diff --git a/.agents/skills/impeccable/scripts/hook-admin.mjs b/.agents/skills/impeccable/scripts/hook-admin.mjs
index 4a80e3345..ce4ec7b2b 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/impeccable/scripts/hook-admin.mjs
+++ b/.agents/skills/impeccable/scripts/hook-admin.mjs
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ const HOOK_MANIFEST_TARGETS = [
     skillRel: '.agents/skills/impeccable',
     destRel: '.codex/hooks.json',
     manifest: () => ({
-      description: 'Impeccable design detector: runs after Edit/Write/apply_patch on UI files and surfaces findings as system reminders.',
       hooks: {
         PostToolUse: [
           {
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ const HOOK_MANIFEST_TARGETS = [
             hooks: [
               {
                 type: 'command',
-                command: 'node "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents/skills/impeccable/scripts/hook.mjs"',
+                command: 'node ".agents/skills/impeccable/scripts/hook.mjs"',
                 timeout: TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
                 statusMessage: STATUS_MESSAGE,
               },
diff --git a/.codex/hooks.json b/.codex/hooks.json
index fc2d539be..8f058ddaf 100644
--- a/.codex/hooks.json
+++ b/.codex/hooks.json
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "description": "Impeccable design detector: runs after Edit/Write/apply_patch on UI files and surfaces findings as system reminders.",
   "hooks": {
     "PostToolUse": [
       {
@@ -7,7 +6,7 @@
         "hooks": [
           {
             "type": "command",
-            "command": "node \"$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents/skills/impeccable/scripts/hook.mjs\"",
+            "command": "node \".agents/skills/impeccable/scripts/hook.mjs\"",
             "timeout": 5,
             "statusMessage": "Checking UI changes"
           }
diff --git a/plugin/skills/impeccable/scripts/hook-admin.mjs b/plugin/skills/impeccable/scripts/hook-admin.mjs
index 4a80e3345..ce4ec7b2b 100644
--- a/plugin/skills/impeccable/scripts/hook-admin.mjs
+++ b/plugin/skills/impeccable/scripts/hook-admin.mjs
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ const HOOK_MANIFEST_TARGETS = [
     skillRel: '.agents/skills/impeccable',
     destRel: '.codex/hooks.json',
     manifest: () => ({
-      description: 'Impeccable design detector: runs after Edit/Write/apply_patch on UI files and surfaces findings as system reminders.',
       hooks: {
         PostToolUse: [
           {
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ const HOOK_MANIFEST_TARGETS = [
             hooks: [
               {
                 type: 'command',
-                command: 'node "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents/skills/impeccable/scripts/hook.mjs"',
+                command: 'node ".agents/skills/impeccable/scripts/hook.mjs"',
                 timeout: TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
                 statusMessage: STATUS_MESSAGE,
               },
diff --git a/scripts/lib/transformers/hooks.js b/scripts/lib/transformers/hooks.js
index 315230603..b25c4d7dc 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/transformers/hooks.js
+++ b/scripts/lib/transformers/hooks.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 5;
 const STATUS_MESSAGE = 'Checking UI changes';
 const CLAUDE_PROJECT_HOOK = '${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR}/.claude/skills/impeccable/scripts/hook.mjs';
 const CLAUDE_PLUGIN_HOOK = '${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/impeccable/scripts/hook.mjs';
-const CODEX_PROJECT_HOOK = '$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents/skills/impeccable/scripts/hook.mjs';
+const CODEX_PROJECT_HOOK = '.agents/skills/impeccable/scripts/hook.mjs';
 const CURSOR_BEFORE_EDIT_SCRIPT = '.cursor/skills/impeccable/scripts/hook-before-edit.mjs';
 const GITHUB_PROJECT_HOOK = '$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.github/skills/impeccable/scripts/hook.mjs';
 
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ export function buildClaudePluginHooksManifest() {
 
 export function buildCodexHooksManifest() {
   return {
-    description: 'Impeccable design detector: runs after Edit/Write/apply_patch on UI files and surfaces findings as system reminders.',
     hooks: {
       PostToolUse: [
         {
diff --git a/skill/scripts/hook-admin.mjs b/skill/scripts/hook-admin.mjs
index 4a80e3345..ce4ec7b2b 100644
--- a/skill/scripts/hook-admin.mjs
+++ b/skill/scripts/hook-admin.mjs
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ const HOOK_MANIFEST_TARGETS = [
     skillRel: '.agents/skills/impeccable',
     destRel: '.codex/hooks.json',
     manifest: () => ({
-      description: 'Impeccable design detector: runs after Edit/Write/apply_patch on UI files and surfaces findings as system reminders.',
       hooks: {
         PostToolUse: [
           {
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ const HOOK_MANIFEST_TARGETS = [
             hooks: [
               {
                 type: 'command',
-                command: 'node "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents/skills/impeccable/scripts/hook.mjs"',
+                command: 'node ".agents/skills/impeccable/scripts/hook.mjs"',
                 timeout: TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
                 statusMessage: STATUS_MESSAGE,
               },
diff --git a/tests/hook-build.test.mjs b/tests/hook-build.test.mjs
index a9a4e8ca4..cad22a5d0 100644
--- a/tests/hook-build.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/hook-build.test.mjs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ describe('hook manifest builders', () => {
 
   it('builds Codex project-local hooks for the real detector hook', () => {
     const manifest = buildCodexHooksManifest();
+    assert.equal(manifest.description, undefined);
     const group = manifest.hooks.PostToolUse[0];
     const handler = group.hooks[0];
 
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ describe('hook manifest builders', () => {
     assert.equal(handler.timeout, 5);
     assert.equal(handler.statusMessage, 'Checking UI changes');
     expectCommand(handler.command, '.agents/skills/impeccable/scripts/hook.mjs');
-    assert.ok(handler.command.includes('git rev-parse --show-toplevel'));
+    assert.ok(!handler.command.includes('git rev-parse --show-toplevel'));
     assert.ok(!handler.command.includes('${PLUGIN_ROOT}'));
     assert.equal(manifest.hooks.SessionStart, undefined);
   });
diff --git a/tests/skills-cli.test.js b/tests/skills-cli.test.js
index a829a055d..491e1ca0e 100644
--- a/tests/skills-cli.test.js
+++ b/tests/skills-cli.test.js
@@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ function createFakeUniversalBundle(root, providers = ['.claude', '.agents', '.cu
   if (providers.includes('.agents')) {
     mkdirSync(join(bundleRoot, '.codex'), { recursive: true });
     writeFileSync(join(bundleRoot, '.codex', 'hooks.json'), JSON.stringify({
-      description: 'fresh codex hook',
-      hooks: { PostToolUse: [{ matcher: 'apply_patch', hooks: [{ type: 'command', command: 'node "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents/skills/impeccable/scripts/hook.mjs"' }] }] },
+      hooks: { PostToolUse: [{ matcher: 'apply_patch', hooks: [{ type: 'command', command: 'node ".agents/skills/impeccable/scripts/hook.mjs"' }] }] },
     }, null, 2));
   }
   return bundleRoot;