What problem does it solves?
Automating repetitive tasks and enforcing best practices within Claude Code workflows can be challenging without a structured way to manage lifecycle events. This skill simplifies the creation, configuration, testing, and debugging of hooks, enabling seamless automation and validation.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Event-Driven Automation: Configure scripts to run automatically at 9 key lifecycle points (e.g., before tool use, after prompt submission), enabling powerful workflow automation.
- Security & Validation: Implement hooks for access control, input validation, and enforcing coding standards, blocking unwanted operations and ensuring compliance.
- Extensive Examples: Access a library of 13 pre-built hook patterns for common tasks like logging, safety checks, auto-formatting, and notifications, accelerating your automation efforts.
- Use Case: To prevent accidental force pushes in Git, create a
PreToolUse hook that checks the Git command and blocks git push --force if it targets a protected branch, ensuring code integrity and preventing costly errors.
Quick Start
Create a hook to log all bash commands.
List all configured hooks.
Test the 'file-protection' hook with a sample input.