Coding agents: A silent hook babysits, a loud hook teaches
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Hi friends Third post in a series about setting up coding agents in a real codebase (part 1: structuring CLAUDE.md, skills and agents , part 2: skill descriptions ). This one is about hooks, and the difference between a hook that fixes and a hook that teaches. Two flavors of hook A hook is code that runs on the agent's actions - the surface for rules that must never be skipped. Instructions can be rationalized away ("it's just a filename, close enough"); a hook can't. But hooks come in two…
1Key Takeaways
- Hi friends Third post in a series about setting up coding agents in a real codebase (part 1: structuring CLAUDE.md, skills and agents , part 2: skill descriptions ).
- This one is about hooks, and the difference between a hook that fixes and a hook that teaches.
- Two flavors of hook A hook is code that runs on the agent's actions - the surface for rules that must never be skipped.
- Instructions can be rationalized away ("it's just a filename, close enough"); a hook can't.
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Coding AI shifts how fast software ships and how much human review each change needs. DEV — AI reports that hi friends Third post in a series about setting up coding agents in a real codebase (part 1: structuring CLAUDE.md, skills and agents , part 2: skill descriptions ).
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