I automated my entire dev workflow with Claude...

Most people use Claude Code as a smarter terminal assistant. Type a request, read the response, approve the changes. That's fine, but it leaves a lot of capability on the table. Claude Code has a hook system that wires the AI directly into your existing workflow: your formatter, your test runner, your notification system. We've been running hooks in production-style setups for a few months now and the interaction model genuinely changes when the tool stops being conversational and starts being a