diff --git a/.csreview-ignore b/.csreview-ignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9de80d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.csreview-ignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# CSReview self-scan hygiene (read-only; report-level suppression).
+#
+# Mirrors csreview/.csreview-ignore so a self-audit is clean whether the scan root
+# is the repo root or the package dir. These files DEFINE the security rules and
+# remediation content (regex literals, rule names, descriptions, exploitation
+# examples, the DB-dump guide's sample connection strings); the heuristic detector
+# matches its own definitions when scanning csreview itself. Logic bugs are still
+# covered by Semgrep + CodeQL in CI.
+**/src/detector.js
+**/src/dumpGuide.js
diff --git a/csreview/.csreview-ignore b/csreview/.csreview-ignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f387caf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/csreview/.csreview-ignore
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# CSReview self-scan hygiene (read-only; report-level suppression).
+#
+# These files DEFINE the security rules and remediation content: regex literals,
+# rule names, descriptions, exploitation examples, and the DB-dump guide's sample
+# connection strings. When CSReview audits its OWN source, the heuristic detector
+# matches its own definitions — a scanner flagging its own rulebook. That noise is
+# specific to scanning csreview itself and never occurs in a user's project. Logic
+# bugs in these files are still covered by Semgrep + CodeQL in CI.
+#
+# `**/`-prefixed so it works whether the scan root is the package dir (src/...) or
+# the repo root (csreview/src/...).
+**/src/detector.js
+**/src/dumpGuide.js
diff --git a/csreview/test/detector-calibration.test.js b/csreview/test/detector-calibration.test.js
index 1556f94..02ee99d 100644
--- a/csreview/test/detector-calibration.test.js
+++ b/csreview/test/detector-calibration.test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import os from 'node:os';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { detectVulnerabilities } from '../src/detector.js';
+import { runAnalysis } from '../src/index.js';
 
 // Calibration guards driven by real user feedback: the internal detector was
 // "shouting fire because it saw the word match in the dictionary" — WEAK_CIPHER
@@ -84,3 +86,20 @@ test('findings in non-source paths (test/fixtures) are downgraded; real source k
   assert.equal(inTest.severity, 'LOW', 'test/fixture finding is downgraded to LOW');
   assert.equal(inTest.confidence, 'LOW');
 });
+
+test('the shipped .csreview-ignore keeps a csreview self-audit free of rule-definition meta-FPs', async () => {
+  // A scanner must not flag its own rulebook: detector.js (regexes/descriptions/
+  // exploitation strings) and dumpGuide.js (sample connection strings) match the
+  // detector's own definitions only when csreview audits itself. The shipped
+  // .csreview-ignore suppresses them. (Reported by Thiago via GPT.)
+  const pkgRoot = fileURLToPath(new URL('..', import.meta.url));
+  const out = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'csreview-selfscan-'));
+  const result = await runAnalysis(pkgRoot, { outputDir: out, runTools: false });
+  const ruleDefHits = result.findings.filter((f) => /src[\\/](?:detector|dumpGuide)\.js/.test(String(f.file)));
+  assert.equal(
+    ruleDefHits.length,
+    0,
+    `rule-definition files must be suppressed, got: ${ruleDefHits.map((f) => `${f.file}:${f.line}`).join(', ')}`,
+  );
+  assert.ok(result.suppressedByIgnore > 0, 'expected the .csreview-ignore to suppress the rule-definition meta-FPs');
+});