feat(plugin): write-path trigger — offer prior art before code is rewritten

The milestone headline. Auto-inject fires on the operator's prompt; the
moment reuse is actually lost is later, when the agent decides mid-task to
write a helper. A PreToolUse hook on Write|Edit now fires there.

Channel: `additionalContext` with NO permissionDecision, so the note reaches
Claude beside the tool result and the write is never blocked — a recall aid
must not be able to stop the operator's work. Plain stdout would have been
invisible to the model, and deny/ask would have made a nudge into a gate.

Two arms, different in kind:
- BY PLACE — a snippet recorded at this path (or its directory) is prior art
  by definition, not resemblance, so it is neither scored nor thresholded.
  This is what #2083's reverse lookup was built to answer.
- BY MEANING — semantic search restricted to snippets (new `note_type` filter
  on semantic_search_notes) over the code about to be written.
Place ranks first; the top-k cap spans both arms.

Gates carried over from milestone 93 verbatim: threshold, margin, session
dedup, titles-never-bodies. Own `source='write_path'` in retrieval_logs so
precision is tunable separately — the docstring records that the place arm
is unlogged and hands that to #2085.

Its own on/off in Settings but the SAME threshold/top-k: one "how loud may
Scribe be" knob is easier to reason about than two that drift, and splitting
them later is then a data-backed change rather than a guess.

Details worth keeping: the hook sends a REPO-RELATIVE path because that is
how locations are recorded; the git remote resolves to a project and is never
used as the location `repo` filter (different namespaces, would silently
match nothing); the endpoint stays a GET because a read-scoped API key cannot
POST and every other hook depends on that.

plugin.json 0.1.17 -> 0.1.18. Refs #2082, milestone #232.

plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "scribe",
   "description": "Scribe system-of-record for Claude Code: MCP tools over your notes/tasks/projects/rules, a session-start push channel that surfaces your always-on rules + active-project context, process-skills (writing-plans, systematic-debugging, verification, brainstorming, reusing-code), and your saved Scribe Processes auto-surfaced as skills (/scribe:sync). Replaces superpowers + file-memory with one app-backed plugin.",
-  "version": "0.1.17",
+  "version": "0.1.18",
   "author": { "name": "Bryan Van Deusen" },
   "mcpServers": {
     "scribe": {

plugin/README.md

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ instance into a first-class Claude Code extension:
   rulebook (the `scribe` server).
 - **Session-start push channel** — a `SessionStart` hook injects your always-on
   rules + active-project context so Scribe surfaces *without being asked*.
+- **Prior-art recall on writes** — a `PreToolUse` hook on Write/Edit checks the
+  file about to be written against your recorded snippets (what's kept at that
+  path, and what resembles the code) and offers them before the helper is
+  rewritten. Titles only, never blocks the edit.
 - **Universal process-skills** — using-scribe, writing-plans,
   systematic-debugging, verification, brainstorming, reusing-code (record and
   recall reusable code as snippets). Replaces superpowers.
@@ -42,6 +46,11 @@ On install you'll be asked for:
 - `hooks/hooks.json` → SessionStart hook (`hooks/scribe_session_context.sh`),
   **fail-open**: if Scribe is unreachable it injects nothing and never blocks
   the session.
+- `hooks/hooks.json` → PreToolUse hook on `Write|Edit`
+  (`hooks/scribe_prior_art.sh`) → `GET /api/plugin/prior-art`. Returns
+  `additionalContext` with **no** permission decision, so it can inform the write
+  but never stop it; silent when nothing is recorded, which is most of the time.
+  Toggle in **Settings → Knowledge auto-inject**.
 - `skills/` → the universal process-skills, surfaced by description match.
 - `hooks/scribe_sync_processes.sh` (a 2nd SessionStart hook) + the `/scribe:sync`
   command → generate `~/.claude/skills/scribe-proc-*` stubs from your Scribe
@@ -52,5 +61,6 @@ On install you'll be asked for:
 
