diff --git a/internal/daemon/ci_poller.go b/internal/daemon/ci_poller.go
index b8a76775..96db2808 100644
--- a/internal/daemon/ci_poller.go
+++ b/internal/daemon/ci_poller.go
@@ -768,6 +768,14 @@ func (p *CIPoller) maybeDispatchAutoDesignForCI(ctx context.Context, repo *stora
 	files, filesErr := gitpkg.GetFilesChanged(repo.RootPath, headSHA)
 	diff, diffErr := gitpkg.GetDiff(repo.RootPath, headSHA)
 	inputsIncomplete := filesErr != nil || diffErr != nil
+	var generatedFiles []string
+	if !inputsIncomplete {
+		var generatedErr error
+		generatedFiles, generatedErr = gitpkg.GetGeneratedFiles(repo.RootPath, headSHA, files)
+		if generatedErr != nil {
+			log.Printf("CI poller: git.GetGeneratedFiles(%s) failed, continuing without generated-file category: %v", headSHA, generatedErr)
+		}
+	}
 
 	var commitID int64
 	subject := ""
@@ -793,11 +801,12 @@ func (p *CIPoller) maybeDispatchAutoDesignForCI(ctx context.Context, repo *stora
 	}
 
 	in := autotype.Input{
-		RepoPath:     repo.RootPath,
-		GitRef:       headSHA,
-		Diff:         diff,
-		Message:      classifierCommitMessage(repo.RootPath, headSHA, subject),
-		ChangedFiles: files,
+		RepoPath:       repo.RootPath,
+		GitRef:         headSHA,
+		Diff:           diff,
+		Message:        classifierCommitMessage(repo.RootPath, headSHA, subject),
+		ChangedFiles:   files,
+		GeneratedFiles: generatedFiles,
 	}
 
 	d, err := autotype.Classify(ctx, in, hh, autotype.ErrOnClassifier{})
diff --git a/internal/daemon/e2e_auto_design_test.go b/internal/daemon/e2e_auto_design_test.go
index 81e91162..be544320 100644
--- a/internal/daemon/e2e_auto_design_test.go
+++ b/internal/daemon/e2e_auto_design_test.go
@@ -214,6 +214,34 @@ func TestE2EAutoDesign_HeuristicSkip_DocsOnly(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.EqualValues(1, snap.SkippedHeuristic)
 }
 
+func TestE2EAutoDesign_HeuristicSkip_GeneratedOnly(t *testing.T) {
+	e := newAutoDesignE2E(t)
+
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(e.repo.Path(), ".gitattributes"),
+		[]byte("internal/daemon_client/*.gen.go linguist-generated=true\n"), 0o644))
+	e.repo.RunGit("add", ".gitattributes")
+	e.repo.RunGit("commit", "-m", "chore: mark generated client")
+
+	var body strings.Builder
+	for range 600 {
+		body.WriteString("// generated line\n")
+	}
+	sha := e.repo.CommitFile("internal/daemon_client/client.gen.go", body.String(),
+		"feat: refresh generated client")
+
+	e.enqueueReviewFor(sha, "feat: refresh generated client")
+
+	got := e.eventuallyFindAutoDesign(sha)
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+	assert.Equal(storage.JobStatusSkipped, got.Status)
+	assert.Equal("review", got.JobType)
+	assert.Contains(got.SkipReason, "generated")
+
+	snap := AutoDesignMetricsSnapshot()
+	assert.EqualValues(1, snap.SkippedHeuristic)
+	assert.EqualValues(0, snap.TriggeredHeuristic)
+}
+
 func TestE2EAutoDesign_HeuristicSkip_ConventionalPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 	// Separate coverage for the skip_message_patterns branch (docs:,
 	// chore:, etc.) — asserting that a conventional-prefix commit
diff --git a/internal/daemon/server_auto_design.go b/internal/daemon/server_auto_design.go
index b4f6c05d..1f419e44 100644
--- a/internal/daemon/server_auto_design.go
+++ b/internal/daemon/server_auto_design.go
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ func (s *Server) maybeDispatchAutoDesign(ctx context.Context, parent *storage.Re
 	// file/diff lookup doesn't apply.
 	diff := derefString(parent.DiffContent)
 	var files []string
+	var generatedFiles []string
 	if diff == "" && parent.JobType == storage.JobTypeReview && parent.GitRef != "" && parent.GitRef != "dirty" {
 		inputsIncomplete := false
 		var err error
@@ -163,17 +164,24 @@ func (s *Server) maybeDispatchAutoDesign(ctx context.Context, parent *storage.Re
 				files = nil
 			}
 		}
+		if !inputsIncomplete {
+			generatedFiles, err = git.GetGeneratedFiles(parent.RepoPath, parent.GitRef, files)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("auto-design: git.GetGeneratedFiles(%s) failed, continuing without generated-file category: %v", parent.GitRef, err)
+			}
+		}
 		if inputsIncomplete {
 			return s.enqueueClassifyJob(parent)
 		}
 	}
 
