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brainstorming
You MUST use this before any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, modifying behavior, or planning anything new, in software or out of it (a talk, a business, a renovation).
, `credentials`, `\\.pem
hookify-rulesCreate and configure hookify rules — markdown files with YAML frontmatter that match bash, file, prompt, or stop events by regex or conditions and show warn/block messages to the agent. Use when creating a hookify rule, writing hook rule syntax, configuring hookify, or adding pattern guardrails such as blocking dangerous commands, .env edits, or debug code.
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ECC evaluates project-local Hookify rules with its built-in Node runtime. No separate Hookify plugin or Python installation is required when ECC hooks are enabled.
Hookify rules are markdown files with YAML frontmatter that define patterns to watch for and messages to show when those patterns match. Rules are stored in .claude/hookify.{rule-name}.local.md files.
---
name: rule-identifier
enabled: true
event: bash|file|stop|prompt|all
pattern: regex-pattern-here
---
Message to show Claude when this rule triggers.
Can include markdown formatting, warnings, suggestions, etc.
| Field | Required | Values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | Yes | kebab-case string | Unique identifier (verb-first: warn-, block-, require-*) |
| enabled | Yes | true/false | Toggle without deleting |
| event | Yes | bash/file/stop/prompt/all | Which hook event triggers this |
| action | No | warn/block | warn (default) shows message; block prevents operation |
| pattern | Yes* | regex string | Pattern to match (*or use conditions for complex rules) |
---
name: warn-env-api-keys
enabled: true
event: file
conditions:
- field: file_path
operator: regex_match
pattern: \.env$
- field: new_text
operator: contains
pattern: API_KEY
---
You're adding an API key to a .env file. Ensure this file is in .gitignore!
Condition fields by event:
commandfile_path, new_text, old_text, contentuser_promptOperators: regex_match, contains, equals, not_contains, starts_with, ends_with
All conditions must match for rule to trigger.
Match Bash command patterns:
rm\s+-rf, dd\s+if=, mkfssudo\s+, su\s+chmod\s+777Match Edit/Write/MultiEdit operations:
console\.log\(, debuggereval\(, innerHTML\s*=\.env$, credentials, \.pem$Completion checks and reminders. Pattern .* matches always.
Match user prompt content for workflow enforcement.
. to \., ( to \(\s whitespace, \d digit, \w word char+ one or more, * zero or more, ? optional| OR operatorlog matches "login", "dialog" — use console\.log\(rm -rf /tmp — use rm\s+-rf\\spython3 -c "import re; print(re.search(r'your_pattern', 'test text'))"
Avoid nested quantifiers such as (a+)+. The runtime rejects patterns with
common catastrophic-backtracking shapes because rules run synchronously in the
hook path, and every regex evaluation has a 25 ms hard timeout. Invalid,
symlinked, or oversized local rules fail open and emit a
diagnostic without disabling other Hookify rules.
Git-tracked local rules are disabled by default. Set
ECC_HOOKIFY_ALLOW_TRACKED=1 only after reviewing those files; ordinary
gitignored rules created locally remain active without that override.
warn injects the message as event-specific additional context and does not block.block denies matching Bash, PowerShell, Write, Edit, or MultiEdit calls before execution.block uses Claude Code's structured block decision.stop_hook_active events to prevent infinite continuation loops..claude/ directory in project root.claude/hookify.{descriptive-name}.local.md.claude/*.local.md to .gitignore/hookify [description] - Create new rules (auto-analyzes conversation if no args)/hookify-list - View all rules in table format/hookify-configure - Toggle rules on/off interactively/hookify-help - Full documentationMinimum viable rule:
---
name: my-rule
enabled: true
event: bash
pattern: dangerous_command
---
Warning message here