diff --git a/.tasks/STATUS.md b/.tasks/STATUS.md
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Task Board
-_Updated: 2026-05-24 (session-handoff: install + bootstrap-template-extend + hermes-mapping 🟢; 3 из 7 кластера закрыто.)_
+_Updated: 2026-05-24 (session-handoff: 3 baseline 🟢, posttooluse-hook + existing-projects-upgrade → 🔴.)_
 
 <!--
   Canonical layout. One block per task. Per-task deep context lives in
diff --git a/.tasks/session-handoff-posttooluse-hook.md b/.tasks/session-handoff-posttooluse-hook.md
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+# session-handoff-posttooluse-hook
+
+## Goal
+Автоматизировать substantive-commit detection в `session-handoff` через PostToolUse hook на `Bash` matcher'е (settings.json уровне), вместо поведенческой памяти агента. Hook parses `git log -1`, применяет ту же substantive-эвристику что и в SKILL.md, и на hit emits `hookSpecificOutput.additionalContext` чтобы Claude Code surface'ил system reminder в следующей итерации агента.
+
+## Key files
+- `skills/session-handoff/hooks/commit-detector.ps1` — Windows/PowerShell hook script
+- `skills/session-handoff/hooks/commit-detector.sh` — Linux/macOS POSIX hook script (требует python3 для JSON parsing)
+- `skills/session-handoff/hooks/README.md` — opt-in инструкции, cross-platform settings.json snippets, smoke procedure
+- `skills/session-handoff/SKILL.md` — body When-to-use updated: substantive-commit пункт получил «**Optional**: harness-side hook см. hooks/README.md»
+- `skills/session-handoff/SKILL.md` frontmatter — bump 0.2.1 → 0.3.0 (MINOR: new opt-in capability)
+
+## Decisions log
+- 2026-05-24: **install.sh НЕ мутирует ~/.claude/settings.json**. Auto-rewriting user hook config — неправильная shape для install скрипта. Hooks ship as files; user enables once per machine. SKILL.md и hooks/README.md документируют opt-in step (раз сделал — работает на все sessions).
+- 2026-05-24: **JSON output protocol**: hook возвращает `hookSpecificOutput.additionalContext` (per Claude Code PostToolUse hook protocol). На hit — JSON; на miss — silent exit 0 без output. Confirmed via claude-code-guide subagent (https://code.claude.com/docs/en/hooks.md § JSON Output Format).
+- 2026-05-24: **--amend skip** (recommended в task design questions). Amend обычно правит prev session коммит, не новый work artifact.
+- 2026-05-24: **rebase/cherry-pick noise — deferred**. Hook fires per commit, batch operations spam. Trade-off acceptable for opt-in v0.3.0; defer "только original commit-event (HEAD@{1} != HEAD)" к follow-up если actually annoys.
+- 2026-05-24: **first-non-trivial-commit-of-session special case — NOT in hook**. Session boundaries are agent-state, не accessible from hook side. Hook uses only body/file thresholds. Под-detection on small first commits acceptable; agent-side эвристика остаётся как backup.
+- 2026-05-24: **POSIX requires python3** for safe JSON parsing of PostToolUse stdin. Alternatives (sed/awk JSON parsing) fragile. Documented as dep in README.
+
+## Open questions
+- [ ] Live-hook smoke test — отдельной сессией (enable hook → substantive commit → see additionalContext surface). Не делалось в этой сессии чтобы не interfere с current commits.
