diff --git a/.docguardignore b/.docguardignore
index 02f709c..2b014ba 100644
--- a/.docguardignore
+++ b/.docguardignore
@@ -49,3 +49,4 @@ base-research/**
 # comments are not project TODOs, so exclude them from TODO/surface validation.
 src/websec_validator/templates/probes/**
 .claude/**
+.specify/
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3a7a031..87998e6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ build/
 *.env
 
 .DS_Store
+.specify/