hooks:pre-task

hooks:pre-task is a command for Claude Code from monoes/monomind. It costs 13 tokens per session (460 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A task-start command that registers a task and returns an estimated complexity, possible risks, recommendations, and suggested agents.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it before implementing a feature, fixing a bug, or refactoring code; it can also start the suggested agents automatically.
Why use it?
It gives an agent or developer an initial plan and records the task before work begins.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: installed under .claude/. Also seen: mentions Claude Code.

Good fit Use it before implementing a feature, fixing a bug, or refactoring code; it can also start the suggested agents automatically.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/monoes/monomind/pre-task
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/monoes/monomind

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 13 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 460 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00013 $0.00460
Opus 5.5 $0.00005 $0.00184
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00003 $0.00092
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00046

Measured yesterday against content hash e2900487017b, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

hooks:pre-task scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured yesterday.

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Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.claude/commands/hooks/pre-task.md · 75 lines

What it actually says

hooks pre-task

Register task start and get agent suggestions.

Usage

npx monomind hooks pre-task [options]

Options

Flag Short Type Required Description
--description -d string yes Task description
--task-id -i string no Unique task ID (auto-generated if omitted)
--auto-spawn -a boolean no Auto-spawn suggested agents (default: false)
--format — string no Output format: json

Examples

# Register task start and get suggestions
npx monomind hooks pre-task -d "Implement user authentication"

# With explicit task ID
npx monomind hooks pre-task -i task-123 -d "Fix auth bug"

# With auto-spawn of suggested agents
npx monomind hooks pre-task -d "Implement feature" --auto-spawn

# JSON output for scripting
npx monomind hooks pre-task -d "Refactor database layer" --format json

Output

The command outputs:

  • Task registration — task ID, complexity estimate, estimated duration
  • Suggested agents — agent type, confidence, reason
  • Potential risks — issues to watch for
  • Recommendations — approach suggestions

Integration in Claude Code

Run before starting any significant task:

npx monomind hooks pre-task -d "Your task description here"

Then use the agent suggestions to guide your approach.

MCP Tool

mcp__monomind__hooks_pre-task({
  taskId: "task-123",
  description: "Implement authentication",
  autoSpawn: false,
  timestamp: Date.now()
})

See Also

  • hooks post-task — record task completion
  • hooks route — manual agent routing
  • hooks explain — explain routing decision
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. yesterday First seen · 75 lines · 13 tokens per session scan A e2900487017b

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hooks:pre-task is a command published in the GitHub repository monoes/monomind (23 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 13 tokens to every session and 460 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-10-26.