptimizedCandidate
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ class AiServiceClient:
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         self.base_url = self.get_aiservice_base_url()
         self.headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {get_codeflash_api_key()}", "Connection": "close"}
+        self.installed_packages = get_installed_packages()
 
     def get_aiservice_base_url(self) -> str:
         if os.environ.get("CODEFLASH_AIS_SERVER", default="prod").lower() == "local":
@@ -66,6 +68,9 @@ def make_ai_service_request(
         """
         url = f"{self.base_url}/ai{endpoint}"
         if method.upper() == "POST":
+            assert payload is not None, "Payload must be provided for POST requests"
+            if self.installed_packages:
+                payload["installed_packages"] = self.installed_packages
             json_payload = json.dumps(payload, indent=None, default=pydantic_encoder)
             headers = {**self.headers, "Content-Type": "application/json"}
             response = requests.post(url, data=json_payload, headers=headers, timeout=timeout)
diff --git a/codeflash/code_utils/code_utils.py b/codeflash/code_utils/code_utils.py
index 82a5b979..0c860298 100644
--- a/codeflash/code_utils/code_utils.py
+++ b/codeflash/code_utils/code_utils.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from functools import lru_cache
 from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import tomlkit
 
@@ -19,8 +20,12 @@
 ImportErrorPattern = re.compile(r"ModuleNotFoundError.*$", re.MULTILINE)
 
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from collections.abc import Generator
+
+
 @contextmanager
-def custom_addopts() -> None:
+def custom_addopts() -> Generator[None, None, None]:
     pyproject_file = find_pyproject_toml()
     original_content = None
     non_blacklist_plugin_args = ""
@@ -58,7 +63,7 @@ def custom_addopts() -> None:
 
 
 @contextmanager
-def add_addopts_to_pyproject() -> None:
+def add_addopts_to_pyproject() -> Generator[None, None, None]:
     pyproject_file = find_pyproject_toml()
     original_content = None
     try:
@@ -220,3 +225,41 @@ def exit_with_message(message: str, *, error_on_exit: bool = False) -> None:
     paneled_text(message, panel_args={"style": "red"})
 
     sys.exit(1 if error_on_exit else 0)
+
+
+blacklist_installed_pkgs = {
+    "codeflash",
+    "pytest",
+    "coverage",
+    "__",  # this is for private packages  or ones that contain "__" in order to mangle names i.e 3204bda914b7f2c6f497__mypyc
+    "setuptools",
+    "pip",
+    "wheel",
+    "importlib_metadata",
+    "importlib_resources",
+    "isort",
+    "black",
+    "tomlkit",
+    "stubs",
+}
+
+
+def get_installed_packages() -> list[str]:
+    try:
+        try:
+            import importlib.metadata as importlib_metadata
+        except ImportError:
+            import importlib_metadata
+    except ImportError:
+        return []
+
+    try:
+        pkgs = importlib_metadata.packages_distributions().keys()
+    except AttributeError:
+        pkgs = [dist.metadata.get("Name", "") for dist in importlib_metadata.distributions()]
+
+    return [
+        pkg
+        for pkg in pkgs
+        if pkg and not pkg.startswith("_") and not any(blacklisted in pkg for blacklisted in blacklist_installed_pkgs)
+    ]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3a990197..e056740f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ ignore = [
     "S301",
     "D104",
     "PERF203",
-    "LOG015"
+    "LOG015",
+    "PLC0415"
 ]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.flake8-type-checking]