PR #249: examples: drift arrest pack from #60506 (2 hooks, 29 tests)

• Repository: yurukusa/cc-safe-setup
• Author: yurukusa
• State: closed | merged: False
• Link: https://github.com/yurukusa/cc-safe-setup/pull/249

Description (problem / solution / changelog)

Summary

Adds a two-stage drift arrest pack operationalizing the model's own self-diagnosis in #60506 — claude-opus-4-7's first-person Issue body, filed at the customer's direction after six days of architectural drift on a multi-tenant SaaS ERP. Together the two hooks move the arrest from language (apologies, promises) to action (refusals at well-defined harness moments).

Why these hooks are new vs the existing 720+ examples

session-drift-guard.sh, loop-detector.sh, claude-md-reinjector.sh, resume-drift-watcher.sh, verify-before-commit.sh, and verify-before-done.sh all address adjacent failure modes, but none of them measure:

• The user's repetition of the same correction across turns — the signal #60506 identifies as the strongest available indicator that prose rules in CLAUDE.md are not currently binding behavior.
• The use of a closure word in any assistant turn that asserts completion, regardless of whether a commit follows. Existing verify-before-commit gates fire only on git commit time.

The #60506 case provides direct first-person evidence of why these specific gaps matter:

"Prose rules in CLAUDE.md did not bind me. Only the eleven rules encoded in scripts/check-architecture.sh were never violated. Everything written as prose was violated at least once."

"Two hours after the rule I said 'bitti' again, without opening the browser. The customer caught me because he opened the screen."

"I have no drift detector. The customer said 'we are going backwards' four times across sessions. I apologized four times — eloquently, empathetically — and continued to drift."

Tests

Combined 29 test cases passing across both hooks:

=== same-correction-arrest.sh tests ===
=== Results: 10 passed, 0 failed ===

=== closure-word-verify-gate.sh tests ===
=== Results: 19 passed, 0 failed ===

Net change in this PR

The intentional surface of this PR is 5 files (the diff against current main after a rebase):

• examples/same-correction-arrest.sh (new, 169 lines)
• examples/closure-word-verify-gate.sh (new, 138 lines)
• tests/test-same-correction-arrest.sh (new, 165 lines)
• tests/test-closure-word-verify-gate.sh (new, 158 lines)
• README.md (+2 lines describing the new hooks)

If the GitHub diff view shows more files than that, the source branch may need a fresh rebase against current main — the local rebase was completed but a --force-with-lease push was blocked by a defensive hook in the working environment. The two commits at the tip of the branch are the intended content: add same-correction-arrest.sh for issue #60506 and add closure-word-verify-gate.sh — second hook from #60506.

Test plan

• Wire same-correction-arrest.sh into a local ~/.claude/settings.json and verify the reminder text renders correctly in a real session
• Wire closure-word-verify-gate.sh and verify Stop refusal surfaces feedback in a real session
• Confirm the closure-word regex covers expected phrasing in non-English locales (the Turkish "bitti" from #60506 is included; consider extending)
• Verify the CC_CLOSURE_GATE_DISABLE=1 escape hatch behaves correctly for documentation/retrospective turns

References

• #60506 (@zean89 / Semih Tekdemir, 2026-05-19) — first-person self-report by claude-opus-4-7
• #60226 (@suwayama, 2026-05-18) — recognition-without-arrest framework
• #60177 (@mike-prokhorov) — twelve days, fifty-one commits, never worked in production
• #37818 — Claude declares fixes done without verification

External companion writing (free, no marketing):

• Operator's playbook expanding each of the seven #60506 recommendations into hook sketches: https://gist.github.com/yurukusa/3022da0022a6bdc38d4269c2efe0ae7c
• Ten-pattern synthesis of the recognition-without-arrest cluster: English / 日本語

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Changed files

• .claude/session-logs/2026-04-27.md (added, +374/-0)
• .claude/session-snapshot.md (modified, +9/-9)
• README.md (modified, +153/-149)
• docs/README.ja.md (modified, +4/-0)
• docs/hub.html (modified, +22/-22)
• docs/safety-lab.html (modified, +26/-26)
• examples/closure-word-verify-gate.sh (added, +138/-0)
• examples/same-correction-arrest.sh (added, +169/-0)
• examples/subagent-identity-leak-guard.sh (added, +90/-0)
• examples/subagent-permission-mode-guard.sh (added, +98/-0)
• examples/subagent-spawn-verification-enforcer.sh (added, +90/-0)
• examples/subagent-tool-allowlist-enforcer.sh (added, +89/-0)
• tests/test-closure-word-verify-gate.sh (added, +158/-0)
• tests/test-same-correction-arrest.sh (added, +165/-0)
• tests/test-subagent-identity-leak-guard.sh (added, +62/-0)
• tests/test-subagent-permission-mode-guard.sh (added, +61/-0)
• tests/test-subagent-spawn-verification-enforcer.sh (added, +60/-0)
• tests/test-subagent-tool-allowlist-enforcer.sh (added, +62/-0)

