diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e4bd24c..27d2a28 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 All notable changes to this project are documented here, following
 [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/) and semantic versioning.
 
+## [0.1.19] - 2026-09-23
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Classify loose `.snap` files as generated trim candidates, alongside existing snapshot-directory handling.
+
 ## [0.1.18] - 2026-09-23
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 768356a..59332a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ ctxtrim  ·  my-repo  ·  412 files
 
 Known binary media, including AVIF, HEIC/HEIF, APNG, WebM, Ogg, FLAC and M4A, are not read as text and contribute no text tokens. They remain explicit ignore candidates.
 
+Loose `.snap` files are treated as generated output and suggested for trimming, just like files inside `__snapshots__/` directories.
+
 Estimates use the widely-cited ~4-chars-per-token rule (great for ranking and relative savings; pass `--price` to match your model).
 
 Vendored dependency and build output directories (`node_modules`, `dist`, `build`, ...) are reported as a single entry keyed by directory name — sized from a cheap stat walk without reading the files inside. Directory-level categories are decided by the directory name, not by reading its contents.
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e9fe25e..125adc3 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "ctxtrim",
-  "version": "0.1.18",
+  "version": "0.1.19",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "ctxtrim",
-      "version": "0.1.18",
+      "version": "0.1.19",
       "license": "MIT",
       "bin": {
         "ctxtrim": "bin/ctxtrim.js"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f5ec970..2a851ac 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ctxtrim",
-  "version": "0.1.18",
+  "version": "0.1.19",
   "description": "Trim what bloats your AI coding context. Scan a repo, find the high-cost/low-value files ballooning your Claude Code / Cursor / Codex context, and write ignore files to cut token cost. Zero dependencies.",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {
diff --git a/src/classify.js b/src/classify.js
index 6859387..8900dec 100644
--- a/src/classify.js
+++ b/src/classify.js
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export function classifyPath(rel) {
   if (parts.some((p) => VENDOR_DIRS.includes(p))) return { category: "vendored", trim: true, binary: false, reason: "vendored dependency directory" };
   if (parts.some((p) => BUILD_DIRS.includes(p))) return { category: "build", trim: true, binary: false, reason: "build / generated output directory" };
   if (LOCKFILES.has(name)) return { category: "lockfile", trim: true, binary: false, reason: "dependency lockfile" };
+  if (ext === ".snap") return { category: "generated", trim: true, binary: false, reason: "generated snapshot" };
   if (MINIFIED.test(name)) return { category: "minified", trim: true, binary: false, reason: "minified / bundled / sourcemap" };
   if (DATA_EXT.has(ext)) return { category: "data", trim: true, binary: false, reason: "data file" };
   return null;
diff --git a/test/loose-snapshots.test.js b/test/loose-snapshots.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..266120a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/loose-snapshots.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { mkdtempSync, mkdirSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { test } from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { classify } from "../src/classify.js";
+import { scanRepo } from "../src/scan.js";
+
+test("loose snapshot files are generated trim candidates", () => {
+  for (const name of ["a.snap", "nested/result.SNAP"]) {
+    const result = classify(name, { tokens: 10, sample: "expected output" });
+    assert.equal(result.category, "generated", name);
+    assert.equal(result.trim, true, name);
+    assert.equal(result.binary, false, name);
+  }
+  assert.equal(classify("test/__snapshots__/a.snap", {}).category, "build");
+  assert.equal(classify("src/snapshot.js", { tokens: 10 }).trim, false);
+});
+
+test("scan includes loose snapshots in token totals and ignore patterns", (t) => {
+  const root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "ctxtrim-loose-snap-"));
+  t.after(() => rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true }));
+  mkdirSync(join(root, "test"));
+  writeFileSync(join(root, "test", "result.snap"), "expected output\n".repeat(20));
+  writeFileSync(join(root, "source.js"), "export const value = 1;\n");
+  const result = scanRepo(root);
+  const snapshot = result.files.find((file) => file.rel === "test/result.snap");
+  assert.equal(snapshot.category, "generated");
+  assert.ok(snapshot.tokens > 0);
+  assert.equal(result.totals.trimTokens, snapshot.tokens);
+  assert.deepEqual(result.patterns, ["test/result.snap"]);
+});