 	in := autotype.Input{
-		RepoPath:     parent.RepoPath,
-		GitRef:       parent.GitRef,
-		Diff:         diff,
-		Message:      classifierCommitMessage(parent.RepoPath, parent.GitRef, parent.CommitSubject),
-		ChangedFiles: files,
+		RepoPath:       parent.RepoPath,
+		GitRef:         parent.GitRef,
+		Diff:           diff,
+		Message:        classifierCommitMessage(parent.RepoPath, parent.GitRef, parent.CommitSubject),
+		ChangedFiles:   files,
+		GeneratedFiles: generatedFiles,
 	}
 
 	d, err := autotype.Classify(ctx, in, hh, autotype.ErrOnClassifier{})
diff --git a/internal/git/git.go b/internal/git/git.go
index 7e1f97aa..8499280a 100644
--- a/internal/git/git.go
+++ b/internal/git/git.go
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 	"unicode/utf8"
+
+	"github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4"
 )
 
 // normalizeMSYSPath converts MSYS-style paths (e.g., /c/Users/...) to Windows paths (C:\Users\...).
@@ -258,6 +260,79 @@ func GetFilesChanged(
 	return files, nil
 }
 
+// GetGeneratedFiles returns the subset of files that should be categorized as
+// generated. It combines repo-authored Linguist attributes with roborev's
+// built-in generated-artifact patterns such as lockfiles.
+func GetGeneratedFiles(repoPath, source string, files []string) ([]string, error) {
+	if len(files) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	generated := make(map[string]struct{}, len(files))
+	for _, file := range files {
+		if isBuiltinGeneratedPath(file) {
+			generated[file] = struct{}{}
+		}
+	}
+
+	attrGenerated, err := linguistGeneratedFiles(repoPath, source, files)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	for _, file := range attrGenerated {
+		generated[file] = struct{}{}
+	}
+
+	out := make([]string, 0, len(generated))
+	for _, file := range files {
+		if _, ok := generated[file]; ok {
+			out = append(out, file)
+		}
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
+
+func linguistGeneratedFiles(repoPath, source string, files []string) ([]string, error) {
+	args := []string{"check-attr", "-z"}
+	if source != "" {
+		args = append(args, "--source", source)
+	}
+	args = append(args, "--stdin", "linguist-generated")
+
+	cmd := exec.Command("git", args...)
+	cmd.Dir = repoPath
+	cmd.Stdin = strings.NewReader(strings.Join(files, "\x00") + "\x00")
+
+	out, err := cmd.Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("git check-attr linguist-generated: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	parts := strings.Split(string(out), "\x00")
+	generated := make([]string, 0)
+	for i := 0; i+2 < len(parts); i += 3 {
+		file, attr, value := parts[i], parts[i+1], strings.ToLower(parts[i+2])
+		if attr != "linguist-generated" {
+			continue
+		}
+		if value == "set" || value == "true" {
+			generated = append(generated, file)
+		}
+	}
+	return generated, nil
+}
+
+func isBuiltinGeneratedPath(file string) bool {
+	path := filepath.ToSlash(file)
+	for _, pattern := range builtinGeneratedGlobs {
+		ok, err := doublestar.Match(pattern, path)
+		if err == nil && ok {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // GetStat returns the stat summary for a commit
 func GetStat(repoPath, sha string) (string, error) {
 	cmd := exec.Command("git", "show", "--stat", sha, "--format=")
@@ -712,49 +787,59 @@ func GetDirtyDiff(
 	return result.String(), nil
 }
 
