Add canonical policy dotfiles, harden both ignore files (closes #8)

REPO_POLICIES.md lists the files every repo must contain at minimum;
four were missing here and .gitignore covered only Hugo's outputs.

REPO_POLICIES.md is a byte-identical copy of the canonical file in the
prompts repo, YAML front matter (title, last_modified) intact so it can
be diffed against upstream as policy evolves. It is not clean under this
repo's prettier settings, so the reformat is the next commit rather than
churn mixed in here; the byte-identical copy is what landed.

.editorconfig, .prettierrc and .prettierignore are the canonical
contents. script/fmt and script/fmt-check keep passing --tab-width 4
--prose-wrap always on the command line: the duplication is deliberate
so the scripts still work standalone when copied as a template, and the
values agree, so adding .prettierrc changes nothing about what make fmt
does.

.gitignore keeps its three Hugo lines and gains the canonical
OS/editor/node/secrets block plus .claude/. The secrets patterns are the
point: a stray .env or private key can no longer be committed by a broad
git add. .claude/ holds worktrees/, so without it a clean checkout with
agent tooling present is not git status-clean.

.dockerignore gains the same coverage but not the same syntax. It does
not use .gitignore semantics: it matches with Go's filepath.Match rules
extended with **, where * does not cross / and an unprefixed pattern is
anchored at the context root. A bare *.key therefore excludes
./server.key and ships ./certs/server.key into the image, which is worse
than an obviously incomplete file because it reads as complete. Every
depth-independent pattern here carries an explicit **/ prefix; only the
entries that are genuinely root-anchored by definition go bare - .git,
Hugo's public and resources output directories, and .hugo_build.lock.
The distinction is spelled out in a comment at the top of the file so
the next edit does not quietly undo it.

Excluding .claude/ also keeps entire additional checkouts of this repo
out of the build context, which the Dockerfile's COPY . . would
otherwise copy into the image.

Verified by planting .env, server.key, deep.pem and node_modules two
directories deep and building: with the patterns unprefixed all of them
reach /src in the image, with **/ none do. Root-only testing does not
exercise this and produces a false pass.

.dockerignore

@@ -1,4 +1,41 @@
+# NOTE: .dockerignore does NOT use .gitignore semantics. It matches with
+# Go's filepath.Match rules extended with `**`: `*` does not cross `/`,
+# and an unprefixed pattern is anchored at the context root. So a bare
+# `*.key` would exclude ./server.key but happily ship ./certs/server.key
+# into the image, and a bare `node_modules` would exclude only a
+# top-level one. Every depth-independent pattern below therefore carries
+# an explicit `**/` prefix. The only unprefixed entries are the ones that
+# are genuinely root-anchored: the repo's own .git, Hugo's output
+# directories, and Hugo's build lock, all of which exist at the context
+# root by definition.
+
+# Repo and Hugo outputs (root-anchored on purpose)
 .git
 public
 resources
 .hugo_build.lock
+
+# OS
+**/.DS_Store
+**/Thumbs.db
+
+# Editors
+**/*.swp
+**/*.swo
+**/*~
+**/*.bak
+**/.idea
+**/.vscode
+**/*.sublime-*
+
+# Node
+**/node_modules
+
+# Environment / secrets
+**/.env
+**/.env.*
+**/*.pem
+**/*.key
+
+# Agent tooling (holds worktrees/, i.e. entire additional checkouts)
+**/.claude

.editorconfig

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+root = true
+
+[*]
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 4
+end_of_line = lf
+charset = utf-8
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+insert_final_newline = true
+
+[Makefile]
+indent_style = tab

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,29 @@
+# Hugo
 /public/
 /resources/
 .hugo_build.lock
+
+# OS
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Editors
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*~
+*.bak
+.idea/
+.vscode/
+*.sublime-*
+
+# Node
+node_modules/
+
+# Environment / secrets
+.env
+.env.*
+*.pem
+*.key
+
+# Agent tooling
+.claude/

.prettierignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+node_modules/
+yarn.lock

.prettierrc

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "tabWidth": 4,
+    "proseWrap": "always"
+}

