diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 72f641f..5f071b1 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,3 +15,10 @@ yarn.lock
 ### matching
 !dist/.gitkeep
 !dist/README.md
+
+# machine-local symlink to ORESoftware/my-ai AGENTS.md; never committed
+.ores/
+
+# Repository-local temporary data and authorized Git worktrees
+tmp/
+temp/