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Hook Development
tzachbon/smart-ralphSkill
This skill should be used when the user asks to "create a hook", "add a PreToolUse/PostToolUse/Stop hook", "validate tool use", "implement prompt-based hooks", "use ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}", "set up event-driven automation", "block dangerous commands", or mentions hook events (PreToolUse, PostToolUse, Stop, SubagentStop, SessionStart, SessionEnd, UserPromptSubmit, PreCompact, Notification). Provides comprehensive guidance for creating and implementing Claude Code plugin hooks with focus on advanced prompt-based hooks API.
Why this score
This repo hosts 10 skills, so its 559 stars are split between them (about 56 each) for scoring.
Popularity score: 60/100 from public GitHub signals only. It shows how widely used and maintained this is, not how well it works. Not included yet: the fake-star check. The security scan is shown separately and doesn't change the score. How we rank
Security
Scanned Oct 20, 2026 at commit ac7251a0a056, with Cisco's open-source skill-scanner.
What its code does:
- Runs shell commands Common for dev tools. Read the commands it runs.references/advanced.md:247 and 1 more
A scan lists patterns in the code. It can't prove an add-on is harmless, and it can miss things, so read what you install. How we scan
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| Name | Score | Stars | Context | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This oneHook Development tzachbon/smart-ralph · Skill | 60 | ★ 559 | ≈136 always | 2mo ago |
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| development apache/tika · Skill Both about development | 77 | ★ 4.1k | ≈19 always | 16d ago |
| signals-hooks rodydavis/signals.dart · Skill Both about hook | 62 | ★ 821 | ≈21 always | 2mo ago |
| hook-factory alirezarezvani/claude-code-skill-factory · Skill Both about hook and automation | 54 | ★ 889 | ≈52 always | 12mo ago |
| subagent-driven-development obra/superpowers · Skill Both about development and driven | 96 | ★ 302k | ≈28 always | 26d ago |