diff --git a/.claude/settings.json b/.claude/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a6f12cc54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.claude/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+{
+  "hooks": {
+    "SessionStart": [
+      {
+        "matcher": "",
+        "hooks": [
+          {
+            "type": "command",
+            "command": "entire hooks claude-code session-start",
+            "timeout": 30,
+            "async": true
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ],
+    "SessionEnd": [
+      {
+        "matcher": "",
+        "hooks": [
+          {
+            "type": "command",
+            "command": "entire hooks claude-code session-end",
+            "timeout": 30,
+            "async": true
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ],
+    "UserPromptSubmit": [
+      {
+        "matcher": "",
+        "hooks": [
+          {
+            "type": "command",
+            "command": "entire hooks claude-code user-prompt-submit",
+            "timeout": 30,
+            "async": true
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ],
+    "Stop": [
+      {
+        "matcher": "",
+        "hooks": [
+          {
+            "type": "command",
+            "command": "entire hooks claude-code stop",
+            "timeout": 30,
+            "async": true
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ],
+    "PreToolUse": [
+      {
+        "matcher": "Task",
+        "hooks": [
+          {
+            "type": "command",
+            "command": "entire hooks claude-code pre-task",
+            "timeout": 30,
+            "async": true
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ],
+    "PostToolUse": [
+      {
+        "matcher": "Task",
+        "hooks": [
+          {
+            "type": "command",
+            "command": "entire hooks claude-code post-task",
+            "timeout": 30,
+            "async": true
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "matcher": "TodoWrite",
+        "hooks": [
+          {
+            "type": "command",
+            "command": "entire hooks claude-code post-todo",
+            "timeout": 30,
+            "async": true
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "env": {
+    "ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_HAIKU_MODEL": "claude-sonnet-4-6-1m",
+    "ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_SONNET_MODEL": "claude-sonnet-4-6-1m"
+  },
+  "permissions": {
+    "deny": [
+      "Read(./.entire/metadata/**)"
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 82fa9313c..06d96d7e5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # AI
-.claude
+.claude/*
+!.claude/settings.json
 .pi
 .worktrees
 prompts.db
diff --git a/config/claude/settings.json b/config/claude/settings.json
index 4ed1acb29..ade585456 100644
--- a/config/claude/settings.json
+++ b/config/claude/settings.json
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@
           {
             "type": "command",
             "command": "git-ai checkpoint claude --hook-input stdin",
-            "timeout": 15
+            "timeout": 15,
+            "async": true
           }
         ]
       }
@@ -183,8 +184,7 @@
           {
             "type": "command",
             "command": "command -v dcg >/dev/null 2>&1 && dcg",
-            "timeout": 5,
-            "async": true
+            "timeout": 5
           },
           {
             "type": "command",
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@
           {
             "type": "command",
             "command": "git-ai checkpoint claude --hook-input stdin",
-            "timeout": 15
+            "timeout": 15,
+            "async": true
           }
         ]
       },
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@
         "hooks": [
           {
             "type": "command",
-            "command": "dcg",
+            "command": "command -v dcg >/dev/null 2>&1 && dcg",
             "timeout": 5
           }
         ]