diff --git a/.claude/scripts/hooks-parity.test.sh b/.claude/scripts/hooks-parity.test.sh
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/.claude/scripts/hooks-parity.test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# hooks-parity.test.sh — offline smoke test for the hooks-parity check
+# (issue #140) added to .claude/self/checks.sh's `do_hooks_parity` (run as
+# part of `do_build`, and therefore under `gate.sh build`/`gate.sh test`).
+#
+# Asserts:
+#   1. Born-green: the check PASSES against the real repo's
+#      .claude/settings.json / .claude/hooks/hooks.json, with
+#      log-worker-tool.sh's deliberate self-only entry allowlisted.
+#   2. Fail-on-divergence: feeding the check a synthetic hooks.json missing
+#      a non-allowlisted settings.json hook makes it fail (non-zero).
+#   3. Fail-on-divergence (other direction): feeding the check a synthetic
+#      hooks.json with an extra hook absent from settings.json also fails.
+#
+# Uses the HOOKS_SETTINGS_FILE / HOOKS_PLUGIN_FILE env-var seam in checks.sh
+# to point at hermetic temp-dir fixtures instead of mutating real repo files.
+# No gh/network. Exit 0 on success, non-zero if any assertion fails. Runnable
+# bare:
+#   bash .claude/scripts/hooks-parity.test.sh
+set -uo pipefail
+
+script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+repo_root="$(cd "$script_dir/../.." && pwd)"
+checks_sh="$repo_root/.claude/self/checks.sh"
+
+work="$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/hooks-parity-test.XXXXXX")"
+trap 'rm -rf "$work"' EXIT
+
+fail=0
+ok=0
+check() {
+  local desc="$1"; shift
+  if "$@"; then
+    ok=$((ok + 1))
+    echo "ok - $desc"
+  else
+    fail=1
+    echo "FAIL - $desc"
+  fi
+}
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 1. Born-green: real repo files pass as-is.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+check "check passes on the real repo settings.json/hooks.json (born-green)" \
+  bash "$checks_sh" build
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 2. Synthetic divergence: settings.json has a non-allowlisted hook that
+#    hooks.json lacks -> the check must fail.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+missing_dir="$work/missing-from-plugin"
+mkdir -p "$missing_dir"
+settings_missing="$missing_dir/settings.json"
+plugin_missing="$missing_dir/hooks.json"
+
+node -e '
+  const fs = require("fs");
+  fs.writeFileSync(process.argv[1], JSON.stringify({
+    hooks: {
+      PreToolUse: [
+        { matcher: "Bash", hooks: [{ type: "command", command: "python3 \"$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/.claude/scripts/guard-git-add.py\"" }] },
+      ],
+      PostToolUse: [
+        // Non-allowlisted, self-only-in-this-fixture hook: no counterpart
+        // in hooks.json below, and NOT in the real ALLOWLIST -> must fail.
+        { matcher: "Edit|Write", hooks: [{ type: "command", command: "bash \"$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/.claude/scripts/totally-new-hook.sh\"" }] },
+      ],
+    },
+  }, null, 2));
+' "$settings_missing"
+
+node -e '
+  const fs = require("fs");
+  fs.writeFileSync(process.argv[1], JSON.stringify({
+    hooks: {
+      PreToolUse: [
+        { matcher: "Bash", hooks: [{ type: "command", command: "python3 ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/guard-git-add.py" }] },
+      ],
+    },
+  }, null, 2));
+' "$plugin_missing"
+
+HOOKS_SETTINGS_FILE="$settings_missing" HOOKS_PLUGIN_FILE="$plugin_missing" \
+  bash "$checks_sh" build >/dev/null 2>&1
+check "check FAILS when settings.json has a non-allowlisted hook absent from hooks.json" \
+  [ "$?" -ne 0 ]
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 3. Synthetic divergence, other direction: hooks.json has a hook absent
+#    from settings.json -> the check must fail (consumers can never get a
+#    hook the self-hosted repo itself doesn't run).
