diff --git a/.github/linters/.codespellrc b/.github/linters/.codespellrc
index 303604d..9b4a74a 100644
--- a/.github/linters/.codespellrc
+++ b/.github/linters/.codespellrc
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [codespell]
-skip = ./.git,.claude/*,.codex/*,.vscode/*,code_coverage/*,composer.lock,runtime/*,scaffold-lock.json,vendor/*,*/tests/*,tests/**,*/composer.lock,*/composer.json,*/package-lock.json,*/dist/*,*/node_modules/*
+skip = ./.git,.claude/*,.codex/*,.config/gh/*,.github/agents/*,.github/copilot-instructions.md,.github/copilot/*,.github/instructions/*,.github/prompts/*,.github/skills/*,.vscode/*,*/composer.json,*/composer.lock,*/dist/*,*/node_modules/*,*/package-lock.json,*/tests/*,code_coverage/*,composer.lock,runtime/*,scaffold-lock.json,tests/**,vendor/*
diff --git a/.github/linters/.editorconfig-checker.json b/.github/linters/.editorconfig-checker.json
index 0e57707..3b52d57 100644
--- a/.github/linters/.editorconfig-checker.json
+++ b/.github/linters/.editorconfig-checker.json
@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
 {
     "Exclude": [
+        "\\.min\\.css$",
+        "\\.min\\.js$",
         "^\\.claude/",
         "^\\.codex/",
+        "^\\.config/gh/",
+        "^\\.github/agents/",
+        "^\\.github/copilot-instructions\\.md$",
+        "^\\.github/copilot/",
+        "^\\.github/instructions/",
+        "^\\.github/prompts/",
+        "^\\.github/skills/",
         "^\\.vscode/",
         "^code_coverage/",
         "^composer\\.lock$",
-        "phpstan-baseline\\.neon$",
+        "^runtime/",
         "^tests/runtime/",
-        "\\.min\\.css$",
-        "\\.min\\.js$",
         "^vendor/",
-        "^runtime/",
+        "phpstan-baseline\\.neon$",
         "scaffold-lock\\.json$"
     ]
 }
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f61924a..2d02692 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-# AI agents (if present)
-.codex
+# Local AI agent, editor, and GitHub CLI config (if present)
 .claude
+.codex
+.config/gh
 
 # codecoverage (if present)
 code_coverage
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ c3.php
 # composer
 composer.lock
 
-# gitHub copilot config (if present)
+# GitHub Copilot config (if present)
 .github/agents/**
 .github/copilot-instructions.md
 .github/copilot/**
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ package-lock.json
 # phpunit (if present)
 .phpunit.cache
 .phpunit.result.cache
-phpunit.xml*
 
 # vagrant (if present)
 .vagrant
diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
index a5c42e5..7890c21 100644
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -1,32 +1,28 @@
-# Local agent, editor, coverage output, runtime state, caches, and dependencies.
+# Local agent, editor, coverage, and generated runtime state.
 .claude/**
 .codex/**
+.config/gh/**
+.github/agents/**
+.github/copilot-instructions.md
+.github/copilot/**
+.github/instructions/**
+.github/prompts/**
+.github/skills/**
 .vscode/**
 code_coverage/**
 runtime/**
+
+# Dependencies.
 vendor/**
 
 # Dependency lockfile ignored by git.
 composer.lock
 
-**/*.min.css
-**/*.min.js
-
-# Vite-built bundles (committed dist/) and lockfiles.
-**/dist/**
-**/node_modules/**
-**/package-lock.json
-
-# Yii AssetManager publishes a hashed copy of src/assets/ under tests/runtime/
-# whenever phpunit runs; the tree is regenerated on every test run, never
-# authored, and ignored by git already.
-tests/runtime/**
-
-# License texts ship verbatim — never auto-formatted.
+# License texts ship verbatim.
 **/LICENSE*
 
-# Tool configs maintained by hand to keep their array order meaningful.
+# Tool config maintained by hand to keep array order meaningful.
 composer-require-checker.json
 
-# Auto-generated by yii2-extensions/scaffold; never hand-edited.
+# Auto-generated by yii2-extensions/scaffold.
 scaffold-lock.json
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b0b1266..7db94d8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## 0.1.4 Under development
 
+- ci: exclude VSCode and local GitHub CLI and Copilot config paths from scaffolded quality checks.
+
 ## 0.1.3 July 04, 2026
 
