diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3c550cd..4437892 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -67,3 +67,6 @@ docs/reference/
 
 # Jupyter Notebook load data
 .ipynb_checkpoints
+# IDE-specific directories
+.idea
+
diff --git a/.idea/.gitignore b/.idea/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 13566b8..0000000
--- a/.idea/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# Default ignored files
-/shelf/
-/workspace.xml
-# Editor-based HTTP Client requests
-/httpRequests/
-# Datasource local storage ignored files
-/dataSources/
-/dataSources.local.xml
diff --git a/.idea/autora-darts.iml b/.idea/autora-darts.iml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5bc8264..0000000
--- a/.idea/autora-darts.iml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<module type="PYTHON_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager">
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
-      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />
-    </content>
-    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
-    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
-  </component>
-  <component name="PyDocumentationSettings">
-    <option name="format" value="PLAIN" />
-    <option name="myDocStringFormat" value="Plain" />
-  </component>
-</module>
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diff --git a/.idea/inspectionProfiles/Project_Default.xml b/.idea/inspectionProfiles/Project_Default.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 30c1662..0000000
--- a/.idea/inspectionProfiles/Project_Default.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-<component name="InspectionProjectProfileManager">
-  <profile version="1.0">
-    <option name="myName" value="Project Default" />
-    <inspection_tool class="Eslint" enabled="true" level="WARNING" enabled_by_default="true" />
-    <inspection_tool class="PyCompatibilityInspection" enabled="true" level="WARNING" enabled_by_default="true">
-      <option name="ourVersions">
-        <value>
-          <list size="5">
-            <item index="0" class="java.lang.String" itemvalue="3.8" />
-            <item index="1" class="java.lang.String" itemvalue="3.9" />
-            <item index="2" class="java.lang.String" itemvalue="3.10" />
-            <item index="3" class="java.lang.String" itemvalue="3.11" />
-            <item index="4" class="java.lang.String" itemvalue="3.12" />
-          </list>
-        </value>
-      </option>
-    </inspection_tool>
-    <inspection_tool class="PyMissingOrEmptyDocstringInspection" enabled="true" level="WEAK WARNING" enabled_by_default="true" />
-  </profile>
-</component>
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diff --git a/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml b/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 105ce2d..0000000
--- a/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<component name="InspectionProjectProfileManager">
-  <settings>
-    <option name="USE_PROJECT_PROFILE" value="false" />
-    <version value="1.0" />
-  </settings>
-</component>
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diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d8b9aff..0000000
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="MarkdownSettingsMigration">
-    <option name="stateVersion" value="1" />
-  </component>
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" project-jdk-name="Poetry (autora-darts)" project-jdk-type="Python SDK" />
-</project>
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diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e5c6b7..0000000
--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
-    <modules>
-      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/autora-darts.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/autora-darts.iml" />
-    </modules>
-  </component>
-</project>
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diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 35eb1dd..0000000
--- a/.idea/vcs.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
-    <mapping directory="" vcs="Git" />
-  </component>
-</project>
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