diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 977ce87..85e91ec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@
 *.tmp
 data/
 .claude/
+
+# IDE project files
+.idea/
diff --git a/.idea/.gitignore b/.idea/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 26d3352..0000000
--- a/.idea/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Default ignored files
-/shelf/
-/workspace.xml
diff --git a/.idea/Rusty_Solitaire.iml b/.idea/Rusty_Solitaire.iml
deleted file mode 100644
index d6ebd48..0000000
--- a/.idea/Rusty_Solitaire.iml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<module type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
-    <exclude-output />
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$" />
-    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
-    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
-  </component>
-</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/markdown.xml b/.idea/markdown.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index c61ea33..0000000
--- a/.idea/markdown.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="MarkdownSettings">
-    <option name="previewPanelProviderInfo">
-      <ProviderInfo name="Compose (experimental)" className="com.intellij.markdown.compose.preview.ComposePanelProvider" />
-    </option>
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0280eb4..0000000
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" project-jdk-name="26" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
-    <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/out" />
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c487c6..0000000
--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
-    <modules>
-      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/Rusty_Solitaire.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/Rusty_Solitaire.iml" />
-    </modules>
-  </component>
-</project>
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diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 35eb1dd..0000000
--- a/.idea/vcs.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
-    <mapping directory="" vcs="Git" />
-  </component>
-</project>
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