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Claude Code Hooks as enforceable behavior constraints

March 27, 2026Akshay, Daniel San

Akshay and Daniel San explain Claude Code Hooks as a way to guarantee certain behaviors beyond best-effort CLAUDE.md guidance, including conditional execution with "if" filters.

What are Claude Code Hooks?
π—–π—Ÿπ—”π—¨π——π—˜.𝗺𝗱 is just a suggestion. π—›π—Όπ—Όπ—Έπ˜€ are a guarantee.
Claude follows π—–π—Ÿπ—”π—¨π——π—˜.𝗺𝗱 most of the time, not all of the time.
Claude Code Hooks now support "if" conditions
Beyond matching on tool_name, you can now add a second filter that runs only when a specific condition is met
Akshay
Daniel San
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