 - Set a `version` bump in `.claude-plugin/plugin.json` per release so clients
   pick up changes.
-- The session-start hook needs only a **read**-scoped key; the MCP tools need
-  **write** scope to create/update.
+- The session-start, auto-inject and prior-art hooks need only a **read**-scoped
+  key; the MCP tools need **write** scope to create/update. Every hook is a GET
+  for that reason — a read key cannot POST.

plugin/hooks/hooks.json

@@ -23,6 +23,17 @@
           }
         ]
       }
+    ],
+    "PreToolUse": [
+      {
+        "matcher": "Write|Edit",
+        "hooks": [
+          {
+            "type": "command",
+            "command": "bash \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/scribe_prior_art.sh\""
+          }
+        ]
+      }
     ]
   }
 }

plugin/hooks/scribe_prior_art.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Scribe plugin — PreToolUse write-path trigger (prior-art recall).
+#
+# Auto-inject (scribe_autoinject.sh) fires on the operator's prompt. The moment
+# reuse is actually lost is later: when the AGENT decides mid-task to write a
+# helper. This hook fires there — on Write/Edit — and asks the operator's Scribe
+# instance what prior art is already recorded for the target file: a snippet at
+# that path or in its directory, plus snippets resembling the code about to be
+# written. Titles + ids only, never bodies.
+#
+# NEVER BLOCKS. It returns `additionalContext` with no `permissionDecision`, so
+# the write proceeds untouched and Claude sees the note beside the tool result.
+# Any failure — unconfigured, unreachable, malformed — exits 0 in silence. A
+# recall aid must not be able to stop the operator's work.
+#
+# Config (same as the other hooks), exported to the hook by Claude Code:
+#   CLAUDE_PLUGIN_OPTION_api_endpoint  base URL, no trailing slash
+#   CLAUDE_PLUGIN_OPTION_api_token     fmcp_ API key (sensitive)
+#   SCRIBE_URL / SCRIBE_TOKEN override for the settings.json dogfooding path.
+set -uo pipefail
+
+command -v jq   >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 0
+command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 0
+
+# PreToolUse delivers { session_id, cwd, tool_name, tool_input: {...}, ... }
+event=$(cat 2>/dev/null || true)
+file_path=$(printf '%s' "$event" | jq -r '.tool_input.file_path // empty' 2>/dev/null) || exit 0
+session_id=$(printf '%s' "$event" | jq -r '.session_id // empty' 2>/dev/null) || session_id=""
+event_cwd=$(printf '%s' "$event" | jq -r '.cwd // empty' 2>/dev/null) || event_cwd=""
+
+[ -n "$file_path" ] || exit 0
+
+# The code about to be written. Write and Edit name this field differently, and
+# the names have changed across Claude Code versions — take whichever is present
+# rather than betting on one shape.
+code=$(printf '%s' "$event" | jq -r '
+  .tool_input.content // .tool_input.file_content //
+  .tool_input.new_string // .tool_input.new_str // empty' 2>/dev/null) || code=""
+
+# Skip formats that hold prose or data rather than reusable code. Purely to
+# avoid a pointless round-trip — the server would return nothing for these
+# anyway. Config formats are NOT skipped: a CI workflow or a compose file is
+# often exactly the thing worth reusing.
+case "$file_path" in
+  *.md|*.mdx|*.txt|*.rst|*.json|*.lock|*.log|*.csv|*.tsv|*.svg|*.png|*.jpg|*.jpeg|*.gif|*.ico|*.pdf)
+    exit 0 ;;
+esac
+
+url=${SCRIBE_URL:-${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_OPTION_api_endpoint:-}}
+token=${SCRIBE_TOKEN:-${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_OPTION_api_token:-}}
+# Guard against an unexpanded ${...} placeholder arriving as a literal.
+case "$url"   in *'${'*) url="" ;;  esac
+case "$token" in *'${'*) token="" ;; esac