REPO_POLICIES.md

@@ -0,0 +1,411 @@
+---
+title: Repository Policies
+last_modified: 2026-08-07
+---
+
+This document covers repository structure, tooling, and workflow standards. Code
+style conventions are in separate documents:
+
+- [Code Styleguide](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/raw/branch/main/prompts/CODE_STYLEGUIDE.md)
+  (general, bash, Docker)
+- [Go](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/raw/branch/main/prompts/CODE_STYLEGUIDE_GO.md)
+- [JavaScript](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/raw/branch/main/prompts/CODE_STYLEGUIDE_JS.md)
+- [Python](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/raw/branch/main/prompts/CODE_STYLEGUIDE_PYTHON.md)
+- [Go HTTP Server Conventions](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/raw/branch/main/prompts/GO_HTTP_SERVER_CONVENTIONS.md)
+
+---
+
+- Cross-project documentation (such as this file) must include
+  `last_modified: YYYY-MM-DD` in the YAML front matter so it can be kept in sync
+  with the authoritative source as policies evolve.
+
+- **ALL external references must be pinned by cryptographic hash.** This
+  includes Docker base images, Go modules, npm packages, GitHub Actions, and
+  anything else fetched from a remote source. Version tags (`@v4`, `@latest`,
+  `:3.21`, etc.) are server-mutable and therefore remote code execution
+  vulnerabilities. The ONLY acceptable way to reference an external dependency
+  is by its content hash (Docker `@sha256:...`, Go module hash in `go.sum`, npm
+  integrity hash in lockfile, GitHub Actions `@<commit-sha>`). No exceptions.
+  This also means never `curl | bash` to install tools like pyenv, nvm, rustup,
+  etc. Instead, download a specific release archive from GitHub, verify its hash
+  (hardcoded in the Dockerfile or script), and only then install. Unverified
+  install scripts are arbitrary remote code execution. This is the single most
+  important rule in this document. Double-check every external reference in
+  every file before committing. There are zero exceptions to this rule.
+
+- Every repo with software must have a root `Makefile` with these targets:
+  `make bootstrap`, `make setup`, `make test`, `make lint`, `make fmt` (writes),
+  `make fmt-check` (read-only), `make check` (runs `test`, `lint`, `fmt-check`),
+  `make docker`, and `make hooks` (installs pre-commit hook). A model Makefile
+  is at `https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/raw/branch/main/Makefile`.
+
+- Repos follow the
+  [Scripts to Rule Them All](https://github.com/github/scripts-to-rule-them-all)
+  pattern: the implementation of each Makefile target lives in an executable
+  script in `script/` (`script/bootstrap`, `script/setup`, `script/test`,
+  `script/lint`, `script/fmt`, `script/fmt-check`, `script/check`,
+  `script/docker`), and the Makefile targets are thin shims that call them. The
+  scripts must be POSIX sh (`#!/bin/sh`, `set -eu`, no bashisms) so they run in
+  minimal containers (e.g. alpine images have no bash); locate the repo root
+  with `$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)` and `cd` there before acting. From
+  the standard's canonical set we use `bootstrap`, `setup` (make the repo ready
+  for development after a fresh clone: runs `bootstrap`, then
+  `install-precommit`, plus any repo-specific initialization), `test`, and
+  `cibuild`. `script/bootstrap` installs all dependencies idempotently and
+  assumes nothing is present: base tools come from nix, apt, brew, or apk
+  (detected in that order; apt runs noninteractive). For node it uses the
+  installed node if present; otherwise it installs a PINNED node version via
+  nvm, first installing nvm itself if missing — from a hash-verified GitHub
+  release archive (never `curl | sh`), with bash installed as an explicit
+  prerequisite since nvm requires bash. yarn is then pinned via
+  `corepack prepare yarn@<version> --activate`. Never install "latest" or "lts";
+  always exact versions. `script/cibuild` runs the CI build: it changes to the
+  repo root and runs `docker build .`; the Gitea workflow calls it. Four further
+  scripts are our own extensions to the standard: `script/check` runs
+  `script/test`, `script/lint`, and `script/fmt-check`; `script/precommit` is
+  what the git pre-commit hook runs, and it calls `script/check`;
