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+{
+  "hooks": {
+    "SessionStart": [{
+      "matcher": "startup|resume|compact",
+      "hooks": [{
+        "type": "command",
+        "command": "echo 'EXTREMELY_IMPORTANT: hub-guide best-practice skills are loaded and active for this session. MANDATORY: engineering-principles, clean-code, clean-architecture, testing, error-handling, security, git-workflow, api-design. Use the Skill tool to load any hub-guide skill when its topic comes up. Never assume or guess -- always find evidence in the codebase or docs.'"
+      }]
+    }]
+  }
+}