diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b4c8a3a..14e7748 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,22 +1,34 @@
+# Secrets and user config
 .env
 .env_backup
-*.mp3
-build/
-dist/
+config/
 settings.json
 
-resampled_last_output.wav
-temp_speech_output.wav
-esampled_temp_speech_output.wav
-last_output.wav
-output.wav
-**output.wav
+# Runtime caches
+edge_tts_voices_cache.json
 
-.vs
-vs/
-.zip
+# TTS / audio outputs (project root only; assets/ is tracked)
+/*.wav
+/*.mp3
 
-config/
+# Python
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+*.pyd
+*$py.class
+.venv/
+venv/
+env/
+.pytest_cache/
+.mypy_cache/
+*.egg-info/
 
-**/__pycache__/
-**__pycache__** 
\ No newline at end of file
+# Build artifacts
+build/
+dist/
+*.zip
+
+# IDE / editor
+.vs/
+.claude/