The Claude Code Safety Field Manual

Course overview

Free field manual for running Claude Code safely: the pre-flight checklist, which hook event can refuse a tool call, how to prove a guard fires, what --dangerously-skip-permissions really skips, and a catalogue of all 916 example hooks.

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The Claude Code Safety Field Manual14 chapters

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  1. What this manual checks, and what it does not (Preface)

  2. A pre-flight checklist for leaving Claude Code running unattended (Chapter 1)

  3. How to audit your Claude Code setup before installing anything (Chapter 2)

  4. Which of the default hooks can actually block a command (Chapter 3)

  5. How to prove your Claude Code hooks actually fire (Chapter 4)

  6. Why npx cc-safe-setup installed an outdated version for five months, and how to check what you have (Chapter 5)

  7. What to check after a Claude Code session ends (Chapter 6)

  8. Which hook event can stop a tool call, and which only watches (Chapter 7)

  9. How to tell whether your hooks can actually refuse anything (Chapter 8)

  10. What happens when a Claude Code hook is broken or not working (Chapter 9)

  11. A catalogue of every hook in cc-safe-setup: which event each runs on, and whether it can refuse (Chapter 10)

  12. What —dangerously-skip-permissions actually skips, and what still stops you (Chapter 11)

  13. Which GitHub issue each hook answers (Appendix A)

  14. Afterword