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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

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Originally published by Stackness Blog on Oct 12, 2026.
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