SRE thinking applied to Claude Code, based on Boris Cherny's Q&A. It enforces a strict 4-stage pipeline with gates between each step. You literally cannot skip verification. You cannot ship without approval.
Hook
Runs when a session starts on claudikins-kernel:verify and claudikins-kernel:ship, executing session-startup.sh, verify-init.sh and ship-init.sh (3 commands). From povvo/claudikins-kernel.
Hook
Runs when you submit a prompt, before the agent sees it for claudikins-kernel:execute, claudikins-kernel:execute.*(--status and status) tool calls, executing skill-activation-hook.sh, validate-plan-format.sh and execute-status.sh (3 commands). From povvo/claudikins-kernel.
Hook
Runs when a subagent starts for babyclaude tool calls, executing trace-start.sh and create-task-branch.sh (2 commands). From povvo/claudikins-kernel.
Hook
Runs when a subagent finishes, executing trace-end.sh. From povvo/claudikins-kernel.
Hook
Runs before the agent uses a tool for Bash and Task tool calls, executing git-branch-guard.sh, sanitize-bash.sh, merge-gate.sh and pre-task-gate.sh (4 commands). From povvo/claudikins-kernel.
Hook
Runs after a tool call finishes for Edit and Write tool calls, executing autoformat.sh and execute-tracker.sh (2 commands). From povvo/claudikins-kernel.
Hook
Runs when the agent finishes a response for claudikins-kernel:verify, claudikins-kernel:ship, claudikins-kernel:outline and claudikins-kernel:execute tool calls, executing verify-gate.sh, ship-complete.sh, validate-plan-completion.sh and batch-checkpoint-gate.sh (4 commands). From povvo/claudikins-kernel.
Hook
Runs before the context is compacted, executing preserve-state.sh. From povvo/claudikins-kernel.