 - ci: replace Super-Linter with reusable quality and security workflows, group Dependabot updates, and refresh scaffolded linter and Gitleaks configs.
diff --git a/metadata/.github/linters/.codespellrc b/metadata/.github/linters/.codespellrc
index 303604d..9b4a74a 100644
--- a/metadata/.github/linters/.codespellrc
+++ b/metadata/.github/linters/.codespellrc
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [codespell]
-skip = ./.git,.claude/*,.codex/*,.vscode/*,code_coverage/*,composer.lock,runtime/*,scaffold-lock.json,vendor/*,*/tests/*,tests/**,*/composer.lock,*/composer.json,*/package-lock.json,*/dist/*,*/node_modules/*
+skip = ./.git,.claude/*,.codex/*,.config/gh/*,.github/agents/*,.github/copilot-instructions.md,.github/copilot/*,.github/instructions/*,.github/prompts/*,.github/skills/*,.vscode/*,*/composer.json,*/composer.lock,*/dist/*,*/node_modules/*,*/package-lock.json,*/tests/*,code_coverage/*,composer.lock,runtime/*,scaffold-lock.json,tests/**,vendor/*
diff --git a/metadata/.github/linters/.editorconfig-checker.json b/metadata/.github/linters/.editorconfig-checker.json
index 0e57707..3b52d57 100644
--- a/metadata/.github/linters/.editorconfig-checker.json
+++ b/metadata/.github/linters/.editorconfig-checker.json
@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
 {
     "Exclude": [
+        "\\.min\\.css$",
+        "\\.min\\.js$",
         "^\\.claude/",
         "^\\.codex/",
+        "^\\.config/gh/",
+        "^\\.github/agents/",
+        "^\\.github/copilot-instructions\\.md$",
+        "^\\.github/copilot/",
+        "^\\.github/instructions/",
+        "^\\.github/prompts/",
+        "^\\.github/skills/",
         "^\\.vscode/",
         "^code_coverage/",
         "^composer\\.lock$",
-        "phpstan-baseline\\.neon$",
+        "^runtime/",
         "^tests/runtime/",
-        "\\.min\\.css$",
-        "\\.min\\.js$",
         "^vendor/",
-        "^runtime/",
+        "phpstan-baseline\\.neon$",
         "scaffold-lock\\.json$"
     ]
 }
diff --git a/metadata/.gitignore b/metadata/.gitignore
index 2400549..2d02692 100644
--- a/metadata/.gitignore
+++ b/metadata/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-# AI agents (if present)
-.codex
+# Local AI agent, editor, and GitHub CLI config (if present)
 .claude
+.codex
+.config/gh
 
 # codecoverage (if present)
 code_coverage
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ c3.php
 # composer
 composer.lock
 
-# gitHub copilot config (if present)
+# GitHub Copilot config (if present)
 .github/agents/**
 .github/copilot-instructions.md
 .github/copilot/**
@@ -28,14 +29,13 @@ nbproject
 # node_modules (if present)
 node_modules
 package-lock.json
-!src/assets/package-lock.json
-
-# phpactor (if present)
-.phpactor.*
 
 # phpstorm project (if present)
 .idea
 
+# phpactor (if present)
+.phpactor.*
+
 # phpunit (if present)
 .phpunit.cache
 .phpunit.result.cache
diff --git a/metadata/.prettierignore b/metadata/.prettierignore
index 37e9c50..7890c21 100644
--- a/metadata/.prettierignore
+++ b/metadata/.prettierignore
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 # Local agent, editor, coverage, and generated runtime state.
 .claude/**
 .codex/**
+.config/gh/**
+.github/agents/**
+.github/copilot-instructions.md
+.github/copilot/**
+.github/instructions/**
+.github/prompts/**
+.github/skills/**
 .vscode/**
 code_coverage/**
 runtime/**
diff --git a/metadata/.prettierrc.json b/metadata/.prettierrc.json
index 8f87fe1..c9f33af 100644
--- a/metadata/.prettierrc.json
+++ b/metadata/.prettierrc.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "printWidth": 80,
     "overrides": [
         {
-            "files": ["**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx,vue,css,scss,html,yml,yaml}"],
+            "files": ["**/*.{yml,yaml}"],
             "options": {
                 "tabWidth": 2
             }
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@
                 "embeddedLanguageFormatting": "off",
                 "tabWidth": 2
             }
-        },
-        {
-            "files": ["**/package.json", "**/package-lock.json"],
-            "options": {
-                "tabWidth": 2
-            }
         }
     ]
 }