diff --git a/.allstar/binary_artifacts.yaml b/.allstar/binary_artifacts.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da0990addc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.allstar/binary_artifacts.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# This project requires several binary artifacts.
+# Exemption timeframe: permanent.
+#
+# The Gradle wrapper is part of the Gradle distribution.
+# The Gradle wrappers are used by the plugin tool to maintain the repo:
+#   build the plugin
+#   run unit and integration tests
+#   deploy the dev channel
+#
+# The files in lib/dart-plugin are obtained from JetBrain's Dart plugin.
+# The dart-plugin files are build dependencies required to compile the
+# plugin.
+#
+# The binaries in lib/jxbrowser are licensed from TeamDev. See
+# https://www.teamdev.com/jxbrowser
+# They are used to embed Dart DevTools in Android Studio.
+#
+# The Java string similarity library is used to find partial or close
+# matches of file names when locating icon libraries. It is obtained
+# from https://github.com/tdebatty/java-string-similarity
+#
+optConfig:
+  optOut: true