diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d66dd46..fee82cf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 /target
 IMPLEMENTATION_PLAN.md
+
+# Config files that may contain GitHub tokens
+# Note: User config files are stored in platform-specific directories outside the repo
+# (e.g., ~/.config/gh-celebs/config.toml on Linux)
+# This prevents accidental commits if someone creates config.toml in the project root
+/config.toml