diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fe20f91..eb8247f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ __pycache__/
 graphify-out
 backend/debug
 
+# Ephemeral browser-verification screenshots (the tracked captures/ files are
+# scraper reference material and stay tracked).
+/captures/verification/
+
 # C extensions
 *.so
 
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 7c9e20b..bb2b63f 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ frontend/                TypeScript · React 18.3 · Vite 5 · Vitest
 
 **Data layer (frontend):** components consume `src/hooks/*`, which call `src/services/api.ts`. Components should not call `fetch`/the API client directly.
 
+**Browser-verification screenshots:** ephemeral screenshots from verification runs go in `captures/verification/` (which is gitignored), while `captures/` itself holds tracked scraper reference material.
+
 ---
 
 ## CONVENTIONS