groove-admin-claude-hooks
About groove-admin-claude-hooks
A skill for installing, listing, and disabling groove's native Claude Code shell hooks. It registers lifecycle scripts while preserving existing settings and provides six optional hooks for reminders, Git activity, path protection, context loading, version checks, and session capture.
Key features
- 01Install selected lifecycle hooks
- 02List registered hooks and scripts
- 03Disable a named hook
- 04Merge settings without replacing other entries
- 05Provide six hooks for workflow events
Use cases
- 01Add reminders during Claude Code sessions
- 02Capture Git activity for later review
- 03Prevent edits to managed groove paths
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
npx skills add https:/ / github.com/ andreadellacorte/ groove --skill groove-admin-claude-hooksAfter installing, type/groove-admin-claude-hooksin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Details
From the project READMEgroove-admin-claude-hooks
Install groove's Claude Code native shell hooks. These run outside the model — deterministic, unconditional — and complement groove's advisory markdown hooks (.groove/hooks/start.md, end.md).
Use --disable <hook> to remove a specific hook. Use --list to show current status.
Outcome
Selected hooks are registered in .claude/settings.json and shell scripts are written to .groove/hooks/claude/. Hooks fire automatically on Claude Code lifecycle events without any model involvement.
Available hooks
| Name | Event | Matcher | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
daily-end-reminder | Stop | — | If hour is 16–21 local time and .groove/index.md exists, prints a reminder to run /groove-daily-end |
git-activity-buffer | PostToolUse | Bash | If the Bash command contains git commit, appends a timestamped line to .groove/.cache/git-activity-buffer.txt |
block-managed-paths | PreToolUse | Write, Edit | If file_path starts with .agents/skills/groove or skills/groove, exits non-zero to block the write with an explanatory message |
context-reprime | SessionStart | startup|compact | Runs the prime script directly — ensures full workflow context is loaded after every session start and compaction |
version-check | PostToolUse | — | Checks for a new groove version once per hour; calls groove-utilities-check |
session-capture | Stop | — | If there is git activity this session (commits since midnight, working changes, or buffered commits), stages a capture draft to .groove/.cache/pending-capture.md for next-session review. Silent. |
Steps
--list
Read .claude/settings.json if it exists. Report which groove hooks are registered and which scripts exist in .groove/hooks/claude/. Exit.
--disable <hook>
Remove the named hook's entry from .claude/settings.json (leave the script in place). Report removed / not found. Exit.
Default (install)
-
Ask which hooks to enable (default: all six):
Which hooks to install? (all / comma-separated: daily-end-reminder, git-activity-buffer, block-managed-paths, context-reprime, version-check, session-capture) Press enter for all. -
Read
.claude/settings.jsonif it exists; parse as JSON (default{}). Never discard existing non-groove entries. -
Create
.groove/hooks/claude/directory if absent. Make each script executable (chmod +x). -
For each selected hook: write the shell script and merge the hook entry into
.claude/settings.json. -
Write
.claude/settings.jsonwith the merged result. -
Report summary:
✓ daily-end-reminder — Stop hook → .groove/hooks/claude/daily-end-reminder.sh ✓ git-activity-buffer — PostToolUse/Bash hook → .groove/hooks/claude/git-activity-buffer.sh ✓ block-managed-paths — PreToolUse/Write+Edit hook → .groove/hooks/claude/block-managed-paths.sh ✓ context-reprime — SessionStart hook → groove-utilities-prime.sh ✓ version-check — PostToolUse hook → .groove/hooks/claude/version-check.sh ✓ session-capture — Stop hook → .groove/hooks/claude/session-capture.sh ✓ .claude/settings.json updated
Shell script templates
Write these verbatim to .groove/hooks/claude/. Never overwrite an existing script without showing a diff and confirming.
