diff --git a/.claude/settings.local.json b/.claude/settings.local.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b6a6897..0000000
--- a/.claude/settings.local.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "permissions": {
-    "allow": [
-      "Bash(npm --prefix functions test)",
-      "Bash(export PATH=\"/usr/local/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:$HOME/.nvm/versions/node/*/bin:$PATH\")",
-      "Bash(npm --version)",
-      "Bash(export PATH=\"/usr/local/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH\")",
-      "Read(//Users/nick/.nvm/versions/**)",
-      "Bash(command -v fnm)",
-      "Bash(fnm list)",
-      "Bash(command -v volta)",
-      "Bash(volta list node)",
-      "Read(//opt/homebrew/opt/**)",
-      "Read(//usr/local/opt/**)",
-      "Bash(export PATH=\"/opt/homebrew/opt/node@20/bin:$PATH\")",
-      "Bash(npm --prefix functions run build)",
-      "Bash(export PATH=\"/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH\")",
-      "Bash(brew install fnm)",
-      "Bash(fnm install 20)",
-      "Bash(npm --prefix /Users/nick/git/metacortex/functions run build)",
-      "mcp__4a6fe675-2698-42b9-8de8-64317b8e9222__search_context",
-      "Skill(browse)",
-      "Skill(browse:*)",
-      "WebFetch(domain:raw.githubusercontent.com)",
-      "WebSearch",
-      "WebFetch(domain:arxiv.org)",
-      "Bash(git add:*)",
-      "Bash(git commit:*)",
-      "Bash(rm /Users/nick/git/metacortex/.git/index.lock)",
-      "Bash(git -C /Users/nick/git/metacortex add functions/src/types.ts)",
-      "Bash(git -C /Users/nick/git/metacortex commit -m \"feat\\(types\\): add consolidate_context to MCP_TOOL_NAMES and add I/O types\")",
-      "Bash(npm --prefix /Users/nick/git/metacortex/functions test -- --reporter=verbose)",
-      "Bash(npm --prefix /Users/nick/git/metacortex/functions test)",
-      "Bash(/Users/nick/.claude/skills/gstack/browse/dist/browse goto *)",
-      "Bash(/Users/nick/.claude/skills/gstack/browse/dist/browse text *)",
-      "Bash(/Users/nick/.claude/skills/gstack/browse/dist/browse wait *)",
-      "Bash(/Users/nick/.claude/skills/gstack/browse/dist/browse useragent *)",
-      "mcp__plugin_firebase_firebase__firebase_get_environment",
-      "Bash(node -e 'const now=Date.now\\(\\); console.log\\(\"now_ms\",now\\); console.log\\(\"cutoff_ms\",now-7*86400000\\); console.log\\(\"now_iso\",new Date\\(now\\).toISOString\\(\\)\\); console.log\\(\"cutoff_iso\",new Date\\(now-7*86400000\\).toISOString\\(\\)\\);')",
-      "mcp__plugin_firebase_firebase__firestore_query_collection",
-      "mcp__plugin_firebase_firebase__functions_get_logs",
-      "Bash(jq -r .entries[].severity /Users/nick/.claude/projects/-Users-nick-git-metacortex/1e637d4d-3ecc-4a86-9686-ce889b97a544/tool-results/mcp-plugin_firebase_firebase-functions_get_logs-1780688372658.txt)",
-      "Read(//private/tmp/**)",
-      "Bash(node -e \"require\\('pptxgenjs'\\); console.log\\('pptxgenjs ok'\\)\")",
-      "Bash(node -e \"require\\('react-icons/fa'\\); require\\('sharp'\\); console.log\\('icons ok'\\)\")",
-      "Bash(node -e 'require\\('\\\\''__TRACKED_VAR__'\\\\''\\)')",
-      "Bash(npm root *)",
-      "Bash(echo \"npm root: $\\(npm root -g\\)\")",
-      "Bash(npm install *)",
-      "Bash(node build.js)",
-      "Bash(which soffice *)",
-      "Bash(python -m markitdown MetaCortex-Usage-Report.pptx)",
-      "Bash(grep -iE \"\\\\bx{3,}\\\\b|lorem|ipsum|undefined|\\\\[insert|placeholder\")",
-      "Bash(cp /tmp/deck/MetaCortex-Usage-Report.pptx ~/Desktop/MetaCortex-Usage-Report.pptx)",
-      "Read(//Users/nick/Desktop/**)",
-      "Bash(cd /tmp/deck && node build.js 2>&1 | tail -3 && cp MetaCortex-Usage-Report.pptx ~/Desktop/MetaCortex-Usage-Report.pptx && echo \"redeployed to Desktop\")",
-      "Bash(ls /Applications/Keynote.app >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo \"Keynote present\" || echo \"no Keynote\")",
-      "Bash(node -e ' *)",
-      "Bash(agy --help)",
-      "mcp__metacortex__list_context",
-      "mcp__metacortex__deprecate_context",
-      "mcp__metacortex__consolidate_context",
-      "mcp__metacortex__fetch_context",
-      "mcp__metacortex__remember_context"
-    ]
-  }
-}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8546087..676babc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -55,3 +55,6 @@ functions/.secret.local
 # Local dotenv files for any deployment alias; keep the example distributable.
 functions/.env.*
 !functions/.env.example
+
+# Personal Claude Code permissions with absolute local paths
+.claude/settings.local.json