UserPromptSubmit

UserPromptSubmit is a hook for Claude Code from ShaftHQ/SHAFT_ENGINE. Its token cost is not measured, scanned A, a copy of PreCompact, MIT.

A prompt-submit hook that runs a Python guard script before the coding agent receives your prompt. It looks for that script in the current project or its parent folders.

In plain words
What is it for?
For running project-specific prompt checks or setup whenever you submit a prompt, on systems with Python installed.
Why use it?
It lets a project check or alter prompt handling before the agent starts work. The exact checks are defined by the guard script.

Hook for Claude Code

One of 10 entries in settings.json — they are configured in one file and arrive together.

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/shafthq/shaft_engine/user-prompt-submit
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ShaftHQ/SHAFT_ENGINE

Made for: Claude Code.

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Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin 98% copy Near-identical to another mod in the catalogue.
Security

Grade A, and why

UserPromptSubmit 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 today.

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.

Origin

This is a copy

98% identical to PreCompact — 2 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

.claude/settings.json · 14 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 14 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

{
  "UserPromptSubmit": [
    {
      "hooks": [
        {
          "command": "python3 -c \"exec(\\\"import errno,json,os,pathlib,runpy,sys\\\\nos.environ['CHAOS_ENGINE_HOST']='claude'\\\\nCWD='repository working directory unavailable; restore the original mount or checkout, then retry'\\\\nGUARD='ChaosEngine guard unavailable; repair the original installation, then retry'\\\\nE={errno.ENOENT,getattr(errno,'ESTALE',116),getattr(errno,'ENOTCONN',107)}\\\\ndef deny(message):\\\\n    print(json.dumps({'decision':'block','reason':message}))\\\\n    raise SystemExit(2)\\\\ntry:\\\\n    cwd=pathlib.Path.cwd()\\\\n    roots=(cwd,*cwd.parents)\\\\nexcept OSError as error:\\\\n    deny(CWD) if error.errno in E else (_ for _ in ()).throw(error)\\\\ncands=('.chaos-engine/hooks/guard.py','plugins/chaos-engine/hooks/guard.py','chaos-engine/hooks/guard.py')\\\\ntry:\\\\n    path=next((root/rel for root in roots for rel in cands if (root/rel).is_file()),None)\\\\nexcept OSError as error:\\\\n    deny(CWD) if error.errno in E else (_ for _ in ()).throw(error)\\\\nif path is None:\\\\n    deny(GUARD)\\\\ntry:\\\\n    runpy.run_path(str(path),run_name='__main__')\\\\nexcept OSError as error:\\\\n    deny(CWD) if error.errno in E else (_ for _ in ()).throw(error)\\\\n\\\")\"",
          "commandWindows": "py -3 -c \"exec(\\\"import errno,json,os,pathlib,runpy,sys\\\\nos.environ['CHAOS_ENGINE_HOST']='claude'\\\\nCWD='repository working directory unavailable; restore the original mount or checkout, then retry'\\\\nGUARD='ChaosEngine guard unavailable; repair the original installation, then retry'\\\\nE={errno.ENOENT,getattr(errno,'ESTALE',116),getattr(errno,'ENOTCONN',107)}\\\\ndef deny(message):\\\\n    print(json.dumps({'decision':'block','reason':message}))\\\\n    raise SystemExit(2)\\\\ntry:\\\\n    cwd=pathlib.Path.cwd()\\\\n    roots=(cwd,*cwd.parents)\\\\nexcept OSError as error:\\\\n    deny(CWD) if error.errno in E else (_ for _ in ()).throw(error)\\\\ncands=('.chaos-engine/

Read the full file on GitHub · 14 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. today Changed 66d022fd9416
  2. 4d ago First seen · 14 lines scan A 72998fdf7b6c

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UserPromptSubmit is a hook published in the GitHub repository ShaftHQ/SHAFT_ENGINE (407 stars, last pushed yesterday), 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. It is 98% identical to PreCompact, differing in 2 lines, and is treated as a copy.