diff --git a/.forum/src/hooks/pre-commit b/.forum/src/hooks/pre-commit
index 7294dc0..881e9c7 100755
--- a/.forum/src/hooks/pre-commit
+++ b/.forum/src/hooks/pre-commit
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ fi
 # Optional: SCIP / AST Extraction using tree-sitter
 if command -v tree-sitter &> /dev/null; then
     echo "-> Generating local AST structures..."
-    # Generate AST for TS/JS files if present, fallback gracefully if not parseable
     mkdir -p "$REPO_ROOT/.forum/ast"
-    find "$REPO_ROOT/src" -name "*.ts" -o -name "*.tsx" -o -name "*.js" -o -name "*.jsx" 2>/dev/null | xargs -I {} bash -c 'tree-sitter parse {} > "$REPO_ROOT/.forum/ast/$(basename {}).ast" 2>/dev/null || true'
+    find "$REPO_ROOT/src" \( -name "*.ts" -o -name "*.tsx" -o -name "*.js" -o -name "*.jsx" \) 2>/dev/null | while read -r file; do
+        tree-sitter parse "$file" > "$REPO_ROOT/.forum/ast/$(basename "$file").ast" 2>/dev/null || true
+    done
     echo "   AST structures saved to .forum/ast/"
 fi
 
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f774fac..94b2ed5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ cov_profile/
 /index.scip
 /reports/
 /.stryker-tmp/
+
+# Agent Forum local runtime artifacts & caches
+.forum/ast/
+.forum/security/