diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f254e9ff..c235ee7a 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Dependencies
 node_modules/
+# also match a node_modules symlink (the trailing-slash form only matches directories)
+node_modules
 npm-debug.log*
 yarn-debug.log*
 yarn-error.log*
diff --git a/node_modules b/node_modules
deleted file mode 120000
index 5304df40..00000000
--- a/node_modules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/Users/sdj/Documents/research/doctor-archive/Ai-Scientist/VibeLab/dr-claw/node_modules
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/skills/autoresearch/SKILL.md b/skills/autoresearch/SKILL.md
index bedbfe4c..7e8d741d 100644
--- a/skills/autoresearch/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/autoresearch/SKILL.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: autoresearch
-description: Autonomous Goal-directed Iteration. Apply Karpathy's autoresearch principles to ANY task. Loops autonomously — modify, verify, keep/discard, repeat. 9 subcommands: plan, debug, fix, security, ship, scenario, predict, learn.
+description: "Autonomous Goal-directed Iteration. Apply Karpathy's autoresearch principles to ANY task. Loops autonomously — modify, verify, keep/discard, repeat. 9 subcommands: plan, debug, fix, security, ship, scenario, predict, learn."
 version: 1.8.2
 license: MIT
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