diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e5531ed..180530c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ nerve.pid
 nerve.sock
 false/
 *.db
+
+# build output
+senses/*/index.js
+workflows/*/dist/
diff --git a/workflows/develop-sense/.gitignore b/workflows/develop-sense/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 849ddff..0000000
--- a/workflows/develop-sense/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-dist/
diff --git a/workflows/develop-workflow/.gitignore b/workflows/develop-workflow/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 849ddff..0000000
--- a/workflows/develop-workflow/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-dist/
diff --git a/workflows/knowledge-extraction/.gitignore b/workflows/knowledge-extraction/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 2194e3f..0000000
--- a/workflows/knowledge-extraction/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-node_modules/
-dist/
-false/
diff --git a/workflows/solve-issue/.gitignore b/workflows/solve-issue/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 849ddff..0000000
--- a/workflows/solve-issue/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-dist/