diff --git a/.claude/hooks/commit-guard.py b/.claude/hooks/commit-guard.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a8b0d59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.claude/hooks/commit-guard.py
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Claude Code PreToolUse hook: keep the commit-msg hook from being bypassed.
+
+Reads the Bash tool call from stdin (Claude Code hook JSON) and exits 2 with a
+reason when the command would skip git hooks for a commit. Exit 0 lets the
+call through. Nothing here rewrites the command; it only refuses the evasions.
+
+Blocked, in commands that invoke `git commit`:
+  --no-verify / -n (and -n inside a flag cluster such as -anm)
+  -c core.hooksPath=... / --config-env / core.hooksPath overrides
+  HOME=, GIT_DIR=, GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL= prefixes that relocate the hooks
+  git config ... core.hooksPath (changing where hooks live)
+Also blocked: writing over .git/hooks/commit-msg or a .githooks/commit-msg.
+
+Wire it in .claude/settings.json:
+  {"hooks": {"PreToolUse": [{"matcher": "Bash",
+     "hooks": [{"type": "command", "command": "python3 <path>/guard.py"}]}]}}
+"""
+
+import json
+import re
+import shlex
+import sys
+
+
+def deny(reason: str) -> None:
+    # Exit code 2 = block the tool call; stderr is shown to Claude as feedback.
+    sys.stderr.write(f"commit-cleaner guard: {reason}\n")
+    sys.exit(2)
+
+
+def segments(cmd: str):
+    """Split a shell command into simple-command word lists, unwrapping one
+    layer of `bash -c '...'`, `sh -c`, `eval`, and $(...)/backtick bodies."""
+    # Pull out substitution bodies so nested commands are inspected too.
+    bodies = [cmd]
+    bodies += re.findall(r"\$\(([^()]*)\)", cmd)
+    bodies += re.findall(r"`([^`]*)`", cmd)
+    out = []
+    for body in bodies:
+        for piece in re.split(r"(?<!\\)(?:&&|\|\||;|\||\n)", body):
+            piece = piece.strip()
+            if not piece:
+                continue
+            try:
+                words = shlex.split(piece, posix=True)
+            except ValueError:
+                words = piece.split()
+            if not words:
+                continue
+            out.append(words)
+            # one layer of wrapper: bash -c "...", sh -lc "...", eval "..."
+            low = [w.lower() for w in words]
+            if low[0] in ("bash", "sh", "zsh", "dash") and any(
+                a.startswith("-") and "c" in a for a in low[1:3]
+            ):
+                inner = next((w for w in words[1:] if not w.startswith("-")), "")
+                out.extend(segments(inner))
+            elif low[0] == "eval":
+                out.extend(segments(" ".join(words[1:])))
+    return out
+
+
+def check(words):
+    # Strip leading VAR=value assignments but remember them.
+    env = {}
+    while words and re.match(r"^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*=", words[0]):
+        k, _, v = words[0].partition("=")
+        env[k] = v
+        words = words[1:]
+    if not words:
+        return
+    if words[0] in ("env",):
+        words = words[1:]
+        while words and ("=" in words[0] or words[0].startswith("-")):
+            if "=" in words[0]:
+                k, _, v = words[0].partition("=")
+                env[k] = v
+            words = words[1:]
+    if not words or words[0] != "git":
+        # Tampering with the hook file itself.
+        joined = " ".join(words)
+        if re.search(r"hooks/commit-msg|\.githooks/commit-msg", joined) and words[
+            0
+        ] in (
+            "rm",
+            "mv",
+            "cp",
+            "chmod",
+            "truncate",
+            "tee",
+            "sed",
+            "install",
+            "ln",
+        ):
+            deny("refusing to modify or remove the commit-msg hook")
+        return
+
+    # Locate the git subcommand and its global options.
+    opts, i = [], 1
+    while i < len(words) and words[i].startswith("-"):
+        opts.append(words[i])
+        if words[i] in (
+            "-c",
+            "-C",
+            "--git-dir",
+            "--work-tree",
+            "--config-env",
+            "--exec-path",
+        ):
+            if i + 1 < len(words):
+                opts.append(words[i + 1])
+            i += 1
+        i += 1
+    if i >= len(words):
+        return
+    sub, args = words[i], words[i + 1 :]
+
+    if sub == "config" and any("hookspath" in a.lower() for a in args):
+        deny("changing core.hooksPath would disable the commit-msg hook")
+
+    if sub != "commit":
+        return
+
+    for a in args:
+        if a in ("--no-verify",) or a.startswith("--no-verif"):
+            deny("`--no-verify` skips the commit-msg hook; commit without it")
+        if re.match(r"^-[a-zA-Z]*n[a-zA-Z]*$", a):  # -n, -an, -anm ...