-// excludedPathPatterns contains pathspec patterns for files that should be excluded from diffs.
-// These are typically generated files that add noise to code reviews.
-// Uses :(exclude,glob)**/ form so patterns match at any directory depth.
-// Directory patterns use :(exclude) without glob since git recognizes them as trees.
-var excludedPathPatterns = []string{
+// builtinGeneratedGlobs contains file patterns that are generated artifacts
+// even without a Linguist attribute in the repo.
+var builtinGeneratedGlobs = []string{
 	// JavaScript / Node
-	":(exclude,glob)**/package-lock.json",
-	":(exclude,glob)**/yarn.lock",
-	":(exclude,glob)**/pnpm-lock.yaml",
-	":(exclude,glob)**/bun.lockb",
-	":(exclude,glob)**/bun.lock",
+	"**/package-lock.json",
+	"**/yarn.lock",
+	"**/pnpm-lock.yaml",
+	"**/bun.lockb",
+	"**/bun.lock",
 	// Python
-	":(exclude,glob)**/uv.lock",
-	":(exclude,glob)**/poetry.lock",
-	":(exclude,glob)**/Pipfile.lock",
-	":(exclude,glob)**/pdm.lock",
+	"**/uv.lock",
+	"**/poetry.lock",
+	"**/Pipfile.lock",
+	"**/pdm.lock",
 	// Go
-	":(exclude,glob)**/go.sum",
+	"**/go.sum",
 	// Rust
-	":(exclude,glob)**/Cargo.lock",
-	":(exclude,glob)**/cargo.lock", // lowercase for case-insensitive filesystems
+	"**/Cargo.lock",
+	"**/cargo.lock", // lowercase for case-insensitive filesystems
 	// Ruby
-	":(exclude,glob)**/Gemfile.lock",
+	"**/Gemfile.lock",
 	// PHP
-	":(exclude,glob)**/composer.lock",
+	"**/composer.lock",
 	// .NET
-	":(exclude,glob)**/packages.lock.json",
+	"**/packages.lock.json",
 	// Dart / Flutter
-	":(exclude,glob)**/pubspec.lock",
+	"**/pubspec.lock",
 	// Elixir
-	":(exclude,glob)**/mix.lock",
+	"**/mix.lock",
 	// Swift
-	":(exclude,glob)**/Package.resolved",
+	"**/Package.resolved",
 	// iOS / macOS
-	":(exclude,glob)**/Podfile.lock",
+	"**/Podfile.lock",
 	// Nix
-	":(exclude,glob)**/flake.lock",
+	"**/flake.lock",
 	// Directories — trailing /** matches all files inside at any depth
-	":(exclude,glob)**/.beads/**",
-	":(exclude,glob)**/.gocache/**",
-	":(exclude,glob)**/.cache/**",
+	"**/.beads/**",
+	"**/.gocache/**",
+	"**/.cache/**",
 }
 
