Vocello: Settings file for Claude Code

.claude/settings.json

Vocello is a settings file for Claude Code from PowerBeef/Vocello. Its token cost is not measured, scanned D, original, MIT.

A settings file for a coding agent that defines when automated checks run and which tools the agent may use. Its hooks run at session start, before tool use, and after some file edits.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to configure session setup, command and file-edit checks, post-edit reminders, and the agent’s allowed tools.
Why use it?
It keeps routine project safeguards consistent instead of relying on the agent to remember them manually.

Settings file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: $CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR variable. Also seen: names the NotebookEdit tool.

This is PowerBeef/Vocello's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on Vocello 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 Vocello configures →

One of 7 entries in settings.json upstream. Installing this one merges just its entry into your config; the other 6 are separate, each on its own page.

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to PowerBeef/Vocello. 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/PowerBeef/Vocello/main/.claude/settings.json
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/PowerBeef/Vocello

Made for: Claude Code.

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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 D 2 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 D, and why

Vocello scanned grade D with 2 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 4d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Asks for rootmediumPrivilege escalation

A mod that escalates privileges can change anything on the machine, not only the project.

"Bash(sudo *)",

Recursive force deletehighDestructive command

rm -rf with a variable or a broad path is one typo away from removing the wrong tree.

"Bash(rm -rf build)",
.claude/settings.json · 354 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 354 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

{
  "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/claude-code-settings.json",
  "worktree": {
    "baseRef": "head"
  },
  "hooks": {
    "SessionStart": [
      {
        "matcher": "startup|resume|clear|compact|fork",
        "hooks": [
          {
            "type": "command",
            "command": "python3 \"$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/scripts/hooks/worker_lifecycle.py\"",
            "timeout": 10
          },
          {
            "type": "command",
            "command": "bash \"$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/scripts/hooks/session_start.sh\"",
            "timeout": 15
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "PreToolUse": [
      {
        "matcher": "^Bash$",
        "hooks": [
          {
            "type": "command",
            "command": "bash \"$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/scripts/hooks/commit_lint.sh\"",
            "timeout": 15
          },
          {
            "type": "command",
            "command": "bash \"$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/scripts/hooks/policy_guard.sh\"",
            "timeout": 10
          },
          {
            "type": "command",
            "command": "python3 \"$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/scripts/hooks/agent_guard.py\"",
            "timeout": 10
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "matcher": "^(Edit|Write|MultiEdit|NotebookEdit)$",
        "hooks": [
          {
            "type": "command",
            "command": "bash \"$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/scripts/hooks/generated_file_guard.sh\"",
            "timeout": 10
          },
          {
            "type": "command",
            "command": "python3 \"$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/scripts/hooks/agent_guard.py\"",
            "timeout": 10
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "matcher": "^mcp__",
        "hooks": [
          {
            "type": "command",
            "command": "python3 \"$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/scripts/hooks/simulator_tool_guard.py\"",
            "timeout": 5
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "PostToolUse": [
      {
        "matcher": "^(Edit|Write|MultiEdit|NotebookEdit)$",
        "

Read the full file on GitHub · 354 lines

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What else settings.json configures

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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.

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Vocello is a settings file published in the GitHub repository PowerBeef/Vocello (386 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. Its token cost is not measured: this kind of file is read by the harness, not the model. A static security scan graded it D with 2 findings (asks for root, recursive force delete). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-12.