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title: "Run Bash commands before Claude Code tasks"
description: "Run bash commands before Claude Code tasks"
canonical: "https://ian.is/claude-bash-commands"
language: "en"
---

[Ian Nuttall](https://ian.is/)

# Run Bash commands before Claude Code tasks

July 3, 2025

You can now run bash commands before processing the slash command task in Claude Code

Lots of ideas for this 👀

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