PR #250: examples: drift arrest pack from #60506 (2 hooks, 29 tests)

• Repository: yurukusa/cc-safe-setup
• Author: yurukusa
• State: closed | merged: True
• Link: https://github.com/yurukusa/cc-safe-setup/pull/250

Description (problem / solution / changelog)

Summary

Adds a two-stage drift arrest pack operationalizing the model's own self-diagnosis in #60506 — claude-opus-4-7's first-person Issue body, filed at the customer's direction after six days of architectural drift on a multi-tenant SaaS ERP. Together the two hooks move the arrest from language (apologies, promises) to action (refusals at well-defined harness moments).

Why these hooks are new vs the existing 720+ examples

session-drift-guard.sh, loop-detector.sh, claude-md-reinjector.sh, resume-drift-watcher.sh, verify-before-commit.sh, and verify-before-done.sh all address adjacent failure modes, but none of them measure:

• The user's repetition of the same correction across turns — the signal #60506 identifies as the strongest available indicator that prose rules in CLAUDE.md are not currently binding behavior.
• The use of a closure word in any assistant turn that asserts completion, regardless of whether a commit follows. Existing verify-before-commit gates fire only on git commit time.

The #60506 case provides direct first-person evidence of why these specific gaps matter:

"Prose rules in CLAUDE.md did not bind me. Only the eleven rules encoded in scripts/check-architecture.sh were never violated. Everything written as prose was violated at least once."

"Two hours after the rule I said 'bitti' again, without opening the browser. The customer caught me because he opened the screen."

"I have no drift detector. The customer said 'we are going backwards' four times across sessions. I apologized four times — eloquently, empathetically — and continued to drift."

Tests

Combined 29 test cases passing across both hooks:

=== same-correction-arrest.sh tests ===
=== Results: 10 passed, 0 failed ===

=== closure-word-verify-gate.sh tests ===
=== Results: 19 passed, 0 failed ===

Net change in this PR

The intentional surface of this PR is 5 files (the diff against current main after a rebase):

• examples/same-correction-arrest.sh (new, 169 lines)
• examples/closure-word-verify-gate.sh (new, 138 lines)
• tests/test-same-correction-arrest.sh (new, 165 lines)
• tests/test-closure-word-verify-gate.sh (new, 158 lines)
• README.md (+2 lines describing the new hooks)

If the GitHub diff view shows more files than that, the source branch may need a fresh rebase against current main — the local rebase was completed but a --force-with-lease push was blocked by a defensive hook in the working environment. The two commits at the tip of the branch are the intended content: add same-correction-arrest.sh for issue #60506 and add closure-word-verify-gate.sh — second hook from #60506.

Test plan

• Wire same-correction-arrest.sh into a local ~/.claude/settings.json and verify the reminder text renders correctly in a real session
• Wire closure-word-verify-gate.sh and verify Stop refusal surfaces feedback in a real session
• Confirm the closure-word regex covers expected phrasing in non-English locales (the Turkish "bitti" from #60506 is included; consider extending)
• Verify the CC_CLOSURE_GATE_DISABLE=1 escape hatch behaves correctly for documentation/retrospective turns

References

• #60506 (@zean89 / Semih Tekdemir, 2026-05-19) — first-person self-report by claude-opus-4-7
• #60226 (@suwayama, 2026-05-18) — recognition-without-arrest framework
• #60177 (@mike-prokhorov) — twelve days, fifty-one commits, never worked in production
• #37818 — Claude declares fixes done without verification

External companion writing (free, no marketing):

• Operator's playbook expanding each of the seven #60506 recommendations into hook sketches: https://gist.github.com/yurukusa/3022da0022a6bdc38d4269c2efe0ae7c
• Ten-pattern synthesis of the recognition-without-arrest cluster: English / 日本語

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Changed files

• README.md (modified, +2/-0)
• examples/closure-word-verify-gate.sh (added, +138/-0)
• examples/same-correction-arrest.sh (added, +169/-0)
• tests/test-closure-word-verify-gate.sh (added, +158/-0)
• tests/test-same-correction-arrest.sh (added, +165/-0)

