diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5557087..eee5fd8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # See https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files/ for more about ignoring files.
-data
+#data
 dist
 output
 # dependencies
diff --git a/data/generation-stats.json b/data/generation-stats.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef1b7ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/generation-stats.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "total": 0,
+  "byTemplate": {
+    "lobster-birth": 1
+  },
+  "updatedAt": "2026-03-17T09:44:46.005Z"
+}
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