Claude Code Hooks: The $50k Security Audit You Skip

Installing RTK into Claude Code without inspection is like patching production without testing. You're not just adding a tool - you're injecting executable code into your agent's execution path with full user permissions. RTK is interesting for one reason: it goes after a real pain point. Claude Code can burn context on noisy Bash output, and RTK's model is straightforward. It uses a PreToolUse hook to rewrite commands like git status into rtk git status, then feeds Claude Code a compressed version of the output instead of the raw terminal dump.