Skip user hooks during Claude capability probes

[yashranaway]

What Changed

Pass settings: { disableAllHooks: true } to the periodic Claude capability probe, with regression assertions in both probe tests.

Why

The probe keeps user, project, and local setting sources so slash command discovery works, but loading those sources also runs the user's SessionStart hooks every few minutes. Hooks that log or send telemetry fire on every health check and pollute their data with probe sessions. Disabling hooks through the flag settings layer keeps command discovery intact while making the probe silent.

Fixes #3050

Testing

• vp test run apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ClaudeCapabilitiesProbe.test.ts passes (2/2), including a new assertion on the built query options and one on the serialized --settings flag at the SDK boundary
• pnpm typecheck in apps/server clean
• vp lint on changed files clean

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Note

Low Risk
Narrow change to probe-only SDK options with regression tests; no impact on normal Claude sessions or auth flows.

Overview
The periodic Claude capability probe now passes settings: { disableAllHooks: true } in its SDK query options so SessionStart and other user hooks do not run on every few-minute health check.

The probe still loads user, project, and local setting sources for slash-command discovery; only hook execution is turned off via the settings flag (serialized as --settings at the SDK boundary). Tests cover the built options object and the parsed CLI flag.

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Note

Skip user hooks during Claude capability probes by passing disableAllHooks: true

Adds settings: { disableAllHooks: true } to the options returned by buildClaudeCapabilitiesProbeQueryOptions in ClaudeProvider.ts, ensuring user-defined hooks do not run during capability detection. Tests in ClaudeCapabilitiesProbe.test.ts verify the --settings flag is present and that disableAllHooks is set to true.

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Verdict: Approved

This is a targeted bug fix that prevents user hooks from running repeatedly during Claude capability probes (health checks). The change is minimal, well-documented, and includes test coverage.

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