Crush Hook Writer
charmbracelet/crush
Helps write, debug and configure Crush hooks in crush.json that block, approve or rewrite tool calls before they run.
Generate scroll-stopping hooks — the first line of a post, thread, video, or email that decides whether anyone keeps reading.
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Install Hook Writer
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill hook-writer -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills hook-writer --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/hook-writer .claude/skills/hook-writer && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "hook-writer" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/hook-writer into .claude/skills/hook-writer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hook-writer", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/hook-writerType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill hook-writer -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills hook-writer --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/hook-writer .agents/skills/hook-writer && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "hook-writer" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/hook-writer into .agents/skills/hook-writer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hook-writer", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill hook-writer -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills hook-writer --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/hook-writer .cursor/skills/hook-writer && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "hook-writer" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/hook-writer into .cursor/skills/hook-writer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hook-writer", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git --path skills/hook-writer--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill hook-writer -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills hook-writer --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/hook-writer .gemini/skills/hook-writer && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "hook-writer" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/hook-writer into .gemini/skills/hook-writer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hook-writer", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills hook-writerInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill hook-writer -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/hook-writer .github/skills/hook-writer && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "hook-writer" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/hook-writer into .github/skills/hook-writer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hook-writer", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill hook-writer -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills hook-writer --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/hook-writer .opencode/skills/hook-writer && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "hook-writer" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/hook-writer into .opencode/skills/hook-writer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hook-writer", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
hook-writer- GitHub stars
- 1.4k
- Token cost
- ~736 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 383 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 1,348
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Generate scroll-stopping hooks — the first line of a post, thread, video, or email that decides whether anyone keeps reading.
- Asked to write a hook
- SKILL.md covers Working from a brief, Required Inputs, Output Format and Quality Checks, plus 2 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- A thread starter
What it does
Hook Writer is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Generate scroll-stopping hooks — the first line of a post, thread, video, or email that decides whether anyone keeps reading. Use when asked to write a hook, an opener, a first line, a thread starter, a video cold-open, or to make something more clickable. Produces multiple distinct hook options across proven angles (curiosity, contrarian, result, story, stakes), each labelled with why it works and which platform it fits.
Its SKILL.md is about 740 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Asked to write a hook
- A thread starter
- A video cold-open
- Make something more clickable
Example prompts
- “/hook-writer”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Hook Writer loads about 736 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 109 tokens; SKILL.md has 383 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 383 words, ~736 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/hook-writer/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- hook-writer
- description
- Generate scroll-stopping hooks — the first line of a post, thread, video, or email that decides whether anyone keeps reading. Use when asked to write a hook, an opener, a first line, a thread starter, a video cold-open, or to make something more clickable. Produces multiple distinct hook options across proven angles (curiosity, contrarian, result, story, stakes), each labelled with why it works and which platform it fits.
Hook Writer Skill
The hook is 80% of the result. A brilliant post with a flat first line dies; a mediocre post with a great hook travels. This skill writes hooks the way top creators do — multiple angles, each engineered to stop the scroll — so you can pick the one that fits.
Working from a brief
Given just a topic or a finished piece, generate the hooks anyway. Infer the audience and the payoff, and never return a single safe option — the value is in the range. Mark any invented number (assumed — use a real one) because specific numbers are part of what makes hooks land.
Required Inputs
Ask for (if not already provided):
- The topic / the content the hook is for
- Platform & format (X, LinkedIn, YouTube title, Reel cold-open, email subject)
- Audience and the payoff (what they get if they keep reading)
Output Format
Give 8–12 hooks grouped by angle, each with a one-line why it works and the format it suits:
- Curiosity gap — open a loop the reader needs closed
- Contrarian / pattern-break — challenge a common belief
- Specific result — a concrete, numeric outcome
- Story / in-media-res — drop them into a moment
- High stakes / cost of inaction — what they lose by ignoring it
- Listicle / promise — a clear, scannable payoff
- Question — a sharp, non-obvious question (used sparingly)
Then:
- 🏆 Top 3 picks — the strongest for the stated platform, ranked, with why.
- Hook teardown — one line on the mechanism the best hook uses, so the user can write their own next time.
Keep each hook in the platform's natural length (a YouTube title ≤60 chars; an email subject ≤50; a Reel cold-open speakable in 2–3s).
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Quality Checks
- Multiple genuinely different angles, not variations of one line
- Each hook is specific (names, numbers, stakes), not vague
- Top picks match the platform's length and norms
- No clickbait that the content can't pay off — the hook must be honest
- The teardown gives a reusable mechanism
Anti-Patterns
- "Here's everything you need to know about X" (zero tension)
- Ten rewrites of the same hook
- Clickbait the body betrays (kills trust + reach long-term)
- Hooks too long for the platform (a 90-char YouTube title, a 3-line "first line")
Example Trigger Phrases
- "Write a hook."
- "Write the first line of this post."
- "Write a cold open for this video."
- "Make this thread starter more clickable."
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Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/hook-writer of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0
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| Hook Writer this skillmohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills | 1.4k | — | ~736 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Crush Hook Writercharmbracelet/crush | 29k | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Thread WriterOpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills | 713 | — | ~3.4k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Hook Development for Claude Code Pluginsanthropics/claude-plugins-official | 38k | 10 repos | ~4.1k | Automated safety check: Notes | Apache-2.0 | |
| Agent Runtime Lifecycle Hookslobehub/lobehub | 83k | — | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Agentmemory Capture Hooksrohitg00/agentmemory | 29k | — | ~444 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
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Questions about Hook Writer
What does Hook Writer do?
Generate scroll-stopping hooks — the first line of a post, thread, video, or email that decides whether anyone keeps reading. Hook Writer is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Generate scroll-stopping hooks — the first line of a post, thread, video, or email that decides whether anyone keeps reading.
When should I use Hook Writer?
Hook Writer fits situations like: asked to write a hook; A thread starter; A video cold-open; make something more clickable.
How do I install Hook Writer in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill hook-writer -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/hook-writer in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/hook-writer in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Hook Writer in Codex?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill hook-writer -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/hook-writer in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/hook-writer in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Hook Writer in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill hook-writer -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/hook-writer, .gemini/skills/hook-writer, .github/skills/hook-writer and .opencode/skills/hook-writer in your project.
What does Hook Writer need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Hook Writer is instructions for the agent only.
Does Hook Writer access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Hook Writer safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Hook Writer use?
Hook Writer is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Hook Writer use?
About 736 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Hook Writer?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Hook Writer: Crush Hook Writer (charmbracelet/crush, 29k stars), Thread Writer (OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills, 713 stars), Hook Development for Claude Code Plugins (anthropics/claude-plugins-official, 38k stars) and Agent Runtime Lifecycle Hooks (lobehub/lobehub, 83k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Hook Writer?
mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,434 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.
Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.