diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6766b82..f370794 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@ CLAUDE.md
 # site-specific SLURM orchestration -- not portable, kept out of the GitHub repo
 /scripts/*.sbatch
 /scripts/*.sh
+/experimental/
+/slurm_logs/
+/.claude/