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PreToolUse

A set of checks that runs before certain file edits, writing actions, shell commands, and Git commands. It applies rules such as length checks and limits on Git actions.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to check edits and commands before execution, including file-writing actions, shell commands, and Git operations.
Why use it?
It catches some risky or low-quality actions before they happen. This can reduce accidental changes and make automated work easier to review.

Hook

2 10d ago A scan tokens not measured original MIT
View the source file CATWILLgh/MAINFRAME
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add hooks/catwillgh/mainframe/pre-tool-use
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/CATWILLgh/MAINFRAME
Per session not measured What this adds to a session before it is invoked.
When invoked not measured Not applicable: nothing here is loaded into a session.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Security

Grade A, and why

PreToolUse 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.

A static scan of the commands this hook runs, not an audit. A hook is shell that executes on your machine at the event it names, which is why every command in it is printed with what was found.

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.

adapters/claude-code/plugin/hooks/hooks.json · 93 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 93 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

{
  "PreToolUse": [
    {
      "matcher": "Edit|Write|MultiEdit",
      "hooks": [
        {
          "type": "command",
          "command": "sh",
          "args": [
            "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/scripts/run-hook.sh",
            "PreToolUse",
            "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/scripts/length-quality-note.py"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "matcher": "Bash",
      "hooks": [
        {
          "type": "command",
          "command": "sh",
          "args": [
            "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/scripts/run-hook.sh",
            "PreToolUse",
            "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/scripts/git-authority.py"
          ],
          "if": "Bash(git *)"
        },
        {
          "type": "command",
          "command": "sh",
          "args": [
            "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/scripts/run-hook.sh",
            "PreToolUse",
            "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/scripts/git-authority.py"
          ],
          "if": "Bash(*/*git *)"
        },
        {
          "type": "command",
          "command": "sh",
          "args": [
            "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/scripts/run-hook.sh",
            "PreToolUse",
            "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/scripts/secret-read-guard.py"
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "command",
          "command": "sh",
          "args": [
            "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/scripts/run-hook.sh",
            "PreToolUse",
            "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/scripts/secret-commit-gate.py"
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "command",
          "command": "sh",
          "args": [
            "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/scripts/run-hook.sh",
            "PreToolUse",
            "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/scripts/bash-pattern-reminder.py"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "matcher": "Skill",
      "hooks": [
        {
          "type": "command",
          "command": "sh",
          "args": [
            "${CLAUDE_PLUGI

Read the full file on GitHub · 93 lines

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 · 93 lines scan A 9d1651a51fe8

Subscribe to this mod's changes

PreToolUse is a hook published in the GitHub repository CATWILLgh/MAINFRAME (2 stars, last pushed 10d ago), licensed MIT. Its token cost is not measured: a hook is shell that never enters the context. 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 2026-08-31.

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