diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 291164c..c2106df 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,10 @@
 # Mudpuppy skills (not tracked)
 claude/skills/mudpuppy-implementation-review/
 claude/skills/mudpuppy-pr-review/
+
+# Python bytecode cache
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+
+# htop runtime history
+htop/htop_history
diff --git a/htop/htop_history b/htop/htop_history
deleted file mode 100644
index fdc793e..0000000
--- a/htop/htop_history
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-python