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+extra_dir="$work/extra-in-plugin"
+mkdir -p "$extra_dir"
+settings_extra="$extra_dir/settings.json"
+plugin_extra="$extra_dir/hooks.json"
+
+node -e '
+  const fs = require("fs");
+  fs.writeFileSync(process.argv[1], JSON.stringify({
+    hooks: {
+      PreToolUse: [
+        { matcher: "Bash", hooks: [{ type: "command", command: "python3 \"$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/.claude/scripts/guard-git-add.py\"" }] },
+      ],
+    },
+  }, null, 2));
+' "$settings_extra"
+
+node -e '
+  const fs = require("fs");
+  fs.writeFileSync(process.argv[1], JSON.stringify({
+    hooks: {
+      PreToolUse: [
+        { matcher: "Bash", hooks: [{ type: "command", command: "python3 ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/guard-git-add.py" }] },
+      ],
+      PostToolUse: [
+        { matcher: "Edit|Write", hooks: [{ type: "command", command: "bash ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/only-in-consumers.sh" }] },
+      ],
+    },
+  }, null, 2));
+' "$plugin_extra"
+
+HOOKS_SETTINGS_FILE="$settings_extra" HOOKS_PLUGIN_FILE="$plugin_extra" \
+  bash "$checks_sh" build >/dev/null 2>&1
+check "check FAILS when hooks.json has a hook absent from settings.json" \
+  [ "$?" -ne 0 ]
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 4. Sanity: a matching pair with no allowlist needed passes.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+matching_dir="$work/matching"
+mkdir -p "$matching_dir"
+settings_matching="$matching_dir/settings.json"
+plugin_matching="$matching_dir/hooks.json"
+
+node -e '
+  const fs = require("fs");
+  fs.writeFileSync(process.argv[1], JSON.stringify({
+    hooks: {
+      PreToolUse: [
+        { matcher: "Bash", hooks: [{ type: "command", command: "python3 \"$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/.claude/scripts/guard-git-add.py\"" }] },
+      ],
+      Stop: [
+        { hooks: [{ type: "command", command: "bash \"$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/.claude/scripts/gate.sh\" test_affected" }] },
+      ],
+    },
+  }, null, 2));
+' "$settings_matching"
+
+node -e '
+  const fs = require("fs");
+  fs.writeFileSync(process.argv[1], JSON.stringify({
+    hooks: {
+      PreToolUse: [
+        { matcher: "Bash", hooks: [{ type: "command", command: "python3 ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/guard-git-add.py" }] },
+      ],
+      Stop: [
+        { hooks: [{ type: "command", command: "bash ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/gate.sh test_affected" }] },
+      ],
+    },
+  }, null, 2));
+' "$plugin_matching"
+
+check "check passes on a synthetic matching pair (no allowlist needed)" \
+  bash -c 'HOOKS_SETTINGS_FILE="$1" HOOKS_PLUGIN_FILE="$2" bash "$3" build' \
+  _ "$settings_matching" "$plugin_matching" "$checks_sh"
+
+echo ""
+if [ "$fail" -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "hooks-parity.test.sh: PASS ($ok checks)"
+  exit 0
+else
+  echo "hooks-parity.test.sh: FAIL (see FAIL lines above)"
+  exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/.claude/self/checks.sh b/.claude/self/checks.sh
index 6be0160..9ba1ddf 100644
--- a/.claude/self/checks.sh
+++ b/.claude/self/checks.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,118 @@ do_build() {
     }
   ' || rc=1
   [ "$rc" -eq 0 ] && echo "build: JSON configs valid + adapters well-shaped"
+  do_hooks_parity || rc=1
+  return "$rc"
+}
+
+# do_hooks_parity (issue #140) — the repo-local .claude/settings.json (self-
+# hosted sessions, $CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR paths) and the shipped
+# .claude/hooks/hooks.json (consumers, ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT} paths) hand-
+# duplicate the same hook set under two different path prefixes. Nothing
+# checked they stayed in sync, which is how a hook ended up reCode-only for
+# weeks (empty cockpit workers panel in every consumer). This normalizes
+# both files' `.hooks` into (event, matcher, command) triples — stripping the
+# environment-specific path prefix so the two forms collapse to the same
+# value — and fails on any divergence that isn't explicitly allowlisted as
+# deliberately self-only.
+#
+# File paths are overridable via HOOKS_SETTINGS_FILE / HOOKS_PLUGIN_FILE so
+# tests can point this at hermetic temp-dir fixtures instead of the real repo
+# files.
