hideai

Tiny git hook installer that blocks commit messages with AI assistant trailers — Claude, Copilot, Cursor, ChatGPT, Aider, Tabnine, Gemini, and more.

Install

npx hideai

Interactive checkbox: pick which agents to block. Hook is written into the current repo's commit-msg hook (honoring core.hooksPath if set). Block list is stored in git config hideai.block (CSV).

Commands

hideai           Interactive setup (default)
hideai install   Same as default
hideai uninstall Remove hook and config
hideai list      Show all known agents
hideai status    Show what's blocked in this repo

How it works

The installed hook is a small portable bash script. On every commit, it reads git config hideai.block (e.g. claude,copilot,cursor) and runs case-insensitive grep patterns against the commit message. If any match, the commit is rejected with a message explaining which agent's pattern triggered.

Patterns are intentionally narrow — they target the literal Co-Authored-By: trailers and "Generated with ..." footers these tools tend to emit. They will not flag legitimate commit messages that simply mention an agent name.

Supported agents

claude, openai, copilot, cursor, windsurf, codeium, aider, tabnine, gemini, continue, devin, v0, bolt, lovable, replit.

Uninstall

hideai uninstall

Restores any prior hook from <hook>.pre-hideai backup. Clears the hideai.block config.