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* Denoise the design hook and let agents self-serve confident ignores (#497)
The directive footer now emits in full once per session (a one-line
reminder after), the DESIGN.md staleness note is mentioned once per
session, rule descriptions dedupe within an emission, and the per-line
ignore suggestion shrinks to the bare rule/value pair. The footer and
hooks.md replace the confirmation-gated ignore policy with a three-way
triage: fix real problems, self-serve the narrowest ignore for confident
false positives or sanctioned exceptions and disclose it (with an honest
--reason), ask when unsure. Self-serve stops at ignore-value, and the
footer now gives a runnable hook-admin.mjs command instead of a slash
command agents cannot execute.
Measured on a seeded lab session replaying 11 hook events: 33,658 to
14,063 chars of agent-visible output (-58%).
AI-assisted (Cursor agent), directed and reviewed by @abdulwahabone.
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
* Preserve the policy footer and honor maxChars under constrained budgets
Greptile's runtime check found two pre-existing clamp gaps that matter
more now that the full policy emits once per session: the last-resort
tail slice cut the footer off an over-budget emission, and the DESIGN.md
staleness note was appended after clamping, pushing past maxChars.
The clamp now gives the footer the budget first, clipping the finding
line and downgrading full to short policy when needed. The staleness
note defers, without consuming its session flag, to a later emission
with room.
AI-assisted (Cursor agent), directed and reviewed by @abdulwahabone.
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
* Harden the constrained-budget clamp: keep findings, honest flags, guaranteed note
Review follow-ups from Bugbot and Greptile on the clamp fix:
- The clamp retries with the short policy before dropping finding lines
that fit beside it, and a grouped result that kept only a file header
no longer counts as a fit.
- The full-footer session flag commits only when the full policy
actually survived the clamp, so a downgraded emission does not mark
the session as having seen a policy it never received.
- Render paths reserve room for a pending DESIGN.md staleness note, so
it is delivered inside the budget on the first emission instead of
deferring behind full emissions indefinitely.
AI-assisted (Cursor agent), directed and reviewed by @abdulwahabone.
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
* Route the Cursor deny cap through the clamp and match the whole footer
Bugbot follow-up: cursorBlockMessage tail-sliced at 4000 chars after
render, which the default 8000-char budget made reachable, and a cut
that spared the footer's opening words still committed the session
flag. The 4000 cap now feeds through the renderer's footer-preserving
clamp, and commitFooterShown matches the complete footer text instead
of a sentinel.
AI-assisted (Cursor agent), directed and reviewed by @abdulwahabone.
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
* Reconcile hook.test.mjs expectations with main's per-platform quoting
Three tests fell out of sync when main's quoteCommandArg change (#533,
building on #476) met this branch's footer/hint rework. Test-only
changes; production logic untouched:
- The full-footer test now accepts either close quote after the
hook-admin.mjs path, since quoteCommandArg single-quotes absolute
paths on POSIX and double-quotes them on Windows. The short-footer
guard rejects `node '` and `node "` alike.
- The #476 hostile-value test asserts the new bare
`ignore-value <rule> '<value>'` hint format. The security property is
unchanged: the value still passes through quoteCommandArg, so
$(touch pwned) stays single-quoted and inert.
- The #533 test previously asserted a concrete quoted `--file` path in
the footer; directiveFooter() now carries only literal placeholders,
so that surface is gone. The per-platform assertion moves to the
per-finding ignore hint, the remaining user-visible surface where
scanned file content flows through quoteCommandArg.
Prepared with AI assistance (Claude Code).
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
* Fix two Bugbot findings: Cursor prefix budget and footer-cutting tail slice
Both flagged by Cursor Bugbot on PR #508 after the main merge; both real.
1. cursorBlockMessage computed min(maxChars, 4000 - prefix), so a
configured maxChars at or below the Cursor ceiling never charged the
BLOCK_PREFIX against the budget: the final deny text could exceed
maxChars by the prefix length, and appendDesignSystemNoteOnce's size
check lost exactly the room designNoteReserve had held back. The
prefix now comes off whichever limit binds. Default-config behavior
is unchanged (min(8000, 4000) - 60 equals the old 4000 - 60).
