diff --git a/examples/hooks/package.json b/examples/hooks/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "@sandbox-agent/example-hooks",
+  "private": true,
+  "type": "module",
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "tsx src/index.ts",
+    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@sandbox-agent/example-shared": "workspace:*",
+    "sandbox-agent": "workspace:*"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/node": "latest",
+    "tsx": "latest",
+    "typescript": "latest"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/hooks/src/index.ts b/examples/hooks/src/index.ts
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+/**
+ * Hooks Example — writes agent hooks via the filesystem API, sends a prompt,
+ * then verifies hooks fired by reading a shared log file.
+ *
+ * Usage:
+ *   SANDBOX_AGENT_DEV=1 pnpm start   # from local source
+ *   pnpm start                        # published image
+ */
+
+import { SandboxAgent } from "sandbox-agent";
+import { buildInspectorUrl } from "@sandbox-agent/example-shared";
+import { startDockerSandbox } from "@sandbox-agent/example-shared/docker";
+
+process.on("unhandledRejection", (reason) => {
+  console.error("  (background:", reason instanceof Error ? reason.message : JSON.stringify(reason), ")");
+});
+
+const HOOK_LOG = "/tmp/hooks.log";
+const enc = new TextEncoder();
+const dec = new TextDecoder();
+
+async function writeText(client: SandboxAgent, path: string, content: string) {
+  await client.writeFsFile({ path }, enc.encode(content));
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Per-agent hook setup — each writes to HOOK_LOG when triggered
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+async function setupClaudeHook(client: SandboxAgent) {
+  // Claude reads hooks from ~/.claude/settings.json.
+  // "Stop" fires every time Claude finishes a response.
+  await client.mkdirFs({ path: "/root/.claude" });
+  await writeText(client, "/root/.claude/settings.json", JSON.stringify({
+    hooks: {
+      Stop: [{
+        matcher: "",
+        hooks: [{ type: "command", command: `echo "claude-hook-fired" >> ${HOOK_LOG}` }],
+      }],
+    },
+  }, null, 2));
+}
+
+async function setupCodexHook(client: SandboxAgent) {
+  // Codex reads ~/.codex/config.toml.
+  // "notify" runs an external program on agent-turn-complete.
+  await client.mkdirFs({ path: "/root/.codex" });
+  await writeText(client, "/root/.codex/config.toml",
+    `notify = ["/root/.codex/notify-hook.sh"]\n`);
+  await writeText(client, "/root/.codex/notify-hook.sh",
+    `#!/bin/bash\necho "codex-hook-fired" >> ${HOOK_LOG}\n`);
+  await client.runProcess({ command: "chmod", args: ["+x", "/root/.codex/notify-hook.sh"] });
+}
+
+async function setupOpencodeHook(client: SandboxAgent) {
+  // OpenCode loads plugins listed in opencode.json.
+  // The plugin appends to HOOK_LOG when loaded.
+  const plugin = [
+    `import { appendFileSync } from "node:fs";`,
+    `export const HookPlugin = async () => {`,
+    `  appendFileSync("${HOOK_LOG}", "opencode-hook-fired\\n");`,
+    `  return {};`,
+    `};`,
+  ].join("\n");
+
+  const config = JSON.stringify({ plugin: ["./plugins/hook.mjs"] }, null, 2);
+
+  for (const dir of ["/root/.config/opencode", "/root/.opencode"]) {
+    await client.mkdirFs({ path: `${dir}/plugins` });
+    await writeText(client, `${dir}/plugins/hook.mjs`, plugin);
+    await writeText(client, `${dir}/opencode.json`, config);
+  }
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Main
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+console.log("Starting sandbox...");
+const { baseUrl, cleanup } = await startDockerSandbox({ port: 3004 });
+const client = await SandboxAgent.connect({ baseUrl });
+
+const agents = ["claude", "codex", "opencode"] as const;
+for (const agent of agents) {
+  process.stdout.write(`Installing ${agent}... `);
+  try { await client.installAgent(agent); console.log("done"); }
+  catch { console.log("skipped"); }
+}
+
+console.log("\nWriting hooks...");
+await setupClaudeHook(client);
+await setupCodexHook(client);
+await setupOpencodeHook(client);
+await writeText(client, HOOK_LOG, "");
+
+console.log("Sending prompts...\n");
+for (const agent of agents) {
+  process.stdout.write(`  ${agent.padEnd(9)}`);
+  try {
+    const session = await client.createSession({ agent, sessionInit: { cwd: "/root", mcpServers: [] } });
+    console.log(buildInspectorUrl({ baseUrl, sessionId: session.id }));
+    process.stdout.write(`           prompting... `);
+    await session.prompt([{ type: "text", text: "Say exactly: hello world" }]);
+    console.log("done");
+  } catch (err: unknown) {
+    console.log(err instanceof Error ? err.message : JSON.stringify(err));
+  }
+  await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 2000));
+}
+
+console.log("\nHook log:");
+try {
+  const log = dec.decode(await client.readFsFile({ path: HOOK_LOG }));
+  const lines = log.trim().split("\n").filter(Boolean);
+  for (const line of lines) console.log(`  + ${line}`);
+  if (!lines.length) console.log("  (empty)");
+
+  const has = (s: string) => lines.some((l) => l.includes(s));
+  console.log(`\n  Claude=${has("claude") ? "PASS" : "FAIL"}  Codex=${has("codex") ? "PASS" : "FAIL"}  OpenCode=${has("opencode") ? "PASS" : "FAIL"}`);
+} catch {
+  console.log("  (file not found)");
+}
+
+console.log("\nCtrl+C to stop.");
+const keepAlive = setInterval(() => {}, 60_000);
+process.on("SIGINT", () => { clearInterval(keepAlive); cleanup().then(() => process.exit(0)); });
diff --git a/examples/hooks/tsconfig.json b/examples/hooks/tsconfig.json
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+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2022",
+    "lib": ["ES2022", "DOM"],
+    "module": "ESNext",
+    "moduleResolution": "Bundler",
+    "allowImportingTsExtensions": true,
+    "noEmit": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "resolveJsonModule": true
+  },
+  "include": ["src/**/*"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "**/*.test.ts"]
+}