+  `script/install-precommit` installs the git pre-commit hook (the `make hooks`
+  target shims to it); and `script/projectname` (literally that filename) simply
+  outputs the project's name. Scripts that need the name call
+  `script/projectname` — e.g. `script/docker` assembles its image tag from it —
+  so those scripts stay byte-identical across all repos. Repo-type-specific
+  pre-commit extras (e.g. `go mod tidy` verification in Go repos) belong in
+  `script/precommit`, not in the hook itself. Model scripts are at
+  `https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/raw/branch/main/script/<name>`. The README
+  must document the provided scripts in an **Entrypoints** section (see the
+  README requirements below).
+
+- Always use Makefile targets (`make fmt`, `make test`, `make lint`, etc.)
+  instead of invoking the underlying tools directly. The Makefile is the single
+  source of truth for how these operations are run.
+
+- The Makefile is authoritative documentation for how the repo is used. Beyond
+  the required targets above, it should have targets for every common operation:
+  running a local development server (`make run`, `make dev`), re-initializing
+  or migrating the database (`make db-reset`, `make migrate`), building
+  artifacts (`make build`), generating code, seeding data, or anything else a
+  developer would do regularly. If someone checks out the repo and types
+  `make<tab>`, they should see every meaningful operation available. A new
+  contributor should be able to understand the entire development workflow by
+  reading the Makefile.
+
+- Every repo should have a `Dockerfile`. All Dockerfiles must run `make check`
+  as a build step so the build fails if the branch is not green. For non-server
+  repos, the Dockerfile should bring up a development environment and run
+  `make check`. For server repos, `make check` should run as an early build
+  stage before the final image is assembled. Dockerfiles install development
+  prerequisites by running `script/bootstrap` rather than duplicating installs
+  inline; COPY `script/` and the dependency manifests (`package.json` +
+  `yarn.lock`, `go.mod` + `go.sum`, etc.) before running it so the bootstrap
+  layer stays cached until dependencies change.
+
+- **Dockerfiles must use a separate lint stage for fail-fast feedback.** Go
+  repos use a multistage build where linting runs in an independent stage based
+  on the `golangci/golangci-lint` image (pinned by hash). This stage runs
+  `make fmt-check` and `make lint` before the full build begins. The build stage
+  then declares an explicit dependency on the lint stage via
+  `COPY --from=lint /src/go.sum /dev/null`, which forces BuildKit to complete
+  linting before proceeding to compilation and tests. This ensures lint failures
+  surface in seconds rather than minutes, without blocking on dependency
+  download or compilation in the build stage.
+
+    The standard pattern for a Go repo Dockerfile is:
+
+    ```dockerfile
+    # Lint stage — fast feedback on formatting and lint issues
+    # golangci/golangci-lint:v2.x.x, YYYY-MM-DD
+    FROM golangci/golangci-lint@sha256:... AS lint
+    WORKDIR /src
+    COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+    RUN go mod download
+    COPY . .
+    RUN make fmt-check
+    RUN make lint
+
+    # Build stage
+    # golang:1.x-alpine, YYYY-MM-DD
+    FROM golang@sha256:... AS builder
+    WORKDIR /src
+
+    # Force BuildKit to run the lint stage before proceeding
+    COPY --from=lint /src/go.sum /dev/null
+
+    COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+    RUN go mod download
+    COPY . .
+    RUN make test
+
+    ARG VERSION=dev
+    RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -trimpath \
+        -ldflags="-s -w -X main.Version=${VERSION}" \
+        -o /app ./cmd/app/
+
+    # Runtime stage
+    FROM alpine@sha256:...
+    COPY --from=builder /app /usr/local/bin/app
+    ENTRYPOINT ["app"]
+    ```
+
+    Key points:
+    - The lint stage uses the `golangci/golangci-lint` image directly (it
+      includes both Go and the linter), so there is no need to install the
+      linter separately.
+    - `COPY --from=lint /src/go.sum /dev/null` is a no-op file copy that creates
+      a stage dependency. BuildKit runs stages in parallel by default; without
