dbatools: Hook for Claude Code

.claude/settings.json

PreToolUse is a hook for Claude Code from dataplat/dbatools. Its token cost is not measured, scanned A, original, MIT.

A group of pre-tool hooks that run checks before an agent edits files or executes Bash commands.

In plain words
What is it for?
It helps enforce safe editing and command practices before changes are made.
Why use it?
It checks coding style, confirms files were read before editing, creates a baseline, and guards or reviews shell commands.

Hook for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: $CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR variable.

This is dataplat/dbatools's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on dbatools itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything dbatools configures →

One of 5 entries in settings.json — they are configured in one file and arrive together.

About the project

dbatools is a PowerShell toolkit for automating SQL Server administration and moving SQL Server instances between environments. It is for database administrators who manage SQL Server systems and migrations.

dataplat/dbatools · 2,829 stars · on GitHub · dbatools.io

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to dataplat/dbatools. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dataplat/dbatools/development/.claude/settings.json
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/dataplat/dbatools

Made for: Claude Code.

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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.
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 3d ago.

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.

.claude/settings.json · 50 lines

What it actually says

{
  "PreToolUse": [
    {
      "matcher": "Edit|Write",
      "hooks": [
        {
          "type": "command",
          "command": "bash \"$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR\"/.claude/hooks/pre-write-style.sh",
          "timeout": 20,
          "statusMessage": "Checking dbatools style..."
        },
        {
          "type": "command",
          "command": "bash \"$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR\"/.claude/hooks/pre-edit-read-check.sh",
          "timeout": 10,
          "statusMessage": "Checking Read-before-Edit..."
        },
        {
          "type": "command",
          "command": "bash \"$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR\"/.claude/hooks/pre-write-snapshot-baseline.sh",
          "timeout": 10,
          "statusMessage": "Snapshotting pre-write baseline..."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "matcher": "Bash",
      "hooks": [
        {
          "type": "command",
          "command": "bash \"$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR\"/.claude/hooks/pre-bash-guard.sh",
          "timeout": 10,
          "statusMessage": "Checking for destructive commands..."
        },
        {
          "type": "command",
          "command": "bash \"$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR\"/.claude/hooks/pre-bash-commit-do.sh",
          "timeout": 10,
          "statusMessage": "Checking commit message (do ...) pattern..."
        },
        {
          "type": "command",
          "command": "bash \"$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR\"/.claude/hooks/pre-bash-pwsh-script.sh",
          "timeout": 10,
          "statusMessage": "Checking inline PowerShell usage..."
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
Same file

What else settings.json configures

This page is one entry in a file that holds 5. Installing the file brings all of them; each is measured and scanned on its own page.

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. 3d ago First seen · 50 lines scan A 8adce9a352c2

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PreToolUse is a hook published in the GitHub repository dataplat/dbatools (2,829 stars, last pushed 3d 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 2026-09-03.