diff --git a/.claude/commands/triage-friction-log.md b/.claude/commands/triage-friction-log.md
index f3315cd..716e969 100644
--- a/.claude/commands/triage-friction-log.md
+++ b/.claude/commands/triage-friction-log.md
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ Format:
 :clipboard: *Triage — friction-log graduation candidates*
 
 [N] proposals drafted from the current un-graduated inbox.
-Source: [reports/triage_<today>.md] (also pushed in next branch).
+Source: [reports/triage_<today>.md] (local only — `reports/` is gitignored).
 
 *1.* `[label1, label2, …]` — *[title 1]*
 > [first ~60 chars of body … truncated with `…` if longer]
@@ -439,8 +439,11 @@ Source doc updated on draft PR: <pr_url|chore/triage-YYYY-MM-DD>
 If any creates failed in Step 4, list them with their error in a separate thread
 reply.
 
-Delete the state file. The `reports/triage_<today>.md` report is kept (git-tracked
-alongside other reports, no automatic cleanup).
+Delete the state file. The `reports/triage_<today>.md` report stays on disk but is
+**never committed** — `reports/` is gitignored, the same as `state/`, and the finalize
+commit carries only the two doc edits. The report is derived: once the sweep lands,
+every proposal is a tracker issue and every source entry is verbatim in the archive.
+No automatic cleanup.
 
 **End Session B.** Output:
 
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fb26a01..6a90d4e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,9 @@ state/
 
 # Agent worktrees (created by isolated review lenses) are never committed.
 .claude/worktrees/
+
+# Pipeline reports (triage proposals, systemize digests). Derived scratch from
+# the same runs that write state/: once a sweep lands, every proposal is a
+# tracker issue and every source entry is verbatim in the archive. Tracking them
+# would also be the kit's one narrative path with no doc_budgets tripwire.
+reports/
diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
index e21b06a..e9b7dc1 100755
--- a/init.sh
+++ b/init.sh
@@ -733,6 +733,10 @@ add_ignore_line ".devkit_state_root"
 # Isolated review lenses (fallback-review-panel.md contract item 7) run in their
 # own worktrees; those must never be committed back into the repo.
 add_ignore_line ".claude/worktrees/"
+# Pipeline reports (triage proposals, systemize digests) are derived scratch from
+# the same runs that write state/, and the workflows commit only the doc/skill/
+# config paths they edited — never reports/.
+add_ignore_line "reports/"
 # dev_session.sh copies a repo-root .mcp.json into each lane worktree so lanes
 # inherit MCP access. If yours holds literal credentials rather than ${ENV}
 # references, that copy must never be committable from a lane.