# lint-on-save

The hook fires a linter right after the agent changes a file. ESLint, Pylint or RuboCop runs on its own, no manual call needed.

- hook · `type=hook` · Claude Code · 3235 installs
- Author: davila7
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/hooks/development-tools/lint-on-save.json
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/hooks/lint-on-save

## What it does

It attaches to the `PostToolUse` event with the matcher `Edit|MultiEdit`. When Claude touches a file, the command reads the extension and picks a tool: `npx eslint` with `--fix` for `.js`, `.ts`, `.jsx` and `.tsx`, `pylint` for `.py`, `rubocop --auto-correct` for `.rb`. Linter failures are swallowed by `2>/dev/null || true`, so a noisy warning never derails the agent.

The file path comes from `$CLAUDE_TOOL_FILE_PATH`. Anything outside those extensions falls through the `if` chain and nothing runs. There is no project-wide sweep either — only the file the agent just edited gets linted.

Worth adding if your project already has one of the three linters configured. ESLint goes through `npx`, so you need Node and the package installed locally, otherwise the command quietly does nothing. Same story for `pylint` and `rubocop`: both must be on your `PATH`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **claude-code-templates**
```bash
npx claude-code-templates@latest --hook development-tools/lint-on-save
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.claude/settings.json` — The hooks block: event (PreToolUse, PostToolUse, Stop…) → command. Personal ones go to ~/.claude/settings.json

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/hooks/development-tools/lint-on-save.json

## When to use it
- catch a style error right after a file edit
- stop running the linter by hand on every changed file
- auto-fix small JS and TS issues with `--fix`
- check Python files after the agent rewrites them
- keep Ruby code tidy without a separate pipeline step

## Example prompts
- fix `src/utils.ts` and let the linter run afterwards
- rewrite `app/models/user.rb`, the hook will call rubocop
- edit `scripts/parse.py` and show me what pylint says

## Source text · lint-on-save.json · MIT

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```text
{
  "description": "Automatically run linting tools after file modifications. Supports ESLint for JavaScript/TypeScript, Pylint for Python, and RuboCop for Ruby.",
  "hooks": {
    "PostToolUse": [
      {
        "matcher": "Edit|MultiEdit",
        "hooks": [
          {
            "type": "command",
            "command": "if [[ \"$CLAUDE_TOOL_FILE_PATH\" == *.js || \"$CLAUDE_TOOL_FILE_PATH\" == *.ts || \"$CLAUDE_TOOL_FILE_PATH\" == *.jsx || \"$CLAUDE_TOOL_FILE_PATH\" == *.tsx ]]; then npx eslint \"$CLAUDE_TOOL_FILE_PATH\" --fix 2>/dev/null || true; elif [[ \"$CLAUDE_TOOL_FILE_PATH\" == *.py ]]; then pylint \"$CLAUDE_TOOL_FILE_PATH\" 2>/dev/null || true; elif [[ \"$CLAUDE_TOOL_FILE_PATH\" == *.rb ]]; then rubocop \"$CLAUDE_TOOL_FILE_PATH\" --auto-correct 2>/dev/null || true; fi"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}
```
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