diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2af45b5..c0abeb1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,3 +19,9 @@
 # Workspace auth tokens
 .auth-token
 .auth_token
+# Python bytecode (append only — do not remove entries above)
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+.pytest_cache/