# shell-wrapper-guard

Checks Bash commands for destructive actions concealed in shell wrappers. It helps catch bypasses that direct command checks can miss.

- hook · `type=hook` · Claude Code · 212 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/security/shell-wrapper-guard.json
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/hooks/shell-wrapper-guard

## What it does

This hook checks Bash commands before they run, looking for destructive actions nested inside wrappers. It covers interpreter one-liners, nested wrappers, commands piped into a shell, here-strings, and env-based wrappers; the description lists eight bypass patterns.

The executable `shell-wrapper-guard.sh` runs as a `PreToolUse` hook matched to `Bash`. It complements `dangerous-command-blocker` rather than replacing direct command checks. Install it with `npx claude-code-templates@latest --hook security/shell-wrapper-guard`; `.claude/settings.json` is the associated settings file. It only runs for Bash tool calls.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **claude-code-templates**
```bash
npx claude-code-templates@latest --hook security/shell-wrapper-guard
```

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/security/shell-wrapper-guard.json

## When to use it
- catch file deletion hidden in `sh -c`
- inspect destructive code passed to `python3 -c`
- check nested shell wrappers before execution
- detect commands piped into a shell

## Example prompts
- Check whether `sh -c "rm -rf /"` hides a destructive command before running it.
- Inspect this `python3 -c` call for destructive actions.
- Check this nested shell command before executing it.

## Source text · shell-wrapper-guard.json · MIT

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  "description": "Detects destructive commands hidden inside shell wrappers (sh -c, bash -c, python3 -c, node -e, perl -e, ruby -e). Complements dangerous-command-blocker by catching bypass vectors like 'sh -c \"rm -rf /\"' that evade direct command checks. Covers 8 bypass patterns: interpreter one-liners, nested wrappers, pipe-to-shell, here-strings, and env-based wrappers.",
  "supportingFiles": [
    {
      "source": "shell-wrapper-guard.sh",
      "destination": ".claude/hooks/shell-wrapper-guard.sh",
      "executable": true
    }
  ],
  "hooks": {
    "PreToolUse": [
      {
        "matcher": "Bash",
        "hooks": [
          {
            "type": "command",
            "command": "bash .claude/hooks/shell-wrapper-guard.sh"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}
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