diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/agent/agent-response-loop.real.e2e.test.ts b/packages/server/src/server/agent/agent-response-loop.real.e2e.test.ts
index ec9dbfdb10..a92e547edc 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/agent/agent-response-loop.real.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/agent/agent-response-loop.real.e2e.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, test, expect, beforeEach, afterEach, beforeAll, afterAll } from "vitest";
 import { createServer } from "http";
-import { mkdtempSync, rmSync } from "fs";
+import { existsSync, mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "fs";
 import { tmpdir } from "os";
 import path from "path";
 import { randomUUID } from "crypto";
@@ -250,4 +250,39 @@ describe("getStructuredAgentResponse (e2e)", () => {
 
     expect(result.message.trim().toLowerCase()).toBe("hello");
   }, 180000);
+
+  test("does not run the project's Claude hooks for an internal Claude agent", async (context) => {
+    if (!canRunClaude) {
+      context.skip();
+    }
+    const hookMarker = path.join(cwd, "stop-hook-ran");
+    mkdirSync(path.join(cwd, ".claude"));
+    writeFileSync(
+      path.join(cwd, ".claude", "settings.json"),
+      JSON.stringify({
+        hooks: {
+          Stop: [{ hooks: [{ type: "command", command: `touch '${hookMarker}'` }] }],
+        },
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const result = await generateStructuredAgentResponse({
+      manager,
+      agentConfig: {
+        provider: "claude",
+        model: CLAUDE_TEST_MODEL,
+        cwd,
+        title: "Branch name generator",
+        internal: true,
+      },
+      prompt:
+        'Respond with exactly this JSON (no markdown, no extra keys, no extra text): {"message":"hello"}',
+      schema: z.object({ message: z.string() }),
+      maxRetries: 2,
+      persistSession: false,
+    });
+
+    expect(result.message.trim().toLowerCase()).toBe("hello");
+    expect(existsSync(hookMarker)).toBe(false);
+  }, 180000);
 });
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/agent.test.ts b/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/agent.test.ts
index 16aa193cce..3e91b9d639 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/agent.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/agent.test.ts
@@ -1067,6 +1067,35 @@ describe("ClaudeAgentSession features", () => {
     await session.close();
   });
 
+  test("disables Claude hooks for internal agents only", async () => {
+    const { queryFactory } = createQueryMock();
+    const client = new ClaudeAgentClient({
+      logger,
+      queryFactory,
+      resolveBinary: async () => "/test/claude/bin",
+    });
+    const internalSession = await client.createSession({
+      provider: "claude",
+      cwd: process.cwd(),
+      internal: true,
+    });
+    const userSession = await client.createSession({
+      provider: "claude",
+      cwd: process.cwd(),
+    });
+
+    await internalSession.startTurn("hello");
+    await userSession.startTurn("hello");
+
+    expect(queryFactory.mock.calls[0]?.[0].options.settings).toMatchObject({
+      disableAllHooks: true,
+    });
+    expect(queryFactory.mock.calls[1]?.[0].options.settings).toBeUndefined();
+
+    await internalSession.close();
+    await userSession.close();
+  });
+
   test("turns Claude thinking off without retaining an effort level", async () => {
     const { queryFactory, launches } = createQueryMock();
     const client = new ClaudeAgentClient({
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/agent.ts b/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/agent.ts
index 38476490b3..7eecf56c96 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/agent.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/agent.ts
@@ -3363,13 +3363,17 @@ class ClaudeAgentSession implements AgentSession {
     input: { ultracode: boolean },
   ): Pick<ClaudeOptions, "settings"> | Record<string, never> {
     const fastMode = this.resolveFastModeSetting();
-    if (fastMode === null && !input.ultracode) {
+    // Internal agents do daemon work such as naming a branch, so the user's and
+    // project's hooks must not run for them.
+    const disableAllHooks = this.config.internal === true;
+    if (fastMode === null && !input.ultracode && !disableAllHooks) {
       return {};
     }
     return {
       settings: mergeClaudeSettings(providerOptions.settings, {
         ...(fastMode === null ? {} : { fastMode }),
         ...(input.ultracode ? { ultracode: true } : {}),
+        ...(disableAllHooks ? { disableAllHooks: true } : {}),
       }),
     };
   }