diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae7cc92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+.~lock*
+.mypy_cache
+.venv
+__pycache__
+.env
+*.docx
+data*.csv
\ No newline at end of file