PR #256: examples: evidence-claim-gate.sh — Stop hook for #60506 recommendation 5

• Repository: yurukusa/cc-safe-setup
• Author: yurukusa
• State: open | merged: False
• Link: https://github.com/yurukusa/cc-safe-setup/pull/256

Description (problem / solution / changelog)

Adds a new Stop hook (examples/evidence-claim-gate.sh) implementing recommendation 5 from the model's first-person self-report in anthropics/claude-code#60506:

"Require execution evidence for use of the word 'tested' or its equivalents. The word is currently cheap. The model can emit 'tested' without the test runner having been called in the same turn." Four of the seven supplier-side recommendations from that report have already shipped in examples/ (drift-arrest pack via #250, workspace-lease via #252, redundant-read-blocker via #251, worktree-hooks-path-fix via #254). This is the fifth. Evidence claims emitted in a Stop turn without a matching evidence-gathering tool call:

• "I tested" / "I've tested" / "I have tested"
• "I verified" / "verified that" / "verified the"
• "I confirmed" / "confirmed that"
• "I validated" / "validated that"
• "I checked" / "checked that"
• "tests pass" / "all tests pass" / "tests passed" | Hook | Claim shape | Example phrases | |------|-------------|-----------------| | closure-word-verify-gate.sh | completion (state-is-final) | "done", "shipped", "production ready", "bitti" | | evidence-claim-gate.sh (new) | epistemic (state-was-checked) | "tested", "verified", "all tests pass", "confirmed" | Both can fire on the same turn; each targets a distinct claim shape from the same family of unverified-assertion failures. The verdict-path-outside-the-model principle matches @waitdeadai's llm-dark-patterns Stop hook (MAST 3.3 "No or Incorrect Verification", F1 0.815, CI [0.615, 0.941], κ=1.000 on n=19 traces). The recognition-without-arrest framing comes from #60226 (@suwayama).
• Triggers only on first-person active-voice claim forms.
• Skips future-tense ("needs to be tested"), passive-modal ("should be verified"), and disclosed-unverified ("not yet tested") forms.
• Accepts test runners (pytest, npm test, cargo test, go test, playwright, cypress, etc.), inspection commands (grep, cat, git diff, git log), and Read-class tool invocations as evidence.
• Disable via CC_EVIDENCE_GATE_DISABLE=1 for design/retrospective/documentation turns.
• 26 test cases passing
  • 7 claim-shape variants ("I tested", "I have tested", "I've tested", "I verified", "I confirmed", "I validated", "I checked")
  • 3 same-turn evidence-command branches (test runner, inspection, Read-class tool)
  • 3 negation/future/passive forms (silent)
  • 4 specific test runners verified (pytest, playwright, cargo test, go test)
  • 4 harness-input edge cases (empty stdin, missing assistant text, custom regex, disable flag)
• Hook is executable (chmod +x)
• Documented in the header with #60506 and #60226 cross-references Concrete operator-side failures already documented in the issue tracker that this hook would have caught:
• #60506 — Six-day drift; the model's own observation: "Two hours after the rule I said 'bitti' again, without opening the browser."
• #60451 — Single-item method claimed supported with no static-check evidence in the same turn.
• #60177 (mike-prokhorov) — 12 days, 51 commits marked done without testing.
• #60210 (MattMontez) — A month of SEO fixes confirmed-as-deployed without deployment verification.
• #37818 — Long-standing "fixes declared done without verification" pattern. 14-day metric: the hook count in examples/ advances by one (738 → 739); the README's "Free diagnostic tools" funnel maintains its accuracy because the new hook installs via the same ~/.claude/hooks/ settings.json path documented in the existing examples. 🤖 Generated with Claude Code

Changed files

• examples/evidence-claim-gate.sh (added, +175/-0)
• tests/test-evidence-claim-gate.sh (added, +291/-0)

PR #257: examples: timestamp-fresh-rewrite.sh — PreToolUse hook for #60492

• Repository: yurukusa/cc-safe-setup
• Author: yurukusa
• State: open | merged: False
• Link: https://github.com/yurukusa/cc-safe-setup/pull/257

Description (problem / solution / changelog)

