Hooks in Cursor and Claude Code: A Step-by-Step Guide
The Self-Healing Codebase: Practical Examples and Use Cases
AI coding agents create problems when they write code. They change the backend, and suddenly the frontend breaks. They edit a file, and now there are linting errors everywhere. You spend hours fixing small mistakes instead of building features.
Hooks fix this.
A hook is a script that runs automatically at key moments. When a file changes, your hook runs. When the agent stops working, your hook runs. Everything stays in sync without you lifting a finger.
This guide covers hooks for all the major AI coding tools: Claude Code, Cursor...