+      this line, the build stage would not wait for lint to finish and a lint
+      failure might not fail the overall build.
+    - If the project uses `//go:embed` directives that reference build artifacts
+      (e.g. a web frontend compiled in a separate stage), the lint stage must
+      create placeholder files so the embed directives resolve. Example:
+      `RUN mkdir -p web/dist && touch web/dist/index.html web/dist/style.css`.
+      The lint stage should not depend on the actual build output — it exists to
+      fail fast.
+    - If the project requires CGO or system libraries for linting (e.g.
+      `vips-dev`), install them in the lint stage with `apk add`.
+    - The build stage runs `make test` after compilation setup. Tests run in the
+      build stage, not the lint stage, because they may require compiled
+      artifacts or heavier dependencies.
+
+- Every repo should have a Gitea Actions workflow (`.gitea/workflows/`) that
+  runs `script/cibuild` (which runs `docker build .`) on push. Since the
+  Dockerfile already runs `make check`, a successful build implies all checks
+  pass.
+
+- Use platform-standard formatters: `black` for Python, `prettier` for
+  JS/CSS/Markdown/HTML, `go fmt` for Go. Always use default configuration with
+  two exceptions: four-space indents (except Go), and `proseWrap: always` for
+  Markdown (hard-wrap at 80 columns). Documentation and writing repos (Markdown,
+  HTML, CSS) should also have `.prettierrc` and `.prettierignore`.
+
+- Pre-commit hook: runs `script/precommit`, which calls `script/check`. If local
+  testing is not possible in the repo, `script/precommit` may skip `script/test`
+  and run only `script/lint` and `script/fmt-check`. The hook is installed by
+  `script/install-precommit`; the Makefile must provide a `make hooks` target
+  that shims to it.
+
+- All repos with software must have tests that run via the platform-standard
+  test framework (`go test`, `pytest`, `jest`/`vitest`, etc.). If no meaningful
+  tests exist yet, add the most minimal test possible — e.g. importing the
+  module under test to verify it compiles/parses. There is no excuse for
+  `make test` to be a no-op.
+
+- `make test` must complete in under 20 seconds. Add a 30-second timeout in the
+  Makefile.
+
+- **`make test` should use the conditional verbose rerun pattern.** Run tests
+  without `-v` (verbose) first. If tests fail, automatically rerun with `-v` to
+  show full output. This keeps CI logs and `docker build` output clean on
+  success (just package/suite summaries) while providing full diagnostic detail
+  on failure (every test case, every assertion). The general shell pattern:
+
+    ```makefile
+    test:
+    	@<test-command> || \
+    		{ echo "--- Rerunning with -v for details ---"; \
+    		  <test-command-with-v>; exit 1; }
+    ```
+
+    Go example:
+
+    ```makefile
+    test:
+    	@go test -timeout 30s -race -cover ./... || \
+    		{ echo "--- Rerunning with -v for details ---"; \
+    		  go test -timeout 30s -race -v ./...; exit 1; }
+    ```
+
+    Python example:
+
+    ```makefile
+    test:
+    	@python -m pytest || \
+    		{ echo "--- Rerunning with -v for details ---"; \
+    		  python -m pytest -v; exit 1; }
+    ```
+
+    The `exit 1` ensures the target always fails after a rerun — the first run
+    already proved the tests are broken, so the build must not pass even if a
+    flaky test happens to succeed on the second attempt. The rerun exists solely
+    for diagnostic output.
+
+- Docker builds must complete in under 5 minutes.
+
+- `make check` must not modify any files in the repo. Tests may use temporary
+  directories.
+
+- `main` must always pass `make check`, no exceptions.
+
+- Never commit secrets. `.env` files, credentials, API keys, and private keys
+  must be in `.gitignore`. No exceptions.
+
+- `.gitignore` should be comprehensive from the start: OS files (`.DS_Store`),
+  editor files (`.swp`, `*~`), language build artifacts, and `node_modules/`.
+  Fetch the standard `.gitignore` from
+  `https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/raw/branch/main/.gitignore` when setting up
+  a new repo.
+
+- **No build artifacts in version control.** Code-derived data (compiled
+  bundles, minified output, generated assets) must never be committed to the
