diff --git a/archon-poc/.gitignore b/archon-poc/.gitignore
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+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+*.pyd
+.Python
+*.so
+*.egg
+*.egg-info/
+dist/
+build/
+.pytest_cache/
+.coverage
+htmlcov/
+.env
+.venv
+venv/