remove-ant-hooks

name	remove-ant-hooks
description	Remove Anthropic coding standard hooks from the current project. Cleans hook entries from .claude/settings.json and optionally deletes copied scripts. Use when the user says "remove ant hooks", "uninstall ant mode", "disable coding hooks", "remove ant prompt", or "uninstall hooks".

Remove Ant-Mode Hooks

Cleanly removes ant-mode hook entries from .claude/settings.json and optionally deletes the copied hook scripts from .claude/hooks/.

Procedure

Phase 1: Check Current State

1. Read .claude/settings.json
2. If file does not exist or has no hooks key: report "No ant-mode hooks are installed in this project" and stop
3. Search all hook entries for commands containing any of these filenames:
   • session-start-guidance.sh
   • post-edit-comments.sh
   • stop-verify-completion.sh
   • stop-check-length.sh
4. If none found: report "No ant-mode hooks found in settings" and stop
5. List the found entries and confirm removal with the user

Phase 2: Remove Hook Entries

For each event key (SessionStart, PostToolUse, Stop) in the hooks object:

1. Filter out hook group entries that contain commands referencing any of the 4 ant-prompt script filenames
2. If an event's array becomes empty after filtering, remove the event key entirely
3. If the entire hooks object becomes empty, remove the hooks key
4. Use jq for all JSON manipulation to ensure valid output

Example jq approach:

jq '
  .hooks.SessionStart |= map(select(.hooks | all(.command | test("session-start-guidance\\.sh") | not))) |
  .hooks.PostToolUse |= map(select(.hooks | all(.command | test("post-edit-comments\\.sh") | not))) |
  .hooks.Stop |= map(select(.hooks | all(.command | test("stop-(verify-completion|check-length)\\.sh") | not))) |
  .hooks |= with_entries(select(.value | length > 0)) |
  if .hooks == {} then del(.hooks) else . end
' .claude/settings.json > /tmp/cleaned-settings.json
mv /tmp/cleaned-settings.json .claude/settings.json

Phase 3: Clean Up Scripts

1. Use AskUserQuestion: "Also delete the hook scripts from .claude/hooks/?"
2. If yes, remove only the ant-prompt scripts:

   rm -f .claude/hooks/session-start-guidance.sh
   rm -f .claude/hooks/post-edit-comments.sh
   rm -f .claude/hooks/stop-verify-completion.sh
   rm -f .claude/hooks/stop-check-length.sh
   

3. If .claude/hooks/ is now empty, remove the directory: rmdir .claude/hooks 2>/dev/null

Phase 4: Verify & Report

1. Run jq . .claude/settings.json to confirm valid JSON
2. Report what was removed:
   • Which hook entries were removed from settings.json
   • Whether scripts were deleted
3. Note: "Restart your Claude Code session for changes to take effect"

Anti-Patterns

Do Not	Do Instead
Delete all hooks indiscriminately	Only remove entries matching ant-prompt script names
Delete .claude/settings.json entirely	Surgically remove hook entries, preserve other settings
Remove hooks from global settings	Only operate on project-scoped .claude/settings.json
Skip JSON validation after editing	Always verify with jq .