+// excludedPathPatterns contains pathspec patterns for files that should be excluded from diffs.
+// These are typically generated files that add noise to code reviews.
+// Uses :(exclude,glob)**/ form so patterns match at any directory depth.
+// Directory patterns use :(exclude) without glob since git recognizes them as trees.
+var excludedPathPatterns = func() []string {
+	out := make([]string, 0, len(builtinGeneratedGlobs))
+	for _, pattern := range builtinGeneratedGlobs {
+		out = append(out, ":(exclude,glob)"+pattern)
+	}
+	return out
+}()
+
 // FormatExcludeArgs converts user-provided exclude patterns (filenames
 // or globs) into git pathspec arguments. Plain names without path
 // separators get both **/name (file match) and **/name/** (directory
diff --git a/internal/git/git_test.go b/internal/git/git_test.go
index 9d3d65f1..efaf27d5 100644
--- a/internal/git/git_test.go
+++ b/internal/git/git_test.go
@@ -1088,6 +1088,25 @@ func TestGetDiffExcludesGeneratedFiles(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestGetGeneratedFiles(t *testing.T) {
+	repo := NewTestRepoWithCommit(t)
+	repo.WriteFile(".gitattributes", "internal/daemon_client/*.gen.go linguist-generated=true\n")
+	repo.WriteFile("internal/daemon_client/client.gen.go", "generated\n")
+	repo.WriteFile("package-lock.json", "lock\n")
+	repo.WriteFile("src/keep.go", "package src\n")
+	repo.CommitAll("add generated files")
+
+	files, err := GetFilesChanged(repo.Dir, repo.HeadSHA())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	generated, err := GetGeneratedFiles(repo.Dir, repo.HeadSHA(), files)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.ElementsMatch(t, []string{
+		"internal/daemon_client/client.gen.go",
+		"package-lock.json",
+	}, generated)
+}
+
 func TestGetDiffExcludesSlashedDirectory(t *testing.T) {
 	repo := NewTestRepoWithCommit(t)
 	repo.WriteFile("keep.txt", "keep\n")
diff --git a/internal/review/autotype/autotype.go b/internal/review/autotype/autotype.go
index 7213a944..2cfc84d6 100644
--- a/internal/review/autotype/autotype.go
+++ b/internal/review/autotype/autotype.go
@@ -93,11 +93,12 @@ type Decision struct {
 
 // Input is what the heuristics and classifier operate on.
 type Input struct {
-	RepoPath     string
-	GitRef       string
-	Diff         string
-	Message      string
-	ChangedFiles []string
+	RepoPath       string
+	GitRef         string
+	Diff           string
+	Message        string
+	ChangedFiles   []string
+	GeneratedFiles []string
 }
 
 // Classifier returns a yes/no + reason for ambiguous cases. Implementations
@@ -128,6 +129,10 @@ func Classify(ctx context.Context, in Input, h Heuristics, cls Classifier) (Deci
 		}
 	}
 
+	if allGenerated(in.ChangedFiles, in.GeneratedFiles) {
+		return heuristic(false, "generated change"), nil
+	}
+
 	for _, f := range in.ChangedFiles {
 		ok, err := AnyMatch(h.TriggerPaths, f)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -186,3 +191,19 @@ func Classify(ctx context.Context, in Input, h Heuristics, cls Classifier) (Deci
 		Reason: sanitizeReason(reason),
 	}, nil
 }
+
+func allGenerated(files, generated []string) bool {
+	if len(files) == 0 || len(generated) == 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+	generatedSet := make(map[string]struct{}, len(generated))
+	for _, f := range generated {
+		generatedSet[f] = struct{}{}
+	}
+	for _, f := range files {
+		if _, ok := generatedSet[f]; !ok {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/internal/review/autotype/classify_test.go b/internal/review/autotype/classify_test.go
index 9f24fb05..6ff168e2 100644
--- a/internal/review/autotype/classify_test.go
+++ b/internal/review/autotype/classify_test.go
@@ -95,6 +95,19 @@ func TestClassify_SkipAllMatchPaths(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, d.Reason, "doc/test-only")
 }
 
+func TestClassify_SkipAllGeneratedFiles(t *testing.T) {
+	d, err := Classify(context.Background(), Input{
+		ChangedFiles:   []string{"internal/daemon_client/client.gen.go", "package-lock.json"},
+		GeneratedFiles: []string{"internal/daemon_client/client.gen.go", "package-lock.json"},
+		Diff:           strings.Repeat("+line\n", 600),
+		Message:        "feat: refresh generated client",
+	}, newTestHeuristics(), nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.False(t, d.Run)
+	assert.Equal(t, MethodHeuristic, d.Method)
+	assert.Contains(t, d.Reason, "generated")
+}
+
 func TestClassify_SkipMessage(t *testing.T) {
 	d, err := Classify(context.Background(), Input{
 		ChangedFiles: []string{"src/foo.go"},