diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3138530..84c98a2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ mock-*.txt
 # Chroot and build environment files
 /var/lib/mock/
 /var/cache/mock/
-mock-*
+# mock-*  # Commented out - too broad, conflicts with cache-utils/mock-cache-clean
 mockroot/
 
 # Development tools
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ docs/build/
 
 # Cache directories
 .cache/
-cache/
+# cache/  # Commented out - needed for deb-mock-cache package
 __pycache__/
 
 # Backup and temporary files
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ __pycache__/
 
 # Local development files
 local/
-dev/
+# dev/  # Commented out - needed for deb-mock-dev package
 development/
 local_config.py
 local_settings.py
diff --git a/cache-utils/mock-cache-clean b/cache-utils/mock-cache-clean
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0805089
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cache-utils/mock-cache-clean
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Cache cleaning utility for mock
+
+CACHE_DIR="/var/cache/mock"
+ARTIFACT_CACHE="$CACHE_DIR/artifacts"
+DEPENDENCY_CACHE="$CACHE_DIR/dependencies"
+
+case "$1" in
+    "clean")
+        echo "Cleaning mock cache..."
+        rm -rf "$ARTIFACT_CACHE"/*
+        rm -rf "$DEPENDENCY_CACHE"/*
+        echo "Cache cleaned successfully"
+        ;;
+    "status")
+        echo "Cache status:"
+        echo "Artifact cache: $(du -sh $ARTIFACT_CACHE 2>/dev/null || echo '0B')"
+        echo "Dependency cache: $(du -sh $DEPENDENCY_CACHE 2>/dev/null || echo '0B')"
+        ;;
+    "purge")
+        echo "Purging all mock cache..."
+        rm -rf "$CACHE_DIR"/*
+        echo "Cache purged successfully"
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Usage: $0 {clean|status|purge}"
+        echo "  clean  - Clean build artifacts and dependencies"
+        echo "  status - Show cache usage statistics"
+        echo "  purge  - Remove all cached data"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
diff --git a/dev/README.md b/dev/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d661c51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Development tools
diff --git a/docs/cache/README.md b/docs/cache/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4bb393
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/cache/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Cache documentation
diff --git a/scripts/dev/README.md b/scripts/dev/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1a8f17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/dev/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Development scripts