diff --git a/.claude/settings.local.json b/.claude/settings.local.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a2947a6..0000000
--- a/.claude/settings.local.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "permissions": {
-    "allow": [
-      "Bash(git checkout:*)",
-      "Bash(git branch:*)"
-    ]
-  }
-}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d5011f1..2f6d584 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ secrets/
 *.sqlite
 *.sqlite3
 
+# ============================================================
+# Claude Code local settings
+# ============================================================
+.claude/settings.local.json
+
 # ============================================================
 # OS / Editor / IDE cruft
 # ============================================================