diff --git a/.agentworkforce/relay/pending-cleanups.json b/.agentworkforce/relay/pending-cleanups.json
deleted file mode 100644
index fe51488..0000000
--- a/.agentworkforce/relay/pending-cleanups.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-[]
diff --git a/.agentworkforce/relay/pending-cleanups.json.lock b/.agentworkforce/relay/pending-cleanups.json.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index 67c2e8e..0000000
--- a/.agentworkforce/relay/pending-cleanups.json.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-agent-relay-cleanup-lock v2
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b2e6ef0..75eb27a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 .DS_Store
 memory
 opencode.json
+
+# agent-relay scratch: an empty queue and its lock marker, written per checkout.
+.agentworkforce/relay/