diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2fce2ac10ae9a7..5ecdde8ee32ce9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ Python/frozen_modules/MANIFEST
 
 # Local AI agent scratch state (per-PR and per-branch notebooks, sandbox
 # experiments) and personal agent overrides, none of which are committed.
+/do-not-commit/
 /.claude/pr-*
 /.claude/branch-*
 /.claude/sandbox/