+
+## Completed steps
+- [x] Research PostToolUse hook output protocol (claude-code-guide subagent)
+- [x] Inspect existing ~/.claude/settings.json (no hooks currently configured)
+- [x] Write commit-detector.ps1 (Windows)
+- [x] Write commit-detector.sh (POSIX)
+- [x] Write hooks/README.md (opt-in instructions cross-platform + smoke procedure)
+- [x] Update SKILL.md body — When-to-use mentions hook as opt-in alternative
+- [x] Bump SKILL.md 0.2.1 → 0.3.0 (MINOR — new capability)
+- [x] Reinstall via scripts/install.ps1
+- [ ] stdin-pipe smoke (substantive HEAD + trivial HEAD)
+- [ ] STATUS.md → 🟢 (partial: stdin smoke ✓, live-hook deferred)
+- [ ] commit
+
+## Notes
+Live-hook enable + e2e validation = separate task / separate session. Adding hook to settings.json in this active session would fire on every git commit done here, including the closure commit itself — meta-feedback loop best avoided.
diff --git a/skills/session-handoff/SKILL.md b/skills/session-handoff/SKILL.md
index 7220772..742a3ee 100644
--- a/skills/session-handoff/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/session-handoff/SKILL.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: session-handoff
-version: 0.2.1
+version: 0.3.0
 description: "Sliding handoff between CC sessions via .tasks/NEXT_SESSION.md. Read on session start: orient agent, ask user before action. Write on session-end phrase or substantive commit. Session-end phrases: «завершаем сессию», «сворачиваемся», «закругляемся», «wrap up session», «end session», «we're done for now». Trigger-line in CLAUDE.md: `session handoff: read on start, write on end`. Skip task-zone phrases: «закрываем эту таску», «pause», «отбой», «разбегаемся»."
 ---
 
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Forward-looking, не timeline: handoff = связка новых вещей к
   - prefix НЕ в (`meta:`|`docs:`|`style:`|`chore:`|`fix typo`)
   - AND (body length > 200 символов OR files changed > 3)
 - Плюс: **первый** non-trivial commit сессии — всегда триггерит, даже если ниже порога (старт работы = context shift).
+- **Optional**: substantive-commit detection может быть автоматизирован harness-side через PostToolUse hook — см. `hooks/README.md` для opt-in инструкций. С enabled hook'ом первая часть becomes deterministic (parser-side, не behavioral memory).
 
 **Skip (false-positive guards):**
 - «закрываем эту таску» — task close, не session. Это zone `using-tasks`.
diff --git a/skills/session-handoff/hooks/README.md b/skills/session-handoff/hooks/README.md
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+# session-handoff hooks
+
+Opt-in PostToolUse hook that detects substantive `git commit` invocations and signals the agent ("consider running session-handoff write-mode") via a system reminder. Replaces the agent-side commit-detection heuristic in the SKILL.md `When to use` section with a deterministic harness-side trigger.
+
+## Why opt-in (not auto-installed)
+
+`install.sh` deliberately does **not** mutate `~/.claude/settings.json`. Auto-rewriting the user's hook config on every skill install is the wrong shape — user expects `install.sh` to copy files, nothing more. The hook is shipped as scripts; user enables it once per machine.
+
+## Enable on Windows (PowerShell)
+
+Add to `~/.claude/settings.json`:
+
+```jsonc
+{
+  "hooks": {
+    "PostToolUse": [
+      {
+        "matcher": "Bash",
+        "hooks": [
+          {
+            "type": "command",
+            "command": "pwsh -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File \"$env:USERPROFILE\\.claude\\skills\\session-handoff\\hooks\\commit-detector.ps1\""
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
+```
+
+If `hooks.PostToolUse` already exists — append the matcher block to the array. Don't overwrite existing entries.
+
+## Enable on Linux / macOS (bash)
+
+```jsonc
+{
+  "hooks": {
+    "PostToolUse": [
+      {
+        "matcher": "Bash",
+        "hooks": [
+          {
+            "type": "command",
+            "command": "bash ~/.claude/skills/session-handoff/hooks/commit-detector.sh"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
+```
+
+The bash variant needs `python3` on PATH (used to parse the PostToolUse JSON stdin).
+
+## What gets signalled
+
+On a successful `git commit` whose subject prefix is not in {`meta`, `docs`, `style`, `chore`} or `fix typo`, **and** whose body exceeds 200 characters or which touches more than 3 files — the hook emits a `hookSpecificOutput.additionalContext` system reminder of shape:
+
+> Substantive commit detected on `<cwd>`: `<subject>` (N files changed, body M chars). Consider invoking session-handoff write-mode to update `.tasks/NEXT_SESSION.md`.