+do_hooks_parity() {
+  local rc=0
+  local settings_file="${HOOKS_SETTINGS_FILE:-.claude/settings.json}"
+  local plugin_file="${HOOKS_PLUGIN_FILE:-.claude/hooks/hooks.json}"
+
+  if [ ! -f "$settings_file" ]; then echo "build: hooks-parity — missing $settings_file"; return 1; fi
+  if [ ! -f "$plugin_file" ]; then echo "build: hooks-parity — missing $plugin_file"; return 1; fi
+
+  node -e '
+    const fs = require("fs");
+    const settingsFile = process.argv[1];
+    const pluginFile = process.argv[2];
+
+    // Deliberate self-only hooks: present in settings.json (self-hosted repo)
+    // but intentionally absent from hooks.json (shipped to consumers).
+    // Key format: "event|matcher|normalizedCommand".
+    const ALLOWLIST = new Set([
+      // log-worker-tool.sh mirrors a worker session'"'"'s tool calls into the
+      // cockpit workers panel. That panel — and the whole notion of a
+      // worker session to mirror — only exists in reCode'"'"'s own
+      // self-hosted orchestration loop; consumer projects have no cockpit
+      // worker-session view to feed, so this hook is deliberately
+      // self-only and must never be added to hooks.json.
+      "PostToolUse|Bash|Edit|Write|bash scripts/log-worker-tool.sh",
+    ]);
+
+    // Collapse the two environment-specific path prefixes
+    // ($CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/.claude/... in settings.json, quoted, vs.
+    // ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/... in hooks.json, unquoted) down to the same
+    // plugin-root-relative form, and drop any remaining quoting, so
+    // "bash \"$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR/.claude/scripts/gate.sh\" lint" and
+    // "bash ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/gate.sh lint" both normalize to
+    // "bash scripts/gate.sh lint".
+    function normalizeCommand(cmd) {
+      return cmd
+        .replace(/"\$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR\/\.claude\//g, "")
+        .replace(/\$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR\/\.claude\//g, "")
+        .replace(/\$\{CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT\}\//g, "")
+        .replace(/"/g, "")
+        .trim()
+        .replace(/\s+/g, " ");
+    }
+
+    function triples(file) {
+      const data = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(file, "utf8"));
+      const hooksObj = data.hooks || {};
+      const out = [];
+      for (const [event, entries] of Object.entries(hooksObj)) {
+        for (const entry of entries || []) {
+          const matcher = entry.matcher || "";
+          for (const h of entry.hooks || []) {
+            const cmd = normalizeCommand(h.command || "");
+            out.push({ event, matcher, cmd, key: `${event}|${matcher}|${cmd}` });
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      return out;
+    }
+
+    const settingsTriples = triples(settingsFile);
+    const pluginTriples = triples(pluginFile);
+    const settingsKeys = new Set(settingsTriples.map((t) => t.key));
+    const pluginKeys = new Set(pluginTriples.map((t) => t.key));
+
+    let failed = false;
+
+    // In settings.json (self) but not hooks.json (consumers) — OK only if
+    // explicitly allowlisted as deliberately self-only.
+    for (const t of settingsTriples) {
+      if (!pluginKeys.has(t.key) && !ALLOWLIST.has(t.key)) {
+        console.error(
+          `build: hooks-parity — event="${t.event}" matcher="${t.matcher}" cmd="${t.cmd}" ` +
+          `present in ${settingsFile} but missing from ${pluginFile} (not in allowlist)`
+        );
+        failed = true;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // In hooks.json (consumers) but not settings.json (self) — never
+    // allowed: every hook shipped to consumers must also run self-hosted.
+    for (const t of pluginTriples) {
+      if (!settingsKeys.has(t.key)) {
+        console.error(
+          `build: hooks-parity — event="${t.event}" matcher="${t.matcher}" cmd="${t.cmd}" ` +
+          `present in ${pluginFile} but missing from ${settingsFile}`
+        );
+        failed = true;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (failed) process.exit(1);
+  ' "$settings_file" "$plugin_file" || rc=1
+
+  [ "$rc" -eq 0 ] && echo "build: hooks parity OK — settings.json and hooks.json hook triples match (mod allowlist)"
   return "$rc"
 }