diff --git a/.claude/launch.json b/.claude/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5936931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.claude/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "configurations": [
+    {
+      "name": "pirats",
+      "runtimeExecutable": ".venv/bin/python",
+      "runtimeArgs": ["-m", "uvicorn", "pirats.main:app", "--host", "127.0.0.1", "--port", "8123"],
+      "port": 8123,
+      "env": { "DATABASE_URL": "sqlite:///smoke_test.db", "PYTHONPATH": "src" }
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 510a85d..81df00c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ result
 *.pdf
 # Built Svelte frontend (copied in from frontend/dist by the Nix build)
 src/pirats/static/
+# Machine-local Claude Code permission approvals
+.claude/settings.local.json