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The command was blocked for safety.","body":"Recommended action: Make the hook print exactly one JSON object on stdout (send diagnostics to stderr), return an explicit allow/deny decision, and keep it under its timeout; only set failClosed: true when you want blocking on failure.\n\nOption: Make the hook print exactly one JSON object on stdout (send diagnostics to stderr), return an explicit allow/deny decision, and keep it under its timeout; only set failClosed: true when you want blocking on failure. [evidence: official_recommended_action]\nApplies when: Command hook configured on a permission step (beforeShellExecution, beforeMCPExecution, beforeReadFile, beforeTabFileRead, subagentStart, preToolUse)\nSteps:\n1. Run the hook manually with a sample payload and pipe stdout through a JSON validator.\n2. Redirect all logging to stderr.\n3. 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