diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a67d038e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+steps:
+  - label: "Dummy pipeline"
+    if: "false"
+    agents:
+      queue: cpu_queue_premerge_us_east_1
+    commands:
+      - "echo 'This pipeline is intentionally a no-op.'"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6a004ce25..59a839811 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ cython_debug/
 docker/
 
 # scripts
-scripts/
+/scripts/
 
 # tests
 tests/