diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d788f68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mailmap
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Brittany Reese Markides <12763491+brittanyreese@users.noreply.github.com> <recuriax@pm.me>
diff --git a/scripts/check_no_scaffolding.sh b/scripts/check_no_scaffolding.sh
index a13e4dd..cb7612c 100755
--- a/scripts/check_no_scaffolding.sh
+++ b/scripts/check_no_scaffolding.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ allowed_toplevel=(
   ".env.example"
   ".github"
   ".gitignore"
+  ".mailmap"
   ".pre-commit-config.yaml"
   "AGENTS.md"
   "CHANGELOG.md"