diff --git a/.claude/hooks/git-push-protected-branch.sh b/.claude/hooks/git-push-protected-branch.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..73e7f7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.claude/hooks/git-push-protected-branch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Prompt before a git push whose target branch is main or master.
+# Emits no output for any other push, letting normal permission rules decide.
+set -uo pipefail
+
+[[ -t 0 ]] && exit 0
+command=$(jq -r '.tool_input.command // ""' 2>/dev/null) || exit 0
+
+# Positional arguments after `git push` are the remote and its refspecs.
+read -ra parts <<<"$command"
+args=()
+for part in "${parts[@]:2}"; do
+  [[ "$part" == -* ]] || args+=("$part")
+done
+
+# With no refspec git pushes the current branch; otherwise the last refspec
+# wins, and its destination is whatever follows the colon.
+if [[ ${#args[@]} -le 1 ]]; then
+  target=HEAD
+else
+  target="${args[-1]}"
+  [[ "$target" == *:* ]] && target="${target##*:}"
+fi
+
+target="${target#refs/heads/}"
+if [[ -z "$target" || "$target" == HEAD ]]; then
+  target=$(git symbolic-ref --quiet --short HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+fi
+
+if [[ "$target" =~ ^(main|master)$ ]]; then
+  jq -n --arg t "$target" '{
+    hookSpecificOutput: {
+      hookEventName: "PreToolUse",
+      permissionDecision: "ask",
+      permissionDecisionReason: ("Push targets protected branch: " + $t)
+    }
+  }'
+fi
diff --git a/.claude/settings.json b/.claude/settings.json
index e0c8cff..46b4006 100644
--- a/.claude/settings.json
+++ b/.claude/settings.json
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@
   },
   "permissions": {
     "deny": [
-      "Bash(rm -rf *)",
+      "Bash(rm -rf /)",
+      "Bash(rm -rf ~)",
+      "Bash(rm -rf ~/)",
+      "Bash(sudo rm *)",
       "Bash(dd *)",
       "Bash(mkfs *)",
       "Bash(shred *)",
@@ -18,11 +21,31 @@
       "Bash(cat /etc/shadow)",
       "Bash(cat /etc/ssh/**)",
       "Bash(cat ~/.ssh/*)",
-      "Read(~/.ssh/**)"
+      "Read(~/.ssh/**)",
+      "Read(~/.aws/**)",
+      "Read(**/.env)"
+    ],
+    "ask": [
+      "Bash(rm *)",
+      "Bash(git reset --hard*)",
+      "Bash(git clean -*)",
+      "Bash(gh pr merge *)"
     ],
     "defaultMode": "auto"
   },
-  "model": "sonnet",
+  "autoMode": {
+    "hard_deny": [
+      "$defaults",
+      "Never read, print, copy, or transmit SSH keys, cloud credentials, or .env contents, by any means including cat, head, grep, cp, base64, or a script"
+    ],
+    "soft_deny": [
+      "$defaults",
+      "Never discard uncommitted work (git reset --hard, git clean, git checkout --)",
+      "Never rewrite published history, force-push, or delete a remote branch",
+      "Never merge, close, or delete a pull request, release, or repository"
+    ]
+  },
+  "model": "opus",
   "hooks": {
     "SessionStart": [
       {
@@ -43,6 +66,17 @@
             "command": "rtk hook claude"
           }
         ]
+      },
+      {
+        "matcher": "Bash",
+        "hooks": [
+          {
+            "type": "command",
+            "if": "Bash(git push*)",
+            "command": "bash ~/.dotfiles/.claude/hooks/git-push-protected-branch.sh",
+            "statusMessage": "Checking push target"
+          }
+        ]
       }
     ]
   },