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Win-Hooks Diagnostics

Diagnose and fix Claude Code plugin hook compatibility issues on Windows. Two structural causes underlie everything: plugins ship .sh scripts cmd.exe can't run, and bare Unix commands / interpreters that aren't resolvable when the hook launches. The remedy is always /win-hooks:fix — the patterns below are for identifying what you're seeing. Canonical root-cause write-ups live in CLAUDE.md as CASE-XX.

Common Error Patterns

Symptom (error text)	Cause	CASE
JSON Parse error: Unrecognized token '' · :: command not found · #!/bin/bash: No such file or directory · <<(을)를 지정된 경로를 찾지 못했습니다 (mojibake <<��(��) ...)	UTF-8 BOM in a hooks.json / wrapper / polyglot .cmd	CASE-01
Hook load failed: JSON Parse error	BOM, CRLF, or corrupted/invalid hooks.json	CASE-01/02/05
SyntaxError from python3/node on a .py/.js hook file	a bash wrapper with a .py/.js name calling the interpreter on itself	CASE-22
No such file or directory for a hook command	a .sh script or bare command cmd.exe can't run	CASE-07/08
MODULE_NOT_FOUND in a Node hook	a backslash C:\... path mangled in settings.json	CASE-20
'node' is not recognized... / 'node'은(는) 내부 또는 외부 명령... (mojibake 'node'��...)	a bare interpreter in settings.json not on cmd.exe's PATH	CASE-23
bash: .../<interpreter>: No such file or directory	a generated wrapper execs a bogus $PLUGIN_ROOT/<interpreter> target	CASE-24
Python was not found; run without arguments to install from the Microsoft Store...	bare python3 resolving to the Microsoft Store alias stub	CASE-09

Don't confuse the two CP949-garbled errors: <<(을)를 지정된 경로... is a BOM-corrupted polyglot wrapper (CASE-01); 'node'...내부 또는 외부 명령 is a bare interpreter in settings.json (CASE-23).

/win-hooks:fix heals files on disk, but a running session already cached its hook config — pick up the fix with /reload-plugins or a new session (CASE-13).

Diagnosis

1. Confirm platform is win32 (else this skill doesn't apply).

2. Find PLUGIN_ROOT:

   sed '1s/^\xEF\xBB\xBF//' ~/.claude/plugins/installed_plugins.json | awk '
     /win-hooks/ { found=1 }
     found && /"installPath"/ {
       sub(/.*"installPath"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*"/, "")
       sub(/".*/, "")
       print
       exit
     }
   ' | sed 's/[\\][\\]*/\//g'
   

3. Health check: bash "<PLUGIN_ROOT>/scripts/verify" — detects:

   Issue type	Meaning
   bom	UTF-8 BOM in any hook file (hooks/, _hooks/, or any file referenced from hooks.json)
   json_invalid	hooks.json is not valid JSON
   json_crlf	CRLF line endings in hooks.json
   wrapper_missing	Patched hook references nonexistent wrapper script (--fix recreates it)
   wrapper_broken	Wrapper execs a bogus $PLUGIN_ROOT/ target (bash: .../bash: No such file)
   cmd_missing	_hooks/run-hook.cmd is missing (referenced by hooks.json)
   recursive_wrapper	Bash wrapper (.py/.js) calls python3/node on itself
   python3_stub	Hook uses bare python3/python that resolves to a Microsoft Store stub (or is missing)
   backslash_path	settings.json hook command has Windows backslash paths
   bare_command	settings.json hook command uses bare interpreter not resolvable by cmd.exe

4. Scan: bash "<PLUGIN_ROOT>/scripts/find-incompatible"

5. Report as a table: Plugin | Issue | Detail | Status.

Fix

Automatic (recommended): run /win-hooks:fix, or directly:

bash "<PLUGIN_ROOT>/hooks/patch-all"

This runs the full pipeline (scanner → patcher → settings.json fixers → verify --fix); see commands/fix.md for the stages.

Manual: bash "<PLUGIN_ROOT>/scripts/verify" --fix repairs BOM/CRLF/wrappers in place. To restore a broken hooks.json from its backup, cp <plugin>/hooks/hooks.json.bak <plugin>/hooks/hooks.json, then re-run patch-all.

Is the self-heal firing? (heartbeat)

win-hooks re-heals at every SessionStart and, mid-session, on the next prompt after a plugin's hooks change (the reheal guard, CASE-26). After the guard or /win-hooks:fix re-patches on disk, /reload-plugins (or a new session) loads the repaired config. (/reload-plugins reloads config but does not re-fire SessionStart, CASE-13.)

If a plugin keeps reverting across sessions yet patch-all fixes it by hand, check the heartbeat:

tail -n 5 ~/.claude/win-hooks/last-run.log

• phase=done → healed this session.
• lone phase=start → killed mid-run (usually the timeout; it auto-sizes to your plugin count and self-corrects next session).
• no file → never dispatched (plugin disabled, no Git Bash, or a pre-heartbeat build).

/win-hooks:status surfaces and interprets this. Full rationale: CASE-25.

Troubleshooting

• Still erroring after a fix: confirm Git Bash at C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe, inspect the wrapper (cat <plugin>/_hooks/<name>), and run claude --debug hooks for execution detail.
• Only the Microsoft Store python3 stub is installed: install a real Python from python.org and restart.
• A plugin update reverted a fix: expected. win-hooks re-patches on your next prompt (or next session); /reload-plugins then applies it (CASE-13/26).