Configure Hooks

Quality score: 75/100 · Category: Security · Sub-category: security-misc

This skill should be used when the user says "configure hooks", "set up quality gates", "add PostToolUse hook", "set up permission hooks", "create hook configuration", "add typecheck hook", "set up secret-scan hook", or wants to configure event-driven hooks for their Claude Code project. Validates against the documented Claude Code event list — catches fictional event names before they end up in settings.json.

What this skill does

Configure Hooks is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 75/100) in the security-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/configure-hooks/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Configure Hooks skill is built for security engineers, penetration testers, DevSecOps practitioners, and development teams hardening codebases and infrastructure. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/configure-hooks
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/configure-hooks/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/configure-hooks/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/configure-hooks/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/configure-hooks/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\configure-hooks\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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