diff --git a/.claude/settings.json b/.claude/settings.json
index 5f05f3f1c..24e507468 100644
--- a/.claude/settings.json
+++ b/.claude/settings.json
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "autoMemoryDirectory": "/home/jeroenschweitzer/Projects/settled-reach/.memory",
   "env": {
     "CLAUDE_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_AGENT_TEAMS": "1"
   },
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index afca18310..984912f72 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ Thumbs.db
 wiki/economics/corporations/generated_brands.toml
 wiki/economics/corporations/generated_corporations.toml
 
+# Git worktrees (per-machine, created under the repo root)
+.worktrees/
+
 # Claude Code internals (plans, session transcripts)
 # Note: .claude/agents/, .claude/skills/, and .claude/settings.json ARE tracked
 .claude/plans/