The UserPromptSubmit hook requires .claude/current-mode to determine work mode
and gate coordination lock checks. This file is machine-local (gitignored) but
had no initialization logic for fresh clones, causing hooks to fail.
Changes:
- check-messages.sh: Added auto-creation logic with "general" as default
- CLAUDE.md: Documented auto-initialization behavior
- ONBOARDING.md: Added machine-local configuration section
- session-logs/2026-05-19-session.md: Documented investigation and fix
Impact:
- Fixes coordination hooks on all machines
- Prevents first-clone hook failures
- No manual setup required
- Backwards compatible
Resolves: "cood hook seems to be broken on all my machines"
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Mike Swanson
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