SessionStart
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What is SessionStart?
The SessionStart hook is an initialization lifecycle event that triggers at the very beginning of a Claude Code interaction. Unlike other hooks that react to specific user prompts or file edits, SessionStart is designed to bootstrap your environment and inject high-priority context before the first prompt is even processed.
Free resources to learn SessionStart
- Official docsHooks reference
- Official docsAutomate workflows with hooks
- ArticleClaude Code Session Hooks: Make Every Session Start Smart (and End Clean)
More in stage 12: Customize Status Line
SessionStart: common questions
Can I learn SessionStart in Hindi?
This lesson is written in English. Once you sign in, open it in the interactive course and ask the AI tutor to explain SessionStart in Hindi or Hinglish. The tutor answers from this lesson’s own text, so it stays on the syllabus, and it runs on your own Google, OpenAI or Anthropic key.
Is this SessionStart tutorial for beginners?
It is lesson 88 of 109 in the free Claude Code roadmap, in stage 12, Customize Status Line. If you are new to Claude Code, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.