Ignore Patterns

Overview

Use .coding-friend/ignore to prevent the Claude agent from accessing sensitive, large, or irrelevant files and directories.

File Format

Create .coding-friend/ignore in your project root. Each line is a glob pattern (similar to .gitignore).

Common Patterns

# Dependencies
node_modules/
vendor/
.venv/

# Build artifacts
dist/
build/
.next/
out/

# Python cache
__pycache__/
*.pyc

# Database files
*.db
*.sqlite

# Temporary files
tmp/
temp/
.DS_Store

Pattern Syntax

• Use / for directory separators
• * matches any characters except /
• **/ matches any directory depth
• End with / to match only directories
• Start with ! to negate (allow) a pattern

Example

# Block all of node_modules except important config
node_modules/
!node_modules/package-lock.json

# Block Python virtual environments
venv/
.venv/
__pycache__/

# Block generated code
dist/
build/

Agent tools will skip any files matching these patterns, improving performance and privacy.