diff --git a/.aiderignore b/.aiderignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b80c459446
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.aiderignore
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Build artifacts
+buildroot/
+*.o
+*.a
+*.so
+*.dylib
+*.dll
+*.exe
+
+# Web assets
+*.min.js
+*.min.css
+
+# Generated files
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+.DS_Store
+
+# IDE files
+.vscode/
+.idea/
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a41bfe38cf..daa5c5c288 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -170,4 +170,5 @@ tags
 *.logs
 *.bak
 .aider*
+!.aiderignore
 .env