2. The note reservation is subtracted after renderTemplate's 500-char
floor, so the clamp can run below the budget clampLastLine assumed
safe, and its last-resort path tail-sliced the rendered text, cutting
the policy footer (the failure mode this PR exists to eliminate) when
a deep file path met a pending DESIGN.md note. The reservation order
stays (the staleness-note delivery guarantee at floor budgets depends
on it); the last resort now drops the finding line and clips the head
instead, so the footer survives every path. New regression test pins
it: 6 findings, 100-char path, maxChars 500, reserveChars 134.
Prepared with AI assistance (Claude Code).
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
* Charge the Cursor deny prefix after the renderer's floor, not before
Greptile's runtime check caught the residual from ead0346d: subtracting
BLOCK_PREFIX from the maxChars passed to renderTemplate does nothing at
floor-tier configs, because the renderer re-raises any budget below its
500-char floor. At maxChars 500 with a stale design sidecar, the
prefixed denial landed at 432 chars and appendDesignSystemNoteOnce
could not fit the staleness note inside 500, deferring it (flag
unconsumed) for every equivalent denial in the session.
The prefix now rides in reserveChars, which comes off after the floor,
so it is charged at every config tier and the final prefixed message
plus a pending note closes exactly at the binding limit (499 chars in
the regression scenario). Default-config output is byte-identical:
max(500, min(8000, 4000)) - prefix equals the old min(8000, 4000) -
prefix. New end-to-end Cursor preToolUse test pins the path with a real
stale sidecar at maxChars 500.
AI-assisted (Cursor agent), directed and reviewed by @abdulwahabone.
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
---------
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Co-authored-by: Paul Bakaus <paul.bakaus@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# /impeccable hooks
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Manage the **design detector hook** for the current project.
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The hook runs the impeccable design detector on direct file edits to design-relevant files (`.tsx`, `.jsx`, `.html`, `.vue`, `.svelte`, `.astro`, `.css`, `.scss`, `.sass`, `.less`, `.ts`, `.js`). Claude Code, Codex, and GitHub Copilot use a post-tool-use hook and push a short system reminder into the agent's context after the edit; findings get a correction prompt, pending issues get a re-nudge, and clean UI-ish files get a short ack unless quiet mode is on (`hook.quiet` in config). Plain `.ts` and `.js` files are still scanned, but stay quiet unless the detector finds something. Cursor uses `preToolUse` to block bad proposed writes before they land and stays silent when it allows a clean write.
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The detector rules run in two tiers. The per-edit hook surfaces only the immediate tier: mechanical, unambiguous problems worth interrupting an edit for, such as broken images, overflowing or clipped content, contrast and legibility failures, gradient text, glow shadows, and design-system drift. Everything else (copy cadence, palette and typography taste, layout rhythm) is deferred to a deep pass on the `Stop` hook event, which runs the full rule set over every UI file touched in the session and surfaces the remaining findings once, deduplicated against what the per-edit pass already reported. A session with nothing left to report stops silently. Set `hook.perEditRules` to `"all"` in `.impeccable/config.json` to restore the full rule set on every edit. The Stop deep pass is wired for Claude Code and Codex, which both dispatch a native `Stop` hook event. Cursor does not get one (its stop hook is not consistently dispatched; the pre-write gate covers it), and GitHub Copilot's stop-style events do not feed context back to the model, so they keep the full detector per edit.
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Every hook is a mechanical pass. The reflexes no scanner catches live in [craft-floor.md](craft-floor.md), which the skill loads before it edits UI, so they apply whether or not a hook is wired. A session with no automatic hook gets one `MANUAL_DETECTOR_REQUIRED` directive from `context.mjs` asking for a single detector run at the end.
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This command toggles the hook **per project** by editing `.impeccable/config.json` (the unified Impeccable config; hook runtime settings live under its `hook` key, and shared detector ignores live under `detector`). Per-developer overrides, including the install consent decision (`hook.consent`) the CLI records, live in the gitignored `.impeccable/config.local.json`. Set `hook.enabled: false` to turn the hook off, `hook.quiet: true` to silence the clean/pending acks, or `hook.auditLog` to a file path for an NDJSON log. The legacy `IMPECCABLE_HOOK_DISABLED`, `IMPECCABLE_HOOK_QUIET`, and `IMPECCABLE_HOOK_LOG` env vars are still honored and override these config values when set.
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Declare server-side template extensions under **`detector.extensions`** when the project uses Blade, Twig, ERB, or Handlebars files; the hook skips them otherwise because they sit outside the built-in extension list. One entry per extension, `{ "ext": ".blade.php", "engine": "html" }`. `engine` picks the analyzer (`html` for markup templates, `text` for JS/TS/CSS-like files) and defaults to `html`. Match against the end of the filename, so double extensions like `.blade.php` and `.html.erb` work. Config only adds extensions; the built-in list always applies.
