# 05 - Cursor Hooks: Automate Your Development Workflow

Complete guide to Cursor Hooks: Automate Your Development Workflow: architecture, practical implementation and best practices for developers and technical teams.

## What you'll learn

- What Is a Hook in Cursor
- Configuration: Global and Project-Level hooks.json
- Pre-Execution Hooks: Block Dangerous Actions
- afterFileEdit Hook: Auto-Format and Automatic Linting
- Stop Hooks: Final Verification and Notifications

*This article is part of the **Cursor IDE** series on federicocalo.dev.*

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## Read the full article

The complete article (12 min read) with code examples, diagrams, and practical exercises is available here:

**➡️ [05 - Cursor Hooks: Automate Your Development Workflow](https://federicocalo.dev/en/blog/cursor-hooks-automate-development-workflow)**

`https://federicocalo.dev/en/blog/cursor-hooks-automate-development-workflow`

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*By [Federico Calò](https://federicocalo.dev) — Software Developer & Technical Writer*