repo: add PR body for remove-ai-tracked

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Title: Remove tracked local assistant data (.ai) and update .gitignore

Description

This follow-up PR removes tracked local assistant/AI artifacts from the repository index and ensures .gitignore prevents them from being re-tracked.

What this change does

• Removes tracked files under .ai/ (example: .ai/Database/db.sqlite) from git index using git rm --cached so they remain on local machines but are no longer tracked by the repository.
• Ensures .gitignore contains patterns to exclude common AI/chat assistant directories and session files.

Why this is needed

Some local assistant tools store session data or databases in .ai/ that should not be committed. These files can be large and may be locked by background processes, causing git pull and other operations to fail with "unlink failed" errors.

Steps performed

1. Create branch remove-ai-tracked.
2. Run git rm --cached on tracked .ai files (does not delete local files).
3. Commit .gitignore entries if missing.
4. Push branch and open PR to merge.

Local remediation instructions (if you encounter locked files)

• Close any editor or assistant process that may hold the .ai files (e.g., local assistant, SQLite viewer).
• If files are still locked, you can remove them from tracking on another machine or after restarting the process:

# On your local machine (safe: this does not delete local files)
git rm --cached .ai/Database/db.sqlite
git add .gitignore
git commit -m "repo: remove tracked .ai files and ignore AI artifacts"
git push origin remove-ai-tracked

Maintainer checklist

• Review changes on branch remove-ai-tracked.
• Merge via GitHub UI once verified.
• Confirm git pull works locally after merge.

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Pull request overview

This PR adds PR_BODY_REMOVE_AI.md, a documentation file containing a draft PR body intended to guide the process of removing tracked .ai/ directory files from the repository index and ensuring .gitignore is updated to prevent re-tracking. It serves as a follow-up to the earlier documentation PR (PR_BODY.md) which referenced the need for a separate PR to remove tracked AI artifacts.

Changes:

• Adds PR_BODY_REMOVE_AI.md with instructions and a maintainer checklist for removing tracked .ai/ files via git rm --cached and updating .gitignore.

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[Copilot]

The PR description states this PR "removes tracked files under .ai/" and "ensures .gitignore contains patterns to exclude common AI/chat assistant directories," but the only change in this PR is adding the PR_BODY_REMOVE_AI.md documentation file. There are no git rm --cached removals of .ai files and no .gitignore updates included in this diff. The actual remediation described in the PR description (and in this file's content) does not appear to be part of these changes.

[Copilot]

The file states that .gitignore contains "patterns to exclude common AI/chat assistant directories and session files" that would cover .ai/Database/db.sqlite, but the existing .gitignore only has *.ai (which matches files whose names end in .ai, not the .ai/ directory). The .ai/ directory and files inside it such as .ai/Database/db.sqlite would NOT be ignored by *.ai. A pattern like .ai/ needs to be added to .gitignore for the described behavior to work correctly. This is misleading to any developer following the remediation steps in this file.

Suggested change

	- Ensures `.gitignore` contains patterns to exclude common AI/chat assistant directories and session files.
	- Ensures `.gitignore` contains patterns (for example, a `.ai/` entry) to exclude common AI/chat assistant directories and session files, including `.ai/Database/db.sqlite`.

[Copilot]

The remediation code snippet hardcodes git push origin remove-ai-tracked, which is a specific branch name tied to this particular PR workflow. If a developer follows these instructions on any other branch or for a different scenario, they will push to the wrong branch. This should either be replaced with a generic placeholder like <your-branch-name> or with HEAD to push the current branch.

Suggested change

	git push origin remove-ai-tracked
	git push origin HEAD

[Copilot]

PR_BODY_REMOVE_AI.md appears to be a draft PR body used as a one-time communication artifact for the remove-ai-tracked branch, rather than permanent repository documentation. Committing it to the repository doesn't add lasting value and adds noise to the repository root alongside PR_BODY.md. If the intent is to persist this as a reference document, it would be more appropriate in a docs/ folder or as a runbook. Otherwise, the PR body itself (the GitHub PR description) is the appropriate place for this content, not a tracked file.