diff --git a/.ai/workflow-state.json b/.ai/workflow-state.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ed6c082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ai/workflow-state.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"version": 1, "backend": "legacy"}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 956611b0..f837779a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -432,3 +432,9 @@ docs/conversations/
 # BEGIN ai.skillz: direct:symlink:opencode:command:yt-url-lookup
 /.opencode/commands/yt-url-lookup.md
 # END ai.skillz: direct:symlink:opencode:command:yt-url-lookup
+
+# BEGIN ai.skillz: workflow-state
+/.ai/state/
+/.ai/commit-msg/conf.toml
+/.ai/pr-msg/conf.toml
+# END ai.skillz: workflow-state