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+schema: spec-driven
+created: 2026-05-18
diff --git a/openspec/changes/agent-claude-add-global-hooks-installer-script-2026-05-18-12-49/notes.md b/openspec/changes/agent-claude-add-global-hooks-installer-script-2026-05-18-12-49/notes.md
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+# agent-claude-add-global-hooks-installer-script-2026-05-18-12-49 (minimal / T1)
+
+Branch: `agent/claude/add-global-hooks-installer-script-2026-05-18-12-49`
+
+Add an opt-in installer that wires guardex's `.githooks/*` into the user's
+**global** `core.hooksPath`, so the hooks fire in every existing and future
+repo on the machine. Surfaced via `npm run guardex:install-global` — not
+`postinstall`, because silently mutating `git config --global` on every
+npm install would surprise downstream users.
+
+## Files
+
+- `scripts/install-global-hooks.sh` — new. Idempotent. Refuses to overwrite
+  an existing `core.hooksPath` set to a different directory.
+- `package.json` — adds `"guardex:install-global"` script entry.
+
+## Behavior
+
+Running the installer:
+
+1. `mkdir -p ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/git/hooks`
+2. Symlinks `pre-commit`, `pre-push`, `post-checkout`, `post-merge` from the
+   gitguardex repo's `.githooks/` into that dir.
+3. Sets `git config --global core.hooksPath` to that dir (only if currently
+   unset OR already pointing there).
+
+Reverse:
+
+```bash
+git config --global --unset core.hooksPath
+```
+
+Per-repo opt-out:
+
+```bash
+git config core.hooksPath .git/hooks
+```
+
+## Handoff
+
+- Handoff: change=`agent-claude-add-global-hooks-installer-script-2026-05-18-12-49`; branch=`agent/claude/add-global-hooks-installer-script-2026-05-18-12-49`; scope=`scripts/install-global-hooks.sh + package.json`; action=`finish via PR`.
+
+## Cleanup
+
+- [ ] Run: `gx branch finish --branch agent/claude/add-global-hooks-installer-script-2026-05-18-12-49 --base main --via-pr --wait-for-merge --cleanup`
+- [ ] Record PR URL + `MERGED` state in the completion handoff.
+- [ ] Confirm sandbox worktree is gone (`git worktree list`, `git branch -a`).
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     "agent:branch:merge": "bash ./scripts/agent-branch-merge.sh",
     "agent:cleanup": "gx cleanup",
     "agent:hooks:install": "bash ./scripts/install-agent-git-hooks.sh",
+    "guardex:install-global": "bash ./scripts/install-global-hooks.sh",
     "agent:locks:claim": "python3 ./scripts/agent-file-locks.py claim",
     "agent:locks:allow-delete": "python3 ./scripts/agent-file-locks.py allow-delete",
     "agent:locks:release": "python3 ./scripts/agent-file-locks.py release",
diff --git a/scripts/install-global-hooks.sh b/scripts/install-global-hooks.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Wire guardex's hooks into the user's GLOBAL git config so they fire in
+# EVERY existing and future repo on this machine. Idempotent; safe to re-run.
+#
+# What this does:
+#   1. Ensures ~/.config/git/hooks/ exists.
+#   2. Symlinks the four guardex hooks (pre-commit, pre-push, post-checkout,
+#      post-merge) from this repo's .githooks/ into the global hooks dir.
+#   3. Points `git config --global core.hooksPath` at it.
+#
+# Safety:
+#   - If core.hooksPath is already set globally to a DIFFERENT path, this
+#     script prints the existing value and exits 0 without overwriting.
+#   - Repo-local `core.hooksPath` settings override the global one, so a
+#     single repo can opt out with `git config core.hooksPath .git/hooks`.
+#   - Reverse with `git config --global --unset core.hooksPath`.
+#
+# Intended invocation:
+#   bash ~/Documents/gitguardex/scripts/install-global-hooks.sh
+#   npm run guardex:install-global
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
+HOOKS_SRC="$REPO_ROOT/.githooks"
+HOOKS_DST="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/git/hooks"
+
+if [[ ! -d "$HOOKS_SRC" ]]; then
+  echo "[guardex] missing $HOOKS_SRC — run from the gitguardex repo." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+mkdir -p "$HOOKS_DST"
+
+linked=0
+for h in pre-commit pre-push post-checkout post-merge; do
+  if [[ -f "$HOOKS_SRC/$h" ]]; then
+    ln -sfn "$HOOKS_SRC/$h" "$HOOKS_DST/$h"
+    linked=$((linked + 1))
+  fi
+done
+echo "[guardex] symlinked $linked hooks → $HOOKS_DST"
+
+current="$(git config --global --get core.hooksPath 2>/dev/null || true)"
+if [[ -n "$current" && "$current" != "$HOOKS_DST" ]]; then
+  echo "[guardex] core.hooksPath already set to: $current"
+  echo "[guardex] not overwriting. To switch:  git config --global core.hooksPath '$HOOKS_DST'"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+git config --global core.hooksPath "$HOOKS_DST"
+echo "[guardex] global core.hooksPath → $HOOKS_DST"
+echo "[guardex] disable globally:      git config --global --unset core.hooksPath"
+echo "[guardex] opt-out one repo:      git config core.hooksPath .git/hooks"