diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 8e0c084a..6bfb7f10 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@
 ^\.lintr$
 ^\.claude$
 ^inst/testdata/\.gitkeep$
+^comms$
+^research$