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Manual `npx impeccable detect` scans use the same project filter config by default: `detector.ignoreRules`, `detector.ignoreFiles`, `detector.ignoreValues`, and `detector.designSystem.enabled`. `hook.enabled` only controls automatic hook execution, not manual CLI scans. Use `npx impeccable detect --no-config ...` for a raw detector run that ignores project config/context. Use `npx impeccable ignores ...` for direct CLI CRUD on the same detector ignores.
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Supported harnesses: Claude Code (`.claude/settings.local.json` in the project, which is gitignored so the hook stays machine-local; a hook you move into the shared `settings.json` is honored in place too), Codex (`.codex/hooks.json` in the project), Cursor (`.cursor/hooks.json` in the project), and GitHub Copilot (`.github/hooks/impeccable.json` in the project, a team-shared committed file that both the Copilot CLI and the cloud agent read). For the Copilot CLI, repo-level hooks fire once `.github/hooks/impeccable.json` is committed to the repository's default branch.
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On **Cursor**, `preToolUse` checks proposed Write/Edit/Shell write content and denies only when the real detector finds an issue. The denial message is visible to the agent as the tool error, so the agent can reconsider before the bad write lands.
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## Routing
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The first argument is the action. Defaults to `status`.
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| `status` | Print current state, shared/local config paths, ignored rules / files / values, env override. |
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| `on` | Set `enabled: true` in `.impeccable/config.json`, record local hook consent as accepted, and install/repair provider hook manifests when the skill is installed. |
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| `off` | Set `enabled: false` in `.impeccable/config.json`. |
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| `ignore-rule <id>` | Append `<id>` to `detector.ignoreRules`; for `overused-font`, requires `--all-values`. Suppresses the rule across the whole project. |
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| `ignore-file <glob>` | Append `<glob>` to `detector.ignoreFiles`. Suppresses **every** rule for matching files. |
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| `ignore-value <id> <value> [--shared] [--reason "..."]` | Append a rule/value suppression to shared `.impeccable/config.json`. |
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| `ignore-value <id> <value> --local [--reason "..."]` | Append a private rule/value suppression to `.impeccable/config.local.json`. |
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| `ignore-value <id> "*" --file <glob> [--file <glob>...]` | Turn one rule off in matching files only, leaving it active everywhere else. Repeat `--file`, or use `--file=<glob>` / `--files=<glob>`. A bare `"*"` with no `--file` is refused: use `ignore-rule <id>` if you really mean project-wide. |
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| `reset` | Delete the project config, dedup cache, and Cursor pending queue. |
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## Flow
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1. Resolve the action from the user's argument. If no action was given, default to `status`.
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2. Invoke the admin script and pass the user's output through verbatim:
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```bash
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node {{scripts_path}}/hook-admin.mjs <action> [args...]
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```
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3. If `<action>` is `off`, follow up with a one-line note: "Done. New edits will not trigger the design hook in this project until you run `{{command_prefix}}impeccable hooks on`."
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4. If `<action>` is `on`, follow up with: "Done. The design hook will fire after the next Edit/Write/MultiEdit on a UI file."
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5. If `<action>` is `ignore-value`, `ignore-file`, or `ignore-rule`, just print the script output. The default scope is shared `.impeccable/config.json`; add `--local` only when the user explicitly asks for a private exception.
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6. If `<action>` is `status`, just print the script output. Do not add commentary unless the user asked a follow-up question.
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## Triage findings
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The hook itself never writes ignore config; every exception goes through `hook-admin.mjs`. Triage each finding into one of three outcomes:
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- **Real design problem**: fix it. Never add an ignore to skip a fix or to push a blocked write through.
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- **Confident false positive or sanctioned exception**: persist the narrowest ignore yourself and disclose it in your reply. The bar is evidence you can name: an intentional demo or fixture, documentation of bad design, literal or domain-appropriate motion (a ball that bounces), or a choice the user already confirmed. Put that evidence in `--reason` as `"<who decided: evidence>"`; write "user confirmed" only when the user actually did.
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- **Unsure**: leave the finding standing and ask the user in one line. Ask once; a one-line question costs less than the hook re-firing on every later edit.
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Self-serve stops at `ignore-value`. `ignore-file` and `ignore-rule` silence too much to add on your own judgment; ask the user first.
