diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1c4bebf..cec0799 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,8 @@ coverage/
 playground/public/clips/*.fbx
 playground/public/clips/*.glb
 playground/public/clips/.DS_Store
+# Exception: the jumping-jacks showcase clip is committed so Vercel serves it
+# directly (like public/models/character.glb). Prod has no /clips CDN, so an
+# ignored clip 404s and silently falls back to procedural. Keep the other large
+# Mixamo clips ignored — they're unused on the marketing surfaces.
+!playground/public/clips/jumping-jacks.fbx
diff --git a/playground/public/clips/jumping-jacks.fbx b/playground/public/clips/jumping-jacks.fbx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80dd465
Binary files /dev/null and b/playground/public/clips/jumping-jacks.fbx differ
diff --git a/playground/src/clips.ts b/playground/src/clips.ts
index f216180..64fdea6 100644
--- a/playground/src/clips.ts
+++ b/playground/src/clips.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
  * marketing surfaces, while the procedural DSL stays the source of truth for
  * every un-clipped movement.
  *
- * The FBX binaries live in `public/clips/` (gitignored, served from storage/CDN
- * in production). A movement plays its clip only when it declares `clip "<name>"`
- * AND the skinned character is active; anything missing falls back to procedural.
+ * The FBX binaries live in `public/clips/`. The `jumping-jacks` showcase clip is
+ * committed so Vercel serves it directly (production has no /clips CDN rewrite);
+ * the other, unused clips stay gitignored. A movement plays its clip only when it
+ * declares `clip "<name>"` AND the skinned character is active; anything missing
+ * (e.g. an un-committed clip that 404s in prod) falls back to procedural.
  */
 export const SHOWCASE_CLIPS: Record<string, string> = {
   walk: "/clips/walk.fbx",