+            deny("`-n` (--no-verify) skips the commit-msg hook; commit without it")
+    for o in opts:
+        if "hookspath" in o.lower():
+            deny("overriding core.hooksPath on the command line skips the hook")
+    if any(o == "--git-dir" or o.startswith("--git-dir=") for o in opts):
+        deny("relocating --git-dir for a commit bypasses the repository hooks")
+    for k in (
+        "HOME",
+        "GIT_DIR",
+        "GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL",
+        "GIT_CONFIG_SYSTEM",
+        "GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS",
+        "XDG_CONFIG_HOME",
+    ):
+        if k in env:
+            deny(f"setting {k} for a commit can relocate the hooks; commit without it")
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    try:
+        payload = json.load(sys.stdin)
+    except Exception:
+        sys.exit(0)
+    if payload.get("tool_name") != "Bash":
+        sys.exit(0)
+    cmd = (payload.get("tool_input") or {}).get("command") or ""
+    if "commit" not in cmd and "hooks" not in cmd.lower():
+        sys.exit(0)
+    for words in segments(cmd):
+        check(list(words))
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/.claude/settings.json b/.claude/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c38bba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.claude/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+  "attribution": {
+    "commit": "",
+    "sessionUrl": false
+  },
+  "hooks": {
+    "SessionStart": [
+      {
+        "hooks": [
+          {
+            "type": "command",
+            "command": "cd \"${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR:-.}\" && git config core.hooksPath .githooks"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ],
+    "PreToolUse": [
+      {
+        "matcher": "Bash",
+        "hooks": [
+          {
+            "type": "command",
+            "command": "python3 \"$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR\"/.claude/hooks/commit-guard.py"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.githooks/commit-msg b/.githooks/commit-msg
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..dbad6dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.githooks/commit-msg
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# commit-msg hook: strip Claude Code attribution from the commit message.
+#
+# Removes, wherever they appear in the message:
+#   Co-Authored-By: Claude ... <...@anthropic.com>
+#   Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_...
+#   Generated with [Claude Code](...)   (with or without the robot emoji)
+#   bare https://claude.ai/code/session_... lines
+#
+# Ordinary Co-Authored-By trailers for human collaborators are kept. A message
+# with nothing to strip is left byte-identical. Trailing blank lines left
+# behind by the removal are trimmed; git's own cleanup collapses the rest.
+#
+# Installed by tools/commit-cleaner/install.sh (see README.md). Safe under
+# `set -e`: every failure path exits 0 with the original message intact, so
+# the hook can never block a commit.
+
+msg_file="$1"
+[ -n "$msg_file" ] && [ -f "$msg_file" ] || exit 0
+
+tmp="${msg_file}.commit-cleaner.$$"
+trap 'rm -f "$tmp"' EXIT
+
+awk '
+function is_attribution(line) {
+    l = tolower(line)
+    if (l ~ /^co-authored-by:[[:space:]]*.*<[^>]*@anthropic\.com>[[:space:]]*$/) return 1
+    if (l ~ /^co-authored-by:[[:space:]]*claude([[:space:]]|$)/)             return 1
+    if (l ~ /^claude-session:/)                                              return 1
+    if (l ~ /generated with \[claude code\]\(/)                              return 1
+    if (l ~ /^[[:space:]]*https:\/\/claude\.ai\/code\/session_[a-z0-9_-]+[[:space:]]*$/) return 1
+    return 0
+}
+{
+    if (is_attribution($0)) { removed = 1; next }
+    lines[++n] = $0
+}
+END {
+    if (!removed) exit 3            # nothing to do: caller keeps the file as-is
+    while (n > 0 && lines[n] ~ /^[[:space:]]*$/) n--
+    for (i = 1; i <= n; i++) print lines[i]
+}
+' "$msg_file" > "$tmp"
+status=$?
+
+case "$status" in
+    0) cat "$tmp" > "$msg_file" ;;   # rewrite in place, preserving the inode
+    *) : ;;                          # 3 = unchanged; anything else = leave alone
+esac
+exit 0
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4f7c329..8e1dc4d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -125,3 +125,9 @@ validation_screenshots/
 *.sqlite
 *.sqlite3
 
+
+# Claude Code: track the shared settings and hooks; personal state stays local.
+!.claude/
+.claude/*
+!.claude/settings.json
+!.claude/hooks/