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Update Config — Development skill for Claude Code

Development community

Update .claude/settings.json to configure hooks, automated behaviors, and scheduled tasks.

How to install Update Config

Installs to ~/.claude/commands/jennydove-self-improving-claude-update-config.md

Terminal

mkdir -p ~/.claude/commands && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jennydove/self-improving-claude/HEAD/.claude/commands/update-config.md -o ~/.claude/commands/jennydove-self-improving-claude-update-config.md

Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.

What Update Config does

Update `.claude/settings.json` to configure hooks, automated behaviors, and scheduled tasks.

When to run

When adding a new automated behavior ("from now on, always do X after Y")
When setting up or modifying scheduled audit runs
When a hook is producing unexpected behavior and needs adjustment

Key concepts

Hooks

Hooks are shell commands that run automatically in response to Claude Code events. They live in `settings.json` under `hooks`. Common events:

PostToolUse — runs af

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