Permission request hook
Runs when the agent is about to ask you to approve a tool call — approve or deny it automatically instead of showing the prompt
Lifecycle Hooks Hooks & Lifecycle
Supported
Partial
No
Unknown
Not released
Cursor Current · Oct 2026 
2.0.54 - 2.1.311
0.122.0 - 0.164.0
1.0.16 - 1.0.103
0.45 - 3.27
1.2.27 - 1.19.4
2.0.45 - 2.0.53
0.2.0 - 0.121.0
0.0.374 - 1.0.15
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0.3.127 - 1.1.43
0.2.31 - 2.0.44
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0.1.30 - 0.3.114
Supported by 4 of 5 agents.
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Agent event mapping
Sub-capabilities
- Different from PreToolUse: it fires only when an approval prompt would show, not on every tool call
- Claude Code, Codex and Copilot can allow or deny; Claude Code can also change the input and apply permission rules
- Codex: if any matching hook denies, the request is denied