diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 83b5c82..7db7421 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -46,3 +46,6 @@ docker:
 
 app:
 	uv run python -m change_me
+
+tree:
+	uv run python repo_tree.py --update-readme
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aadca7f..3a8c6db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,3 +54,33 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 ```bash
 uv run python -m change_me
 ```
+
+## Structure
+The following tree shows the important permanent files.
+<!-- TREE-START -->
+```
+├── src
+│   └── change_me
+│       ├── __init__.py
+│       ├── __main__.py
+│       ├── definitions.py
+│       └── utils.py
+├── tests
+│   ├── __init__.py
+│   ├── conftest.py
+│   ├── main_test.py
+│   └── utils_test.py
+├── .dockerignore
+├── .gitignore
+├── .pre-commit-config.yaml
+├── .python-version
+├── CONTRIBUTING.md
+├── Dockerfile
+├── LICENSE
+├── Makefile
+├── README.md
+├── pyproject.toml
+├── repo_tree.py
+└── uv.lock
+```
+<!-- TREE-END -->
diff --git a/repo_tree.py b/repo_tree.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f35260
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repo_tree.py
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Generate a Markdown tree of the project directory.
+
+Usage:
+    python repo_tree.py
+    python repo_tree.py --update-readme
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import fnmatch
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from loguru import logger
+
+START_MARKER = "<!-- TREE-START -->"
+END_MARKER = "<!-- TREE-END -->"
+
+# Manual ignores are still allowed
+MANUAL_IGNORE = {
+    ".git",
+    ".venv",
+    "__pycache__",
+    ".mypy_cache",
+    ".pytest_cache",
+    ".ruff_cache",
+    ".DS_Store",
+    "data",
+    "simulink",
+    ".github",
+}
+
+
+def load_gitignore_patterns(path: Path) -> list[str]:
+    """Load patterns from .gitignore."""
+    gitignore = path / ".gitignore"
+    if not gitignore.exists():
+        return []
+
+    patterns: list[str] = []
+    for line in gitignore.read_text().splitlines():
+        line_str = line.strip()
+        if not line_str or line_str.startswith("#"):
+            continue
+        patterns.append(line_str)
+    return patterns
+
+
+def is_ignored(path: Path, patterns: list[str]) -> bool:
+    """Return True if path matches any ignore pattern.
+
+    Supports:
+    - literal names
+    - wildcard patterns
+    - directory patterns (e.g. logs/)
+    """
+    name = path.name
+
+    # Manual ignores first
+    if name in MANUAL_IGNORE:
+        return True
+
+    for pattern in patterns:
+        # Directory ignore
+        if pattern.endswith("/") and path.is_dir():
+            if fnmatch.fnmatch(name + "/", pattern):
+                return True
+
+        # File/directory wildcard
+        if fnmatch.fnmatch(name, pattern):
+            return True
+
+    return False
+
+
+def build_tree(path: Path, patterns: list[str], prefix: str = "") -> list[str]:
+    """Recursively build a tree representation."""
+    entries = sorted(
+        [p for p in path.iterdir() if not is_ignored(p, patterns)],
+        key=lambda x: (x.is_file(), x.name),
+    )
+
+    lines: list[str] = []
+
+    for i, entry in enumerate(entries):
+        connector = "└── " if i == len(entries) - 1 else "├── "
+
+        lines.append(f"{prefix}{connector}{entry.name}")
+
+        if entry.is_dir():
+            extension = "    " if i == len(entries) - 1 else "│   "
+            lines.extend(build_tree(entry, patterns, prefix + extension))
+
+    return lines
+
+
+def generate_markdown_tree() -> str:
+    """Return the full markdown tree as a formatted code block."""
+    root = Path(".").resolve()
+
+    gitignore_patterns = load_gitignore_patterns(root)
+    tree_lines = build_tree(root, gitignore_patterns)
+    tree_text = "\n".join(tree_lines)
+
+    return f"```\n{tree_text}\n```"
+
+
+def update_readme_block(readme_path: Path) -> None:
+    """Replace the section between markers with the generated tree."""
+    readme = readme_path.read_text().splitlines()
+
+    if START_MARKER not in readme or END_MARKER not in readme:
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            f"README.md must contain '{START_MARKER}' and '{END_MARKER}' markers."
+        )
+
+    start = readme.index(START_MARKER) + 1
+    end = readme.index(END_MARKER)
+
+    tree = generate_markdown_tree().splitlines()
+
+    new_readme = readme[:start] + tree + readme[end:]
+    readme_path.write_text("\n".join(new_readme))
+
+    logger.success(
+        "✅ README updated with latest repo tree (gitignored files excluded)."
+    )
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    """Create a Markdown tree of the project directory."""
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("--update-readme", action="store_true")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if args.update_readme:
+        update_readme_block(Path("README.md"))
+    else:
+        logger.info(generate_markdown_tree())
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/src/change_me/config/__init__.py b/src/change_me/config/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a22f654..0000000
--- a/src/change_me/config/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-"""Sample doc string."""