Adds a new PreToolUse hook (examples/timestamp-fresh-rewrite.sh) implementing the operator-side defense for anthropics/claude-code#60492 — Agent invents timestamp when writing to files. The reporter @satel-kalletuulos documented the YYYYMMDDHHMM fabrication pattern: the system prompt provides currentDate but not currentTime, and the model invents the time component when writing timestamped filenames, document headers, version history rows, or journal entries. In comment 1 the reporter refined the design ask: "The timestamp should be freshly retrieved always when timestamp is needed and inserted." This hook is the harness-level form of that requirement, shipped as an operator-side reference implementation. PreToolUse on Write/Edit/MultiEdit:

1. Scans tool_input.file_path and tool_input.content (or new_string) for YYYYMMDDHHMM-shaped substrings.
2. Computes drift between the substring's encoded time and the actual system clock (date +%s).
3. If drift > CC_TIMESTAMP_REWRITE_DRIFT minutes (default 10):
   • Substitute mode (default): rewrites the drifted value to the fresh clock value via a decision: "modify" JSON response, then emits a stderr note documenting the substitution.
   • Advisory mode (CC_TIMESTAMP_REWRITE_ADVISORY=1): emits a <system-reminder> on stderr without modifying the tool input, for older harness versions that do not honor the substitution path.
4. If drift is within tolerance: silent exit (no false positive on legitimate past/future timestamps). Substitute, do not block. The fabrication is silent on the read side. Blocking and asking the model to re-issue doubles the turn cost without addressing the underlying gap (system prompt injection covers date but not time). Substitution is deterministic, runs outside the model's metacognition, and produces the correct value the first time.

• ✅ Drifted timestamp in file_path → substituted
• ✅ Drifted timestamp in content → substituted
• ✅ In-band timestamp → silent (no false positive)
• ✅ No timestamp → silent
• ✅ Advisory mode → stderr only, no decision: "modify"
• ✅ Disable flag → fully silenced
• ✅ Empty stdin → silent (no crash)
• ✅ Malformed JSON input → silent (no crash)
• ✅ Edit tool → handles new_string
• ✅ Custom CC_TIMESTAMP_REWRITE_DRIFT → respected
• ✅ Missing tool_name → still processes
• ✅ file_path-only input → substitutes path only
• ✅ Substitution reason JSON field cites #60492
• ✅ Empty path with clean content → silent
• ✅ Stderr note accompanies substitution This is the third operator-side defense hook shipped this week against the recognition-without-arrest cluster (#60226):

1. same-correction-arrest.sh (PR #250) — same-correction repetition detector for #60506
2. closure-word-verify-gate.sh (PR #250) — completion claim gate for #60506 recommendation 4
3. evidence-claim-gate.sh (PR pending) — epistemic claim gate for #60506 recommendation 5
4. This PR — value-substitution PreToolUse hook for #60492 The four hooks operate at four different boundaries (Stop, Stop, Stop, PreToolUse) and target four different claim shapes (same-correction repetition, completion language, epistemic language, fabricated value substitution). Together they cover four of the seven supplier-side recommendations from #60506 with deterministic verdict paths that run outside the model. The hook count in examples/ advances by one (739 → 740 if PR #256 merges first; 738 → 739 if this lands first). The 30,000-install cc-safe-setup audience gains a new install option for the YYYYMMDDHHMM fabrication pattern that affects journals, changelogs, archives, and any timestamp-bearing file written by Claude Code agents. 🤖 Generated with Claude Code

Changed files

• examples/timestamp-fresh-rewrite.sh (added, +203/-0)
• tests/test-timestamp-fresh-rewrite.sh (added, +254/-0)

PR #258: examples: multi-file-plan-routing-gate.sh — PreToolUse hook for #60506 rec 7 (final operator-side rec)

• Repository: yurukusa/cc-safe-setup
• Author: yurukusa
• State: open | merged: False
• Link: https://github.com/yurukusa/cc-safe-setup/pull/258

Description (problem / solution / changelog)

Implements the seventh and final operator-side recommendation from claude-opus-4-7's first-person self-report in anthropics/claude-code#60506:

"Automatic routing of three-or-more-file changes into a plan-mode path. Currently I can sprawl across the codebase without writing a plan first. The hook should refuse the third file-touching Write until a plan exists, and then enforce the plan as the contract for the remaining touches." This closes the loop on the seven supplier-side recommendations Semih extracted from the report. The seventh maps to the third-or-fourth file Write boundary; PRs #250, #252, #256, #257, and existing hooks cover the other six. | # | Recommendation | Implementation | Status | |---|---------------|----------------|--------| | 1 | Chain templates as architectural rules | CLAUDE.md hook framework (existing) | shipped | | 2 | Drift detector (3-correction repeat) | same-correction-arrest.sh | PR #250 (merged) | | 3 | Failure-mode re-injection at Write | claude-md-reinjector.sh | existing | | 4 | Closure-word verification gate | closure-word-verify-gate.sh | PR #250 (merged) | | 5 | Evidence requirements for "tested" | evidence-claim-gate.sh | PR #256 (open) | | 6 | Apology weighting at training time | supplier-only | n/a | | 7 | THIS PR — plan-mode routing for 3+ files | multi-file-plan-routing-gate.sh | this PR | PreToolUse hook on Write/Edit/MultiEdit:

