Claude Code Hooks — Patterns & Examples (May 2026)

Working examples and recipes for building hooks. For hook system fundamentals, activate Skill(skill: "plugin-creator:hooks-core-reference"). For JSON I/O schemas, activate Skill(skill: "plugin-creator:hooks-io-api").

Plugin Hooks

Plugins can provide hooks that integrate with user and project hooks. For complete plugin documentation including plugin.json schema, directory structure, and component integration, see Skill(skill: "plugin-creator:claude-plugins-reference-2026").

How Plugin Hooks Work

• Plugin hooks defined in hooks/hooks.json or custom path via hooks field in plugin.json
• When plugin enabled, its hooks merge with user and project hooks
• Multiple hooks from different sources can respond to same event
• Plugin hooks run alongside custom hooks in parallel

Plugin Hook Configuration