diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
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--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ page.
 
 This file is the project sittenkodex. It imports the universal discipline
 from `~/dev/skills/templates/CLAUDE.md.fragment` and adds DocSite's domain
-invariants. Per-cycle specs (`docs/specs/`) and plans (`docs/plans/`) are
-ephemeral working artifacts, git-tracked while their cycle is live and
-removed (`git rm`) at cycle close.
+invariants.
 
 ## Roles
 
diff --git a/docs/.gitignore b/docs/.gitignore
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@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Per-cycle working artifacts — git-ignored, never committed.
+# Present on disk for the active cycle, rm'd at cycle close.
+# See ~/dev/skills/docs/conventions.md § Lifecycle.
+specs/
+plans/