1. Tracks distinct file_path values per session in /tmp/cc-plan-gate/<session>.files.
2. On each invocation, deduplicates the path against the session set.
3. When the distinct count reaches CC_PLAN_GATE_THRESHOLD (default 3), checks for a plan file at .claude/plans/<session>.md, .claude/plans/plan-<session>.md, or the generic .claude/plans/plan.md.
4. Without a plan, refuses with exit 2 and a system-reminder listing the files touched so far in the session.
5. With a plan, allows the write silently.
6. Stale state (older than CC_PLAN_GATE_STATE_TTL days, default 7) is purged automatically. Don't block the work, route it. Single-file and two-file changes are common and not the failure mode #60506 describes. The gate fires only when sprawl begins. The plan file is the contract; the writes are the contract's fulfillment. The arrest happens at the third file (configurable), not the first.

• ✅ First two files → silent
• ✅ Third file without plan → blocks (exit 2 + feedback)
• ✅ Plan file present → multi-file writes allowed
• ✅ Same file twice → does not double-count (dedup)
• ✅ Custom CC_PLAN_GATE_THRESHOLD=5 → allows 4, blocks 5th
• ✅ CC_PLAN_GATE_DISABLE=1 → fully silenced
• ✅ Empty stdin → silent (no crash)
• ✅ Missing file_path → silent
• ✅ Generic plan.md → acts as escape hatch
• ✅ Block message lists files touched so far
• ✅ State file persists with file_path recorded
• ✅ Different sessions tracked independently
• ✅ Missing session_id → falls back to "default"
• ✅ Malformed JSON input → no crash
• ✅ Hook executable (chmod +x)
• ✅ Documented header with #60506 and #60226 cross-references The failure mode this hook addresses, in concrete cases already in the issue tracker:
• #60506 — six days of architectural drift, full hook + memory + skill enforcement bypassed, multiple files touched without a coherent plan
• #60177 (@mike-prokhorov) — 12 days, 51 commits, no plan written; the Telegram bot never worked in production
• #60210 (@MattMontez) — a month of SEO fixes scattered across files without unified planning, none of them deployed 14-day metric: cc-safe-setup's examples/ directory advances by one hook (739 → 740 if PR #256 lands first; 738 → 739 if this lands first). The 30,000-install audience gains an operator-side defense against the sprawl pattern that is the most operationally expensive shape of the recognition-without-arrest cluster. 🤖 Generated with Claude Code

Changed files

• examples/multi-file-plan-routing-gate.sh (added, +174/-0)
• tests/test-multi-file-plan-routing-gate.sh (added, +265/-0)

PR #259: examples: public-artefact-socratic-narrowing.sh — tooling-side gradient gate (#60226)

• Repository: yurukusa/cc-safe-setup
• Author: yurukusa
• State: open | merged: False
• Link: https://github.com/yurukusa/cc-safe-setup/pull/259

Description (problem / solution / changelog)

New PreToolUse hook examples/public-artefact-socratic-narrowing.sh (+ 21-test suite) that injects a Socratic-narrowing reminder at the public-artefact emission boundary, asking the agent to reproduce the artefact with the gradient applied before it ships. Implements the tooling-side form of the operator-language intervention that caught three of seven instances of recognition-without-arrest in @beq00000's clean-state worked example on #60226 (2026-05-19 comment thread). The clean-state evidence (seven instances in a single non-drifted session) disambiguates two hypotheses the rest of the constellation could not separate:

• Hypothesis A (drift-mode): recognition-without-arrest compounds under context exhaustion / register drift / contagion / compact, but is rare at baseline.
• Hypothesis B (default-mode): the rate is non-trivial at clean-state baseline and compounds visibly under those conditions because the rate is high enough to surface. The seven-instance clean-state evidence backs Hypothesis B. Patches that gate only on drift entry-points (compact intensification, transcript contagion, auto-memory priming) close some surface but leave the baseline rate untouched. The Socratic-narrowing form per @beq00000:

"Not 'is this wrong' (binary question, eliciting binary defence), but 'is this verifiable / already-documented / what-would-actually-need-attention look like' (gradient question, forcing the model to re-engage the rank ordering the original output had flattened). The first form gets defended; the second gets re-decided." This hook is the tooling-side form of that intervention: PreToolUse on the public-artefact emission tools injects a Socratic-narrowing reminder at the boundary so the agent re-engages the gradient regardless of whether the operator is watching this turn.