+# Unconfigured install → silent. Prior-art recall is pure enrichment.
+[ -n "$url" ] && [ -n "$token" ] || exit 0
+
+# Snippet locations are recorded repo-relative, so send a repo-relative path —
+# an absolute one would simply match nothing.
+lookup_dir=$(dirname -- "$file_path" 2>/dev/null || true)
+[ -d "$lookup_dir" ] || lookup_dir=${event_cwd:-${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR:-$PWD}}
+repo_root=$(git -C "$lookup_dir" rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || true)
+rel_path="$file_path"
+if [ -n "$repo_root" ]; then
+  case "$file_path" in
+    "$repo_root"/*) rel_path="${file_path#"$repo_root"/}" ;;
+  esac
+fi
+
+# Cap the code sent as the semantic query. The embedder truncates at its own
+# token limit well before this, so a bigger slice buys no extra signal — and the
+# payload has to stay a GET (a read-scoped API key cannot POST, and every other
+# plugin hook works with a read key).
+q=$(printf '%s' "$code" | cut -c1-1200)
+
+path_enc=$(printf '%s' "$rel_path" | jq -rR '@uri' 2>/dev/null) || exit 0
+code_enc=$(printf '%s' "$q" | jq -rR '@uri' 2>/dev/null) || code_enc=""
+
+# Resolve the working repo's remote so the server can scope to the bound project.
+repo=$(git -C "$lookup_dir" remote get-url origin 2>/dev/null || true)
+repo_q=""
+if [ -n "$repo" ]; then
+  enc=$(printf '%s' "$repo" | jq -rR '@uri' 2>/dev/null) || enc=""
+  [ -n "$enc" ] && repo_q="&repo=${enc}"
+fi
+
+# Per-session dedup, in its own file rather than sharing auto-inject's. Each
+# surface shows a given snippet at most once per session, but they don't silence
+# each other: a title that flew past in a prompt menu twenty turns ago is
+# exactly what should reappear at the moment the duplicate is being written.
+state_dir="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/scribe-priorart"
+mkdir -p "$state_dir" 2>/dev/null || true
+idfile=""
+exclude_q=""
+if [ -n "$session_id" ]; then
+  safe_sid=$(printf '%s' "$session_id" | tr -c 'A-Za-z0-9._-' '_')
+  idfile="$state_dir/${safe_sid}.ids"
+  if [ -f "$idfile" ]; then
+    seen=$(tr '\n' ',' < "$idfile" 2>/dev/null | sed 's/,$//')
+    [ -n "$seen" ] && exclude_q="&exclude_ids=${seen}"
+  fi
+fi
+
+body=$(curl -fsS --max-time 5 \
+  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${token}" \
+  "${url%/}/api/plugin/prior-art?path=${path_enc}&code=${code_enc}${repo_q}${exclude_q}" 2>/dev/null) || exit 0
+[ -n "$body" ] || exit 0
+
+context=$(printf '%s' "$body" | jq -r '.context // empty' 2>/dev/null) || exit 0
+[ -n "$context" ] || exit 0
+
+# Remember what was surfaced so it isn't shown again this session.
+if [ -n "$idfile" ]; then
+  printf '%s' "$body" | jq -r '.note_ids[]? // empty' 2>/dev/null >> "$idfile" || true
+fi
+
+# No permissionDecision: this is a nudge, not a gate. The write goes ahead.
+jq -n --arg c "$context" \
+  '{hookSpecificOutput: {hookEventName: "PreToolUse", additionalContext: $c}}'
+exit 0

plugin/skills/reusing-code/SKILL.md

@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ through recall/auto-inject; this skill is the active reflex around that.
   `location` points at the reference implementation. Adapt, don't re-derive.
 - If auto-inject already surfaced a snippet title that looks relevant, that's
   your cue to `get_snippet` it rather than start from scratch.
+- **Prior art offered beside a write is not noise — read it.** When Scribe notes
+  that a snippet is already recorded for the file you just wrote or edited, open
+  it before you go any further. Either it's the helper you were about to
+  duplicate — reuse it and drop yours — or it isn't, and the record needs the new
+  location adding. Both are cheaper now than after the duplicate settles in.
 
 ## The moment you build something reusable — record it