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Agentic AI Atlas · SessionStart (canonical)
hook-surface:session-starta5c.ai
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hook-surface:session-start

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SessionStart (canonical) json

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File · channels-hooks/hook-surfaces/canonical/session-start.yamlCluster · channels-hooks
Record JSON
{
  "id": "hook-surface:session-start",
  "_kind": "HookSurface",
  "_file": "channels-hooks/hook-surfaces/canonical/session-start.yaml",
  "_cluster": "channels-hooks",
  "attributes": {
    "eventName": "SessionStart (canonical)",
    "displayName": "SessionStart (canonical)",
    "kind": "canonical",
    "direction": "event",
    "blocking": false,
    "family": "in-process",
    "payloadSchema": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "session_id",
        "transcript_path",
        "source"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "session_id": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "transcript_path": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "cwd": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "model": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Model id at session start (e.g. claude-sonnet-4-5)."
        },
        "source": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "startup",
            "resume",
            "clear"
          ],
          "description": "How the session was initiated."
        },
        "startedAt": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "date-time"
        },
        "bare_run_id": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "When the session-start hook detects or creates a bare run, this field carries the run ID so downstream hooks and the babysit-skill can bind to it."
        }
      }
    },
    "description": "Fires when a new session is created. The session-start hook may\nwrite a bare run ID into session state when bridging is active,\nenabling the orchestrating skill to discover and assign a process\nto the run.\n"
  },
  "outgoingEdges": [],
  "incomingEdges": [
    {
      "from": "agent-core-impl:a5c.core@current",
      "to": "hook-surface:session-start",
      "kind": "fires_hook",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "agent-runtime-impl:claude-code.runtime@1.x",
      "to": "hook-surface:session-start",
      "kind": "exposes",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "hook-mapping:session-start-claude-code",
      "to": "hook-surface:session-start",
      "kind": "maps_hook",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "hook-mapping:session-start-codex",
      "to": "hook-surface:session-start",
      "kind": "maps_hook",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "hook-mapping:session-start-cursor",
      "to": "hook-surface:session-start",
      "kind": "maps_hook",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "hook-mapping:session-start-github-copilot",
      "to": "hook-surface:session-start",
      "kind": "maps_hook",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "hook-mapping:session-start-opencode",
      "to": "hook-surface:session-start",
      "kind": "maps_hook",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "hook-mapping:session-start-pi",
      "to": "hook-surface:session-start",
      "kind": "maps_hook",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "hook-mapping:session-start-oh-my-pi",
      "to": "hook-surface:session-start",
      "kind": "maps_hook",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "hook-mapping:plugin-session-start-openclaw",
      "to": "hook-surface:session-start",
      "kind": "maps_hook",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "hook-mapping:gateway-request-received-openclaw",
      "to": "hook-surface:session-start",
      "kind": "maps_hook",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "hook-mapping:session-start-gemini",
      "to": "hook-surface:session-start",
      "kind": "maps_hook",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "hook-mapping:session-start-pi",
      "to": "hook-surface:session-start",
      "kind": "maps_hook",
      "attributes": {}
    }
  ]
}