Claude Code Ignores Its Own Tools. Here Are 3...

I was reviewing GitHub Issues this week and noticed something odd: three of the most-reacted issues (186 reactions combined) are all the same underlying problem — Claude Code fighting its own design. Claude has built-in tools (Read, Edit, Grep, Glob) that are faster and safer than bash equivalents. But it keeps reaching for sed, grep, and cat anyway. And that preference causes a cascade of problems. Here are three hooks that fix it. Each is under 20 lines. 1. The Bash Addiction (Issue #19649, 48