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+# Neural Inverse — auto-generated
+.ni_git_token
+.ni_repo_url
+# IDE server caches
+.cache/
+.cursor-server/
+.local/
+.vscode-server/
+.vscode-insiders-server/
+.vscodium-server/
+.windsurf-server/
+# Common build artifacts
+node_modules/
+.pnpm-store/
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+.venv/
+venv/
+dist/
+build/
+.next/
+out/
+*.log
+.env
+.env.local
+*.o
+*.a
+*.so
+*.elf
+*.bin
+*.hex