diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a4fc2d6..3c4b1cc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 target/
 /Cargo.lock
-dev_docs/diagrams
-crates/oq3_syntax/examples/oq3_source
-crates/oq3_syntax/examples/hideold
-organization.md
-parser_design.md
-restorenodes.sh
-restorgenerated.sh
 crates/parser/src/syntax_kind/_syntax_kind_enum.rs
 crates/oq3_syntax/src/ast/generated/_new_nodes.rs
 crates/oq3_syntax/src/ast/generated/_new_tokens.rs        
-.venv/
-.venvs/
-.env/
-.envs/
-.ackrc
diff --git a/local_CI.sh b/local_CI.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..81c99c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local_CI.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+# Run locally the same checks that are done remotely in CI
+# Works on linux, and maybe Mac OS.
+
+cargo fmt --all -- --check && cargo build --verbose && cargo clippy -- -D warnings && cargo test --verbose -- --skip sourcegen_ast --skip sourcegen_ast_nodes
diff --git a/rust-toolchain.toml b/rust-toolchain.toml
index e9fb493..ba6b123 100644
--- a/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ b/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 # Copyright contributors to the openqasm-parser project
 
-# FIXME: Our min required version is > than 1.64.0
-
 channel = "1.70.0"
 components = [
   "cargo",