+  repository if it can be avoided. The build process (e.g. Dockerfile, Makefile)
+  should generate these at build time. Notable exception: Go protobuf generated
+  files (`.pb.go`) ARE committed because repos need to work with `go get`, which
+  downloads code but does not execute code generation.
+
+- Never use `git add -A` or `git add .`. Always stage files explicitly by name.
+
+- Never force-push to `main`.
+
+- Make all changes on a feature branch. You can do whatever you want on a
+  feature branch.
+
+- `.golangci.yml` is standardized and must _NEVER_ be modified by an agent, only
+  manually by the user. Fetch from
+  `https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/raw/branch/main/.golangci.yml`. The
+  canonical golangci-lint version is v2.12.2 (released 2026-05-06), installed
+  commit-pinned via
+  `go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2/cmd/golangci-lint@c0d3ddc9cf3faa61a4e378e879ece580256d76e5`.
+
+- When pinning images or packages by hash, add a comment above the reference
+  with the version and date (YYYY-MM-DD).
+
+- Use `yarn`, not `npm`.
+
+- Write all dates as YYYY-MM-DD (ISO 8601).
+
+- Simple projects should be configured with environment variables.
+
+- Dockerized web services listen on port 8080 by default, overridable with
+  `PORT`.
+
+- **HTTP/web services must be hardened for production internet exposure before
+  tagging 1.0.** This means full compliance with security best practices
+  including, without limitation, all of the following:
+    - **Security headers** on every response:
+        - `Strict-Transport-Security` (HSTS) with `max-age` of at least one year
+          and `includeSubDomains`.
+        - `Content-Security-Policy` (CSP) with a restrictive default policy
+          (`default-src 'self'` as a baseline, tightened per-resource as
+          needed). Never use `unsafe-inline` or `unsafe-eval` unless
+          unavoidable, and document the reason.
+        - `X-Frame-Options: DENY` (or `SAMEORIGIN` if framing is required).
+          Prefer the `frame-ancestors` CSP directive as the primary control.
+        - `X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff`.
+        - `Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin` (or stricter).
+        - `Permissions-Policy` restricting access to browser features the
+          application does not use (camera, microphone, geolocation, etc.).
+    - **Request and response limits:**
+        - Maximum request body size enforced on all endpoints (e.g. Go
+          `http.MaxBytesReader`). Choose a sane default per-route; never accept
+          unbounded input.
+        - Maximum response body size where applicable (e.g. paginated APIs).
+        - `ReadTimeout` and `ReadHeaderTimeout` on the `http.Server` to defend
+          against slowloris attacks.
+        - `WriteTimeout` on the `http.Server`.
+        - `IdleTimeout` on the `http.Server`.
+        - Per-handler execution time limits via `context.WithTimeout` or
+          chi/stdlib `middleware.Timeout`.
+    - **Authentication and session security:**
+        - Rate limiting on password-based authentication endpoints. API keys are
+          high-entropy and not susceptible to brute force, so they are exempt.
+        - CSRF tokens on all state-mutating HTML forms. API endpoints
+          authenticated via `Authorization` header (Bearer token, API key) are
+          exempt because the browser does not attach these automatically.
+        - Passwords stored using bcrypt, scrypt, or argon2 — never plain-text,
+          MD5, or SHA.
+        - Session cookies set with `HttpOnly`, `Secure`, and `SameSite=Lax` (or
+          `Strict`) attributes.
+    - **Reverse proxy awareness:**
+        - True client IP detection when behind a reverse proxy
+          (`X-Forwarded-For`, `X-Real-IP`). The application must accept
+          forwarded headers only from a configured set of trusted proxy
+          addresses — never trust `X-Forwarded-For` unconditionally.
+    - **CORS:**
+        - Authenticated endpoints must restrict `Access-Control-Allow-Origin` to
+          an explicit allowlist of known origins. Wildcard (`*`) is acceptable
+          only for public, unauthenticated read-only APIs.
+    - **Error handling:**
+        - Internal errors must never leak stack traces, SQL queries, file paths,
