Hookify Plus

Community-maintained fork of the hookify plugin for Claude Code.

The upstream hookify plugin has bugs and missing features that Anthropic hasn't addressed. This fork integrates community fixes so you don't have to wait.

What You Get

5 Features Added

Feature	What it does
not_regex_match	Exclude patterns (e.g., skip test files from rules)
value key	Clearer syntax for non-regex operators
read event	Separate event for Read/Glob/Grep/LS (no false triggers)
Global rules	Rules in ~/.claude/ apply to ALL projects
Update tool	File events now fire for the Update tool

6 Bugs Fixed

Bug	Issue
Read tools incorrectly fired file rules	#14588
Write tool new_text field was broken	#16081
Python 3.8 type hints incompatible	#14588
Claude couldn't see why rules blocked	#12446
Windows paths with spaces failed	#16152
Example file used wrong operator	#13464

11 total improvements. No waiting for Anthropic to merge PRs.

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Quick Start

# 1. Clone
git clone https://github.com/adrozdenko/hookify-plus ~/hookify-plus

# 2. Backup & link
mv ~/.claude/plugins/cache/claude-code-plugins/hookify/0.1.0{,.bak}
ln -s ~/hookify-plus ~/.claude/plugins/cache/claude-code-plugins/hookify/0.1.0

# 3. Create your first rule
mkdir -p .claude
cat > .claude/hookify.warn-rm.local.md << 'EOF'
---
name: warn-dangerous-rm
enabled: true
event: bash
pattern: rm\s+-rf
---
⚠️ **Dangerous rm command!** Double-check the path before proceeding.
EOF

# Done! Rules are active immediately.

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Rule Syntax

Rules are markdown files with YAML frontmatter:

---
name: rule-identifier
enabled: true
event: bash|file|read|stop|prompt|all
action: warn|block
pattern: regex-pattern
---

Message shown to Claude when rule triggers.
Supports **markdown** formatting.

Multiple Conditions

---
name: warn-env-changes
enabled: true
event: file
action: warn
conditions:
  - field: file_path
    operator: regex_match
    pattern: \.env$
  - field: file_path
    operator: not_regex_match
    pattern: \.example$
---

You're editing a .env file. Make sure it's in .gitignore!

Event Types

Event	Triggers On
bash	Bash tool
file	Edit, Write, MultiEdit, Update
read	Read, Glob, Grep, LS
stop	Agent completion
prompt	User prompt submit
all	All of the above

Operators

Operator	Description
regex_match	Pattern matches (regex)
not_regex_match	Pattern does NOT match
contains	Substring present
not_contains	Substring NOT present
equals	Exact match
starts_with	Prefix match
ends_with	Suffix match

Fields by Event

Event	Available Fields
bash	command
file	file_path, new_text, old_text, content
read	file_path
stop	reason, transcript
prompt	user_prompt

Rule Locations

Location	Scope
.claude/hookify.*.local.md	Current project only
~/.claude/hookify.*.local.md	All projects (global)

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Installation

Install

git clone https://github.com/adrozdenko/hookify-plus ~/hookify-plus

mv ~/.claude/plugins/cache/claude-code-plugins/hookify/0.1.0 \
   ~/.claude/plugins/cache/claude-code-plugins/hookify/0.1.0.bak

ln -s ~/hookify-plus \
   ~/.claude/plugins/cache/claude-code-plugins/hookify/0.1.0

Update

cd ~/hookify-plus && git pull

Changes take effect immediately—no restart needed.

Revert to Upstream

rm ~/.claude/plugins/cache/claude-code-plugins/hookify/0.1.0
mv ~/.claude/plugins/cache/claude-code-plugins/hookify/0.1.0.bak \
   ~/.claude/plugins/cache/claude-code-plugins/hookify/0.1.0

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Versioning

Format: 0.1.0-plus.N

• 0.1.0 = upstream hookify version
• plus.N = patch number

When upstream releases a new version, we rebase (e.g., 0.2.0-plus.1).

See CHANGELOG.md for full history.

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Credits

Contributor	Contribution
@adrozdenko	Fork maintainer, not_regex_match, value key, read event
@kp222x	Global rules (#13916)
@heathdutton	Write fix + Update tool (#16081)

Contributing

1. Fork this repo
2. Make changes
3. Add entry to CHANGELOG.md
4. Submit PR

All community contributions welcome!

License

MIT