--- title: How to stop Claude from saying load-bearing | daily.dev description: A short, playful guide showing how to use Claude Code's MessageDisplay hook to intercept and replace repetitive phrases in Claude's output. A Python script is... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-stop-claude-from-saying-load-bearing-wjkihvicb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to stop Claude from saying load-bearing | daily.dev og:description: A short, playful guide showing how to use Claude Code's MessageDisplay hook to intercept and replace repetitive phrases in Claude's output. A Python script is... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-stop-claude-from-saying-load-bearing-wjkihvicb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/wJKihvICB.png og:image:alt: How to stop Claude from saying load-bearing og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to stop Claude from saying load-bearing **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 2 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A short, playful guide showing how to use Claude Code's MessageDisplay hook to intercept and replace repetitive phrases in Claude's output. A Python script is configured as a hook in ~/.claude/settings.json to swap out overused terms like 'load-bearing' and 'honest take' with humorous alternatives, or any custom replacements the user prefers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I set up a Claude Code hook to replace specific words or phrases in Claude's output? Create an executable script at ~/.claude/hooks/wordswap.sh that reads JSON input from stdin, applies regex replacements to the 'delta' text field, and outputs JSON with a hookSpecificOutput containing hookEventName 'MessageDisplay' and the modified displayContent. Register the script in ~/.claude/settings.json under hooks.MessageDisplay, then start a new session for the hook to load. _daily.dev surfaces practical Claude Code hook tricks for developers customizing their AI coding workflow._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Stop Tuning Prompts. 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