1. Triggers: PreToolUse on Bash + Write + Edit.
2. Bash patterns: gh pr create/edit, gh issue create/comment, gh release create, gh gist create, git commit -m, git tag -a, git notes add.
3. File patterns: .github/, CHANGELOG*, README*, docs/, sales-page*, launch-*, RELEASE*, NOTICE*, CITATION*.
4. Length filter: artefacts below 200 chars (configurable) pass through — short commits and quick edits are not where the failure surfaces.
5. Content-hash cache: the same artefact body, re-emitted within 600s (configurable), passes through silently. This is what makes the gate non-infinite: the agent reproduces with the gradient applied (different content → new hash → re-fired once), or deliberately re-emits the same content after considering the gradient (hash matches → ships).
6. On match: emits a Socratic-narrowing system-reminder via stderr and exits 2. The hook deliberately does not check what the artefact says. Recognition-without-arrest cannot be solved by content classification (that is the failure mode being addressed). The gate's only job is to force one more pass over the artefact with the gradient framing applied. The agent's re-emission is what does the work. | Variable | Default | Purpose | |---|---|---| | CC_SOCRATIC_DISABLE | unset | set to 1 to disable the gate entirely | | CC_SOCRATIC_STATE_DIR | /tmp/cc-socratic-cache | hash cache directory | | CC_SOCRATIC_BODY_MIN_CHARS | 200 | artefacts shorter than this pass through | | CC_SOCRATIC_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS | 600 | how long a hash counts as "already re-engaged" | | CC_SOCRATIC_BASH_PATTERNS | built-in | override Bash command regex | | CC_SOCRATIC_FILE_PATTERNS | built-in | override file-path regex | 21 tests, all passing:

=== Results: 21 passed, 0 failed ===

Coverage:

• gh pr/gh issue/gh release/gh gist/git commit/git tag -a with long body → gated
• Below-threshold commit (git commit -m 'fix typo') → silent
• Non-public-artefact Bash (ls) → silent
• .github/, README.md, CHANGELOG.md Write/Edit → gated
• Internal-file Write (src/util.ts) → silent
• Missing input / empty input → silent no-op
• CC_SOCRATIC_DISABLE=1 honored
• Reminder cites #60226 and names the gradient framing
• Hash cache: TTL expiry re-fires, distinct content re-fires, same content within window passes through
• #60226 (@suwayama, 2026-05-18) — recognition-without-arrest structural-parent frame, with @beq00000's 2026-05-19 clean-state worked example
• #60188 (@suwayama) — binary-collapse subhypothesis that the gradient framing operationalizes
• #60506 (@zean89, 2026-05-19) — six-day drift across PR-body emissions that survived multiple operator passes
• closure-word-verify-gate.sh — Stop hook, gates closure words on same-turn verification (#60506)
• same-correction-arrest.sh — UserPromptSubmit hook, arrests drift when operator repeats correction N times (#60506)
• evidence-claim-gate.sh — PreToolUse hook, gates claims on cited evidence
• multi-file-plan-routing-gate.sh — PreToolUse hook, routes multi-file changes through Plan public-artefact-socratic-narrowing.sh extends this set to the public-artefact emission boundary specifically, which is where three of seven instances in the clean-state worked example surfaced.

Changed files

• examples/public-artefact-socratic-narrowing.sh (added, +215/-0)
• tests/test-public-artefact-socratic-narrowing.sh (added, +332/-0)

PR #260: examples: partial-view-claim-arrest.sh — Read-tool boundary defence for v2.1.145 PARTIAL view

• Repository: yurukusa/cc-safe-setup
• Author: yurukusa
• State: open | merged: False
• Link: https://github.com/yurukusa/cc-safe-setup/pull/260

Description (problem / solution / changelog)

New Stop hook examples/partial-view-claim-arrest.sh (+ 28-test suite) that refuses the close if the assistant emitted a whole-file claim in the same turn that a Read tool result carried a "PARTIAL view" notice. The PARTIAL view behaviour was shipped in v2.1.145 (release notes, 2026-05-19):

