diff --git a/.cursor/cli.json b/.cursor/cli.json
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+{
+  "version": 1,
+  "permissions": {
+    "allow": [],
+    "deny": []
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.cursorignore b/.cursorignore
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+# Secrets and local env
+.env*
+
+# Python virtual environments
+**/.venv
+
+# JavaScript dependencies
+node_modules/
+
+# Test coverage HTML reports
+htmlcov/
+**/htmlcov/
+
+# Generated OpenAPI TypeScript client
+frontend/src/client/