# hook-failure-audit

Audits hook delivery health using Agent Monitor metrics, tracking unreturned tool calls, unclosed subagents, and stalled ingestion pipelines.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 1121
- Author: hoangsonww
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor/tree/HEAD/plugins/ccam-quality/skills/hook-failure-audit/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/hook-failure-audit

## What it does

This skill inspects event delivery records inside the Agent Monitor dashboard. Instead of diagnosing why a model failed, it focuses strictly on pipeline transport issues like dropped signals. The checks query local endpoints such as `GET /api/analytics` and `GET /api/stats`.

The audit calculates the difference between `PreToolUse` and `PostToolUse` events to reveal tools that started without reporting back. It also verifies that completed runs produced matching `Stop` or `SubagentStop` terminators, flagging specific session identifiers with gaps. If the dashboard is not running on `http://localhost:4820`, the curl requests fail immediately.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill hook-failure-audit -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/hook-failure-audit/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/hook-failure-audit/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill hook-failure-audit -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/hook-failure-audit/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill hook-failure-audit -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/hook-failure-audit/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor hook-failure-audit
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/hook-failure-audit/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill hook-failure-audit -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --path plugins/ccam-quality/skills/hook-failure-audit
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/hook-failure-audit/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill hook-failure-audit -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor/tree/HEAD/plugins/ccam-quality/skills/hook-failure-audit/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Detect tool executions missing matching PostToolUse hooks
- Identify abandoned sessions and subagents missing Stop or SubagentStop terminators
- Pinpoint the exact session identifiers experiencing dropped delivery events
- Check whether event ingestion has stalled during active work

## Example prompts
- Run a full pipeline delivery check with `hook-failure-audit all`.
- Verify tool call starts against completions using `hook-failure-audit balance`.
- Find unclosed sessions and subagents by calling `hook-failure-audit terminators`.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: hook-failure-audit
description: >
  Audit hook delivery health from Agent Monitor data — balance PreToolUse vs
  PostToolUse (a gap means tools that started but never reported back), detect
  missing Stop/SubagentStop terminators (sessions/subagents that never closed),
  and check for stale ingestion (no recent events). Use when hooks look
  unreliable or events seem to be dropping.
---

# Hook Failure Audit

Assess whether the hook pipeline is delivering events reliably, using the event
counts and stream the dashboard already has. This is about *delivery* health
(missing/dropped events), not about why a model errored.

## Input

The user provides: **$ARGUMENTS**

This may be:
- empty or "all" — run every check (default)
- "balance" — PreToolUse/PostToolUse balance only
- "terminators" — missing Stop/SubagentStop only
- "freshness" — stale-ingestion check only

## Data Sources

| Endpoint | Returns |
|----------|---------|
| `GET /api/analytics` | `event_types` (counts per type: PreToolUse, PostToolUse, Stop, SubagentStop, SessionStart, SessionEnd), `daily_events` (365d), `total_subagents`, `sessions_by_status` — fleet-wide delivery balance |
| `GET /api/stats` | `total_sessions`, `total_agents`, `total_events`, `events_today` — expected terminator counts and recency |
| `GET /api/events?session_id=X` | Per-session stream — confirm which sessions are missing a `PostToolUse`, `Stop`, or `SubagentStop` |

## Report Sections

### 1. PreToolUse / PostToolUse Balance
From `GET /api/analytics` `event_types`: `gap = PreToolUse − PostToolUse`. A positive gap means tools whose completion hook never arrived. Report the gap as a count and as a percentage of `PreToolUse`. A healthy pipeline keeps this near 0%.

### 2. Missing Terminators
Compare `Stop` count against completed sessions (`sessions_by_status`) and `SubagentStop` against `total_subagents`/`total_agents` (from `/api/stats`). A shortfall means sessions or subagents that ran but never emitted a closing hook — likely dropped delivery or a crashed handler. Report expected vs observed for each.

### 3. Stale Ingestion
Check `events_today` from `/api/stats` and the tail of `daily_events` from analytics. If recent days are empty while sessions exist, ingestion has stalled. Report the most recent day with events and how long ago that was.

### 4. Localize
For the sessions with the largest gaps or missing terminators, pull `GET /api/events?session_id=X` and confirm which specific hook types are absent. List the offending session IDs.

## Output

- A check-by-check report with a PASS / WARN / FAIL marker each (✅ / ⚠️ / ❌) and the expected-vs-observed numbers.
- Rates as percentages to 2 decimals.
- Cite exact `event_type` counts and `session_id` values — never fabricate.
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