daily-end-reminder.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# groove: Stop hook — remind about /groove-daily-end during work hours
hour=$(date +%H)
if [ -f "$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/.groove/index.md" ] && [ "$hour" -ge 16 ] && [ "$hour" -le 21 ]; then
echo "groove: end of work hours — consider running /groove-daily-end"
fi
git-activity-buffer.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# groove: PostToolUse/Bash hook — buffer git commits for memory log
input=$(cat)
command=$(echo "$input" | python3 -c "import sys,json; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print(d.get('tool_input',{}).get('command',''))" 2>/dev/null)
if echo "$command" | grep -q "git commit"; then
msg=$(echo "$command" | grep -oP '(?<=-m ")[^"]+' | head -1)
mkdir -p "$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/.groove/.cache"
echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M') | ${msg:-<no message>}" >> "$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/.groove/.cache/git-activity-buffer.txt"
fi
block-managed-paths.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# groove: PreToolUse/Write+Edit hook — block edits to managed groove paths
input=$(cat)
path=$(echo "$input" | python3 -c "import sys,json; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print(d.get('tool_input',{}).get('file_path',''))" 2>/dev/null)
if echo "$path" | grep -qE '^(\.agents/skills/groove|skills/groove)'; then
echo "groove: blocked — '$path' is managed by groove update. Edit under skills/ and rsync to .agents/skills/." >&2
exit 1
fi
version-check.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# groove: PostToolUse hook — check for new groove version (once per hour)
CACHE="$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/.groove/.cache/last-version-check-ts"
mkdir -p "$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/.groove/.cache"
now=$(date +%s)
if [ -f "$CACHE" ]; then
last=$(cat "$CACHE")
diff=$((now - last))
[ "$diff" -lt 3600 ] && exit 0
fi
echo "$now" > "$CACHE"
bash "$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/.agents/skills/groove-utilities-check/scripts/check.sh" 2>/dev/null || true
session-capture.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# groove: Stop hook — stage a session capture draft from git activity for next-session review
ROOT="${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR:-$PWD}"
[ -f "$ROOT/.groove/index.md" ] || exit 0
command -v git >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 0
git -C "$ROOT" rev-parse --git-dir >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 0
CACHE="$ROOT/.groove/.cache"
PENDING="$CACHE/pending-capture.md"
BUFFER="$CACHE/git-activity-buffer.txt"
commits=$(git -C "$ROOT" log --since=midnight --oneline 2>/dev/null)
changes=$(git -C "$ROOT" diff --stat HEAD 2>/dev/null)
buffered=""
[ -s "$BUFFER" ] && buffered=$(cat "$BUFFER")
# No activity → clear any stale draft and stay silent.
if [ -z "$commits" ] && [ -z "$changes" ] && [ -z "$buffered" ]; then
rm -f "$PENDING"
exit 0
fi
mkdir -p "$CACHE"
{
echo "# Pending capture — $(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')"
echo
echo "## Commits since midnight"
echo "${commits:-(none)}"
echo
echo "## Working changes"
echo "${changes:-(none)}"
if [ -n "$buffered" ]; then
echo
echo "## Buffered commit messages"
echo "$buffered"
fi
} > "$PENDING"
.claude/settings.json entries
Merge these into the hooks key. Preserve all other keys.
{
"hooks": {
"Stop": [
{
"hooks": [
{ "type": "command", "command": "bash $CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/.groove/hooks/claude/daily-end-reminder.sh" }
]
},
{
"hooks": [
{ "type": "command", "command": "bash $CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/.groove/hooks/claude/session-capture.sh" }
]
}
],
"PostToolUse": [
{
"matcher": "Bash",
"hooks": [
{ "type": "command", "command": "bash $CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/.groove/hooks/claude/git-activity-buffer.sh" }
]
},
{
"hooks": [
{ "type": "command", "command": "bash $CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/.groove/hooks/claude/version-check.sh" }
]
}
],
"PreToolUse": [
{
"matcher": "Write",
"hooks": [
{ "type": "command", "command": "bash $CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/.groove/hooks/claude/block-managed-paths.sh" }
]
},
{
"matcher": "Edit",
"hooks": [
{ "type": "command", "command": "bash $CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/.groove/hooks/claude/block-managed-paths.sh" }
]
}
],
"SessionStart": [
{
"matcher": "startup|compact",
"hooks": [
{
"type": "command",
"command": "bash $CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/.agents/skills/groove-utilities-prime/scripts/groove-utilities-prime.sh"
}
]
}
]
}
}
When merging: if a hooks key already exists, append groove entries to the relevant event arrays. Do not create duplicates — check if a groove command entry already exists before appending.
Constraints
- Never overwrite non-groove entries in
.claude/settings.json - Never overwrite an existing script without diff + confirmation
- Scripts use
python3to parse JSON stdin — if python3 is absent, skip that hook and warn block-managed-pathsis aggressive: if it causes false positives the user can disable it with--disable block-managed-paths- After install: remind the user that hooks take effect on the next Claude Code session restart
.groove/hooks/claude/follows thegit.hooksgit strategy from.groove/index.md