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SessionStart (startup|clear|compact)

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Fires on

SessionStartmatchingstartup|clear|compact

Once, as a session begins — before you type anything.

Where this sits in a session

  1. Session start→
  2. Prompt submitted→
  3. Prompt expansion→
  4. Before tool use→
  5. After tool use→
  6. Notification→
  7. Before compaction→
  8. Subagent finished→
  9. Turn finished→
  10. Session end

Observes only — Emits messages or context. It never returns a permission decision.

What it runs

Executed automatically when the event fires — no prompt, no confirmation.

command
"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/run-hook.cmd" session-start

Install it yourself

Paste into .claude/settings.json to run this hook without installing the whole plugin. Adjust the paths to point at your own copy of the scripts.

settings.json
{
  "hooks": {
    "SessionStart": [
      {
        "hooks": [
          {
            "type": "command",
            "command": "\"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/run-hook.cmd\" session-start"
          }
        ],
        "matcher": "startup|clear|compact"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Installing any of these installs this hook.

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