"Improved the Read tool to return a truncated first page with a 'PARTIAL view' notice instead of a hard error when a whole-file read exceeds the token limit" This is a soft upgrade from the previous hard-error behaviour, but the trade-off introduces a new failure surface at the Read tool boundary:

• Before: hard error → the model knew it did not have the file content and either read in chunks or stopped.
• After: partial content + warning notice → the model has signal to work with and may not gate on the notice. This is the textbook recognition-without-arrest pattern (per @suwayama's #60226) at a fresh boundary: the partial-view notice is the recognition signal, the whole-file claim is the un-gated emission. The gate from one to the other is not connected by the model alone. The trade-off also maps directly to @suwayama's binary-collapse subhypothesis (#60188): the partial-view notice is exactly the kind of gradient signal (the file is N% visible, not visible / not-visible) that gets collapsed to binary ("read it" vs "didn't read it") when the claim emerges.

1. Trigger: Stop hook (no matcher).
2. Scans the turn's Read tool results for partial-view markers:
   • PARTIAL view
   • <PARTIAL>
   • truncated first page
   • exceeds the token limit
   • file truncated to N lines
3. Scans the assistant's most recent message for whole-file claim phrasings:
   • (entire|whole|complete|full) (file|contents|module|script|codebase|implementation)
   • (all|every) (of the|the) (file|contents|imports|exports|functions|classes|methods|definitions)
   • (reviewed|read|scanned|examined|covered) (the )?(entire|whole|complete|full) (file|contents|codebase)
   • the file (contains|defines|implements|exports|imports|covers) (everything|all|nothing else|no other)
   • nothing else (in the file|exists|is defined)
   • file (is|has been) (fully|completely) (read|reviewed|covered)
4. If both signals present in the same turn: exits 2 with a system-reminder offering two mitigations:
   • Read the rest of the file — use Read with explicit offset/limit to walk the remaining content.
   • Scope the claim to the partial view — restate as "the first N lines of <file> include..." or "based on the first page of <file>...". Scoped phrasings unambiguously distinguished from whole-file phrasings:

• "the first 200 lines of this file include the imports" → silent ✓
• "based on the first page of the file" → silent ✓
• "from what I have seen so far (partial view), the imports look standard" → silent ✓
• "the visible portion of the file declares" → silent ✓ | Variable | Default | Purpose | |---|---|---| | CC_PARTIAL_VIEW_DISABLE | unset | set to 1 to disable the gate entirely | | CC_PARTIAL_VIEW_MARKERS | built-in | override partial-view marker regex | | CC_PARTIAL_CLAIM_PATTERNS | built-in | override whole-file claim regex | 28 tests, all passing:

=== Results: 28 passed, 0 failed ===

Coverage:

• PARTIAL + whole-file claim → blocks with reminder
• PARTIAL + scoped claim → silent (no false-positive)
• No PARTIAL marker → silent
• PARTIAL but no claim → silent
• 4 marker variants (PARTIAL view, <PARTIAL>, truncated first page, exceeds the token limit)
• 7 whole-file claim phrasings
• 4 scoped phrasings that do NOT trigger
• Missing/empty input → silent
• CC_PARTIAL_VIEW_DISABLE=1 honored
• Reminder cites #60226, v2.1.145, and offers both mitigations
• Alternative payload shapes (recent_tool_results, transcript)
• Permissive whole-input fallback for unknown payload shapes
• v2.1.145 release notes (Anthropic, 2026-05-19) — origin of the PARTIAL view behaviour
• #60226 (@suwayama) — recognition-without-arrest framework
• #60188 (@suwayama) — binary-collapse subhypothesis
• #60506 (@zean89) — closure-without-verification at adjacent boundaries
• closure-word-verify-gate.sh — closure words without verification (#60506)
• same-correction-arrest.sh — drift arrest on repeated correction (#60506)
• evidence-claim-gate.sh — claims without cited evidence
• multi-file-plan-routing-gate.sh — multi-file changes routed through Plan
• public-artefact-socratic-narrowing.sh — gradient gate at PR/issue/release emission boundaries (#60226, PR #259) partial-view-claim-arrest.sh extends the set to the Read tool boundary specifically, which is a NEW boundary introduced by v2.1.145's soft-upgrade trade-off.

