diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ad3b43d63d..16f4034b7f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ tsconfig.tsbuildinfo
 .kilocode/yarn.lock
 .kilocode/node_modules
 
+# Runtime-generated per-directory TUI config (e.g. written by `PATCH /tui/config`
+# during local testing); should never be committed.
+packages/*/.kilo/tui.json
+packages/*/.kilo/tui.jsonc
+
 # Test Artifacts
 packages/app/.artifacts/
 packages/opencode/.artifacts/
diff --git a/packages/opencode/.kilo/tui.json b/packages/opencode/.kilo/tui.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e26dfeeb6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opencode/.kilo/tui.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{}
\ No newline at end of file