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  1. This is a great example of a user sharing a practical, real-world productivity hack. Let's break it down and critique it based on the provided documentation.
  2.  
  3. ### Overall Assessment: Is it accurate?
  4.  
  5. **Yes, the information in the Reddit post is highly accurate.** The user has correctly understood and implemented the `hooks` feature as described in the provided Claude Code documentation. They are using the correct hook names, file structure, and a valid configuration file location (`settings.local.json`).
  6.  
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  8.  
  9. ### Detailed Critique
  10.  
  11. #### The Good (What the Redditor Got Right)
  12.  
  13. * **Correct Feature Usage:** The post correctly identifies the `hooks` feature as the right way to achieve deterministic, event-driven notifications.
  14. * **Accurate Hook Events:** The user correctly identifies and uses the `Notification`, `Stop`, and `SubagentStop` hooks for their intended purposes, demonstrating a good understanding of the agent's lifecycle.
  15. * `Notification`: Fires when Claude is waiting for user input (e.g., a permission prompt).
  16. * `Stop`: Fires when the main agent loop is complete.
  17. * `SubagentStop`: Fires when a specialized subagent finishes its task.
  18. * **Valid Configuration:** The JSON snippet is structured correctly according to the `hooks` reference documentation. It uses the right keys (`hooks`, `matcher`, `type`, `command`).
  19. * **Good Scoping:** The user astutely places the configuration in `settings.local.json`. This is the perfect place for personal, machine-specific preferences (like using macOS's `say` command) that should not be committed to a shared project repository.
  20. * **Practical and Useful:** The post solves a genuine productivity problem. Instead of "babysitting" the terminal, the developer can be notified audibly, which is a great use case for this feature.
  21. * **Foresight:** The user's idea to specialize the notification by worktree name is an excellent advanced use case that shows they are thinking about how to scale this pattern.
  22.  
  23. #### Areas for Improvement & Nuances
  24.  
  25. * **Platform Specificity:** The biggest limitation of the post is that the `say` command is **macOS-specific**. This solution will not work out-of-the-box for users on Linux or Windows (via WSL). A more complete guide would mention this and provide alternatives.
  26. * **Lack of Security Mention:** The provided `hooks` documentation includes a very prominent **"USE AT YOUR OWN RISK"** disclaimer because hooks execute arbitrary shell commands. While the `say` command is harmless, the post doesn't mention the potential security implications of the `hooks` feature in general. It's a critical piece of context for anyone looking to implement this.
  27. * **Simplicity vs. Robustness:** The implementation is very simple. It doesn't handle cases where the `say` command might fail or isn't installed. For a simple notification, this is fine, but more complex hooks would require more robust scripting.
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  30.  
  31. ### A More Robust and Cross-Platform Implementation
  32.  
  33. We can improve upon the redditor's excellent idea by making it work across different operating systems and making the message more dynamic, as they suggested.
  34.  
  35. Here is an improved `settings.local.json` that is cross-platform and provides more context in the notification.
  36.  
  37. This version uses a shell one-liner with a `case` statement to check the operating system (`uname`) and uses `jq` to parse the project's directory name from the hook's JSON input.
  38.  
  39. ```json
  40. {
  41. "hooks": {
  42. "Notification": [
  43. {
  44. "matcher": "",
  45. "hooks": [
  46. {
  47. "type": "command",
  48. "command": "PROJECT_NAME=$(jq -r '.cwd | split(\"/\")[-1]' | sed 's/\\(.*\\)/\\L\\1/'); case \"$(uname -s)\" in Darwin) say \"Claude needs attention in ${PROJECT_NAME}\" ;; Linux) spd-say \"Claude needs attention in ${PROJECT_NAME}\" ;; *) ;; esac"
  49. }
  50. ]
  51. }
  52. ],
  53. "Stop": [
  54. {
  55. "matcher": "",
  56. "hooks": [
  57. {
  58. "type": "command",
  59. "command": "PROJECT_NAME=$(jq -r '.cwd | split(\"/\")[-1]' | sed 's/\\(.*\\)/\\L\\1/'); case \"$(uname -s)\" in Darwin) say \"Claude is done in ${PROJECT_NAME}\" ;; Linux) spd-say \"Claude is done in ${PROJECT_NAME}\" ;; *) ;; esac"
  60. }
  61. ]
  62. }
  63. ],
  64. "SubagentStop": [
  65. {
  66. "matcher": "",
  67. "hooks": [
  68. {
  69. "type": "command",
  70. "command": "case \"$(uname -s)\" in Darwin) say \"Subagent finished\" ;; Linux) spd-say \"Subagent finished\" ;; *) ;; esac"
  71. }
  72. ]
  73. }
  74. ]
  75. }
  76. }
  77. ```
  78.  
  79. **Why this version is better:**
  80.  
  81. 1. **Cross-Platform:** It works on both macOS (`say`) and Linux (`spd-say`, a common text-to-speech dispatcher). Users can swap `spd-say` for `espeak` or another command if they prefer. It fails silently on unsupported systems (like Windows).
  82. 2. **Dynamic Messages:** It reads the JSON data piped to the hook via `stdin`, uses `jq` to extract the current working directory (`.cwd`), and includes the project's folder name in the audio notification. This directly implements the user's idea about knowing *which* agent needs attention.
  83. 3. **Self-Contained:** It accomplishes this without needing separate script files, keeping the configuration clean.
  84.  
  85. **To use this, a user would need to have `jq` and a text-to-speech command-line tool (`say` on Mac, `speech-dispatcher` which provides `spd-say` on Linux) installed.**
  86.  
  87. ### Final Verdict
  88.  
  89. The Reddit post is an excellent, accurate, and practical example of how to use Claude Code's hooks. It serves as a great starting point. Its main weakness is its platform-specificity, but for its intended audience (likely macOS users), it's a perfect tip. My suggested improvements build on the user's solid foundation to make the solution more powerful and universally applicable.
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