diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c9f1662..4f86d8e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 *.swp
 *.bak
 *~
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
 
 # postmortem skill output — reports are per-run artifacts, not tracked
 docs/postmortems/