diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index efde3a0c..0294fbbe 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@
 
 [flake8]
 doctests = True
+exclude =
+  __pycache__/
+  .git/
+  /.licenses/
+  /docs/commands/
+  /docs/rules/
+  /site/
+  node_modules/
 # W503 and W504 are mutually exclusive. PEP 8 recommends line break before.
 ignore = W503
 max-complexity = 10
diff --git a/.markdownlintignore b/.markdownlintignore
index 6cec4c9e..b75a3802 100644
--- a/.markdownlintignore
+++ b/.markdownlintignore
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # Source: https://github.com/arduino/tooling-project-assets/blob/main/workflow-templates/assets/check-markdown/.markdownlintignore
 /.licenses/
+/docs/commands/*.md
+/docs/rules/
+/site/
 __pycache__/
 node_modules/