Ahhh, makes total sense, thank you so much for looking into this.
I know the tool asked me about those files/folders when I was initially building but I didn't totally understand what to choose at the time. I'll see if I can create a new recipe that does not include those files and what will happen as a result.
For the record the NPC Jsons is not a required folder at all, it's not related to any plugin or anything. it's just a folder where I keep character portrait/design ideas stored in one place. I don't even necessarily need it in the folder of the project tbh, I should just move it somewhere else.
As far as debug.log I have no idea on that one, but I'm pretty sure the tool asked me about that too and I just accepted the default recommendation.
Cheers and thank you again :).