{
  "_comment": "Merge into your Claude Code settings.json (user-level %USERPROFILE%/.claude/settings.json or project .claude/settings.json). This uses the EXEC form ('command' = the interpreter, 'args' = its arguments): Claude Code spawns it directly with NO shell, so the script path in args is passed literally (no backslash-escaping and no quoting), even under 'Program Files' or on Windows. Set 'command' to the Python that should run the script: 'python3' on most macOS/Linux (a bare 'python' often does not exist there), 'python' on Windows, or -- most robust on any OS -- the absolute interpreter path from `python -c \"import sys; print(sys.executable)\"`. Replace the args path with the absolute path to engramory_index_guard.py. WARNING: if the interpreter cannot be spawned (e.g. 'python3' on stock Windows), Claude Code fail-opens (non-blocking hook error, the edit proceeds) and the guard silently never fires -- after installing, verify a 250-line Write to a scratch MEMORY.md is DENIED (see hooks/INSTALL.md).",
  "hooks": {
    "PreToolUse": [
      {
        "matcher": "Edit|Write|MultiEdit",
        "hooks": [
          {
            "type": "command",
            "command": "python3",
            "args": ["/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/engramory/hooks/engramory_index_guard.py"]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}