diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index f0d97df70c..560d98a76e 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ bun.lock
 # Agent config
 .agents
 .gemini
+.claude
+.source
 
 # Misc
 llm.txt
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 75df82dab0..efc6980f6f 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -419,25 +419,33 @@ own dedicated branch, and you MUST confirm the base branch with the operator bef
    `AskUserQuestion`, unless they already told you) from which branch the new worktree/branch
    should be cut. Do NOT assume `main` or "whatever I'm on" — the answer is usually the active
    `release/vX.Y.Z`, but it can be another feature/release branch. Get the base explicitly.
-2. **Create an isolated worktree + branch off that base** (never reuse the main checkout):
+2. **Create an isolated worktree + branch off that base** (never reuse the main checkout).
+   **🔴 MANDATORY PATH: every worktree lives under `.claude/worktrees/` — and nowhere else.**
+   This is the single canonical location (the same dir the native `EnterWorktree` tool uses). It
+   is gitignored AND in the `tsconfig.json` / `.dockerignore` excludes, so worktrees never leak
+   into the build scope. **Never** use `.worktrees/`, repo-root, or any other path — a worktree
+   outside `.claude/worktrees/` (a) escapes the build-scope excludes and poisons `next build` (the
+   `tsconfig` `include: **/*` globs ~70× the codebase → OOM; incident 2026-06-25) and (b) scatters
+   worktrees across two dirs.
 
    ```bash
    BASE_BRANCH="release/vX.Y.Z"          # ← the branch the operator confirmed in step 1
    TASK="feat/your-feature"               # feat/ fix/ refactor/ docs/ test/ chore/
    git fetch origin "$BASE_BRANCH"
-   git worktree add ".worktrees/${TASK##*/}" -b "$TASK" "origin/$BASE_BRANCH"
-   cd ".worktrees/${TASK##*/}"
+   git worktree add ".claude/worktrees/${TASK##*/}" -b "$TASK" "origin/$BASE_BRANCH"
+   cd ".claude/worktrees/${TASK##*/}"
    # symlink node_modules from the main checkout to skip a per-worktree npm install:
    ln -s "$(git -C <main_checkout> rev-parse --show-toplevel)/node_modules" node_modules
    ```
 
-   In Claude Code prefer the native `EnterWorktree` tool (create the worktree with the command
-   above, then call `EnterWorktree` with its `path`).
+   In Claude Code prefer the native `EnterWorktree` tool (it already creates worktrees under
+   `.claude/worktrees/`): create the worktree with the command above, then call `EnterWorktree`
+   with its `path`.
 
 3. **Work, commit, push, open the PR — all from inside the worktree.** Never `git checkout` a
    different branch inside a worktree another session might share.
 4. **Tear down only your own** worktree + branch when done, from the main checkout:
-   `git worktree remove .worktrees/<dir>` then `git branch -D <task>`. Never blanket-delete
+   `git worktree remove .claude/worktrees/<dir>` then `git branch -D <task>`. Never blanket-delete
    `fix/*`/`feat/*` — other sessions keep their own; delete only the branches you created, by name.
 5. **Never touch another session's worktree, branch, or uncommitted changes.** If `git worktree
 list` shows worktrees you didn't create, leave them alone. End every session with the main
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 2395a0e409..05d2503ccd 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -55,14 +55,16 @@
   "exclude": [
     "node_modules",
     "open-sse",
-    "antigravity-manager-analysis",
-    "app.__qa_backup",
-    "vscode-extension",
-    "vs_ideia",
+    "dist",
+    "coverage",
+    ".source",
+    ".tmp",
+    ".claude",
+    ".worktrees",
+    "@omniroute",
     "_tasks",
+    "_ideia",
     "_mono_repo",
-    "_references",
-    "omnirouteCloud",
-    "omnirouteSite"
+    "_references"
   ]
 }