writing-hookify-rules

You can create guardrails by generating Hookify rule files with markdown frontmatter and a message body. These rules apply regex pattern matching to bash commands, triggering warnings or guided responses when unwanted text appears.

A Hookify rule is a markdown file with YAML frontmatter that detects unwanted patterns using regex or multi-condition logic. It targets prompt content, shell commands, file edits, and stop events to warn or guide behavior without manual review.

Yes, you can configure Hookify rules with regex conditions to target file edit events. The rule's frontmatter specifies the event type and conditions, while the message body delivers the warning when the sensitive file edit pattern is matched.

Valid frontmatter requires name, enabled, event, and optional action or conditions fields. You can set the event field to bash, file, stop, prompt, or all, allowing a single rule to apply custom workflow checks across multiple interaction types.

Hookify rules depend on valid markdown frontmatter and regex pattern matching to function. They are limited to detecting specified text patterns in bash, file, stop, and prompt events, meaning complex contextual deployment logic cannot be evaluated.

No dependencies are required to set up custom workflow checks. You simply need to define a Hookify rule with the correct markdown frontmatter and message body to detect debug logging patterns and trigger the appropriate guided response.