+          or other implementation details to the client. Return generic error
+          messages in production; detailed errors only when `DEBUG` is enabled.
+    - **TLS:**
+        - Services never terminate TLS directly. They are always deployed behind
+          a TLS-terminating reverse proxy. The service itself listens on plain
+          HTTP. However, HSTS headers and `Secure` cookie flags must still be
+          set by the application so that the browser enforces HTTPS end-to-end.
+
+    This list is non-exhaustive. Apply defense-in-depth: if a standard security
+    hardening measure exists for HTTP services and is not listed here, it is
+    still expected. When in doubt, harden.
+
+- `README.md` is the primary documentation. Required sections:
+    - **Description**: First line must include the project name, purpose,
+      category (web server, SPA, CLI tool, etc.), license, and author. Example:
+      "µPaaS is an MIT-licensed Go web application by @sneak that receives
+      git-frontend webhooks and deploys applications via Docker in realtime."
+    - **Getting Started**: Copy-pasteable install/usage code block.
+    - **Entrypoints**: Opens by stating that the repo adheres to the
+      [Scripts to Rule Them All](https://github.com/github/scripts-to-rule-them-all)
+      standard (with that link), then documents each provided `script/`
+      entrypoint and its purpose.
+    - **Rationale**: Why does this exist?
+    - **Design**: How is the program structured?
+    - **TODO**: Update meticulously, even between commits. When planning, put
+      the todo list in the README so a new agent can pick up where the last one
+      left off.
+    - **License**: MIT, GPL, or WTFPL. Ask the user for new projects. Include a
+      `LICENSE` file in the repo root and a License section in the README.
+    - **Author**: [@sneak](https://sneak.berlin).
+
+- First commit of a new repo should contain only `README.md`.
+
+- Go module root: `sneak.berlin/go/<name>`. Always run `go mod tidy` before
+  committing.
+
+- Use SemVer.
+
+- Database migrations live in `internal/db/migrations/` and must be embedded in
+  the binary.
+    - `000_migration.sql` — contains ONLY the creation of the migrations
+      tracking table itself. Nothing else.
+    - `001_schema.sql` — the full application schema.
+    - **Pre-1.0.0:** never add additional migration files (002, 003, etc.).
+      There is no installed base to migrate. Edit `001_schema.sql` directly.
+    - **Post-1.0.0:** add new numbered migration files for each schema change.
+      Never edit existing migrations after release.
+
+- All repos should have an `.editorconfig` enforcing the project's indentation
+  settings.
+
+- Avoid putting files in the repo root unless necessary. Root should contain
+  only project-level config files (`README.md`, `Makefile`, `Dockerfile`,
+  `LICENSE`, `.gitignore`, `.editorconfig`, `REPO_POLICIES.md`, and
+  language-specific config). Everything else goes in a subdirectory. Canonical
+  subdirectory names:
+    - `bin/` — executable scripts and tools
+    - `cmd/` — Go command entrypoints
+    - `configs/` — configuration templates and examples
+    - `deploy/` — deployment manifests (k8s, compose, terraform)
+    - `docs/` — documentation and markdown (README.md stays in root)
+    - `internal/` — Go internal packages
+    - `internal/db/migrations/` — database migrations
+    - `pkg/` — Go library packages
+    - `share/` — systemd units, data files
+    - `static/` — static assets (images, fonts, etc.)
+    - `web/` — web frontend source
+
+- When setting up a new repo, files from the `prompts` repo may be used as
+  templates. Fetch them from
+  `https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/prompts/raw/branch/main/<path>`.
+
+- New repos must contain at minimum:
+    - `README.md`, `.git`, `.gitignore`, `.editorconfig`
+    - `LICENSE`, `REPO_POLICIES.md` (copy from the `prompts` repo)
+    - `Makefile`
+    - `script/` entrypoints (`bootstrap`, `setup`, `projectname`, `test`,
+      `lint`, `fmt`, `fmt-check`, `check`, `docker`, `cibuild`, `precommit`,
+      `install-precommit`)
+    - `Dockerfile`, `.dockerignore`
+    - `.gitea/workflows/check.yml`
+    - Go: `go.mod`, `go.sum`, `.golangci.yml`
+    - JS: `package.json`, `yarn.lock`, `.prettierrc`, `.prettierignore`
+    - Python: `pyproject.toml`

