diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f26e065..1f6b951 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
 .runner
+.DS_Store
+__pycache__/
+.env
+.venv
+.python_history
+.sqlite_history
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0401d6b..d7329d2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,3 +55,6 @@ This bot requires only an additional secret with the path to your quotes file.
 # Still to come:
 - My newsfeed bot that reads from a list of rss or atom feeds and posts latest entries.
 - Release tracker bot that watches a provided list of got repositories and posts releases to a selected endpoint
+
+# Intention for later
+- provide several options for output - e.g. Discord, Telegram, etc.