Problem

Workspace hooks (HOOK.md-based, registered via hooks.internal) can only receive command:* events through triggerInternalHook. The message_received event is only dispatched through the Plugin Hook Runner (typedHooks / createHookRunner), making it inaccessible to workspace hooks.

Use Case

We built a graph-session workspace hook that manages Neo4j session nodes. It works great for command:new (close old session, create new one). But we also want to track message counts and detect inactivity (>2h) on every incoming message — which requires message_received.

Currently the only workaround is building a full plugin, which is heavier than a simple workspace hook.

Proposed Solution

Add a one-liner bridge in dispatch-from-config.js (or the hook runner) that also calls triggerInternalHook for message_received events, so workspace hooks can subscribe to them via HOOK.md events: ["message_received"].

Something like:

// After hookRunner.runMessageReceived(...)
triggerInternalHook({ type: "message", action: "received", context: { from, content, metadata } });

This would make the workspace hook system much more powerful without breaking anything.

Environment

• Clawdbot 2026.1.24-3
• macOS, Neo4j workspace hooks