From 065afee1bfbf6315cbd27bd52e306f72e70bcd05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Will Anderson <will@neuralplatform.ai>
Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 03:13:58 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?clean=20up=20.gitignore=20=E2=80=94=20remove=20?=
 =?UTF-8?q?Python=20entries,=20clarify=20excludes?=
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 .gitignore | 23 +++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2ac0a3b..94b2c18 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,22 +1,17 @@
-# Build output
+# Build artifacts
 dist/
-*.c
-forge
 
-# Probe data — never commit consciousness signal
-*.forge
-seed.json
-*.seed
+# Probe responses — never commit consciousness signal data
+probes/*.forge
 
-# Engram imprint data — binary snapshots, not committed
+# Engram databases — binary runtime data, soul-specific
 imprints/
-log/
-sandboxes/
 
-# Python
-scripts/__pycache__/
-*.pyc
-*.pyo
+# Soul process logs
+log/
+
+# Sandbox runtime state
+sandboxes/
 
 # OS
 .DS_Store