diff --git a/.emergent/emergent.yml b/.emergent/emergent.yml
index 788fc27..a248f23 100644
--- a/.emergent/emergent.yml
+++ b/.emergent/emergent.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "env_image_name": "fastapi_react_mongo_shadcn_base_image_cloud_arm:release-17042026-1"
+  "env_image_name": "fastapi_react_mongo_shadcn_base_image_cloud_arm:release-17042026-1",
+  "job_id": "08d9a7a1-2a0c-4502-9939-fc5d643c04c4",
+  "created_at": "2026-04-29T15:32:48.571914+00:00Z"
 }
diff --git a/.gitconfig b/.gitconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c1f57c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[user]
+	email = github@emergent.sh
+	name = emergent-agent-e1
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 81bbf0a..9fef1b4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -68,3 +68,12 @@ tests/__pycache__/
 *.bak
 *.tmp
 .cache/
+-e 
+# Environment and credential files
+.env
+.env.*
+*.env
+credentials.json
+*.pem
+*.key
+.credentials