diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a53317d..2afe5ba 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -37,11 +37,10 @@ pkg/spec/dist/
 # goreleaser local output
 /dist/
 
-# inspect web bundle output (real bundle wired in Stage 4 via Makefile/CI).
-# Track only the stub index.html + .gitkeep so //go:embed succeeds.
+# inspect web bundle output; built by `make web-build` before go build.
+# Only .gitkeep is tracked so //go:embed all:dist compiles on a fresh checkout.
 /internal/inspect/dist/*
 !/internal/inspect/dist/.gitkeep
-!/internal/inspect/dist/index.html
 
 # inspect web frontend
 inspect-ui/node_modules/
@@ -53,15 +52,9 @@ examples/folio-web/node_modules/
 examples/folio-web/dist/
 examples/folio-web/.vite/
 
-# d2 diagrams render into build/site/_assets/diagrams; keep sources only
-/docs/_diagrams/*.svg
-/docs/_diagrams/*.png
-
 # coding agent files
 .claude/
 .claude/*
 
 # Personal research notes
 /research/
-
-internal/inspect/dist/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/inspect/dist/index.html b/internal/inspect/dist/index.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c25179..0000000
--- a/internal/inspect/dist/index.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<!doctype html>
-<html lang="en">
-  <head>
-    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
-    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
-    <title>sanderling inspect</title>
-    <script type="module" crossorigin src="/assets/index-DFpYQDqN.js"></script>
-    <link rel="stylesheet" crossorigin href="/assets/index-BSJUf7yI.css">
-  </head>
-  <body>
-    <div id="root"></div>
-  </body>
-</html>