+
+On any of these → silent skip (exit 0, no JSON):
+
+- malformed PostToolUse stdin
+- Bash command isn't `git commit`
+- command is `git commit --amend`
+- commit returned non-zero exit
+- cwd isn't a git work-tree
+- subject prefix is in trivial set
+- body ≤ 200 chars AND files ≤ 3
+
+## Smoke test (without enabling the hook)
+
+Pipe a synthetic PostToolUse JSON to the script. On Windows:
+
+```powershell
+$payload = @{
+  tool_input    = @{ command = 'git commit -m "subject"' }
+  tool_response = @{ exit_code = 0 }
+  cwd           = (Get-Location).Path
+} | ConvertTo-Json -Compress
+
+$payload | pwsh -NoProfile -File .\skills\session-handoff\hooks\commit-detector.ps1
+```
+
+If your `HEAD` is a non-trivial commit (e.g. recent `feat:` with > 200-char body or > 3 files), output is JSON containing `additionalContext`. Otherwise — empty stdout (silent skip).
+
+## Caveats
+
+- **Rebase / cherry-pick noise.** Every commit in a rebase or cherry-pick batch will re-fire the hook. Deferred to a follow-up if it actually annoys in practice; the hook is opt-in so the cost is bounded.
+- **First-non-trivial commit of session.** The agent-side heuristic in SKILL.md treats the *first* non-trivial commit of a session as "always substantive" regardless of thresholds. The hook can't see session boundaries — uses only body/file thresholds. Slight under-detection on small first commits; acceptable trade-off for harness-side determinism.
+- **No automatic write-mode invocation.** Hook only signals. The agent still decides whether to run session-handoff write-mode in response — keeps the user-agency invariant from SKILL.md `What NOT to do`.
diff --git a/skills/session-handoff/hooks/commit-detector.ps1 b/skills/session-handoff/hooks/commit-detector.ps1
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@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env pwsh
+# session-handoff PostToolUse hook (PowerShell).
+#
+# Reads PostToolUse JSON from stdin, detects whether the just-completed
+# Bash tool call was a substantive `git commit`, and on hit emits JSON to
+# stdout with `additionalContext` so Claude Code surfaces a system reminder
+# in the next agent iteration ("substantive commit — consider session-handoff
+# write-mode").
+#
+# Substantive heuristic (mirrors session-handoff SKILL.md):
+#   prefix NOT in (meta:|docs:|style:|chore:|fix typo) AND
+#   (body > 200 chars OR files > 3)
+#
+# Silent skip on: malformed JSON, no command, --amend, failed commit,
+# non-git cwd, trivial prefix, below thresholds. Never blocks the tool call
+# (PostToolUse cannot, by design).
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+# Read stdin
+try {
+    $raw = [Console]::In.ReadToEnd()
+    if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($raw)) { exit 0 }
+    $hook = $raw | ConvertFrom-Json -ErrorAction Stop
+} catch {
+    exit 0
+}
+
+# Only Bash tool, only git commit (not --amend)
+$cmd = $hook.tool_input.command
+if (-not $cmd) { exit 0 }
+if ($cmd -notmatch '(?<![\w-])git\s+commit(?![\w-])') { exit 0 }
+if ($cmd -match '(?<![\w-])git\s+commit\b.*--amend') { exit 0 }
+
+# Only on successful commit
+if ($null -ne $hook.tool_response.exit_code -and $hook.tool_response.exit_code -ne 0) { exit 0 }
+
+# Resolve cwd; require a git work-tree
+$cwd = $hook.cwd
+if (-not $cwd) { $cwd = (Get-Location).Path }
+$inside = & git -C $cwd rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2>$null
+if ($inside -ne 'true') { exit 0 }
+
+# Parse last commit
+$subject = (& git -C $cwd log -1 --format='%s').Trim()
+$body    = (& git -C $cwd log -1 --format='%b')
+$files   = ((& git -C $cwd diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only -r HEAD) | Measure-Object).Count
+
+# Trivial-prefix check (Conventional Commits prefix before optional scope + colon)
+$prefix = $subject -replace '^([a-z]+)(\([^)]+\))?:.*$','$1'
+$trivial = @('meta','docs','style','chore')
+if ($trivial -contains $prefix) { exit 0 }
+if ($subject -match 'fix\s+typo') { exit 0 }
+
+# Threshold check
+$bodyLen = if ($body) { $body.Length } else { 0 }
+if ($bodyLen -le 200 -and $files -le 3) { exit 0 }
+
+# Substantive — emit JSON
+$msg = "Substantive commit detected on " + $cwd + ": ``" + $subject + "`` (" + $files + " files changed, body " + $bodyLen + " chars). Consider invoking session-handoff write-mode to update .tasks/NEXT_SESSION.md."
