diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 060ed2c..c613fc9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ Thumbs.db
 /Docs/data-inventory.md
 /Docs/environment.md
 /Docs/reference-notes-hollywood.md
-/.agents/skills/blender-skills/
+
+# leave skills out of repo
+/.agents/skills/
 
 # Blender/Blosm working caches
 /Art/blender/.cache/