Claude Code Hooks: How to Bypass Model Self‑Awareness and Enforce Deterministic Actions
Claude Code hooks are deterministic scripts that run at specific events—such as PreToolUse, PostToolUse, SessionStart, and UserPromptSubmit—to enforce hard constraints, bypass the probabilistic suggestions in CLAUDE.md, and enable interception, feedback, analytics, and automation, with detailed configuration, input/output protocols, and safety considerations.
