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How to stop coding agents installing hallucinated packages: a pre-install hook, a release-age gate and an ask rule

A 33-line pre-install hook, a 7-day release-age gate and an ask rule stop agents installing invented packages. Tested on Claude Code 2.1.296 in October 2026.

By Sergei GordeichukStackness Blog
How to stop coding agents installing hallucinated packages: a pre-install hook, a release-age gate and an ask rule

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Originally published by Stackness Blog on Oct 12, 2026.

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