+
+@{
+    hookSpecificOutput = @{
+        hookEventName     = 'PostToolUse'
+        additionalContext = $msg
+    }
+    systemMessage  = 'session-handoff: substantive commit detected'
+    suppressOutput = $false
+} | ConvertTo-Json -Compress -Depth 5 | Write-Output
diff --git a/skills/session-handoff/hooks/commit-detector.sh b/skills/session-handoff/hooks/commit-detector.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22ac2fc
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@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# session-handoff PostToolUse hook (POSIX). See commit-detector.ps1 for prose.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+raw=$(cat)
+[[ -z "$raw" ]] && exit 0
+
+# Helper: extract a JSON path via python3
+jget() {
+    python3 -c "
+import sys, json
+try:
+    d = json.loads(sys.argv[1])
+    out = d
+    for k in sys.argv[2].split('.'):
+        if isinstance(out, dict):
+            out = out.get(k)
+        else:
+            out = None
+            break
+    print('' if out is None else out)
+" "$raw" "$1" 2>/dev/null || echo ''
+}
+
+cmd=$(jget tool_input.command)
+[[ -z "$cmd" ]] && exit 0
+
+# Only `git commit`, not `--amend`
+if ! echo "$cmd" | grep -qE '(^|[^[:alnum:]_-])git[[:space:]]+commit($|[^[:alnum:]_-])'; then exit 0; fi
+if echo "$cmd" | grep -qE '(^|[^[:alnum:]_-])git[[:space:]]+commit\b.*--amend'; then exit 0; fi
+
+# Only on successful commit (if exit_code present and non-zero, skip)
+exit_code=$(jget tool_response.exit_code)
+if [[ -n "$exit_code" && "$exit_code" != "0" ]]; then exit 0; fi
+
+cwd=$(jget cwd)
+[[ -z "$cwd" ]] && cwd=$(pwd)
+
+# Require git work-tree
+git -C "$cwd" rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 0
+
+subject=$(git -C "$cwd" log -1 --format='%s')
+body=$(git -C "$cwd" log -1 --format='%b')
+files=$(git -C "$cwd" diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only -r HEAD | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
+
+# Trivial-prefix check
+prefix=$(echo "$subject" | sed -E 's/^([a-z]+)(\([^)]+\))?:.*$/\1/')
+case "$prefix" in
+    meta|docs|style|chore) exit 0 ;;
+esac
+echo "$subject" | grep -qE 'fix[[:space:]]+typo' && exit 0
+
+# Threshold
+body_len=${#body}
+if [[ "$body_len" -le 200 && "$files" -le 3 ]]; then exit 0; fi
+
+# Substantive — emit JSON via python3 to handle quoting safely
+python3 -c "
+import json, sys
+msg = (
+    'Substantive commit detected on $cwd: \`' + '''$subject''' + '\` '
+    + '($files files changed, body $body_len chars). '
+    + 'Consider invoking session-handoff write-mode to update .tasks/NEXT_SESSION.md.'
+)
+print(json.dumps({
+    'hookSpecificOutput': {
+        'hookEventName': 'PostToolUse',
+        'additionalContext': msg,
+    },
+    'systemMessage': 'session-handoff: substantive commit detected',
+    'suppressOutput': False,
+}))
+"