diff --git a/nogo_config.json b/nogo_config.json
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/nogo_config.json
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+{
+  "composites": {
+    "exclude_files": {
+      "external/kubernetes/": "third_party",
+      "external/bazel_gazelle/language/go/": "third_party",
+      "external/com_github_golang_protobuf/": "third_party"
+    }
+  },
+  "copylocks": {
+    "exclude_files": {
+      "external/kubernetes/": "third_party"
+    }
+  },
+  "lostcancel": {
+    "exclude_files": {
+      "external/com_github_golang_protobuf/": "third_party",
+      "external/com_github_grpc_ecosystem_grpc_gateway/runtime/": "third_party",
+      "external/kubernetes/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/vsphere/": "third_party"
+    }
+  },
+  "unreachable": {
+    "exclude_files": {
+      "external/kubernetes/vendor/gopkg.in/gcfg.v1": "third_party",
+      "external/bazel_gazelle/pathtools": "third_party"
+    }
+  },
+  "assign": {
+    "exclude_files": {
+      "external/bazel_gazelle/walk": "third_party"
+    }
+  },
+  "unsafeptr": {
+    "exclude_files": {
+      "external/kubernetes/vendor/github.com/modern-go/reflect2/": "third_party",
+      "external/com_github_modern_go_reflect2/": "third_party"
+    }
+  },
+  "unusedresult": {
+    "exclude_files": {
+      "external/kubernetes/vendor/github.com/docker/spdystream": "third_party"
+    }
+  }
+}