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@dc-tw dc-tw commented Apr 10, 2026

To fix the PR#328 mistake, update as below

Description

Claude Code's stop/save hooks currently call:
python -m mempalace hook run --hook stop --harness claude-code

This caused invalid choice: 'hook' error because the subcommand didn't exist.
This PR adds a minimal hook run subcommand as a first step.

Changes (Narrow Scope)

  • update cmd_hook only

Testing

python -m mempalace hook run --hook stop --harness claude-code
python -m mempalace hook run --hook save --harness claude-code

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Thanks for the targeted fix — the immediate pain of the invalid choice: 'hook' error is a real blocker and it's good to get the subcommand wired up.

A flag on the implementation: the current stub replaces hooks_cli.run_hook() with print statements and exits, which means hook run --hook stop now succeeds without actually persisting anything to the palace. The PR description references #328 — if I'm reading the history right, the concern in #328 was that the hook subcommand was missing, not that run_hook itself was broken.

The effect of this PR is that Claude Code's stop/save hooks will now exit 0 (and show a confirmation message) without writing to MemPalace. That's better than crashing, but it's a silent no-op — users will see success output and assume their session was saved when it wasn't.

Would it make sense to:

  1. Keep the try/except wrapper (good defensive practice around the import), but fall through to calling run_hook() when it's available?
  2. Only fall back to the no-op stub if hooks_cli isn't importable?

Something like:

def cmd_hook(args):
    try:
        from .hooks_cli import run_hook
        run_hook(hook_name=args.hook, harness=args.harness)
    except ImportError:
        print(f"[MemPalace Hook] hooks_cli not available, hook '{args.hook}' skipped.", file=sys.stderr)
        sys.exit(0)
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"[MemPalace Hook] Error: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
        sys.exit(1)

That way the subcommand exists (fixes the crash), uses the real implementation when available, and degrades gracefully if it isn't. Happy to be corrected if there's a reason run_hook itself is the problem here.

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Nice fix — the narrow scope (cmd_hook only) is exactly right here. The invalid choice: 'hook' error was a hard blocker for anyone trying to use Claude Code's stop/save hooks, and this gets the plumbing in place without overreaching into full hook orchestration before the interface is settled.

We hit this same wall in our multi-agent setup and ended up patching around it locally, so glad to see it land properly. Minimal and mergeable is the right call for a first step.

Thanks for tracking this back to #328 and keeping the PR tight, @dc-tw.

@bensig bensig changed the base branch from main to develop April 11, 2026 22:22
@igorls igorls added area/cli CLI commands area/hooks Claude Code hook scripts (Stop, PreCompact, SessionStart) enhancement New feature or request labels Apr 14, 2026
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