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What

Adds a Notification hook that executes profile-specific shell scripts (~/.claude-profiles/scripts/<name>.sh), injecting their output as context. Falls back to default.sh when no profile-specific script exists.

  • src/core/scripts.ts — script path resolution, execution with execFileSync (no shell injection), template creation, fallback logic
  • src/hooks/install.ts — Notification hook handler registered alongside existing UserPromptSubmit hook; both install/uninstall are idempotent
  • src/postinstall.ts — updated to reflect both hook types
  • README.md — Profile Scripts section, updated directory tree, install notes
# Example: create a startup script for the "work" profile
mkdir -p ~/.claude-profiles/scripts
cat > ~/.claude-profiles/scripts/work.sh << 'EOF'
#!/usr/bin/env bash
echo "Branch: $(git branch --show-current 2>/dev/null)"
echo "Node: $(node -v 2>/dev/null)"
EOF
chmod +x ~/.claude-profiles/scripts/work.sh

The CLAUDE_PROFILE env var is set to the active profile name when the script runs.

Why

Profiles currently only swap static config files. This extends them to support arbitrary per-profile initialization — environment info, tool checks, project context — via shell scripts that feed output back as Claude context.

Testing

How this was tested:

  • Tests pass (npm test) — 12 new tests in tests/core/scripts.test.ts (51 total)
  • Build succeeds (npm run build)
  • Manually tested with Claude Code
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A Notification start hook can load profile-specific settings:

DIR=$(basename "$PWD")
PROFILE_DIR="$HOME/.claude/profiles"
if [ -f "$PROFILE_DIR/$DIR.sh" ]; then
source "$PROFILE_DIR/$DIR.sh"
echo "Profile loaded: $DIR" >&2
elif [ -f "$PROFILE_DIR/default.sh" ]; then
source "$PROFILE_DIR/default.sh"
fi
exit 0
Profiles: ~/.claude/profiles/work.sh, ~/.claude/profiles/personal.sh, etc.

I want to understand if adding such a script would add anything to the profile's functionality and project.


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Copilot AI and others added 3 commits March 29, 2026 15:12
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Add profile scripts feature that loads profile-specific shell scripts
via a Notification hook. Scripts stored in ~/.claude-profiles/scripts/<name>.sh
are executed when the hook fires, with output injected as context.

- New src/core/scripts.ts with script management (create, run, fallback)
- Notification hook handler alongside existing UserPromptSubmit hook
- Updated uninstallHooks to clean up both hook types
- 12 new tests for profile script functionality
- Updated README.md with Profile Scripts documentation

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…n, remove unused import

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Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Add notification start hook for profile-specific settings feat: add Notification hook for profile startup scripts Mar 29, 2026
Copilot AI requested a review from julianleopold March 29, 2026 15:19
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Closing this PR after review. While the idea of profile-specific startup scripts is interesting, this doesn't add meaningful value over what the profile system already provides:

  • Profiles already swap the entire ~/.claude directory (settings, hooks, CLAUDE.md, MCP servers), so per-profile context injection is already possible through those mechanisms
  • The Notification hook fires on every notification event, not just startup — making this misleading and wasteful
  • The implementation duplicates all of src/core/scripts.ts as an inline string in install.ts, doubling the maintenance surface
  • Silent failure on all error paths makes debugging impossible

If this capability is needed in the future, it should be designed as a proper startup-only hook with shared logic rather than duplicated inline scripts.

Thanks for the contribution idea, but this isn't the right fit for the project.

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