diff --git a/cactus/skeleton/.gitignore b/cactus/skeleton/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..30d0bc67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cactus/skeleton/.gitignore
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+.build
+.deploy
+*.pyc
+*.disabled.py
+