Copied this into a Turborepo and trimmed two MCP servers. The planner then reviewer loop alone cut my rework in half. The secret scan hook caught a real leak on day one.

Solid writeup. One note: exit code 2 for blocking hooks tripped me up until I reread the callout. Worth saying twice.

Been running something close to this for a month. The Stop hook running typecheck is the unglamorous part that pays off the most.

Glad the hook earned its keep. If you dropped the postgres server, swap the db-migrator agent for a plain migration command so /migrate still works.

The model split for cost is the part I underrated. Moved implement onto Sonnet and my monthly spend dropped without any quality hit I could measure.

Tab plus Agent really is the fastest day to day. Wish the article said more about keeping .cursorrules from rotting as the repo grows.

How does this compare to the budget Sonnet build for a small repo? Tempted to skip the postgres server entirely.

Clear and to the point. Bookmarked the hooks section, that exit code detail is easy to forget.