diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
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@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ npm-debug.log*
 # public engine repo (see the IP boundary in CLAUDE.md)
 docs/business/
 
+# Archify evidence screenshots and their contact sheets: `archify visual-check`
+# regenerates these on every run, so ignore the bytes and commit the
+# *.visual-check.json receipt that holds the measurements.
+docs/archify/*.png
+docs/archify/*.visual-check.html
+
 # CodeGraph data directories (in test projects)
 .codegraph/