diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
index b0159e7..9dc5a7f 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -64,13 +64,19 @@ jobs:
           uv run quickbot init --output test_cli_output --project-name "CI Test" --description "Test Description" --author "CI" --license-name MIT --no-include-alembic --no-include-i18n --no-interactive
           ls -la test_cli_output/
           cat test_cli_output/pyproject.toml
+      
+      - name: Clean up test files
+        run: |
+          rm -rf test_cli_output/
+      
       - name: Ruff (lint + format check)
         run: |
           uv run ruff check src/ tests/
           uv run ruff format --check src/ tests/
+      
       - name: MyPy
         run: |
-          uv run mypy .
+          uv run mypy src/ tests/
       - name: Pytest
         run: |
           uv run pytest tests/ --cov=src/quickbot_cli --cov-report=term-missing --cov-report=html -v
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 12b8a82..9a4957b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ python_version = "3.13"
 strict = true
 ignore_missing_imports = true
 warn_unused_ignores = true
+exclude = [
+    "test_cli_output/",
+    "dist/",
+    ".venv/",
+    ".mypy_cache/"
+]
 
 [tool.hatch.version]
 source = "vcs"
diff --git a/scripts/test_ci_locally.sh b/scripts/test_ci_locally.sh
index 953a9b7..03d7327 100755
--- a/scripts/test_ci_locally.sh
+++ b/scripts/test_ci_locally.sh
@@ -37,5 +37,6 @@ cat test_cli_output/pyproject.toml
 
 echo "🧹 Cleaning up..."
 rm -rf test_cli_output
+rm -rf dist/*
 
 echo "✅ All CI workflow steps passed locally!"