TODO.md

@@ -13,20 +13,41 @@
 pre-1.0
 
 No git tags. The site is live and now has the scripts-to-rule-them-all scaffold
-(`Makefile`, `script/`, `Dockerfile`, `check.yml`); still missing `LICENSE` and
+(`Makefile`, `script/`, `Dockerfile`, `check.yml`) and the canonical policy
-policy files. Every external reference in the repo is now pinned by
+dotfiles; `LICENSE` is the only mandated file still missing. Every external
-cryptographic hash (or, for the wrangler CLI install, an exact version), and the
+reference in the repo is now pinned by cryptographic hash (or, for the wrangler
-Hugo that builds the published site is a deliberate pinned version rather than
+CLI install, an exact version), and the Hugo that builds the published site is a
-whatever the base image's package repo serves.
+deliberate pinned version rather than whatever the base image's package repo
+serves.
 
 # Next Step
 
-Add the remaining policy scaffold: `LICENSE`, `REPO_POLICIES.md`,
+Add `LICENSE` (#10) and replace the README's "content is provided as-is" note
-`.editorconfig`, and prettier config files (`.prettierrc`, `.prettierignore`).
+with the committed license. Blocked on the owner's choice of license — the
-Update `README.md` accordingly.
+remaining policy scaffold is otherwise complete.
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-08-09: added the canonical policy dotfiles and hardened both ignore files
+  (closes #8). `REPO_POLICIES.md` is a byte-identical copy of the canonical
+  `prompts` file, front matter intact; `.editorconfig`, `.prettierrc` and
+  `.prettierignore` are the canonical contents. `.gitignore` keeps its three
+  Hugo lines and gains the OS/editor/node/secrets block plus `.claude/`, so a
+  clean checkout with agent tooling present is `git status`-clean and a stray
+  key or `.env` can no longer be committed. `.dockerignore` gained the same
+  coverage but **not** the same syntax: it matches with Go's `filepath.Match`
+  rules extended with `**`, where `*` does not cross `/` and an unprefixed
+  pattern is anchored at the context root, so every depth-independent pattern
+  carries an explicit `**/` prefix and only the genuinely root-anchored entries
+  (`.git`, `public`, `resources`, `.hugo_build.lock`) go bare. Verified by
+  planting `.env`, `*.key`, `*.pem` and `node_modules` two directories deep: the
+  unprefixed form shipped all of them into the image and the `**/` form ships
+  none. Excluding `.claude/` also takes `worktrees/` — entire additional
+  checkouts of this repo — out of the build context; #23's two-consecutive-run
+  proof was re-run against the smaller context, since that issue was validated
+  against the old one. Note the canonical upstream `REPO_POLICIES.md` is not
+  clean under this repo's prettier settings, so the reformat is a separate
+  follow-up commit rather than churn mixed into this one
 - 2026-08-09: stopped `script/cibuild` reporting a green it never earned (closes
   #23). `COPY . .` is keyed on content, so on an unchanged tree Docker served
   `RUN make check` from cache: the checks never executed and the build still
@@ -124,8 +145,8 @@ Update `README.md` accordingly.
 - Rework README.md into the standard sections: Description, Getting Started,
   Rationale, Design, TODO, License, Author (currently About, Contributing,
   Technical Details, License)
-- Replace the "content is provided as-is" README note with the text of the
+- Sync the reformat of `REPO_POLICIES.md` back upstream to `prompts` so the
-  committed LICENSE
+  canonical copy is clean under the shared prettier settings and future syncs
-- Expand .gitignore beyond Hugo outputs (OS and editor files)
+  are a straight byte copy
 - Verify the Cloudflare Pages deploy still works after the workflow changes
 - Keep mesh channel and signal group listings current