[FEATURE] Why don't you support .llmignore to ignore files / folder for context search. This is along the lines of .gitignore for git

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened May 2, 2026 by PKshresthaAtCotiviti Closed May 5, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing requests and this feature hasn't been requested yet
  • [x] This is a single feature request (not multiple features)

Problem Statement

not having standard way to ignore certain folders where I don't want llm to read using his grep / bash commands.

Proposed Solution

Having to ignore certain folder / files pattern that that askes claude code to not read /write can be handled via .llmignore.
It's petty much standard so I am not sure why this feature is not yet there

Alternative Solutions

explicity ask it in claude.md not to read some folder / patterns. And hope it honors it.

Priority

Low - Nice to have

Feature Category

CLI commands and flags

Use Case Example

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Additional Context

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