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OVERVIEW

32 lifecycle hooks intercepting/modifying agent behavior. Events: PreToolUse, PostToolUse, UserPromptSubmit, Stop, onSummarize.

STRUCTURE

hooks/
├── atlas/                      # Main orchestration (752 lines)
├── anthropic-context-window-limit-recovery/ # Auto-summarize
├── todo-continuation-enforcer.ts # Force TODO completion (16k lines)
├── ralph-loop/                 # Self-referential dev loop
├── claude-code-hooks/          # settings.json compat layer - see AGENTS.md
├── comment-checker/            # Prevents AI slop
├── auto-slash-command/         # Detects /command patterns
├── rules-injector/             # Conditional rules
├── directory-agents-injector/  # Auto-injects AGENTS.md
├── directory-readme-injector/  # Auto-injects README.md
├── edit-error-recovery/        # Recovers from failures
├── thinking-block-validator/   # Ensures valid <thinking>
├── context-window-monitor.ts   # Reminds of headroom
├── session-recovery/           # Auto-recovers from crashes
├── think-mode/                 # Dynamic thinking budget
├── keyword-detector/           # ultrawork/search/analyze modes
├── background-notification/    # OS notification
├── prometheus-md-only/         # Planner read-only mode
├── agent-usage-reminder/       # Specialized agent hints
├── auto-update-checker/        # Plugin update check
├── tool-output-truncator.ts    # Prevents context bloat
├── compaction-context-injector/ # Injects context on compaction
├── delegate-task-retry/        # Retries failed delegations
├── interactive-bash-session/   # Tmux session management
├── non-interactive-env/        # Non-TTY environment handling
├── start-work/                 # Sisyphus work session starter
├── task-resume-info/           # Resume info for cancelled tasks
├── question-label-truncator/   # Auto-truncates question labels
├── category-skill-reminder/    # Reminds of category skills
├── empty-task-response-detector.ts # Detects empty responses
├── sisyphus-junior-notepad/    # Sisyphus Junior notepad
└── index.ts                    # Hook aggregation + registration

HOOK EVENTS

Event Timing Can Block Use Case
UserPromptSubmit chat.message Yes Keyword detection, slash commands
PreToolUse tool.execute.before Yes Validate/modify inputs, inject context
PostToolUse tool.execute.after No Truncate output, error recovery
Stop event (session.stop) No Auto-continue, notifications
onSummarize Compaction No Preserve state, inject summary context

EXECUTION ORDER

  • UserPromptSubmit: keywordDetector → claudeCodeHooks → autoSlashCommand → startWork
  • PreToolUse: questionLabelTruncator → claudeCodeHooks → nonInteractiveEnv → commentChecker → directoryAgentsInjector → directoryReadmeInjector → rulesInjector → prometheusMdOnly → sisyphusJuniorNotepad → atlasHook
  • PostToolUse: claudeCodeHooks → toolOutputTruncator → contextWindowMonitor → commentChecker → directoryAgentsInjector → directoryReadmeInjector → rulesInjector → emptyTaskResponseDetector → agentUsageReminder → interactiveBashSession → editErrorRecovery → delegateTaskRetry → atlasHook → taskResumeInfo

HOW TO ADD

  1. Create src/hooks/name/ with index.ts exporting createMyHook(ctx)
  2. Add hook name to HookNameSchema in src/config/schema.ts
  3. Register in src/index.ts and add to relevant lifecycle methods

HOOK PATTERNS

Simple Single-Event:

export function createToolOutputTruncatorHook(ctx) {
  return { "tool.execute.after": async (input, output) => { ... } }
}

Multi-Event with State:

export function createThinkModeHook() {
  const state = new Map<string, ThinkModeState>()
  return {
    "chat.params": async (output, sessionID) => { ... },
    "event": async ({ event }) => { /* cleanup */ }
  }
}

ANTI-PATTERNS

  • Blocking non-critical: Use PostToolUse warnings instead
  • Heavy computation: Keep PreToolUse light to avoid latency
  • Redundant injection: Track injected files to avoid context bloat
  • Direct state mutation: Use output.output += instead of replacing