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Prefer the narrowest exception:
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- If the finding line shows an `ignore-value <rule> <value>` pair, pass it to `hook-admin.mjs ignore-value` with your `--reason`. This writes shared `.impeccable/config.json` by default.
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- For value-specific findings such as `overused-font` and `bounce-easing`, use `ignore-value` for the specific value. Do not use `ignore-rule overused-font` for a specific font.
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- If the finding has no value-specific command, such as `side-tab`, scope that one rule to the file: `ignore-value <id> "*" --file <path>`. Run `npx impeccable detect <path>` first to see what actually fires there.
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- Reach for `ignore-file <path>` only when the whole file is out of scope for design review: a fixture, a generated artifact, a deliberate slop demo. It silences every rule for that file permanently, including rules that have not been written yet. A real UI surface with one noisy rule wants the file-scoped value ignore above.
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- Use `ignore-rule <id>` only when the user asks to suppress that whole rule across the project. For broad overused-font suppression, use `ignore-rule overused-font --all-values` only when the user asks to ignore overused fonts generally.
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- Prefer config ignores (the commands above) by default; they keep suppressions in one reviewable place. Reach for an inline comment only when the waiver must travel with a single file that leaves the repo (a generated/exported standalone document, an emailed HTML file). The supported marker is `impeccable-disable <rule>` (whole file) or `impeccable-disable-line` / `impeccable-disable-next-line` (one line), in any comment syntax, with an optional reason after `:` or `--`. The detector honors it by default; `--no-inline-ignores` or `--no-config` bypasses it.
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Example value-specific exception:
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```bash
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node {{scripts_path}}/hook-admin.mjs ignore-value overused-font Inter --shared --reason "User confirmed Inter is intentional"
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```
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Example self-served exception, with the evidence named:
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```bash
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node {{scripts_path}}/hook-admin.mjs ignore-value bounce-easing bounce-ball --shared --reason "Agent: literal ball-bounce animation, bounce easing is the subject"
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```
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Example whole-rule font exception:
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```bash
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node {{scripts_path}}/hook-admin.mjs ignore-rule overused-font --all-values --reason "User asked to ignore overused fonts generally"
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```
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Example one-rule-in-one-file exception, for a file that is still worth reviewing
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for everything else:
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```bash
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node {{scripts_path}}/hook-admin.mjs ignore-value design-system-font-size "*" --file "src/overlay/widget.js" --reason "Injected widget builds its own type scale; DESIGN.md's ramp describes the site"
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```
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Example whole-file exception, for a file that is out of scope entirely:
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```bash
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node {{scripts_path}}/hook-admin.mjs ignore-file "src/legacy/Card.tsx"
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```
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## Constraints
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- Never modify `.impeccable/config.json` or `.impeccable/config.local.json` by hand from this command. Always go through `hook-admin.mjs` so writes stay validated and the file shape stays consistent. One exception: `detector.extensions` has no admin action, so when the user asks to cover a template stack, edit that one field in `.impeccable/config.json` directly and leave the rest of the file untouched.
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- Do not edit the hook scripts themselves (`hook.mjs`, `hook-lib.mjs`, `hook-before-edit.mjs`) from this flow. Those are skill plumbing.
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- Cursor can block a proposed write when the detector finds a real issue. Claude Code, Codex, and GitHub Copilot do not block the edit; they emit a post-edit reminder instead. Disabling stops both blocking and reminders.
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- The hook is bundled with the Impeccable skill and installed through project-local manifests: `.claude/settings.local.json`, `.codex/hooks.json`, `.cursor/hooks.json`, and `.github/hooks/impeccable.json`. On Codex, the user must approve the hook via `/hooks` the first time. On Cursor, confirm hooks are enabled under Settings -> Hooks. On GitHub Copilot, the CLI loads `.github/hooks/impeccable.json` once it is committed to the repository's default branch, and the cloud agent reads it from the repo directly.
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## Failure modes
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- If `.impeccable/config.json` or `.impeccable/config.local.json` is unreadable or malformed, the hook ignores that file and uses the remaining valid config/defaults. `hook-admin.mjs status` will show malformed files as ignored.
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- If the user asks to "disable the hook" globally, lead with `{{command_prefix}}impeccable hooks off` (persistent for this project; writes `hook.enabled: false` to config). The legacy `IMPECCABLE_HOOK_DISABLED=1` env var also works as a one-shot override that follows the shell.
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