Best Claude Code Hooks for Automation

Warns when package.json has drifted from appversion.json once Claude finishes a turn. The Claude Code counterpart to AppVersion's git pre-push hook — it reports drift and tells you which command repairs it, but never writes, blocks, or bumps on its own.

Automatically runs relevant tests after code edits to catch regressions immediately

Auto-approves safe bash commands like ls and git status while blocking destructive operations like rm -rf and git push --force

Automatically appends entries to CHANGELOG.md when Claude commits code, capturing the date and commit message

Automatically generates a pull request description from commit messages and changed files when creating a PR