diff --git a/.github/scripts/update_skill.py b/.github/scripts/update_skill.py
index 151ee914..e0e9069d 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/update_skill.py
+++ b/.github/scripts/update_skill.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 import sys
 
 def get_gemini_response(api_key, prompt):
-    url = f"https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-2.5-flash:generateContent?key={api_key}"
+    model = os.getenv("GEMINI_MODEL", "gemini-3.8-flash")
+    url = f"https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/{model}:generateContent?key={api_key}"
     headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
     data = {
         "contents": [{
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a77c626a..bc2b75bd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,3 +22,8 @@ secrets.properties
 # This covers new IDEs, like Antigravity
 .vscode/
 build-logic/**/bin/
+
+# Python
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+