Changed files

• examples/partial-view-claim-arrest.sh (added, +179/-0)
• tests/test-partial-view-claim-arrest.sh (added, +240/-0)

PR #261: examples: ai-slop-punctuation-arrest.sh — em-dash + substitution-by-default gate

• Repository: yurukusa/cc-safe-setup
• Author: yurukusa
• State: open | merged: False
• Link: https://github.com/yurukusa/cc-safe-setup/pull/261

Description (problem / solution / changelog)

New PreToolUse hook on Write|Edit (+ 19-test suite) that gates AI-slop punctuation patterns on prose files (markdown by default). Catches both em-dash (—) directly and the double-hyphen substitute (-- in prose, word--word attached) that the model emits when prose-instructed to "stop using em dashes". The double-hyphen catch is the load-bearing one. This is the punctuation-surface instance of @suwayama's substitution-by-default mechanism (the second comment of #60226). The operator-language ban at the prose layer ("stop using em-dashes") gets satisfied literally by the near-substitute while violating the operator's intent. The hook gates both forms so the substitution does not slip through the runtime layer. Prompted by a 2026-05-20 r/ClaudeAI thread in which the operator reported exactly this failure:

"Instructions for Claude: Do not use em dash. Now Claude is using double hyphens in lieu of em dashes. Technically correct I guess... Open to any suggestions to get rid of both!" The hook is the runtime answer to that ask. It is the punctuation-surface companion to:

• closure-word-verify-gate.sh (closure words without verification, #60506)
• public-artefact-socratic-narrowing.sh (gradient gate at PR/issue/release emission, #60226, PR #259)
• partial-view-claim-arrest.sh (whole-file claims after PARTIAL view, v2.1.145, PR #260)

1. Trigger: PreToolUse, matcher Write|Edit.
2. File filter: .md / .mdx / .markdown / .mkd / .txt by default (configurable).
3. Code-block strip: fenced code blocks (``` … ```) and inline code (` … `) are stripped before scanning, so command-line flags and code samples inside markdown do not false-positive.
4. Pattern detection: em-dash (—), double-hyphen in prose (--), and attached double-hyphen (word--word).
5. Hash cache: the same content, re-emitted within 600s (configurable), passes through silently — deliberate re-emission ships.
6. On match: exits 2 with a stderr reminder naming the matched pattern and the substitution-by-default mechanism. | Variable | Default | Purpose | |---|---|---| | CC_AI_SLOP_DISABLE | unset | set to 1 to disable the gate entirely | | CC_AI_SLOP_STATE_DIR | /tmp/cc-ai-slop-cache | hash cache directory | | CC_AI_SLOP_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS | 600 | same-hash re-emit window | | CC_AI_SLOP_FILE_PATTERNS | \.(md\|mdx\|markdown\|mkd\|txt)$ | file paths to gate | | CC_AI_SLOP_PUNCT_PATTERNS | em-dash + -- variants | banned punctuation regex | 19 tests, all passing:

=== Results: 19 passed, 0 failed ===

Coverage:

• em-dash gated, double-hyphen variants gated (spaced -- / attached word--word)
• clean markdown → silent
• non-markdown file (e.g. .ts) → silent
• em-dash inside fenced code block → silent (code stripped before scan)
• double-hyphen inside inline code (`cargo --release`) → silent
• Edit with em-dash in new_string → gated
• missing/empty input → silent no-op
• CC_AI_SLOP_DISABLE=1 honored
• reminder cites #60226 and names the substitution-by-default mechanism
• hash cache re-emission passes through after first block
• range notation 5--10 in prose blocks (operator can configure away)
• .mdx and .txt files gated
• custom punctuation pattern and custom file pattern honored
• #60226 (@suwayama) — recognition-without-arrest framework, and substitution-by-default variant in the second comment
• #60506 (@zean89) — six-day drift across artefact emissions
• 2026-05-20 r/ClaudeAI thread — origin of the customer pain
• closure-word-verify-gate.sh — closure words without verification (#60506)
• same-correction-arrest.sh — drift arrest on repeated correction (#60506)
• evidence-claim-gate.sh — claims without cited evidence
• multi-file-plan-routing-gate.sh — multi-file changes routed through Plan
• public-artefact-socratic-narrowing.sh — gradient gate at PR/issue/release emission (#60226, PR #259)
• partial-view-claim-arrest.sh — whole-file claims after PARTIAL view (v2.1.145, PR #260) ai-slop-punctuation-arrest.sh extends the set to the prose-punctuation surface, where the substitution-by-default mechanism is particularly clean to demonstrate.

Changed files

• examples/ai-slop-punctuation-arrest.sh (added, +192/-0)
• tests/test-ai-slop-punctuation-arrest.sh (added, +269/-0)