AUTOMATION

Hooks give you deterministic control over Claude Code. Auto-format on save, block dangerous commands, run tests before commits, fire desktop notifications. Here's how to set them up.

Install Ollama, pull your first model, and run AI locally for coding, chat, and automation - with zero cloud dependency.

Claude Code now has a native Loop feature for scheduling recurring prompts - from one-minute intervals to three-day windows. Fix builds on repeat, summarize Slack channels, email yourself Hacker News digests. All from the CLI.

Anthropic dropped a batch of updates across Claude Code and Cowork - remote control from your phone, scheduled tasks, plugin repos, auto memory, and stats showing 4% of GitHub public commits now come from Claude Code.

Claude Opus 4.5 ran autonomously for 4 hours 49 minutes using stop hooks and the Ralph Loop pattern. Walk away, come back to completed work. Here's how it works.