internal-workspace

name	internal-workspace
description	Use the repo `_internal/` directory for anything that must not be committed — scratch files, temporary outputs, local demos, Codex artifacts, or one-off scripts. Use when creating temp files, debug dumps, or local-only tooling during a task.

Internal workspace (_internal/)

Use it for

• Temporary scripts, screenshot/debug exports, large downloaded data, personal benchmark runs, WIP notebooks, and Codex scratch output.
• Anything that would otherwise need an ad hoc root-level .gitignore entry.

The directory is ignored and pre-commit rejects staged contents other than _internal/.gitkeep, including files added with git add -f.

Promote durable work

If a file was useful long-term, promote it into the proper place (tools/ for maintained dev scripts, tests/ for permanent tests, or docs/ for documentation) and follow normal review standards — do not leave it in _internal/.

When helping the user

• Prefer writing ephemeral or user-specific artifacts to _internal/<descriptive-name>/ rather than the tracked tree.
• Removing sensitive or mistaken files from GitHub history requires a history rewrite (e.g. git filter-repo --invert-paths --path ...) and a force push; that is separate from day-to-day use of _internal/ for local junk prevention.