Your AI Agent Just Ran rm -rf / — How to Stop It Before It Happens

We gave AI agents the keys to our terminal. It was only a matter of time before one tried to burn the house down. The Problem Nobody Talks About Claude Code is incredible. You describe what you want, and it writes code, runs tests, manages git — all autonomously. But here's the thing: every Bash command it runs has the same permissions as you. That means when Claude Code decides to "clean up" your project, it can run: rm -rf . When it tries to fix a git issue, it might run: git push --force origin main When it's debugging a database migration: DROP DATABASE production ; These aren't hypothetical. AI agents make mistakes. They hallucinate commands. They misinterpret context. And unlike a human who pauses before hitting Enter on something dangerous, an AI agent just executes. Claude Code Hooks: The Interception Point Claude Code introduced hooks — a mechanism that lets you run custom commands before a tool executes. The PreToolUse hook fires before every Bash command, giving you a chance