diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index dd63e3b..090feea 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ^Meta$
 ^doc$
 ^docs$
+^dev/$
 ^_pkgdown\.yml$
 ^.*\.Rproj$
 ^\.Rproj\.user$
diff --git a/dev/README.md b/dev/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e8e9a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Development Area for `metajam`
+
+Exploratory / testing scripts live here. Nothing in this folder is included in the package build.
diff --git a/reprex_iso_xml_to_eml_GMD.R b/dev/reprex_iso_xml_to_eml_GMD.R
similarity index 100%
rename from reprex_iso_xml_to_eml_GMD.R
rename to dev/reprex_iso_xml_to_eml_GMD.R
diff --git a/trying_loop_for_all_mns.Rmd b/dev/trying_loop_for_all_mns.Rmd
similarity index 100%
rename from trying_loop_for_all_mns.Rmd
rename to dev/trying_loop_for_all_mns.Rmd